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NetZeroPlus: Government funding boost for plans to deliver tree-planting to an area the size of Devon

Business Green

As part of a £166m industrial decarbonisation funding package announced this morning , the government earmarked over £30m for a series of five projects designed to deliver 'negative emissions' by enhancing the UK's natural carbon sinks. But that's where we are - we've delayed [climate action] for too long.".

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? 2023’s Most Headliney-Headlines #178

Climate Tech VC

   ⚡ Aether Fuels , a San Francisco, California-based sustainable aviation fuel developer, raised $9M in Seed funding from Doral Energy-Tech Ventures, Foothill Ventures, JetBlue Ventures, Xora Innovation, and TechEnergy Ventures.     COP29 was announced and will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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The IPCC's Mitigation of Climate Change report: At a glance

Business Green

above pre-industrial levels, greenhouse gas emissions must then reduce by 43 per cent by 2030, according to the scientists, with emissions of methane cut by a third. Economy-wide' policy packages. To stabilise global temperature rise at 1.5C In this scenario, temperatures would temporarily exceed the 1.5C

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

The Fundamentals of Circular Packaging (Workshop): An increase in consumer awareness, corporate engagement and regulatory action has led more companies to set ambitious goals to reduce and reimagine their use of plastics and packaging. And too often, the food we produce comes with unsustainable impacts on biodiversity and climate.

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SDG17, coronavirus, and the battle for a collaborative future

Business Green

At the same time ministers and CEOs are stepping up calls to deliver explicitly green economic recovery packages, which can ensure the world learns the lessons from this health crisis and puts itself on track to meet its sustainable development goals. The SDGs in general, and SDG17 in particular, are suddenly back in vogue.

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? Lithium’s shale moment? #175

Climate Tech VC

In either case, this wasn’t on our bingo card… In the news, the British government passed new reforms to speed up interconnection, Colombia launched a $1B biodiversity fund, the US released $6B in funding for climate resiliency, and the US and China made modest progress on methane reduction at APEC. 

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