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The Best Option for Airlines to Shrink Their Carbon Footprint

GreenTechMedia

The International Civil Aviation Organization anticipates that in 2020, global international aviation emissions will be 70 percent greater than in 2005. ” In addition to airlines, many large corporations have been making bold climate commitments. That’s no small task. Emissions from the sector are rising rapidly.

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Big Meat and Dairy Delegates Triple at COP28

DeSmogBlog

With greater scrutiny over emissions from meat and dairy companies, it is not surprising they are stepping up their game to head off any COP outcome that might hinder their operations,” Ben Lilliston, from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy told DeSmog. Outspoken meat lobby groups are also on the ground in Dubai.

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A Guide to Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing to COP28

DeSmogBlog

As with the last summit, the risk continues to be that greenwashing leaves governments with “a vision that tinkers around the edges,”rather than a transformative one that creates food systems that are resilient and restore ecosystems,” as Shefali Sharma, director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), warned at COP27.

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Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28

DeSmogBlog

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. Leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda that calls for governments and industry to work together to find new solutions to climate change–driven food insecurity. percent contribution to global human-induced emissions is a higher share than aviation.

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November 2021 Cleantech Roundup: Infrastructure | Corporate Buying Coalitions | NET Power

Clean Energy Trust

Here’s a chart for what it means for the utilities sector from Accenture: While the bill is only indirectly related to climate and energy, there are still many relevant provisions. This includes about $50 billion for resilience, $7.5 The COP 26 climate conference took place! How do people feel about the outcomes?

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Next Prime Minister to face legal requirement to beef up Net Zero Strategy

Business Green

As such, he ruled the government had failed to meet its obligations under Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA) and ordered Ministers to update the plan and present it to Parliament by April 2023. This landmark ruling is a huge victory for climate justice and government transparency. We need to look at the plan.

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'A good starting point': The green economy reacts to the government's 10 point plan

Business Green

The plan promised to deploy a combination of policy interventions and funding to accelerate the UK development of offshore wind, green hydrogen, nuclear power, electric vehicles, public and active transport, green aviation and shipping, energy efficiency, carbon capture and storage, natural carbon sinks, and clean tech innovation and green finance.