Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

Hydrogen-powered planes have "significant, and so far underestimated" potential to become a major force in the future of flight, and to thereby help reduce the aviation sector's growing impact on the climate, according to the findings of a major industry and EU-backed study released yesterday.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2023

These changes could allow the bank to lend money towards not only supporting some of the world's least developed countries, but increasingly also to highly-polluting middle-income locations, using climate vulnerability as a key consideration in its borrowing criteria, according to the news site.

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Business Green

MAY 17, 2022

The aviation’s industry’s decarbonisation efforts are in the midst of a battle between two competing narratives. The aviation industry has made considerable progress in the past decade, shifting the idea of low carbon and even zero emission flight from the realm of sci-fi pipe dream to engineering reality.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2019

New European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled Europe's Green Deal on Wednesday, a package of 50 far-reaching policy ideas that are still missing many key details, calling it a "man on the moon moment" for Europe. The Green Deal will look to bolster the program and potentially include more sectors. "On

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Raft of energy efficiency, green transport, and hydrogen programmes put at heart of €130bn stimulus package, as Bank of England confirms financial support for airlines. The German government has unveiled plans for a massive €130bn stimulus package that features at least €40bn climate-related spending.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

The EU's new 'Fit for 55' decarbonisation package is far from perfect, but it is still an historic step forward for global climate action. Bigger still is the EU's Fit for 55 policy package , which it is no exaggeration to describe as a blueprint for decarbonising a continent. A lot of polluting assets are going to be stranded.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

The UK should direct policy and investment towards synthetic, low carbon jet fuels as part of its green recovery package, argues author and energy expert Chris Goodall. Investment in zero-carbon aviation fuels is therefore the most important measure of how much airlines care about climate change.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

While the identification of zero tailpipe emissions is important - particularly in terms of dealing with local air pollution and its consequent health effects - going forward we'll need to give greater consideration to the production and disposal of greenhouse gas emissions associated with vehicles in order to deliver on net zero road transport.".

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EDF + Business

JULY 6, 2021

A Clean Electricity Standard designed to achieve at least an 80% reduction in carbon pollution from the electric power sector below 2005 levels by 2030. Incentives to scale sustainable aviation fuels. Clean Energy. Tax credits for clean energy and low-carbon manufacturing. What companies can do now.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

The government has awarded a £600m loan to EasyJet, sparking fierce criticism from green groups who accused ministers of squandering the opportunity to tackle aviation's outsized carbon footprint. This is not a time to be publicly subsiding billionaires whilst undermining action on equality and environmental pollution.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Department for Transport revs up automotive transportation plans and unveils new EV charge point concept, as governments prepare wave of new initiatives to tackle auto, aviation, and shipping emissions. Similarly, new initiatives are to be launched to tackle aviation and shipping emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Meat and dairy firms in particular are coming under increasing scrutiny due to pollution from livestock, which emits around a third of the global output of methane, a short-lived greenhouse gas identified as the quickest route to slowing global heating. percent contribution to global human-induced emissions is a higher share than aviation.

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2020

The Times reported today that offshore wind, carbon capture, and green skills programmes are all set to be at the heart of a multi-billion pound stimulus package that is set to be unveiled next month. They improve energy security, reduce air pollution, and boost climate resilience. Finally, funding alone is not enough.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

This is why leaders across hard-hit sectors, including aviation, shipping and rail giant Rolls-Royce, fashion retailer H&M and food, drink and hospitality company Diageo, are placing new plans for net zero emissions at the core of their Covid-19 recovery efforts. Prime example: Rolls-Royce. Some lawmakers are responding.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

The government is also proposing to prohibit the use of the fuel in the engines of private boats and aircraft, in a bid to cut pollution and emissions. How the government marries any aviation tax reform with the need to decarbonise remains a critical question.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

These are the innovators who are creating the huge companies of the future – ones that invest in workers, reduce pollution, restore our soils and lower the costs of food and energy.” of total GHG emissions, about as much as the entire aviation sector. The why: Palm oil is responsible for 1.4%

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Business Green

MAY 21, 2020

Though the European Commission is re-drafting the Multiannual Financial Framework - aka the EU budget - the building blocks of the Green Deal look set to remain, although they will likely be re-packaged and mixed with the forthcoming Recovery Fund. If global aviation was a country, it would rank in the top 10 biggest global emitters.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Readers also sought glimmers of hope in this year; you were drawn to stories about COVID-19’s positive impact on air pollution and what the sustainability field can do to be more actively anti-racist and pro-diversity. In the $500 billion-per-year cosmetics space, small-scale packaging leads to large-scale single-use plastic waste.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2021

Last week, the UK government announced it will count emissions from international shipping and aviation in its carbon accounting from 2033, caving to long-running pressure from campaigners and climate experts.

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Business Green

APRIL 16, 2020

According to leaked documents seen by Euractiv , work on the climate policies that underpin the Commission's flagship Green Deal programme are to remain a top priority, further fuelling hopes the bloc can deliver on early pledges from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and key member states to deliver a green recovery package.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2022

Additionally, in the climate technology space, many companies are building B2B (business to business) solutions to upgrade outdated or heavy-polluting systems. For example: Dimensional Energy is engineering a sustainable aviation fuel called syngas using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

Hopes will also be high that ministers and civil servants on Whitehall are now digesting the report's many recommendations ahead of the Treasury's hotly-anticipated economic stimulus package, which is expected to emerge early next month. Covid-19 climate impacts have been huge, but may not last.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The global chemicals industry has a huge opportunity to transform itself from a major polluter into a "planet-positive force" that could drive decarbonisation across the wider economy over the coming decades, while doubling in size and creating 29 million new jobs in the process.

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Business Green

JUNE 12, 2020

The French government has confirmed a plan to pump €15bn into the European aerospace industry in a bid to save thousands of jobs and establish France as a hub for low carbon aviation technology. The packaged includes a mix of direct government investment, subsidies, loans, and loan guarantees.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

fashion industry , which accounts for ~10% of global CO2 emissions —more than aviation and shipping combined. Downstream emissions result from the transportation and packaging involved in distribution, product usage itself (e.g., The California-based startup is starting with textiles to address the footprint of the $2.5T

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Meanwhile, the huge clean tech buying signals from coalitions of large corporates focused on electric vehicles, green steel, renewables, green shipping, and sustainable aviation fuels, all point to how these markets could quickly reach tipping points that trigger the rapid adoption that obliterates fossil fuel demand. will surely die.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Emissions cuts must also be comprehensive and include the most difficult sectors to decarbonise, such as heavy industry, aviation and agriculture. Offsets shouldn't be used to allow pollution to continue unabated. Unfortunately, only a fraction of economic recovery packages offered by governments have been genuinely green.

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2022

Over the next month or more this temporary 1,700 square metre structure, which had its official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday, is designed to showcase the emerging industry for small-scale, battery powered aircraft, which proponents argue have the potential to drive down transport pollution, CO2, and congestion.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A slew of initiatives designed to accelerate the electric vehicle (EVs) transition in emerging and developing markets has been launched this morning by the UK, as fresh figures have highlighted the transition away from polluting cars and trucks is occurring at drastically different rates around the world.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

What's in the energy support package, and who is going to pay for it? A sweeping support package has been promised, potentially worth up to £100bn, but what will be in it and why were these proposals such a closely guarded secret throughout the leadership campaign? What will you do about all the sewage?

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

The Strategy was also criticised for failing to provide sufficient detail on how the government planned to tackle emissions from certain sectors, such as farming and land use and aviation.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

But even if the world aggressively electrifies cars and buildings and generates enough clean energy to power them all, experts say there are likely to be residual emissions from activities that are harder to decarbonize, such as farming, aviation, and chemical production. That’s where carbon removal comes in.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

This is the largest climate funding package Congress has ever passed. airports can accommodate electrified aviation. States and cities can continue to raise ambition and fill this void, but we need a national north star of climate and equity targets to ensure major funding packages like this drive toward impact over time.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Green Packaging Project of the Year. Riverford Organic Farmers - Box Zero and Packaging Pledge. The judges were hugely impressed by Riverford's multi-faceted approach to slashing packaging waste and ending the use of plastic, coupled with its extensive research and clear communication to customers. Transport Project of the Year.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

Analysis of the shipping impact of major US retailers finds 15 companies are responsible for as much sulphur oxide, nitrous oxide, and particulate matter pollution as tens of millions of vehicles. International shipping is big business. The report calculates that Walmart alone was responsible for 3.7

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

First domestic route in Denmark to use sustainable aviation fuel. The SAF is being supplied by DCC and Shell Aviation Denmark, the current supplier of jet fuel to Danish airports, as part of Shell Aviation's SAF supply agreement with Neste, the producer of SAF.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

More than a year after the pandemic began to wreak havoc on the global economy, the majority of recovery policies and packages unveiled by governments have failed to drive sustainable development and enhance protection for nature.

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