GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

With carbon emissions expected to rebound this year, 2021 presents another opportunity for companies to invest in climate-saving initiatives that move the corporate world closer to a net-zero future, especially carbon removal projects. There’s a good reason to ask.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

This story was originally published by Southerly , in partnership with Scalawag and Environmental Health News for its Powerlines series, which looks at climate change, justice, and infrastructure in the American South. Enviva had built its first North Carolina plant there two years before. .

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

3 keys for scaling nature-based solutions for climate adaptation. In Indonesia, climate change is already a pernicious threat. And mature mangroves can store nearly 1,000 tons of carbon per hectare, thus mitigating climate change while also helping communities adapt. Jonathan Cook. Wed, 06/17/2020 - 00:30.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Since the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement six years ago, the nations of the world have slowly begun to bend the curve on emissions, due largely to spectacular advances in renewable energy. Even so, we haven’t yet made anywhere near the progress required to avoid the worst effects of the climate emergency.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2021

Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet C.J. Last summer, the investment arm of northern Europe’s largest financial services group dropped Brazilian meat giant JBS from its portfolio. Clouse Thu, 03/04/2021 – 02:11 Reprinted from GreenFin Weekly, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 28, 2022

With biodiversity loss in freefall, central banks and financial regulators must address the sectors most harmful to both nature and the climate, argues Maud Abdelli. 2022 saw pressure build on UK banks and financial regulators and supervisors to take urgent action to integrate climate and nature into financial decision-making.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This future hyperspectral satellites will be named Tanager, a colorful and visually diverse family of birds in Central and South America, and are designed to deliver hyperspectral data at a resolution of 30 meters with over 400 spectral bands.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Coal-fired power plants in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (image credit: Asian Development Bank , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ” The document from the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG)[1] sets out seven recommendations that it believes global leaders at COP26 must consider to make carbon pricing more effective. license ).

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Policymakers met with fossil fuel and biomass producers nine times as often as with their renewable energy counterparts, DeSmog can reveal, raising fresh concerns over the depth of the government’s commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Our record on renewable energy speaks for itself,” they said. “In Drax Access.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 28, 2023

In the news this week, $7T for fossil fuel subsidies, the summer brings more tropical storms, and Equinor opens the world’s largest floating wind farm… to power oil drilling. for Northvolt to build energy storage, $100M for direct lithium extraction, and $60M for heat batteries. Thanks for reading!

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2022

Solar Energy UK raps PM candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss for suggesting large solar farms pose risk to UK food security. Solar farms address climate change and so help prevent this, and are frequently used to graze livestock at the same time.". This directly helps sustain UK crop production," Solar UK said.

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Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Th announcement follows the final consultation paper that the Green Finance and Industry Taskforce released in February 2023. The Taxonomy utilises a “transition” category, acknowledging the unique challenges and needs of Asia’s shift towards a net zero economy amidst economic growth and increasing energy demands.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

BASF’s wine tasting is just one example of many such pandemic-style lobbying efforts by the European agriculture industry since the EU has attempted to pass sweeping new policies to combat climate change through measures included in its “Green Deal,” first presented in December 2019.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

As understanding of the climate crisis increases and the harm to ourselves, the environment, business, industry, and the economy that will follow, so a desire to not only reduce carbon but to be seen reducing carbon increases. Other offsetting projects enhance biodiversity, improve soil quality, food production or rainwater absorption.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2020

Digital twins' can spur cross-sector collaboration to dramatically improve the climate resilience of buildings and infrastructure, write Contain's Kevin Reeves and techUK's Tom Henderson. Climate change is already changing our planet and leading to a serious loss in biodiversity, natural disasters and adverse weather conditions.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 2, 2020

In a period of planetary crises and transformational change, the world needs to create pathways to more sustainable futures as never before. And how do we ensure that the power of these technologies are made broadly accessible? 11:15 am Monitoring Ecosystems and Protecting Biodiversity from Space.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Critics, meanwhile, have been quick to point out that the plan is thin on details around how the government intends to scale up energy efficiency improvements, boost green skills, decarbonise heavy industry, and encourage people to embrace lower carbon diets. The power sector. Heat and Buildings Strategy.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Our science track demonstrated the robust research applications for Planet’s datasets, highlighting key findings in climate change and carbon farming initiatives. Planet’s daily imaging data enables powerful agricultural insights through the integration of machine learning capabilities.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The groups said the summit disregarded “the urgent need to address the gross power imbalances that corporations hold over food systems.”. And a recent investigation by Greenpeace’s Unearthed revealed how a coalition of meat industry associations have been pushing for the summit to boost global meat consumption. Corporate Capture.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

From clean energy and nature investments to phasing down fossil fuels, We Mean Business Coalition's Maria Mendiluce offers her take on what corporate climate leadership should look like over the coming year. If 2021 was the year for setting climate ambition, 2022 was the year of implementation. It also needs to be fast.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2021

As the gas price crisis escalates, a comprehensive new study underscores need for 'changes in the way we live, move, and consume' to cut energy demand in pursuit of net zero.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

With droughts affecting the UK for much of last summer, the project, from Westcountry Rivers Trust and South West Water, will not only contribute to better hydrated wetlands, woodlands and fields, but can help farms manage water demand through dry weather, as well as boost aquatic biodiversity.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2022

That makes it difficult for companies to fully evaluate and account for the business risk of supplies drying up as a result of climate change. Industry often pays a hugely subsidised cost for water.". Water-stressed regions around the globe are grappling with the realities of climate change's effects on water availability.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

One of the points in the 10-point plan of our green industrial revolution is to get to jet zero as well as net zero.". We will work together to tackle the world's biggest problems, reducing carbon emissions, fighting the loss of biodiversity and getting another 40 million girls into school by 2025," he added.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

Sustainability certifications are becoming increasingly important for businesses as global leaders, industry experts and the public are taking climate action. Green building certifications. These standards are constantly revised to reflect changing global priorities and regulations. Product certifications and eco-labels.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

While commercial mining of the deep seafloor is not yet happening, momentum is building and the world is now seriously entertaining the possibility. To vacuum up these treasured chunks requires industrial extraction by massive excavators. The targets of these companies are potato-sized rocks that scientists call polymetallic nodules.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Hawaii will receive pay-outs of up to US$2m for reef restoration if tropical storms hit, building on the world’s first reef insurance policy covering hurricane damage in Mexico. By investing in nature, our insurance and finance partners are demonstrating its value as a critical natural, cultural and economic resource.".

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2022

Consequently, conservationists have often found themselves opposing renewables projects that they support in principle, but fear could have unacceptable biodiversity impacts in practice. Climate change and biodiversity loss can be tackled simultaneously," said Kristian Ruby, secretary general of Eurelectric.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The report warns that as current CO2 reporting systems are fragmented, poorly understood, and not widely utilised across Whitehall, it is difficult to assess how well the public sector is performing against its climate goals.

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Business Green

JULY 12, 2022

As the largest group of asset owners, pension funds have real power to slow the flow of private finance channeled into deforestation activites, writes Global Canopy's Niki Mardas. The COP26 Climate Summit finally brought deforestation to the top of the climate change agenda. But there is still a very long way to go.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2021

And, third, in today's Budget we begin the work of building our future economy.". This Budget should have included a major green stimulus - bringing forward billions of pounds of investment to create new jobs and new green infrastructure. He added: "If we want a better future economy, we have to make it happen.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 5, 2023

So, the protection and restoration of these environments is critical for supporting biodiversity, combating climate change, and helping communities to thrive, and new tools to map, monitor, and quantify these ecosystems are key to aid in their conservation.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Winners include manufacturing, up 133% from 2022, and emerging climate technologies that saw a whopping 10x jump to $4.3bn.

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GreenTech Gazette

AUGUST 21, 2020

But how much of this is investment in green innovation, and how much of it is marketing bluster. They have invested heavily in the production of fuel-efficient vehicles with a strong focus on developing a vehicle powered by a hydrogen fuel cell- the Honda Clarity. EcoLogic Studio. McDonald’s .

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

More than 210 million hectares of degraded land worldwide is now being targeted for restoration or reforestation under the Bonn Challenge, a major global initiative which claims nature-based climate solutions are playing a crucial yet undervalued role in boosting biodiversity, capturing CO2, and driving economic benefits.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Replanting and maintenance of the forest led to the current 7,100 acres held and monitored by OFS and the Menke family. Jarod Brames, Director of Sustainability for OFS says, “By prioritizing sustainability initiatives, we’re investing in our future. The act of planting a tree is powerful and symbolic. OFS Images via OFS.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 26, 2022

At the COP15 Biodiversity Summit which ended last week, much focus was on the depletion of natural capital, the world's stock of natural assets. Corporate measures could also go some way to reversing the loss of biodiversity and address about 60 per cent of chemical and plastic pollution. Yet fatalism would be misplaced.

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