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Climate Crisis, Global Warming, Carbon Neutral, Zero Waste: Meaningful Buzzwords or Passing Fads?

Green Business Bureau

In this digital, mobile and social media age, we are constantly bombarded with new environmental, economic, social, geo-political and technical terminology that creates confusion, misguided actions and misinterpretation. Terms such as climate change, climate crisis, carbon neutral, negative emissions, etc.

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Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28

DeSmogBlog

Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. He has used GWP* to claim that the US meat and dairy sector can become “climate-neutral” by the late 2040s by reducing emissions only two percent a year.

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'We need to act now': Can COP15 bridge the nature finance chasm?

Business Green

Latest figures from UN add to growing library of evidence that global financial system needs a major revamp if biodiversity and climate goals are to be met. The COP15 Biodiversity Summit, kicking off next Wednesday in Montreal, is set to be no different. UN environment summits are increasingly about money.

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EU Scientists and Politicians Clash Over Gas and Nuclear as ‘Sustainable’ Investments

DeSmogBlog

The European Union’s scientific and political communities are locked in a battle over whether gas and nuclear can be considered green investments. It emphasised the need to “recognize the transitional and enabling role of natural gas,” referring to two of the taxonomy’s three categories. But this didn’t suit everyone.

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A New Era for Germany’s Gas Industry Fuels Climate Fears

DeSmogBlog

That’s potentially very bad news for the climate: The huge amount of methane that leaks during the production, transport and storage of LNG means that the carbon emissions associated with importing the fuel could be up to ten times higher than for the equivalent amount of Russian pipeline gas, researchers say. Political Decision’.

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COP15 in Montreal: What does the landmark biodiversity conference mean for business?

Business Green

The new Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework should drive a step change nature protection natural world - here's why the world's new biodiversity targets matter for businesses. The 10-year plan, with its four broad goals and 23 targets, has a hugely ambitious aim: to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030.

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Paul Polman on his new book and 'courageous companies'

Business Green

Polman: What we're referring to is that you can actually show that you derive profits in your business not from creating the world's problems, but from solving the world's problems. How do you deal with issues of tax, or corruption or money in politics, or human rights standards in your value chain? How is this different?