Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Would this be accompanied by the word “unabated”, she wondered, referring to fossil fuel emissions that are not immediately sucked up by carbon capture methods. Other celebrated gains included a data-driven conservation initiative, with commitments to “integrate biodiversity metrics into climate action”.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Environmentalists have long warned that demand for the pellets is endangering irreplaceable primary forests in areas including parts of Estonia, British Columbia in Canada and the southeastern United States. . However, Tubiana, the ECF’s chief executive, tweeted that the article had misinterpreted her organisation’s position.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 7, 2022

Reduce deforestation and restore biodiversity in our oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. There is significant policy interest and demand from governments to modernize our infrastructure and create a net-zero future. Apply or refer your favorite company to be part of Cohort 11 today! • • •. Zero Carbon.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 1, 2021

Converting land to biofuel production can have a disastrous impact on both the climate and biodiversity. But when an energy company burns millions of tonnes of wood sourced from clearcutting trees in highly biodiverse forests in a power station, all their energy is classified as “modern bioenergy” and therefore by definition “zero carbon”.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Every industry needs to do their part if vital climate and biodiversity goals are to be achieved. More than three billion trees are razed annually - many from the world's most carbon and biodiversity-rich ecosystems - by the fashion industry to make everyday items, such as clothing and takeout containers.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Typically, the talk is about demand side interventions, like you can get schools or, or individuals to give up meat,” she says. But I’m a little worried that some of this [meat] production is so baked into subsidies and policy, that even with decreased demand, this apparatus will just keep flowing. “We

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Andrew Winston

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This was a frankly scary report from the UN about how humanity is destroying biodiversity. Rather than fully tackle the nature of biodiversity, I’ll just refer to a good explainer here and say this: we humans are part of a web of life and everything that goes into the economy comes from that web and other natural resources.

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Andrew Winston

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This was a frankly scary report from the UN about how humanity is destroying biodiversity. Rather than fully tackle the nature of biodiversity, I’ll just refer to a good explainer here and say this: we humans are part of a web of life and everything that goes into the economy comes from that web and other natural resources.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The recently-passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is such a game-changer for domestic climate action that experts at ClimateWeek often referred to it, reflexively, as the Emissions Reduction Act. Here are my four key takeaways: U.S. Domestic Climate Policy Gets Real. Toward a Global Deal for Nature. Watch this space!

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 5, 2021

Biodiversity loss Biodiversity refers to the variety of life found on Earth, including plants, animals and micro-organisms. In the Amazon, in Africa, in the Arctic ; it’s happening not at one place and not with one group of organisms, but with all biodiversity, everywhere on the planet.”

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Unsustainable

APRIL 30, 2019

The main drivers of change are the demand for food, water, and natural resources, in the face of severe biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem services. Biosphere (biodiversity) integrity: infinite human activities affecting eco-systems risk disintegration of natural biodiversity. References Rockström, J.,

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In recent years, the biggest agricultural polluters and food corporations have embraced this term, which refers to a wide range of farming techniques that improve the environment. All these methods work to improve the soil, reduce air and water pollution, cut emissions, and boost biodiversity.

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Unsustainable

APRIL 11, 2020

For the longest time, mangrove resources have been used primarily for wood harvesting, barely taking into account the important role they play in biodiversity and shoreline protection. Continued deforestation of mangrove areas disturbs habitats and damages biodiversity, a key effect of this being the decline in fishery yields.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The most important biodiversity conference in a generation is kicking off this week, with negotiating teams from around the world convening on Montreal, Canada to hammer out the terms of a new global pact for nature. As such the expectations for the COP15 Biodiversity Summit are high, fuelled by the extra-long lead up to the talks.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

What’s more, Germany could sidestep the need to build the planned onshore LNG terminals altogether if it took more aggressive steps to curb energy demand by ramping up plans to install more heat pumps in homes, and renovate buildings, according to a new report. Calculations changed dramatically after the invasion of Ukraine.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

This bears the risk of displacing conversion to other regions if demand doesn't budge. Grasslands, shrublands, peatlands and other carbon and biodiversity-rich ecosystems are also being plowed up too. Any company with serious sustainability ambitions needs to also stop these practices, but the roadmap doesn't go there.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

Producers claim their animal feed comes from responsible sources and their livestock use land unsuitable for other uses, all the while supporting biodiversity and capturing carbon from the atmosphere through holistic or other types of “regenerative” grazing.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The Dasgupta Review of the Economics of Biodiversity published this week hammered home a point that has long been clear: the transition towards a more nature-positive and climate-responsible economy requires a major overhaul of core business assumptions and an embrace of new metrics for gauging economic success.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 6, 2020

Building capacity and providing patient capital at the farmer level is a big challenge; at NatureVest, it is referred to as the last-mile problem. Building capacity and providing patient capital at the farmer level is a big challenge; at NatureVest, it is referred to as the last-mile problem.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2022

It refers to when a firm invests in projects that generate carbon removals and emissions reductions within its extended value chain, for instance through regenerative agriculture programmes, forest conservation projects, or providing clean technologies to households in farming communities. It allows us to go the extra mile," she reflected. "At

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The letter was written by prominent climate and biodiversity scientists from universities and organisations in top biomass sourcing countries – the U.S., Forests are home to more than 80% of terrestrial biodiversity, supporting plants, animals, fungi, and other species found nowhere else on Earth.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 20, 2022

Customers and employees are also demanding business with a purpose. This means leaving natural ecosystems unharmed, supporting biodiversity, maintaining natural environments and resources, and restoring natural climatic cycles. Why is ESG important? Yet, it’s not just investors driving ESG responsibility.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2022

warming scenario, target net zero emissions by around 2050, accelerate industrial decarbonisation, and reflect these goals in national strategies submitted under the Paris Agreement, according to terms of reference unveiled yesterday. All members of the club must therefore commit to pursue efforts in line with a 1.5C

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Previous iterations of a potential final agreement at COP27 had also failed to set out clear demands for countries to come forward next year with stronger national climate plans, although the calls did end up being reflected in the final agreement that was gavelled through yesterday.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2020

There are not many uncontested benefits arising from Brexit, but there is a wide consensus that leaving the EU presents a once in a generation opportunity to improve the agricultural subsidy regime, providing a massive boost to UK biodiversity and sustainable farming practices in the process.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The S&P Global Clean Energy index dropped 30% YTD weighed down by higher interest rates and supply / demand imbalances. Key market supply and demand indicators ended the year down. Proterra, the dominant electric bus maker, was just one high profile example. 👻 Spooky season for clean energy stocks.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

After hours of tense negotiations and dramatic interventions on the conference floor a compromise deal was reached that rejected the proposed reference to phasing down fossil fuels, and broadened the focus of the energy section of the agreement beyond renewables. warming target.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 10, 2023

Refer to the EPA’s list of recognized labs and CBs which is organized by product category. Refer to the ENERGY STAR Licensed Professional Finder to locate an LP in your area. With the growing global demand for freshwater resources, it’s important to conserve wherever possible. WaterSense.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 25, 2022

It emphasised the need to “recognize the transitional and enabling role of natural gas,” referring to two of the taxonomy’s three categories. These demands “were essentially to adjust the technical screening criteria for gas investments to be included in the taxonomy.”.

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Business Green

JULY 31, 2021

per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), with growing demand for beef in particular swallowing up land - sometimes illegally - for grazing and cultivating soy for cattle feed, and often at the expense of tropical forest. Meat and dairy account for around 14.5

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The agreement includes a number of environmental clauses, with Chapter 22 of the FTA published yesterday reaffirming the UK and Australia's commitment to protecting biodiversity and achieving the climate goals contained in the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

It follows a separate communiqué on environmental issues last week, which saw the G20 agree to common objectives on biodiversity, natural capital, more efficient use of resources and sustainable finance. are much lower than at 2C," states. As such, the communiqué has received a mixed response in climate diplomacy circles.

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GreenBiz

MAY 25, 2021

think tank Carbon Tracker found that with current technology and in a subset of available locations, we can capture at least 6,700 petawatt-hours annually from solar and wind, more than 100 times global energy demand. For reference, a petawatt-hour is equal to 1 million megawatt-hours.). A report released last month by the U.K.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

They know that shareholders are demanding it. This can't just be about one or two businesses on the corner of the economy. So businesses need to set that agenda; to be ambitious. They know their employees want it. Frankly, they know many of their business supply chains are teetering on the edge. They have to make this commitment.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2022

You can now sign up to attend the virtual Net Zero Finance Summit, which will take place live and interactive on Tuesday 29 March and will be available on demand for delegates after the event. Want to find out more about how the net zero transition will impact your business?

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

“It’s definitely not over, just talk to the folks at Coal River and they will tell you that’s not the case,” said Matt Hepler, an environmental scientist with the environmental group Appalachian Voices , referring to the Coal River Mountain area in southern West Virginia, where coal production has remained relatively high in recent years.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2020

Business is constantly changing to meet consumer demands. Simultaneously, business must adapt to emerging terms and technologies to support demand. Traditional Knowledge – Referred to as local knowledge. Weather refers to short-term atmospheric conditions including temperature, precipitation, and wind speeds.

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