DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

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. Scientists say that unless swift action is taken, methane from agriculture alone will take us beyond a 1.5C Meat lobby groups will share a different message at pavilions at COP28.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2022

According to the report, those involved in the beef sector in Devon's 'Ruby Country' are taking steps to promote biodiversity and soil health, but their efforts are being hampered by a lack of clarity about future incentives, such as which net zero and sustainable farming approaches will be provided with government subsidies and to what extent.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Despite heavy investment in a marketing campaign called “Origin Green” to brand Irish produce as environmentally friendly, the director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Laura Burke, admitted in 2020 that its green reputation was “not supported by the evidence”. Climate Budget Fight.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

But of course, those old-growth forests are not just some valueless raw material or natural resource, but home to countless Indigenous peoples, vast biodiversity, and the living machinery that not only stores carbon we emit but also helps make breathing on this planet possible. A collection of world-class collaborators – including ??Planet,

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Alternative investments can also be made in initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as in cattle feed that reduces the methane output of cows. Other offsetting projects enhance biodiversity, improve soil quality, food production or rainwater absorption.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Gasification Gasification involves subjecting biomass to high temperatures in an environment with controlled oxygen, which converts the material into a mixture of gases including hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and methane, collectively known as syngas. Policies that support community-scale biomass systems are also gaining traction.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2022

The Bill, which must receive royal assent before formally becoming legislation, sets out an overall net zero target of 2050 for Northern Ireland, as well as a 46 per cent methane emissions reduction target which will have implications for the devolved nation's agricultural industry.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2022

Where might we also see systems going in the wrong direction and what does that mean for the outcomes we care about as it relates to climate, water, biodiversity and economics?" The Regrow system will also help General Mills monitor how its investments in regenerative agriculture are playing out. he explained.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

Government confirms £30m of new investment in a range of projects designed to enhance natural carbon sinks. Advocates of so-called nature based solutions argue that they can deliver significant emissions reductions while also bolstering flood resilience and enhancing biodiversity.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Climate tech venture capital dropped 40% in H1’23 but climate-focused funds have still been steadily stacking the green, with at least $33B of investable dry powder ready to deploy in climate tech startups.   Sandbrook Capital, a Stamford Connecticut based private investment firm, raised $1.5B

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Thereafter, as previous IPCC reports have indicated, global emissions must fall by 43 per cent by 2030, in addition to a reduction in methane emissions of around a third, from 2019 levels. Even if emissions are halved by 2030 and methane is cut by a third in the same timeframe, it is "almost inevitable" warming will rise above that 1.5C

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2023

"It provides a veneer of sustainability for an industry that is responsible for a third of global methane emissions and is the main driver of biodiversity loss.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Adding to the growing pile of evidence in favour of engineering a green recovery to the Covid-19 crisis, the report offers a blueprint for businesses to tap into what it highlights as a $10.1tr business opportunity from investing in efforts that prioritise nature across food, land, and ocean use.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2021

In a bleak warning issued this morning, The Climate Crisis Advisory Group - the independent expert group formed this summer to advise governments on the climate and biodiversity crises - warned emissions are climbing so high that greenhouse gases must be rapidly pulled out of the atmosphere to stabilise global temperatures.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

It’s bad for the environment in many ways, including sucking up resources, releasing high levels of methane and stripping the soil. “[We] are invested in every aspect of [our] partners’ operations, from the art of heritage breed and feed selection, through to the logistics of humane slaughter and efficient distribution.” .

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The use of these chemicals also damages the environment in other ways; much of the fertilizer used in the world today is the product of methane gas, a fossil fuel, while the wide-scale use of pesticides has been linked to the damage of ecosystems and vital populations of pollinators.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

George Monbiot's latest book, Regenesis , is the latest in a string of studies to warn how essentially extractive agricultural practices are damaging soils and biodiversity to such an extent that food security is being threatened. The outlook is certainly worrying. Under the heading 'How could we be so stupid?',

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

If we want to get serious about tackling climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste, businesses, governments and citizens around the world have to do their part to reduce food waste.". The UN's Food Waste Index is one of two indicators used to measure progress towards SDG 12.3.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

The amount of land taken up by the animal livestock sector is disproportionate to the benefits it delivers to the UK's diets, while also posing a major threat to the UK's climate and biodiversity goals, the report concludes. The conclusions were also applauded by Helen Browning, chief executive of the Soil Association.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Crucially, the report also highlights three key barriers which must be overcome before prices - reaching £75/tCO 2 e by 2030 - are introduced on methane and nitrous oxide production. Secondly, investment in accurate and consistent emissions measurement systems, to ensure consistency and access across UK farms.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Approaches such as investing in offshore energy production, conserving coastal ecosystems and increasing consumption of sustainable ocean-based protein offer opportunities to reduce emissions. One interesting application is adding certain seaweeds to feed for ruminant farm animals, which significantly could reduce their methane emissions.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 It drives most of the food and beverage industry climate impacts, threatens biodiversity and water, as well as habitat for people and animals. The chief impediment is that the gain is private, yet the cost is public.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2022

These targets cover a spectrum, including a legally binding aim for a net zero carbon economy and the mission to end nature decline by 2030, as well as commitments to protect 30 per cent of land for nature and reduce methane emissions by 30 per cent, also by 2030.

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Business Green

JUNE 13, 2022

The plans include proposals to boost domestic fruit and vegetable production, incentivise increased investment in agricultural technologies, and encourage the use of renewable energy across the farming industry.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For its natural gas business, it will adopt a new net zero by 2050 goal that includes upstream methane and carbon emissions related to purchased gas and downstream carbon emissions from customers' consumption. "As Clean Oceans Initiative doubles funding goal to €4bn by 2025.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

When the voice of African farmers and communities is not brought to the negotiating table, we end up with flawed initiatives like Aim4C,” said Anne Maina, from the Biodiversity and Biosafety Association of Kenya. “A Second, it would only reduce methane emissions from the cattle. African farmers face critical challenges.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

The Strategy promises that £270m is to be invested across farming innovation funding programmes until 2029, but it does not appear to be new money and the level of funding remains relatively low compared to other clean tech sectors. Fresh funding commitments are kept to a minimum.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

Lab-grown meat enjoyed a record-breaking year in 2020, with investment soaring six-fold and dozens of new companies and food products launching across the burgeoning sector, according to the Good Food Institute (GFI). Cultivated fish fillets, sushi-grade salmon, and lobster are all reportedly in development at present, it states.

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Green Roof Technology

MAY 27, 2021

Environmental aspects go under in the craving for a Return-of-Investment (ROI). It is like feeding less to livestock to reduce Methane gas emissions. These products have a limited lifespan that is generally less than 1/10 the lifetime of a Green Roof and so not worth the investment.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 10, 2020

"My hope is that they can help farmers diversify their production systems and sequester carbon," says Eric Smith, investment officer for the trust. "In billion worth of investment assets in the U.S. Some of the largest chocolate companies in the world are investing in agroforestry. "We land production in agroforestry.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The good news, however, is that the debate can now move on, and countries and companies have a baseline upon which to build a global carbon market that can boost biodiversity, tackles climate change, and reward businesses making real progress on decarbonisation. Methane faces a reckoning.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

Oil and gas players invested in biofuels during the early 2000s with unsatisfactory results. For biofuels, the track record of investments without satisfying results is causing some to ask, wouldn’t we have cracked this the first time around if it was a good solution? Biofuels Bust 1.0 Too late for biofuels?: Cleantech 1.0

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The final deal also saw important progress on other aspects of the global climate finance regime, with all parties agreeing to explore reforms to multilateral development banks and other financial institutions to help stimulate more investment in low carbon and climate resilient infrastructure.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Overall, the agriculture sector accounts for up to one third of greenhouse gasses – and is also a primary driver of biodiversity loss. A key plank of the EU’s Green Deal, the strategy aims to transform farming and align the sector with the bloc’s climate and biodiversity targets. They include precision farming (e.g.

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2020

The sector is already responsible for one-fifth of all greenhouse gas emissions and nearly half of all methane emissions. But with the right policy and investment environment, there are measures that could significantly reduce on-farm emissions, McKinsey contends.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The key final decision texts on the UNFCCC website include a raft of new commitments and legal language aimed at pushing for more investment, resources, and ambition in support of efforts to drive down emissions, boost economies and support countries tackle the worsening impacts of climate change. Nature and biodiversity.

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