Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Tank-up of Tomorrow Transportation accounts for ~16% of global GHG emissions , and while passenger vehicles have likely gone the way of EVs, cleaning up the remaining 55% of hard-to-decarbonize aviation, heavy ground transport, and maritime shipping is still—well, hard!

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

The government has provided its more comprehensive plan yet for fully decarbonising transport by 2050 - here is an all you need to know guide for green businesses. Right from the off, the Plan makes it clear that "clean transport is better transport", as it emphasises the myriad economic and societal benefits of decarbonising travel by 2050.

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The Environmental Blog

JUNE 23, 2023

Additionally, in the US, transportation is responsible for the most greenhouse gas emissions, with CO2 accounting for about 97% of the overall global warming impact from transportation-related emissions. These large vehicles play a crucial role in transporting goods but are also responsible for substantial emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Urgent action is needed to ensure we can transport renewable energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, and that distribution systems are planned to accommodate heat pumps and electric vehicle uptake. Transitioning to a net zero power system by the mid-2030s requires a paradigm shift in how networks are planned and regulated.

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The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Sustainable Transportation Canada’s vast landscape often necessitates extensive travel, but there are still ways to make transportation more eco-friendly. Consider using public transportation, carpooling, biking, or walking when possible. If you need a vehicle, opt for a fuel-efficient or electric car.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Transportation habits are changing drastically. The hottest trend of the year was the electrification of transportation, which is on the precipice of a major upswing: Less than 1 percent of fleet vehicles were electric at the beginning of the year, but that number is expected to grow to 12 percent by 2030. . Media Authorship.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Biodiversity in fashion (37:35) . 8 explores the potential for green hydrogen technologies, with experts from Shell, the U.S. New technologies are solving logistics logjams and making it simpler to sort more materials. GreenBiz Senior Energy Analyst Sarah Golden offers details. . Inclusive environmentalism (47:37) .

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Mark Kemp, the new President of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT), has launched the group’s new Climate Change and Green Growth policy position. Mark Kemp is the Executive Director of Environment and Transport at Hertfordshire County Council.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

Long-awaited Transport Decarbonisation Plan aims to make public transport, walking and cycling 'natural first choice' for UK journeys. Transport is not just how you get around," he argued. "It It's about how we make sure that transport shapes quality of life and the economy in ways that are good.".

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

We urge policymakers and scientists to embark on ambitious research into tyre wear pollution to fully understand and reduce their impacts on biodiversity and health, as well as research to reduce the generation of these particles.” That’s why we need to look beyond just carbon and to consider human-made pollution in all its forms.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

The crucial COP15 UN biodiversity summit in Kunming, China, which had been set to take place in October is now facing yet another delay, with Covid-19 concerns now likely to now push back the critical nature talks into early 2022, according to reports. COP15 biodiveristy summit braced for third Covid-19 delay.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 30, 2024

Lithium carbonate was extracted from the brine using a low-impact, low-carbon, and low-water usage method with technology provided by Manchester-based Watercycle Technologies. The groundwaters will be transported from well-sites via carefully located pipelines, negating the need for tanker journeys on minor roads, to the pilot plant.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A seemingly groundbreaking technology – an Automated Seagrass Planter (ASP) – holds forth the promise of being able to subtantially scale-up this kind of restoration activity, says engineering firm Land & Water. of the seafloor [source: Duarte et al., 2005b; Kennedy et al.,

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

Winners include manufacturing, up 133% from 2022, and emerging climate technologies that saw a whopping 10x jump to $4.3bn. Emerging climate technologies (ECT) – clean hydrogen, carbon management, and sustainable aviation fuels – experienced the highest Q4 growth at $4.3B, a 10X jump relative to Q4’22.

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GreenBiz

JULY 19, 2021

In looking across the broad array of business, environmental, social, technological and political topics that cross my screen and engage me in daily conversation, there is a temptation to allocate a growing share of mind for pessimism. Innovation marches forward. Economists are rethinking core assumptions.

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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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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Exclusive: Researchers have sought to calculate the external environmental, social and health costs of from fossil fuels, renewables, road transport and aviation. Worldwide, it estimated electricity systems would generate over $11.6tr in annual externalities, with the bill as high as $13tr for transport.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The two organisations have collaborated on a new initiative called Streets of the Future, drawing on insight from experts across energy, transport and the built environment to create a blueprint of what the UK’s cities should aspire to become. and the UK Green Building Council. Michael Lewis, Chief Executive of E.ON

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2020

Climate change, nature degradation, biodiversity decline, water scarcity — all these issues are interconnected, and we must address them all simultaneously," he said. "In If we want to have a healthy planet long into the future, we must also look after nature: forests, soil biodiversity and water ecosystems," he said. "In

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Business Green

MAY 21, 2020

A leaked version of the European Commission's green recovery plan suggests the bloc will focus on ramping up hydrogen production and expanding renewables capacity, as well renovating Europe's housing stock and decarbonising transport systems, as its attempts to revive the bloc's coronavirus-stricken economy.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 23, 2020

Dave Darby talks with Julia Steinberger, professor of ecological economics at the University of Leeds and a member of the IPCC, about her work and the links between biodiversity loss and economic growth. There’s also a lot of research on biodiversity loss and its links to economic growth. So technological innovation is not neutral.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

As the focus at COP26 in Glasgow shifts to greening the world’s transportation systems, electric vehicles (EVs) are in the spotlight. The potential impacts on biodiversity and globally important carbon sinks have led more than 600 scientists and policy experts from 44 countries to call for a halt to the industry.

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The Verge: Energy

JANUARY 3, 2024

Up to 30 percent of transport and energy vessels also escape public tracking. Nearly every nation on Earth has agreed to a joint goal of protecting 30 percent of Earth’s land and waters by 2030 under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted last year. The question is which 30 percent should we protect?”

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 8, 2020

Negative emission technologies (NETs) also known as carbon capture or carbon sequestration are a necessary technological innovation. Such technologies reduce atmospheric emissions by removing CO2 from the point at which they are generated or from the ambient air. Other more technological solutions need more research.

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2021

Stark warnings issued over record greenhouse gas emissions and escalating biodiversity threats. A triptych of sobering new reports have this week highlighted the scale of the climate and biodiversity crises engulfing the world. Saudi Arabia unveils plans for major solar investment drive.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Today a 600-page Review on the Economics of Biodiversity aims to similarly influence opinion on how best to turn the tide on the ongoing destruction of the natural world, which it warns threatens the wellbeing and livelihoods of humanity unless transformative action is urgently taken to address market and governmental failures.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Local authorities are key to delivering net zero and biodiversity net gain – both are essential to climate action at the local level which is the only way to meet established government targets. Mark Kemp, President of ADEPT said : “Our progress report creates a worrying picture with not a single action scoring a green rating.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 31, 2019

Norway’s ocean strategy is focused on green technology and digitisation. Prince Albert II of Monaco is passionate about marine biodiversity and the need to protect it. It builds on the country’s historic research that was conducted upon its discovery of oil in the North Sea.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Techniques, such as organic farming and biodiversity can make all the difference. Encouraging sustainable business practices This can include implementing energy-efficient technologies , reducing waste and emissions, adopting circular economy principles, as well as ethical sourcing and production.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2020

They are also home to much of the world’s biodiversity, and regulate key aspects of the carbon cycle. In short, forests are vital in global and national efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss, and eradicate hunger and poverty. Use of digital technologies. Around the world, 1.6

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Syngas can be subsequently burned to generate electricity or processed into transportation fuels. The cultivation of biomass can lead to alterations in land use, occasionally resulting in the depletion of valuable ecosystems, including forests and grasslands, which in turn jeopardizes biodiversity.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Covid-19 has highlighted the shortcomings of our food supply chains, but technology can help, argues Green Alliance's Imogen Cripps. Through Green Alliance's Tech Task Force programme, we've already investigated the transformative potential of smart green tech in the energy efficiency, transport and construction sectors.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

🚗 Vertical: Transportation and Energy investment declined, but remained on top.   The largest deals of 2023 were dominated by transport, in particular, batteries. Transportation accounted for 6 deals and slightly more than half the share of investment out of the top 10. 

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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

MAY 24, 2021

Fresh analysis warns plans for UK's largest BECCS facility in North Yorkshire could prove more expensive for billpayers than Hinkley Point C, but developer Drax rejects calculations and insists carbon capture technology is likely to prove a crucial component of the net zero transition.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2022

The strategy outlines the actions and timelines required to deliver the company's four key priorities: providing a low-emission railway, a reliable railway service that is resilient to climate change, improved biodiversity of plants and wildlife and minimal waste, and sustainable use of materials.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 21, 2021

It also demands the government stops relying on the hope of future technologies to bring down its emissions. Despite these targets, campaigners argue the UK needs to cut emissions more holistically, and to incorporate the biodiversity crisis into its response. “The passing of this bill is crucial,” Huq told DeSmog. “We

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