Business Green

APRIL 21, 2020

Low oil price likely to stick around for some time prompting fundamental change to energy investment that could accelerate net zero, experts suggest. As a result, oil prices have plummeted and yesterday US future contracts went negative for the first time in history as global storage capacity for oil continued to fill up.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To that end, Ofgem yesterday announced a fresh package of measures aimed at boosting financial resilience in the sector, including new stress testing all suppliers from January 2022 to measure their resilience against a range of scenarios. This is now the main obstacle holding back the UK's green industrial revolution.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Climate change is a transnational challenge which threatens global resilience and our shared security and prosperity," said Sir Mike Wigston KCB CBE ADC, air chief marshal and chief of air staff. "I The company has received investment from Formula One World Champion Damon Hill and a grant from the UK's innovation agency Innovate UK.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Thanks to generous feed-in tariffs and other incentives, Germany’s wind and solar installations have soared over the past two decades to the point that renewables could cover half of the country’s electricity demand. Power-to-gas involves using excess renewable power to manufacture carbon-neutral synthetic methane.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

The report - titled Principles for a low-carbon, sustainable and net-zero aligned economic recovery post COVID-19 - suggests five key government interventions aimed at harnessing growing political, business, and consumer will to tackle the climate emergency, as well as a raft of specific policy recommendations.

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Business Green

APRIL 29, 2020

Global Energy Review notes that renewables will be the only energy source to expand in 2020 despite a dramatic nosedive in energy demand worldwide caused by Covid-19's shutdown of economic and public life. The report notes that renewables are the only energy source expected to grow against a backdrop of overall reduced electricity demand.

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Business Green

JUNE 11, 2020

For all the growing interest in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing and high profile investor demands for corporates to tackle escalating climate risks, many asset managers remain 'blind' to the threat to their portfolios posed by global biodiversity loss and are consistently failing to engage with carbon intensive businesses.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. This adds to global waste, emissions and an exhausting demand for new material. C and build resilience for current and anticipated climate change impacts. Top Carbon Emission Contributors. SDG 13 Implementation.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 20, 2021

Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways. Sustainable investing strategies have ascended quickly in the last 10 years. Morgan Global Equity Research estimated that the sustainable investing market is expected to reach $45 trillion in assets under management (AUM) by the end of the year.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Firstly, every COP is by definition the most important COP ever, up to the point when global emissions are consistently falling at a rapid rate and the world is mobilising trillions of dollars to fully decarbonise the global economy and enhance the climate resilience of our societies.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets unveils recommendations on how to scale up investment in emission reduction programmes, but environmental campaigners remain unimpressed. And it stresses that global emissions targets are likely to be missed without a fresh approach for driving investment in negative emissions projects.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

While it’s broadly recognized that a dramatic expansion of renewables is necessary to attain climate goals, this expansion also holds great potential to reduce negative impacts on rivers, and the communities and resources, such as fisheries, that depend on healthy, connected rivers.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

Build a resilient fashion brand company using sustainable fashion. billion tons of carbon dioxide annually. Below we’ve detailed eight tips on how to reduce the negative environmental and social impact of your fashion brand company. Tip #6: Reduce fossil fuel demand. 8 sustainable fashion brand initiatives.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The legislation includes: The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which will spend roughly $370bn on decarbonisation and climate resilience over the next 10 years and is projected to get the US two-thirds of the way to its emissions goals by 2030. electricity grid to 80 per cent carbon free power by 2030. If the world targets 1.5

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

In a way, we are seeing this crisis as an illustration of how expensive the failure to build resiliency can ultimately prove. We are using the newly developed Embodied Carbon for Construction Calculator (EC3) to support low-carbon procurement on structural steel, piles, rebar and concrete. Willemijn Brouwer (2018).

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 13, 2021

In fact in many states, the wholesale cost of electricity moves into negative prices in the middle of the day when rooftop solar system generation peaks. There are other non-financial factors that we need to consider when assessing the demand for battery storage systems. State-based Solar Battery Rebates.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. This adds to global waste, emissions and an exhausting demand for new material. C and build resilience for current and anticipated climate change impacts. Top Carbon Emission Contributors. SDG 13 Implementation.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 29, 2020

A spokesperson told GTM that a final investment decision would be made ahead of construction work beginning in spring 2021. The network operator, National Grid ESO, is bringing more markets online all the time to improve the grid's flexibility and resiliency. Despite a reputation for gray skies, the U.K.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Indeed, the ingredients for negativity are all too abundant: a persistent, shapeshifting virus; political stalemates that thwart climate action; growing social and economic inequality; terrifying ecological indicators; pushback by the anti-science crowd and their media enablers. Demand for sustainability professionals outstripped supply.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

The IEA's flagship World Energy Outlook series of reports has long steered major investment decisions made by governments, companies, and investors around the globe, and its upcoming special report "could be the most influential ever", according to the signatories to the letter. is "central" to the report. "In

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Business Green

JUNE 2, 2020

In order to do this we must not fall back into the trap of our pre-Covid world by continuing to reinforce carbon-intensive structures. To begin with, our post Covid-19 recovery plans must avoid unconditionally propping up and bailing out carbon-heavy industries. First, we need a global price on carbon. It has to be green.

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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. Equally important is the consideration of air quality.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2021

But the sector has long been dogged by concerns that soaring demand for feedstocks could have significant land use and environmental impacts that may negate the emissions savings that should result from moving from fossil fuels to biomass.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Historically, public concern about the environment dips during a recession so there is a real risk that this negative messaging will lead the public to conclude that net zero is an expensive luxury that can wait. A properly funded national insulation programme will cut bills, improve the quality of our homes and slash carbon.

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Bidgely

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Hear more from Jason McGrade about SECC’s research findings in the on-demand video of his Customer Perspectives on EVs, Smart Homes, and Beneficial Electrification session and then explore how Analytics Workbench can help you implement more effective customer-centered carbon reduction programs and strategies. The Message.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Elemental is excited for the growing demand this will create for Blue Ocean Barns , a company that is curbing methane emissions from the agricultural sector with a seaweed based feed product for livestock. Carbon Negative Shot is a U.S.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2022

So what's really the impact of these impact investments? Still, they've proven to be an attractive investment for many. Centreing climate resilience and adaptation. To meet the demands of a future growing population while the weather changes, you have to think about farming in new ways. It can also automate key processes.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

First, it must understand the labour market impacts of decommissioning fossil fuel power plants and reskilling workers to build and manage the new low-carbon economy. Second, it must also engage with the social impacts of new low-carbon energy systems and infrastructures, with an emphasis on equity and justice concerns.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

The report, published yesterday, reveals that it is not just the natural environment that is compromised by the high-carbon, high-waste practices of the disposable, 'fast fashion' industry, but the future profitability of many of the sector's major players.

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Fashion Retail Carbon-negative Demand 76

Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

Investment in clean energy from fossil fuel majors saw a marked uptick during the pandemic in 2020, research suggests. The fall in prices further compounded and accelerated wider trends that are serving to dampen long term demand projections for oil and gas industry. This rapid growth needs to be placed in context.

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Fossil fuels Demand Climate change Investment 43

Unsustainable

APRIL 22, 2020

So, limiting human strain on natural resources is the main area of concern to ensure the earth is able to fulfil increasing food demand by reducing stress on climate. This global commitment is not possible without a huge investment. Yet, who is going to invest, and under what modality, is still under consideration.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2020

BP's potentially landmark write down of $17.5bn of oil assets yesterday in response to its downwards recalibration of future oil demand is just the latest evidence that the net zero transition is poised to accelerate. Can we expand natural habitats while maintaining food security and respecting farming communities' legitimate concerns?

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2023

DarkBlack Carbon was only officially founded four months ago, but believes it is already primed to be a market leader for biochar in the UK "It's got everything, hasn't it?" says Liz Casely, co-founder of UK start-up DarkBlack Carbon. Moreover, the potential climate benefits of the biochar itself are hugely compelling.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Autumn's second lockdown and ongoing restrictions have presented an existential threat for some, and the adaptability and resilience of all are being put to the test. We can think of ‘corporate' decision-making as economically rational, whereby potential investments are appraised and subjected to a defined hurdle rate.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2022

Renewables procurement, carbon credits, materials sourcing and supply chains, public advocacy, employee and consumer engagement, and nature protection were all covered in a wide-ranging conversation, which dove into the latest guidance from WWF on how companies can move beyond simply setting a net zero target.

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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. Typically, the talk is about demand side interventions, like you can get schools or, or individuals to give up meat,” she says. Past marketing drives run by the AHDB include the £3.5-million

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 3, 2019

degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent from 2010 levels, by 2030. The key missing ingredient is a lack of political will he said: “Political will to put a price on carbon. Global average levels of carbon dioxide reached 407.8

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