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Building better: Making the transition from operational carbon to embodied carbon measurement

Envirotec Magazine

Does it give the full picture of a building’s carbon footprint? Historically, building regulators have looked to “operational carbon” in buildings as an indication of sustainability. This metric solely focuses on the use of carbon over the lifetime of a building and has been the measurement of choice since the Kyoto Protocol in 1997.

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evoZero Cement: Pioneering Net-Zero Carbon Captured Cement

The Environmental Blog

evoZero Cement is a cutting-edge material designed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by incorporating innovative production processes. Several forward-thinking cities are interested in utilizing this sustainable cement to reduce their carbon footprint and promote eco-friendly construction practices. Who is Making evoZero Cement?

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Strategies for Capturing and Storing Carbon Emissions

The Environmental Blog

Carbon emissions pose a huge challenge in an era that has seen the world tackle the numerous challenges posed by climate change. Experts estimate that the global volume of carbon emissions has risen by more than 1.1 This is where CCS (carbon capture and storage) comes in. percent as of 2022, which translates to over 37.55

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How Workday uses carbon offtake agreements to scale climate impact

GreenBiz

The enterpriser software provider is one of the large corporations signing offtake agreements with carbon reduction and capture projects.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers.

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The 5 most common questions from carbon buyers

GreenBiz

Here are the top questions on the minds of corporate carbon credit purchasers -- and some answers.

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How governments can strengthen carbon markets and spur long-term success

GreenBiz

Governments can play a key role in the success and longevity of carbon markets — specifically by backstopping early investments.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Carbon Zero, Circular and Regenerative Economy, is easily the most profoundly important possibility resulting from Digital Transformation. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

In this webinar you will learn: Why we need eFuels in the carbon neutrality mix How eFuels can decarbonize the global supply chain How eFuels are produced How Infinium globally scales eFuel production to benefit society April 5th, 2023 at 9:30 am PDT, 12:30 pm EDT, 5:30 pm BST