Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

To be sure, the agreement is a powerful symbol of the direction of COP - the poorer nations of the Global South, who contribute only insignificantly to global carbon emissions, suffer the most violently from the impact of climate change and have been demanding climate justice for thirty years.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

One answer is for executives to offset their airlines’ emissions through carbon mitigation and sequestration projects. While offsets are often seen as a cop-out for industries that don’t want to tackle their own pollution, airlines are clearly uniquely limited in their climate pollution mitigation options.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

COP28 President hints at UAE's priorities for Summit in maiden speech, as core principles for controversial plan to use voluntary carbon markets to bankroll energy transition are unveiled. We are determined to make COP28 a COP for all, and a COP of action.". Let's keep our focus on holding back emissions, not progress.".

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Food & ag companies have a unique opportunity to signal to investors, policymakers and consumers that they are investing in and adopting solutions to drive down global emissions and incorporate nature as a critical part of their climate strategies. Invest in new innovations that can drive further reductions over time.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

Decarbonising steel requires innovation in the fields of renewable energy, hydrogen technology, and carbon capture and storage, said the authors. Steel production is the world’s second biggest emitter of carbon dioxide after concrete, with an average of 1.85 tonnes of CO2 emitted for every tonne of steel produced worldwide.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The authors are calling for the creation of far stronger national policies on low-carbon fuels. Based at the Tyndall Centre at The University of Manchester, the authors identify growth in low-carbon hydrogen and sustainable bioenergy as essential to meet the Paris Climate Agreement’s goals.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Commentators were concerned about the decisive role seemingly prepared for carbon removal technologies. remains viable will require total commitment to a range of far-reaching measures, including full fossil fuel phase-out, massive investment in nature, transformation of global food systems, and carbon removal on a massive scale.”

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Undermines Government ambitions to deliver Carbon Net Zero and to ‘build back better’. Green investments on processing sites will decarbonise the supply chain while boosting local economies, creating green jobs and new skills. Renewable energy projects in the agri-food sector excluded from BEIS’s RHI Covid-19 Extension.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Is the COP27 Summit that kicks off in Sharm El Sheikh this weekend the most important COP meeting yet, and therefore one of the most critical gatherings in the entire history of humanity? It is, by the admission of the Egyptian hosts, an "implementation COP". If COPs did not exist you would need to invent them.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Bank of England (BoE) is facing pressure from MPs and campaigners to take urgent action to clean up its investments before the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, amid fears that vast sums of public money invested in high-carbon industries could damage the UK's international reputation and derail its climate goals.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The first few days of COP have ushered in a wave of major announcements and funding pledges. Countries and companies have also kicked off pledges to triple investments in renewables and nuclear, drive down methane emissions, and commit loss and damage funds.   And happy COPing to those on the ground in Dubai! Chairman controversy.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Improving agricultural biodiversity on small-scale farms results in healthy, productive soils which sequester more carbon, and makes an important cumulative contribution to carbon storage. million tons of carbon dioxide. million tons of carbon dioxide. “If

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Rich countries are forcing an agreement full of escape hatches: carbon markets, nature-based solutions and ‘net zero by the middle of the century’ are all ways for them to get out of making the real emissions cuts we need to prevent climate catastrophe.”. Carbon trading. Carbon capture. What can be done with the captured CO2?

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

Film producer and co-founder of Comic Relief, Richard Curtis, has launched a campaign to help make the UK's £3tr of pension assets more sustainable and ensure it is invested in building a better world after the coronavirus pandemic. This article first appeared at Professional Pensions.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

The document sets out G7 countries' ambition to deliver near-zero carbon electricity grids by 2035, citing the need to respond to climate scientists' calls for a drastic reduction in fossil fuel demand so as to stabilise global temperatures.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Pointing to the need for an Earthscape approach to decision making, the paper identifies key ways in which the ocean both mitigates climate change by absorbing excess heat and carbon from the atmosphere and aggravates it, failure in ocean systems exacerbating extreme weather, shifting ocean currents and reducing its ability to absorb carbon.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

The year 2023 was a record-setting year for investment and growth in clean energy, with the International Energy Agency projecting over 500GW of new renewable capacity to come online by year-end globally. Acknowledging that the world at the end of 2023 is an increasingly challenging one, Eric Dresselhuys of ESS Inc.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Industry Voice: Delivering net zero is at its heart a challenge of delivering investment across multiple sectors, explains Phoenix Group. The International Energy Agency's net zero scenario estimates a clean energy investment requirement of over $4tr per annum by 2030. But in other ways, the net zero transition is straightforward.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Building on the foundations of past conferences, especially Paris, to create a zero-carbon economy which will benefit our children and grandchildren. ??. In my first fortnight as COP President, I have been listening to those who have done this before. ?? In Glasgow, the world must ramp up momentum towards a zero-carbon economy.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 21, 2021

It was the first time in COP history that the Built Environment had a dedicated day, alongside Cities. For the building and construction sector, COP26 in Glasgow marked a crucial moment to bring consensus around systemic change in the industry. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In its final report, SCAP revealed it exceeded its carbon and water footprint reduction targets for the period, but missed its waste reduction targets. The report confirms members of SCAP, which include many leading fashion brands, exceeded a 15 per cent reduction targets for their carbon footprint by six per cent, achieving a 21.6

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

VCM Global Dialogue publishes its conclusions on how to shape the voluntary carbon market from the perspective of developing countries. Today's report stresses that voluntary carbon markets must complement, rather than replace, corporate and governmental efforts to slash absolute emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The United Arab Emirates has been criticised for promoting oil and gas as a clean source of energy, and for backing “false solutions” such as carbon capture technology, at the UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt, ahead of hosting the event next year. A stand at the UAE pavilion at COP27 promotes the country’s carbon capture projects.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Anyone who remembers the start of 2020 will recall a time when there was to be a climate COP in the UK in November. So long ago was that pre-Covid time, that the COP would have finished by now. It also showed that investing in green sectors returns between £3 and £8 for every £1 committed.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Canada is the world’s second leading source of public funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, according to a new report, even though many experts say CCS is a greenwashing cover to pump more oil. It is, therefore, both an energy and money drain on our economy that is unnecessary for most of the energy services we require.”

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

Al Jaber has served as the UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change since 2010, and has participated at 10 previous UN COP Summits. He was also the founding CEO of the UAE's Masdar clean tech investment arm, and as CEO of ADNOC has instigated a $15bn decarbonisation strategy at the oil and gas giant.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The UK and other richer nations should use the funding of greenhouse gas removal technologies as a tool of persuasion at COP26, writes BeZero Carbon's Ted Christie-Miller. China, for instance, emits quadruple the amount of carbon emissions annually than the whole of Europe. COP26 is a watershed moment for the future of our planet.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2020

International summits to progress a global oceans treaty and mid-year UNFCCC talks have been postponed, while even more crucially COP26 and the much anticipated 'Biodiversity COP' are now set to take place next year. You want the banks to be saved, then stop investing in fossil fuel expansion. Time to step up.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This is the first COP where participants found themselves face-to-face with the reality of breaching the 1.5 For Canada to be competitive in the future global economy, it must invest in industries that will be growing in the coming years, which it has been and is set to continue doing.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In mid-December, Vietnam will reveal its just energy transition partnership using public money to leverage private investment, following on from South Africa and Indonesia, and with a cab rank of other countries wanting something similar. A green powerhouse becomes the next thing we offer the world - public-private partnership know-how.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

COP27 partner Hassan Allam Holding , one of the largest privately owned corporations in Egypt, has announced plans to invest $17.1 IBM, also a sponsor, works with pesticide and fertiliser companies to promote “carbon farming” – a carbon offsetting technique that generates carbon credits for storing carbon in soils.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The study utilising this new planning tool from climate analytics non-profit TransitionZero envisions massive expansions of zero carbon generation and transmission across the world, with the grids acting as global clusters and corridors of trade. The platform is set for user beta release at the COP 28 summit.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Meanwhile, Michigan approves a bundle of clean energy bills, the UN irons out details for the "loss and damages" fund ahead of COP, and Flexport launches a book and claim model for SAFs.  The investment covers 40% of the Texas facility’s $1.3B project cost and is one of the largest DAC investments to date.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Ahead of COP 26, many of the UK's biggest companies have today warned Boris Johnson he has a 'limited window' to show genuine climate leadership. As businesses invested in the future of the UK, we know these steps can deliver long-term benefits for people, nature and climate," the letter states. "We

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Grist

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

degrees C target was initially established as a target in Paris in 2015 after a push by developing nations at a previous COP, to bring attention to the fact that global warming does not impact all nations equally. For context, it has taken the world more than a century to warm a little more than 1 degree C, according to NASA.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Pairing PV with ever-cheaper batteries can offer firm zero-carbon power; pairing with existing fossil fuel generators can reduce the carbon intensity of power supply. But a lack of investment in grid infrastructure can hold investors back. Floating solar and the like is poised to accelerate as well.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund provides up to £100,000 to 27 nature-based climate projects across England. Chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, said the fund would help demonstrate how to create investable, nature-based solutions to the climate emergency ahead of this November's COP 26 Climate Summit.

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