EDF + Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A whopping 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide in the near term, nitrous oxide emissions account for 46% of GHG emissions from agricultural soils, largely from soil and nutrient management such as tillage and fertilizer application. Support policy that will deliver incentives to farmers for lower-emitting practices.

Agriculture 57

Agriculture COP Methane Soil 57

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.

Carbon 130

Carbon Hydrogen Technology Innovation 130

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.

Government 130

Government Hydrogen Transportation Policy 130

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.

Carbon 186

Carbon Soil Aviation Climate change 186

Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Campaigners are hopeful next week's summit could further expand the coalition of nations that are working to deliver an ambitious new international accord in Kunming that would see all governments commit to giving 30 per cent of land and oceans protected status by 2030 and bolster natural carbon sinks in support of the world's climate goals.

Biodiversity 96

Biodiversity COP Fossil fuels Government 96

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

As these bold commitments trickle down to the state and local level, specific policies and roadmaps will emerge to accelerate the deployment of wind, solar and energy storage technology. These policies and roadmaps will not be developed in a vacuum.

Energy 106

Energy Energy COP Policy 106

Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Glasgow moved us a step closer to this goal, with almost 200 countries pledging to “phase down” unabated coal power in the final text (“unabated” refers to coal power without carbon capture and storage). The post The Glasgow Climate Pact: What does it mean for Canada’s climate policy? Finance is shifting away from fossil fuels .

Policy 95

Policy Fossil fuels Carbon-neutral Climate change 95

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2024

Nesta’s report focuses on carbon reduction, and you can’t argue with the fact that ripping out fossil-fuel heating and replacing it with cleaner, greener heat pumps will reduce the UK’s carbon footprint. This type of policy masks poor housing and poor heat pump installation by economics.

COP 162

COP Carbon Fossil fuels Natural gas 162

Grist

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

If countries fully implemented their plans to cut carbon emissions as currently promised under the Paris Agreement framework, the planet will still warm 2.9 Assuming a world in which countries also meet their current goals to zero out net carbon emissions in the coming decades, temperatures will still increase about 2.5

Global warming 128

Global warming Climate change Carbon COP 128

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

When approached for comment, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) distanced itself from the discussions, saying they were “independent of government” and had “not been part of our policy-making process”. “No As the COP host, the U.K. for the climate compatibility checkpoint?. “?Discussions Discussions ?on

Policy 87

Policy Fossil fuels Government COP 87

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?

COP 130

COP Fossil fuels Carbon Climate change 130

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As with the last summit, the risk continues to be that greenwashing leaves governments with “a vision that tinkers around the edges,”rather than a transformative one that creates food systems that are resilient and restore ecosystems,” as Shefali Sharma, director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), warned at COP27.

Agriculture 145

Agriculture Methane Carbon-neutral COP 145

Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

The government can adapt what has worked well from its swift and immediate response and apply such learning to the economic recovery by putting climate-friendly policies at its core. Without this push to low carbon projects, we could find ourselves locked into high carbon dependency with decades long shelf life.

Government 89

Government Policy Climate change Carbon 89

Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Bellwether coal firms saw shares slide on Monday, while EU carbon prices leapt to a record high of over €66 a tonne. Separately, Bloomberg reported that fossil fuel producers are also seeing a spike in the cost of capital driven in large part by international climate policy efforts. per cent, respectively, in Hong Kong trading.

Carbon 69

Carbon Fossil fuels COP Packaging 69

Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

The government is failing to back up its climate commitments with credible action, with almost all its green policy efforts marred by uncertainty, delay, and a insufficient engagement with the public about the scale of changes ahead, and time rapidly running out for Ministers to get the UK's net zero agenda on track.

Policy 58

Policy Government Climate change Investment 58

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Current climate policies around the world do not come close to achieving these aims. We also saw important technical advances, with new rules agreed for reporting emissions and on international carbon trading, and multiple initiatives and sector deals. Low carbon prices are effectively a subsidy. The UK’s international role.

Climate change 147

Climate change COP Fossil fuels Carbon 147

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

Sustainability 73

Sustainability Carbon Fashion Waste 73

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.

Carbon 45

Carbon Sustainability Government COP 45

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.

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels Electricity Carbon Biodiversity 101

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Research body argues government must fix 'uneven' decarbonisation policies that continue to drive customers towards high carbon activities. Stable and enduring policies that cover all key emitting economic sectors and reward investment and innovation in reducing emissions will be needed," he said.

Building Energy Monitoring 83

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 83

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Why choose a company which works so closely with the oil industry to work at COP? Gastech is listed as one of the firm’s biggest events – an annual trade show that claims to be the world’s largest “energy exhibition and conference for natural gas, LNG, hydrogen, climate technologies, and low-carbon solutions.”

Fossil fuels 132

Fossil fuels Government COP Logistics 132

Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The government is expected to unveil a raft of major new green programmes as part of next month's Budget, as Ministers move to "carbon test" new policy measures against the UK's net zero emissions target. However, a number of significant green policy interventions are said to be under consideration.

Carbon 72

Carbon Electricity Government Policy 72

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. You will also need to align other government policies and action across transport, housing, our natural environment and our international aid budget.".

COP 101

COP Government Policy Climate change 101

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 21, 2019

government has aligned national policy to phase out coal use, its very own central bank, which has been the world’s most vocal financial champion of limiting the risk from climate change, is conspicuously absent in that effort. Over 110 globally significant financial institutions now have a coal exclusion policy. Indeed, the U.K.

COP 100

COP Policy Climate change Fossil fuels 100

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

In its application, submitted in partnership with the Kenya Climate Change Working Group (KCCWG), WBA highlighted the importance of tackling short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), in particular methane and black carbon, to achieve the Paris Agreement targets “to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5°C,

Pollution 130

Pollution Methane Global warming Climate change 130

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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. They shouldn’t be allowed to greenwash their image through their presence at COPs.”. Conflict of interest.

Fossil fuels 97

Fossil fuels COP Plastics Pollution 97

Business Green

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

To grasp the opportunities of net zero and deliver a successful climate change summit in Glasgow, the government must come forward with ambitious policies in 2020, argues the REA's Nina Skorupska. The goings-on behind the scenes of COP 26, or kack thereof, have been well documented over the past few weeks.

COP 53

COP Climate change Carbon-negative Politics 53

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.

Climate change 127

Climate change Cooling Global warming COP 127

Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Domestic Climate Policy Gets Real. to a carbon free economy by 2050, experts at Bloomberg and Princeton estimate that the US will have to build enough solar and wind farms to fill an area roughly five times the size of South Dakota. Here are my four key takeaways: U.S. For example, to fully transition the U.S. degrees Celsius.

Carbon-negative 98

Carbon-negative COP Climate change Biodiversity 98

Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The UK government must focus on strengthening the detail and delivery of its flagship Net Zero Strategy during a "crucial" year ahead for climate action, with major work particularly needed to fill in policy gaps and uncertainties surrounding taxation, trade, adaptation and agriculture.

Demand 60

Demand COP Government Policy 60

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. In doing so, we will bring a pragmatic, realistic and solutions-oriented approach that delivers transformative progress for climate and for low carbon economic growth," he added. "We

Fossil fuels 77

Fossil fuels COP Climate change Government 77

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.

Investment 101

Investment Climate change Carbon COP 101

Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Businesses have a stake in the COP outcomes for three main reasons - let me explain. By doing so they are also giving government leaders the confidence to step up and set the policies and regulations that will support their efforts on climate and enable them to go further and faster. Business wants to see ambitious policy beyond COP26.

COP 38

COP Policy Fossil fuels Government 38

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 To anyone paying attention to global oil and gas demand future forecasts, even under existing policies , the COP28 agreement should not be a surprise. C warming limit that was the central aspiration of the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Fossil fuels 52

Fossil fuels COP Investment Demand 52

Low Impact

AUGUST 11, 2021

All governments, including the UK, are telling us that they’re laser-focused on reducing carbon emissions. Kwasi Kwarteng was on Radio 4 on Monday, explaining how the UK has managed to ‘decouple’ economic growth and carbon emissions. Read the report here BNEF-Climate-Policy-Factbook_FINAL.pdf (bbhub.io).

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels Packaging Government Carbon 101

Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This Conference of Parties (COP) was highly anticipated as a critical inflection point where our economies and societies set forth on an ambitious and clearly defined path to decarbonize by 2050 and keep warming below 1.5 Carbon Negative Shot is a U.S. Elemental’s portfolio companies are poised to accelerate progress on pledges.

Innovation 105

Innovation Technology Methane Fossil fuels 105

Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

It would be easy at this point to simply list the litany of policy failures and the paucity of political leadership documented by the CCC's almost satirically titled progress report. An embrace of regenerative agricultural practices and moderately more planet-friendly diets that free up some land for natural carbon sinks.

Politics 101

Politics Fossil fuels Policy Carbon 101