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

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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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

But the company is still taking money from oil and gas companies to place adverts in search results that present their industry as environmentally friendly, a report found. They shouldn’t be allowed to greenwash their image through their presence at COPs.”. Conflict of interest.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The extractive sector will present an opportunity for solar in the 2020s. 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. Lastly, off-grid solar presents a major opportunity.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The number of delegates representing big agribusiness has more than doubled at the UN climate talks since last year, leading to concerns from campaigners at access enjoyed by high-carbon companies attending the Egypt summit. led AIM for Climate coalition, which has publicised industry-friendly “climate-smart” innovations at COP27.

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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. 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

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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 This outcome also presents a dilemma for Canada, which, while positioning itself as a climate leader, also happens to be the world’s fourth largest oil producer and fifth largest gas producer.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The UK has long lagged behind its European neighbours in encouraging the uptake of low-carbon heating, but the long-awaited Heat and Buildings strategy , published on 19 October, suggests a new level of ambition, with household funding for heat pumps being a standout measure. This is hardly the COP figure the Prime Minister wants to read.”.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

What is carbon accounting? Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The data we produce are essential ingredients in independent, trusted climate indicators that can make visible what’s happened in the past, help guide informed action in the present, and improve transparency and reporting to guide decisions in the future. . Carbon Mapper satellite rendering @ 2021, Planet Labs, Inc.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

By September this year, Guterres said all businesses, cities, regions, and financial institutions that have pledged to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 should present their transition plans "with credible and ambitious targets for 2025 and 2030", as recommended by the UN net zero expert group appointed by the secretary-general last year.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. 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. Several of these arguments reference the idea that grazing livestock can help maintain healthy soils which can store carbon.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

His recommendation at present only concerns preliminary climate talks over the coming months - a crucial part of preparations for COP26 in Glasgow later this year - but it will nevertheless fuel further concerns about whether or not the flagship November summit itself can go ahead as hoped later this year. or well below 2C.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

But while the COP27 Presidency may insist the talks are advancing as planned, the mood among many of the delegates in the COP complex remains dour, with a growing expectation the fraught negotiations will continue deep into the weekend. Get it right and millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide can be saved," he said. "Get

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

The influencers have included a popular former BBC presenter, a polar explorer, and an exasperated father of five who needs a break and finds it in the form of BP’s rewards app. The former BBC presenter has also promoted the series on his personal social media channels. percent of total energy consumption in 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The UK’s official COP26 website says the events by civil society, business and academia will present attendees with “amazing opportunities to listen, learn and celebrate climate action” throughout the November conference in Glasgow. In 2018, 89 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions came from fossil fuels and industry.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

We’re going into a COP where this is going to be a big topic, and we don’t really have a definition for it.” Generally speaking, “abatement” technologies are solutions that reduce, or abate, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial processes, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS). Credit: Matt Hrkac , CC BY 2.0

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

The difficulty of arguing against new domestic energy projects at a time when energy security has suddenly become a real and present threat and there is a moral imperative to end imports of Russian fossil fuels. And the development of genuinely low carbon industrial hubs based on cutting edge carbon capture and hydrogen technologies.

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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.  Tech-enabled credits continue to constitute a big chunk of an anticipated $1T voluntary carbon market , and Oxy is on a development frenzy.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

A commercial business with sustainability and tech for good at its core, Dryad was set up in 2020 with a mission to digitize the forest and help protect and regrow the world’s largest carbon sinks. Sustainability, climate and nature protection play a central role in this. Dryad previously received seed funding of €1.8m

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

And the suggested text invites parties to "consider further actions to reduce by 2030 non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emissions, including methane". The COP decision must put the world on a path to phasing out all fossil fuels and an urgent, just transition to renewables.". It also "requests parties that have not yet done so.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Machine learning, AI, automation and other solutions can slash firms' carbon emissions and energy usage while boosting their productivity, writes IBM's Ana Paula Assis. Rania Al Mashat, Egypt's minister for international cooperation, recently said : "For us, what we want this COP[27] to be about is moving from pledges to implementation.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

A separate analysis just yesterday from a group of leading climate scientists warned global emissions were once again rising fast in the wake of the year of Covid-related lockdowns and as such the remaining carbon budget for keeping temperature increases below 1.5C COP26Glasgow is in danger of drowning the UNFCCC in announcement blitz.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Jeff House at Baxi, commented: “While we know hydrogen is not a silver bullet when it comes to emissions, it does present a great opportunity as it is carbon-free at the point of use and requires minimal changes inside consumer’s homes. On top of all of this – it is 100 per cent green, with water being the only by-product.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

As such, he ruled the government had failed to meet its obligations under Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA) and ordered Ministers to update the plan and present it to Parliament by April 2023. Sunak also hinted that he wanted to see more investment in natural carbon sinks, describing peat restoration as a "pet project".

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

The high seas cover some 42 per cent of the Earth's surface, are a major carbon sink, and home to vast amounts of biodiversity. But at the same time the oceans are the backdrop to globally significant economic activity, ranging from fisheries to shipping routes, as well as emerging sectors such as deep sea mining and carbon removal projects.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

"Both on the issue [of fracking] and in terms of new oil and gas licences, I think what the UK government, indeed every government, has to demonstrate is how the policies that we're putting forward consistent with legally binding commitments on, in our case, getting to net zero by 2050, or indeed our near-term carbon budgets," he said.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The first full negotiating texts are still not expected until later this evening, or potentially even tomorrow, according to Egypt's COP Presidency. But one can't really present oneself as a top student when the stakes are too low. We need much higher ambition.". The future of humanity, without exaggeration, is at stake.

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Business Green

JUNE 13, 2021

These various targets have been supported by number of policies and investments, such as support for new electric vehicle charging infrastructure and new zero carbon home standards. It also requires the UK to accelerate a global approach to carbon markets, sustainable finance and the shift to clean power.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

That, in our view, is legally fatal to the [policy] in its present form. We were fighting a project that would have had dire implications for present and future generations. "We No amount of spin from Heathrow's PR machine can obscure the carbon logic of a new runway. It's his chance to shine on the world stage.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2021

COP26 President-designate Alok Sharma has insisted the UK is intent on holding a physical UN Climate Summit in Glasgow later this year despite the challenge presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, as he today sought to dismiss concerns surrounding the government's preparations for the crucial event.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

In speech to mark sixth month anniversary of Glasgow Summit, COP26 President argues 'net zero means security, prosperity, and preventing the problems of the present from growing inexorably'. But Sharma insisted the Energy Security Strategy could see the UK secure 95 per cent of its power from low carbon sources by 2030. It can deliver.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Tackling climate change is often presented as a complex challenge, and in many respects that's true. The UK government has clearly set out the need for investment in technologies including renewables, nuclear, carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), hydrogen, networks, energy efficiency, and heat pumps. million new jobs.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The company says that more oil will mean less emissions; however — provided the industry builds enough facilities to capture carbon dioxide (CO2), the main gas causing the climate crisis. “We The statement was widely interpreted as a pitch for carbon capture. Energy Information Administration and other sources.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

That, in our view, is legally fatal to the [policy] in its present form. We were fighting a project that would have had dire implications for present and future generations. "We No amount of spin from Heathrow's PR machine can obscure the carbon logic of a new runway. It's his chance to shine on the world stage.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

per cent of global carbon emissions as well as sitting in the bottom third of countries least ready for climate change. In contrast, Oxfam found that polluting industrialised nations such as those of the G20 - which control 80 per cent of the world's economy - are together responsible for over three-quarters of the world's carbon emissions.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

You might well think the UK's green and pleasant land is a perfect ally in tackling climate change, able to soak carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it as carbon in the leaves, trunks and roots of our much-loved flora and in the soils beneath. Sadly, like many of the world's great forests they are currently in a sorry state.

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