DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The findings underscore concerns over the role of the fossil fuel industry at the negotiations, known as COP27, which have become a focal point for deals to exploit African natural gas. These talks are supposed to be about moving us away from fossil fuels, phasing them out,” Sabido told DeSmog. Social license.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

Biodiversity loss and dangerous Climate Change potentiate each other in their disastrous consequences. But the scientists also see opportunities: conserving, managing and restoring ecosystems for example can mitigate climate change and enable adaptation to its impacts while also enhancing biodiversity.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

billion into fossil fuel projects around the world since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed in 2015, undercutting global efforts to combat the worsening climate crisis. The Bank is trying to reposition itself as a climate champion investor. The World Bank Group has funneled $14.8

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

From the world’s biggest soccer championship to soccer training for kids , from major universities to music festivals and art galleries to — if you can name it, fossil fuel companies have probably sponsored it. TotalEnergies will sponsor the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 6, 2019

So the EIB's confirmation last month that it would effectively end support for fossil fuels garnered widespread attention — as much for the signal it sends as for the additional impact the bank can make with the freed-up funds. The EIB's role, in effect, is to bankroll the EU's policy goals. billion ($14.9

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2024

and other fossil fuel companies are urging the European Union to relax targets to boost climate-friendly “green” hydrogen, hoping to win greater support for projects to manufacture the fuel using natural gas. ADNOC is a major supplier of oil and gas to Europe. ExxonMobil Corp.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 6, 2024

Since 2015, Stringer has been a director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation , a group founded to contradict established climate science and advocate against policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Stringer has vocally questioned climate science and policies to achieve net zero emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 22, 2021

Former UK Energy Minister and original COP26 President Claire O’Neill has been cleared to take up a role at a business consultancy known for running “astroturf” campaigns for fossil fuel companies, despite warnings from the body that approves such appointments. Oil and Gas Industry Groups.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

and EU to drop their landmark climate change laws, spreads falsehoods about green policies, and fondly recalls an attempt to cancel a major climate conference. She also claims that, while serving in the Treasury, she attempted to cancel the 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. She adds that “the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Bank bosses due to attend a green investment summit tomorrow head institutions which have provided over £700 billion of financing for the fossil fuel industry since the 2015 Paris Agreement, including £129 billion in 2020 alone. . JPMorgan financed £230 billion in fossil fuels between 2016 and 2020. billion in 2020.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

“We need more policy support than is available today. The report plots out the steps required to stay within 2 degrees of warming, finding that Western Europe and the U.S. ’s climate change board. An EU carbon credit in its Emissions Trading System is currently priced at just shy of €30 ($35).

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Fossil fuels are everywhere at this COP except in the decisions being negotiated by governments,” Nikki Reisch, the director of climate and energy at the Center for International Environmental Law, wrote to DeSmog from Glasgow. AlOtaibi is registered as a senior consultant on climate change for Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy.

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2020

Major study backed by 250 NGOs and environmental organisations claims financing for fossil fuels has risen every year since the Paris Agreement was signed. This makes it crystal clear that banks are failing miserably when it comes to responding to the urgency of the climate crisis.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 3, 2022

Climate change has worsened global inequality, with poorer countries less able to withstand and adapt to climate change’s effects. But new research suggests the reverse is also true: Not only is climate change contributing to greater inequality, but inequality is also fueling climate change.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Europe's ‘dash for gas’ in wake of energy crisis is 'exact opposite' of what countries should be doing to drive down energy prices and emissions, IISD concludes. The world should not develop any new sources of fossil fuels if it is stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C aligned gas phase-out pathway," the study notes.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

Leading shareholders claim successful engagement with bank has secured new commitments to phase down fossil fuel financing and tighten lending policies. However, following engagement between the bank and investors HSBC has today agreed to phase down financing of fossil fuels in line with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

“I think it’s funny that humans have this enormous taboo about a biological function that’s ultimately going to help us survive climate change,” said Sarah Everts, the author of The Joy of Sweat. Worryingly, climate change is also driving up the moisture content of the air, especially in the tropics.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Loans and investment fuel growth. Put simply, a bank’s capital can flow towards fossil fuels or renewable energy, towards local business loans or financing environmentally damaging projects. Why don’t more people choose to bank with climate-friendly retail banks that have clear environmental investment and loan policies?

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But now Europe is poised to enact laws that would not only recognise the harms of chemical-intensive agriculture, but also to ensure that synthetic pesticide and fertiliser use is significantly reduced. The battle over agrochemical regulation is not new. See Table.).

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

In a speech in Glasgow to mark six months since the landmark UN Climate Summit, the COP26 President conceded the Kremlin's "illegal and brutal" war, rising inflation, and cost of living concerns had dominated the political and media agenda in 2022, but stressed that climate action must remain a top priority for governments around the world.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 29, 2024

A fossil fuel funded think tank with close ties to the Hungarian government hosted a meeting of climate science critics in Brussels last Thursday (23 May), to challenge the EU “consensus” on the environment. Panellists from across Europe and the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2021

As global efforts to ramp up the hydrogen industry gain support with big government subsidies, new research casts increasing doubt on the climate credentials of the main recipient of that support, so-called “blue” hydrogen, which is extracted from natural gas and paired with carbon capture technology. billion in funding. billion in funding.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 6, 2023

In recent years, there has been a growing concern about the impact of human activity on the environment, and the need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels in order to combat climate change. This trend can already be seen on buildings not only in Europe but also in China and the US.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Now, the Dutch NGO that successfully sued Shell over its climate plans is taking those financial backers to court in a case that could help reverse the global banking sector’s support of fossil fuel firms and their activities. ING’s climate policy is miles away from what is necessary to achieve the 1.5°C

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Solar and wind power could push fossil fuels out of the electricity sector by the mid-2030s and out of the energy supply system altogether by 2050, as clean energy costs continue to plummet and governments pursue policies designed to ditch fossil fuels for cheap, home-grown renewables. per cent of daily sunshine.".

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2021

ClientEarth has filed a legal challenge against Belgium's central bank, accusing it of breaching legal obligations to consider environmental protection when buying corporate bonds in a landmark case that could help 'green' the monetary policy of a number of European nations.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 5, 2021

Barclays shareholders have rejected calls to accelerate a phase-out of fossil fuel financing, but a quarter remain unconvinced by the bank’s current approach to tackling climate change. Barclays’ institutional investors have some serious questions to answer about their commitment to climate change action.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 12, 2023

The US-based organisation – which has links to a network of fossil fuel funded think tanks and advocacy groups – has opposed climate-friendly measures in Europe, such as the phase-out of petrol cars and green farming reforms, despite being removed from the lobby register over a year ago.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal cross-party groups of MPs and Lords which discuss issues and try to influence policy around a specific subject area. The findings are part of analysis of the latest official registers of interest by DeSmog, based on new research by campaign group Fossil Free Parliament.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The European Union has clearly laid out its position: Climate neutrality, the Council of the EU stated last month, will require “a global phase-out of unabated fossil fuels and a peak in their consumption in this decade.” But more stands between COP28 and concrete steps forward for our climate.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

The critical window for action to transform the plastics system across Europe in order to meet both circular economy and climate goals is narrowing, with a major ramp up in innovation, policy ambition, investment, and corporate cooperation urgently needed over the next five years.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 13, 2024

But behind the plant’s shiny facade is a worrying reality — experts say that CCS’s success in mitigating climate change is still unproven and could, in fact, harm regional decarbonization while continuing fossil fuel use. Despite a history of failure in North America and Europe, CCS projects are all the rage in Asia.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Almost 100 universities that have pledged to shed ties to the fossil fuel industry still bank with financial institutions that have collectively provided $419 billion (£345 billion) to polluting interests between 2016 and 2022. million in funding from fossil fuel companies since 2022.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Meanwhile, soaring oil and gas costs have driven up fuel and fertilizer costs for farmers and food companies, adding a further £236 to average annual household food costs. This year the UK's record-breaking heatwave was made 10 times more likely due to climate change, the report said.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Statement from world leaders show climate action is firmly still on the international agenda, but how that plays out remains to be seen, writes ECIU's Richard Black. That means investing in industries and infrastructure that can turn the tide on climate change.". Steely determination. Well: that may be a step too far.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 19, 2021

Oxford University is facing criticism after the UK’s principal climate science denial group appointed a second professor to its ranks. Fossil Fuel Ties. They are offering more open debate than all of the lobby groups that seem to have latched on to the issue of climate and its relationship with human behaviour,” he said.

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Business Green

AUGUST 20, 2020

But the use of nitrogen also comes with damaging side-effects, as the use of nitrogen fertilisers emits nitrous oxide, a potent and long-lived greenhouse gas, emissions of which need to be more or less eliminated in order to reach net zero and safeguard the climate, according to the Soil Association.

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