Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

Methane is a blow torch that’s cooking the planet,' scientists warn, as new study argues near term action could play a critical role in curbing global warming. Our study shows that phasing out fossil fuels is essential but must be paired with targeted action now on methane, black carbon soot, HFCs, and smog. "Our

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

Fossil fuel companies confirm plan to review collective methane targets for 2025 and onwards in light of new goal. They have also pointed out that methane's relatively short atmospheric lifetime means action taken now would have a far more rapid impact than action on carbon.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 21, 2024

While flue gas is used across various industries, from petrochemical to manufacturing, power generation, and automobile industries, governments have erected environmental laws to ensure the production and distribution processes are safe for the environment. Climate Change Carbon dioxide and methane contribute to global warming.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Just 50 nations worldwide now outside initiative that aims to cut methane emissions 30 per cent by 2030. First launched with just over 100 national backers at the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow a year ago, the Global Methane Pledge commits signatories to collectively reducing emissions of the gas by 30 per cent between 2020 and 2030.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

“By mapping out how AD and biogas could help countries to dramatically cut their greenhouse gas emissions, especially methane, over the next decade and beyond, this report aims to put humanity back on track to deliver on the ambitions of both the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals.”

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Tackling methane from oil and gas operations among 'best near-term opportunities’ for combatting climate change, IEA argues. Methane, which is largely released from abandoned coal mines, oil and gas operations, and farming, has a far greater global warming potential than CO2.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Keynote speakers: Lord Deben, Chair of the UK Committee on Climate Change, and Dr Alan Whitehead MP, Shadow Minister for Green New Deal and Energy. The guardians of the Paris Agreement have concluded AD is the cheapest and most cost-effective way to keep global warming below 2 ? This could double within a few years.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

Green Alliance estimates proposed coking coal mine in Cumbria could emit as much methane each year as 120,000 cows. However, the UK, along with scores of countries around the world, is committed to collectively reducing emissions of the greenhouse gas by 30 per cent between 2020 and 2030 as part of the Global Methane Pledge.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The documents, which were produced by the industry-funded Global Meat Alliance (GMA), emphasise the meat lobby’s desire to promote “our scientific evidence” at the summit, which will run from November 30 through to December 12. Scientists say that unless swift action is taken, methane from agriculture alone will take us beyond a 1.5C

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In the wake of blazing heat, rising food insecurity and devastating floods, COP28 leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda for the conference, which will call for governments to work with industry to find new solutions. of the Paris Agreement, which would provide the structure for a global carbon credit market.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

The people inside this conference, the execs from oil and gas, the political figures from the governments that work with these companies, they know exactly how bad what they’re doing is,” said Benjamin Hoffman, another member of the Sunrise Movement. They know they’re exacerbating the climate crisis.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Activists gathered outside city halls around the world yesterday to call on governments and local leaders to adopt a Plant Based Treaty that would aim to halt the impact of animal agriculture on the climate and catalyse a shift towards more sustainable, climate-friendly plant based diets.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 20, 2023

IPCC report provides "unequivocal statement" that the economic benefits of limiting global warming to below 2°C outweigh the costs. This benefit alone will cover cost of climate action appeared first on RenewEconomy. The post What price clean air?

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

Unfortunately, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report makes it completely clear that this will not be considered an unusual year when it comes to floods, fires, drought and all the other natural catastrophes. Global warming of 1.5 Implications for board members.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2022

Slashing methane emissions is the closest thing the world has to a silver bullet for rapid climate action, writes former Greenpeace CEO Paul Gilding. The IPCC could not be clearer: action on climate change is a 'now or never' task. Part of the issue is how we measure methane's impacts. We now only have 10 years.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

“There’s not a whole lot being done about it,” said Rachael Kupka, executive director of the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution and one of the report’s coauthors. Notably, both methane and many major forms of PM 2.5 Notably, both methane and many major forms of PM 2.5 exposure from 10 micrograms per square meter to just 5.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2021

The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) has today announced the launch of new global sustainability goals, designed to curb emissions across the sector and respond to growing calls for the industry to reduce its outsized environmental footprint.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2021

warming pathway, and to turn 'vague' net zero pledges into action, UN warns. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has castigated governments for their failure in leadership, following a report today revealing the world is facing a catastrophic 2.7C warming target remains within reach.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 9, 2021

A panel of leading scientists convened by the United Nations issued a comprehensive report Monday that contains a stark warning for humanity: The climate crisis is here, some of its most destructive consequences are now inevitable, and only massive and speedy reductions in greenhouse gas emissions can limit the coming disaster.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions cause heat to be trapped in the atmosphere which is warming the globe and driving climate change. Emissions include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) and (commonly measured through what is known as carbon dioxide equivalents or CO2e). degrees Celsius or 2.7

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Did you realize that by throwing food out, you’re also wasting water and causing climate change? Food production, processing, packaging, and transportation all have an impact on global warming. It is obvious that there is a global issue with food waste that needs a global solution. Approximately 1.3

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

False Solutions Experts have warned that exaggerating the potential of hydrogen could delay action on tackling climate change by obstructing the rollout of renewables and keeping the fossil fuel industry alive. Using methane – [to make] blue hydrogen – always results in some residual emissions.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Landmark IPCC report provides wave of stark warnings, but stresses that rapidly putting the global economy on course to net zero emissions by 2050 could hugely reduce the escalating impacts that will result from a warmer world. The report concludes that the world's average surface land temperature currently stands at around 1.1C

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

As industry is one of the biggest drivers of global climate change and is entirely dependent on the earth’s resources for production, it is important for business leaders and employees to understand the Anthropocene, its implications, and what it means for the future of sustainability and industry. .

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2020

We are entering socio-economic times of high risk and risk mitigation practices to mitigate the impact of human influenced climate change. The emergence of environmental buzzwords started out with global warming, then became climate change. Every proactive and positive thing we do, has an adverse reaction.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Greenhouse gas ( GHG ) emissions are warming the globe and driving climate change. We need to look no further than the steady stream of record breaking warming. degrees Fahrenheit as agreed to in the Paris Climate Accord). The impacts of these GHGs are not some future concern they are being felt here and now.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years. (If

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 21, 2020

A slew of recent studies corroborate the scientific consensus on climate change. The ironic upside of the coronavirus is that it has exposed the fault lines in our civilizations and increased interest in science and fact-based government policy. It is both a current day reality and a serious threat to life on Earth.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 14, 2022

You’ll understand what products and processes emit g reenhouse gases (GHGs), including the carbon-containing gases carbon dioxide and methane. Carbon Dioxide, CO 2, bears the most responsibility for anthropogenic climate change. This translation is based on the global warming potential (GWP) of a given GHG.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

They soon discovered that static electricity had caused entrapped methane from the flatulence and manure of 90 dairy cows to explode. According to the United Nations , reducing methane emissions from cows could be one of the quickest ways to slow climate change. Headline writers had a field day. million dairy cows.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

New report warns world is 'heading in wrong direction' post-pandemic resulting in a 48 per cent chance the global 1.5C There is now a near 50-50 chance of global warming temporarily rising above the totemic 1.5C Last year global fossil fuel related O2 emissions returned to pre-pandemic levels, after a 5.4 billion to 3.6

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

I’ve been involved in the climate negotiations for several years as a former senior U.N. Research shows the world needs to cut global emissions 45% by 2030 to keep global warming under 1.5 F) compared to pre-industrial times, an aim of the Paris climate agreement. official and I am in Glasgow now. That’s a start.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Plus 40 nations prep methane plans for COP27, Germany touts cheap transport tickets, and Saudi Arabia launches electric vehicle brand. COP27: 40 countries planning to unveil methane reduction plans. off global warming by 2050, as methane's warming potential is 84 times greater than carbon dioxide over 20-year timescale.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The company confirmed it would expand its Climate Science Information Center and rename it as the Climate Science Center, adding new features, like quizzes, to better inform and engage Facebook's community on climate change. pathway, then global warming this century could be limited to 1.7C.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 5, 2022

With widespread commitments made to reducing CO 2 emissions, attention is turning to other greenhouse gases, specifically methane and nitrous oxide as the next largest contributors. Without global reporting requirements and methodologies, the levels, especially in developing countries, are likely to be significantly underestimated.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 4, 2021

In 1988, when the changing climate was referred to as global warming , it seemed obvious that the main issue with a changing climate was that the planet was getting hotter. The losses will especially be felt in the southern states from California to Florida according to a study published in Climatic Change.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 Moreover, to limit global warming to 1.5 Awareness is vital to ignite change. People, corporations and governments are seemingly taking action. The battle against climate change is vital.

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