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

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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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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Business Green

JULY 10, 2022

That is the latest warning from the Changing Markets Foundation, which commissioned a survey of more than 200 investors that revealed significant concerns over the risk of stranded assets in the meat and dairy industry as the transition to net zero emissions accelerates and diets start to shift in favour of plant-based options.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

Before investing in a given carbon offset program, you need to ensure the scheme is robust and verified to the highest international standards. Yet despite a clear need, the renewable energy sector still faces financial obstacles , which is why continued investment in this sector is necessary.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The analysis, which was launched today at the COP27 Climate Summit in Sharm El Sheikh, was produced in collaboration with consultancy Systemiq and NGO RMI and will now inform how the IKEA Foundation deploys the new €600m of funding through to 2025.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

Biochar is like a long-term carbon investment, because it takes a long time to break down, and therefore increases the soil’s carbon content. Studies show that biochar made from trees can largely reduce nitrous oxide emissions, which is almost 300 times more potent than CO2 in its global warming potential.”

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda that calls for governments and industry to work together to find new solutions to climate change–driven food insecurity. 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.

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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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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Alternative investments can also be made in initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as in cattle feed that reduces the methane output of cows. Food production benefits are relevant, too, given that crop failure is a significant negative impact of climate change, devastating communities and forcing migration.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In contrast to claims of natural gas’ low carbon intensity, the oil and gas industry often fails to appropriately manage its emissions of methane, a potent driver of climate change. We need to address global energy poverty – but the climate impacts of gas undermine this effort. New investments bring optimism.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 25, 2023

Including a racketeering charge in these lawsuits helps “tell a more robust and full story of what was really happening,” said Delta Merner, a scientist working on climate litigation at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Joseph Davis, via DVIDSHUB , CC BY 2.0 More than two dozen communities across the U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2022

Deforestation to create pastures and feed for livestock releases CO2; methane is emitted from animals and their manure; and fossil fuels are used to transport animals and power the globalized meat supply chain. Agriculture can and must be part of the global climate solution,” Tomazoni said. “We million cattle, 46.7

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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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Green Business Bureau

JULY 23, 2020

Some companies might install energy-efficient lighting and allow their employees to have flexible schedules, while others might invest in sustainable sourcing of materials and a cleaner production process. Without thoughtful management, organic waste can emit methane gas as they decompose.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2021

of global warming under national climate plans submitted ahead of next week's COP26 Climate Summit. COP26 must provide a clear route forward to accelerate emission reductions and ensure countries continue to ramp up their near-term climate action.".

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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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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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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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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

To meet Paris Agreement commitments of keeping global warming “ well below ” 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels, specialists in climate, public health, and other areas advise cutting herd numbers, particularly on intensive farms, and eating less animal protein, especially in richer countries.

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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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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Governments approve landmark report that warns window for action is fast closing to avoid catastrophic climate change, but affordable technologies exist across every sector to slash emissions this decade. goal set out in the Paris Agreement. goal alive.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

With respect to the warnings of the severity of climate change, this is presently far from the case. With regard to addressing climate change, the transition to a new renewable energy-based paradigm is the greatest economic opportunity of all time. The challenge.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Coal’s grip on the global electricity sector is loosening as more utilities and companies invest in renewable energy. Doing so is essential to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and staving off most of the worst effects of climate change, experts say.

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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 The battle against climate change is vital. In terms of environmental sustainability, our current global food system accounts roughly for 12.8

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The climate crisis may have stayed near the top of the political and corporate agenda, net zero commitments have come thick and fast, and renewable and electric vehicle investment may have toppled records, but there is barely a country on the planet on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. in the current decade?

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

While there’s reason to have hope for the future with multiple vaccines promising the end of the pandemic, we unfortunately have an arguably larger global crisis looming. Even during the past administration, state- and local-level climate pledges across the country continued to grow , with two-thirds of Americans (across party lines!)

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Green Alliance argues UK has made 'little headway' on pledge made at COP26 to slash methane emisisons by 30 per cent by 2030. For example, soaring fossil gas prices mean that plugging methane leaks from oil and gas sites could deliver a significant boost in profits for fossil fuel firms.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Build resilience of vulnerable communities against the here and now impacts of climate change. And make good on the $100 billion climate finance commitment to support developing countries. "We Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation, said: "Paris is working. Phase out coal. Put a price on carbon.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In island n ations that are losing their homes to sea-level rise, and in other highly vulnerable countries, there were bitter pills to swallow after global commitments to cut emissions fell far short of the goal to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7°F). billion from the U.K., the EU, the U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Adding to the growing pile of evidence in favour of engineering a green recovery to the Covid-19 crisis, the report offers a blueprint for businesses to tap into what it highlights as a $10.1tr business opportunity from investing in efforts that prioritise nature across food, land, and ocean use.

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Business Green

JANUARY 15, 2021

The majority of Europeans are planning to make greener lifestyle changes after the pandemic, including reducing the number of flights they take and cutting down on meat and dairy products, according results of a major survey by the European Investment Bank (EIB). China sets out carbon capture push in climate policy guidelines.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The remaining 20 percent represents investments outside of fossil fuels, in areas such as renewables, carbon capture and storage, and research into new green technologies. . Green investments, however, make up just 12 percent of these companies’ portfolios on average based on publicly available figures.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

warming, we need to slash emissions dramatically – and at speed. Methane, a greenhouse gas which is belched out in high volumes by cattle, has been identified by the UN and world leaders as the quickest route to cut global heating. Animal production also emits 65 percent of global nitrous oxide emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Dairy is a serious, but under-discussed source of planet-warming gases. Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. Livestock methane emissions are also rising in some of these countries.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

of warming. And it includes a call for industrialised nations to double adaptation finance by 2025 and work with the private sector to further mobilise investment in climate resilience. WWF's global deputy lead Vanessa Perez-Cirera welcomed a new reference to nature's key role in achieving the Paris Agreement temperature goal.

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