Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Or, to take the question the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) has sought to answer: what precise actions does the world need to take to limit global warming to 1.5C Many of these action areas entail minimal cost and would spur further innovation and green development, according to the ETC. in the current decade?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The study shows how the G20 is responsible for around 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, meaning that were G20 nations to align their official national climate action plans - or Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in the UN jargon - with a 1.5C 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. While natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods tend to get most media coverage, it’s heat that’s the real killer. and Canada alone.

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Business Green

JANUARY 15, 2021

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammed bin Salman has unveiled ambitious plans for a linear car-free city designed to produce zero carbon emissions, with construction earmarked to begin during the first quarter of this year. Saudi Arabia touts plans for 100-mile-long car-free city.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

It is also true that just as we've never tried to maintain a global economy in the face of runaway global warming, we've also never managed to operate a modern economy with net zero emissions. It is fair to say there are industries where decarbonisation remains technically challenging and eye-wateringly expensive.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

"As home to fast-growing economies with enormous potential for clean energy investment, the region plays a critical role in the global effort to confront climate change. The GFANZ APAC Network and its Advisory Board will help harness leadership and innovation from around the region.". The bland was broadly welcomed by green groups. "We

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Such an occurrence would have significant implications for design, construction and operational standards of all future Arctic marine activities.” In fact, physics tells us that for every 1 degree Celsius of warming, our atmosphere can hold about seven percent more moisture. Lot’s of Methane. And it will not only be regional.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

To stabilise global temperature rise at 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, greenhouse gas emissions must then reduce by 43 per cent by 2030, according to the scientists, with emissions of methane cut by a third. Overall, the scientists stress that immediate mitigation action will deliver long term gains for the global economy.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Imagine you woke up in 2030 to find that Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia had done little to slow the global warming that cooked the Cascadia region this year. We have not kept pace with the scope of the crisis,” Oregon Global Warming Commission Chair Catherine Macdonald wrote to legislators that month.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The oil industry has launched an all-out pressure campaign to kill an attempt by Congressional Democrats to tax methane – an extremely powerful greenhouse gas – for the first time. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, which is considering the methane fee as part of the $3.5 Congress Eyes Methane Fee.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In either case, this wasn’t on our bingo card… In the news, the British government passed new reforms to speed up interconnection, Colombia launched a $1B biodiversity fund, the US released $6B in funding for climate resiliency, and the US and China made modest progress on methane reduction at APEC.  SPAC valuation ).

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