Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

G20 agrees to submit enhanced Paris Agreement plans ahead of COP26, but fails to agree coal power and fossil fuel subsidy phase outs. Under the Paris Agreement, signatories are expected to ramp up their national climate pledges every five years in order to help limit temperature rise to 1.5C

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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.  The investment covers 40% of the Texas facility’s $1.3B project cost and is one of the largest DAC investments to date.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

From Loss and Damage and just transitions to rows over fossil fuel phase outs and carbon markets, we take a look at some of the key lessons for businesses from COP27. From Loss and Damage and just transitions to rows over fossil fuel phase outs and carbon markets, we take a look at some of the key lessons for businesses from COP27.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2020

The two-day Petersberg Climate Dialogue has long been a key event in the annual climate calendar, with environment ministers from around 30 countries typically coming together to thrash out priorities and preparations for the following United Nations COP climate summit.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The appeals underscored how for many nations, the success of the Sharm El Sheikh Summit depends on its ability to deliver real progress towards the launch of a dedicated funding mechanism for Loss and Damage, after the contentious issue made it on to a COP agenda for the first time this year.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Funding support is also forthcoming for district heating, via a £338 million investment in the Heat Network Transformation Programme set to take place between 2022 and 2025. Other support packages include the £150 million Home Upgrade Grant, which is intended to assist emissions reductions with households not currently on the gas grid. “For

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

None of this equates with actual action to reduce emissions or tackle inequality, but it’s clearly not fringe anymore (which fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil found out when activist investors forced it to take on sustainability-friendly board members). With this pace of investment, it seems there’s no turning back and EVs are the future.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2020

International summits to progress a global oceans treaty and mid-year UNFCCC talks have been postponed, while even more crucially COP26 and the much anticipated 'Biodiversity COP' are now set to take place next year. You want the banks to be saved, then stop investing in fossil fuel expansion.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2020

The two-day Petersberg Climate Dialogue has long been a key event in the annual climate diplomacy calendar, with environment ministers from around 30 countries typically coming together to thrash out priorities and preparations for the following United Nations COP climate summit.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

What's in the energy support package, and who is going to pay for it? A sweeping support package has been promised, potentially worth up to £100bn, but what will be in it and why were these proposals such a closely guarded secret throughout the leadership campaign? But this confidence could be severely tested.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

Cars - we want the world to follow the UK lead and abandon fossil fuel internal combustion engine machines. The new goal is expected to feature in the upcoming Heat and Buildings Strategy, which is expected to be published next month following intense wrangling within Whitehall over the potential cost of the new package.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2021

The French government recently won plaudits for reportedly making bailout packages for airlines conditional on the scrapping of some short haul routes where rail offered a viable alternative. It's easier for households to invest in burning coal than roof-top solar panels," he said.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

To support its argument, the government today published new research it commissioned with Bloomberg New Energy Finance, which shows how 31 per cent of the global passenger vehicle market is now covered by vehicle manufacturer commitments to end sales of fossil fuel-powered vehicles, up from a near zero share of the market at the start of 2021.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

Moreover, the ruling comes just weeks after the Climate Change Committee (CCC) published an in-depth progress report warning how on multiple fronts the UK is not on track to meet its emissions goals for the 2030s, and arguing that urgent action is needed to introduce new policies and investments that can accelerate decarbonisation efforts.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

The government support package is delivering help right now but it's clear the new Prime Minister will need to act further to tackle the impact of the price rises that are coming in October and next year. I talk to customers regularly and I know that today's news will be very worrying for many.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

Some in the investment community even pushed back on anti-ESG laws — partly because, as one analysis concluded, those state laws could cost taxpayers $708 million. Banks are also making more money from loans and underwriting to clean energy than to fossil fuels. Great news all around. As part of this work, the U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

We can go back to where we were, or we can invest in a better, more sustainable future. "We We can invest in fossil fuels, whose markets are volatile and whose emissions lead to lethal air pollution. Or, we can invest in renewable energy, which is reliable, clean and economically smart.".

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

"They are choking our planet, based on their vested interests and historic investments in fossil fuels, when cheaper, renewable solutions provide green jobs, energy security, and greater price stability. But the truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing the production of fossil fuels.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

alive or this will be the COP where we lose 1.5C," he said. You need to work out how you want future generations to look upon this COP and each of us individually as countries. goal, arguing that "every fraction of a degree matters". We'll either leave Egypt having kept 1.5C It is really up to us to decide.".

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2023

If the CCC's central allegation is that the government is guilty of complacency and a fundamental lack of focus, the official response from the Department of Net Zero and Energy Security amounts to 'it's a fair cop, Guv'. "We The hugely detailed and widely shared criticisms of the government's underpowered climate policies are simply ignored.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

An 'ambitious' new 2030 emissions reduction target, a 2030 phase out date for fossil fuel vehicles, and a major home energy retrofit programme are all on the Climate Coalition's short list, along with a raft of wider proposals designed to accelerate emissions reductions efforts over the coming decade. Lots more clean energy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Green Deal fiasco and Boris Johnson's repeated failure to deliver on his promise of a 'Rooseveltian' green stimulus package represented huge-missed opportunities. Fossil fuels should be phased OUT - not up.". There are plenty more, a fair few of which are not fit to print. And now this.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As such, the COP Presidency should presumably welcome mounting calls for a new era of public-private cooperation on the financial packages that can help developing and emerging economies wean themselves off fossil fuels.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

After a marathon 48 hours of pre-Summit talks, the agenda for the official negotiations was confirmed yesterday and in an early breakthrough for developing economies Loss and Damage was included on the agenda for a COP Summit for the first time. In addition, £65.5m

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

COP talks each year are often fraught and progress remains far too slow, as today's IPCC report on escalating climate impacts will testify. Yet in the six years since its birth, the Paris Agreement has undoubtedly transformed policy, investment, and economic thinking. The US left the treaty altogether briefly.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

Encouragingly, word from the EU Commission suggests it remains steadfast in its 2050 net zero ambitions and that combatting climate change should feature strongly in economic recovery packages. I think the biggest risk that sits before the global mission on net zero is the risk of fossil fuel lock-in," warns Stark. "If

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Grist

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But we need a lot more investment in science, research and development, and early demonstration projects that give us a lot more certainty about the carbon being stored.” The Biden administration’s climate strategy includes investing in so-called nature-based solutions like storing carbon in soil.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

"Other governments now need to isolate the Saudi delegation if they want this COP to succeed for everyone, not just fossil fuel interests.". The largest national delegation is Brazil, which has brought 479 representatives to COP26.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 18, 2022

Unlike fossil fuels, we don’t want to stop using steel and cement; we need these materials more than ever. Our compensation package provides staff with financial security through a living wage and health insurance. Heavy industry is the foundation of modern society – literally. C-aligned trajectory. .

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

All these issues are either caused or exacerbated by our reliance on fossil fuels and the climate impacts that result. The entire global economy is made inherently unstable by its reliance on fuels where the price can be manipulated and the polluting externalities are not accounted for. It just is. There is no alternative.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

Join us for a webinar Jan 25th on Sightline Climate’s 2023 investment trends, insights, and discussion. Fortescue unveiled a green ammonia dual-fuel ship at COP. The current Haber Bosch process relies on fossil fuels (~ 70% natural gas, 30% coal) and emits 2.4   Want more deals? Thanks for reading!

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2022

A spokesperson for the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN body behind the COP15 summit, told New Scientist : "The COP [conference of the parties] bureau, at its last meeting, discussed that the UN Biodiversity Conference could be moved to the third quarter. Coal India touts net zero operations goal.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 10, 2023

🧪 Cove , a Los Angeles, CA-based biomaterials and packaging developer, raised $7M in Series A funding from Valor Siren Ventures. 📦 FlexSea , a London, United Kingdom-based seaweed-derived biomaterial for packaging platform, raised $4M in Seed funding from Indico Capital Partners and Grant funding from Innovate UK.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Global energy shortages and a recent spike in oil prices to a three-year high above $80 a barrel, have dimmed hopes that governments will announce bold new plans to rapidly ditch fossil fuels at the October 31st to November 12th summit. The IEA sketched out a more encouraging scenario where ambitious policies could lead to 2.1C

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

This means investing in industries and infrastructure that can turn the tide on climate change," Raab said in a pre-recorded video message broadcast this afternoon at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, which has been held virtually this year. Let me be clear: There will be a difficult debate about the allocation of funds.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2020

Leading experts from around the world argue policymakers should avoid locking in fossil fuel infrastructure, as President Trump attacks the 'ridiculous Green New Deal'. I keep hearing about the House wanting a Green New Deal as part of this emergency package - that's a total red herring," said Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen.

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