DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Secretary General António Guterres asked nations to arrive at the session with concrete commitments for phasing out fossil fuels, observing in his opening remarks that “humanity has opened the gates of hell.” Despite its name, ambition was largely lacking at mid-September’s Climate Ambition Summit at the United Nations in New York.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Due to human activity - largely the burning of fossil fuels - concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere are higher than at any time in the last two million years, with concentrations continuing to increase in 2020 despite the temporary dip in annual global emissions that resulted from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the report.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

This must be optimally complemented by sharp reductions in the rise in concentrations of short-lived greenhouse gases, in particular methane, which will further slow warming and thereby limit the time and amount of the required intervention. The choice is ours.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

methane) from animal and land management and land-use change, which make the biggest warming contributions in the agricultural sector.”. These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production. gigatonnes (Gt) of CO2e and sequester 8.1

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk. This report must sound a death knell for coal and fossil fuels, before they destroy our planet.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

1, 2020 rules adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) came into effect that substantially decreased the amount of sulfur allowed in maritime fuels with the goal of cutting sulfur oxide emissions from ships by 77%. Regulatory rewind: On Jan.1, Costs for preparation and delivery of BioLNG still remain high.

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