GreenBiz

APRIL 13, 2021

Public equity asset managers drive what kinds of companies are valuable and thus have the capital to grow, to what industries retirement savings flow by default and what companies can achieve a scale that affords them outsized political and policy influence. Lastly, diversity drives innovation.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 19, 2021

Emeritus Fellow Professor Peter Dobson has defended his decision to accept a position on the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)’s academic advisory council, just weeks after his colleague Professor Peter Edwards joined the organisation as trustee. Fossil Fuel Ties.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Of course, we all understand the short-term cyclical nature of politics but there is so much more at stake here and as industry we should be encouraging governments to continue long term investments and complete the energy transition as quickly as possible. This goes beyond politics - it's about the investment in holding the 1.5

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Sustainability Consulting

JULY 29, 2020

Everyone loves a good TEDtalk: The main driver of global warming is human action: How much carbon we put into the atmosphere, according to author David Wallace Wells. A new politics would make the matter of managing that burden, where it falls and how heavily, the top priority of our time. But the only obstacles are human ones.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 28, 2023

The UK’s Climate Innovation Forum named global PR agency Weber Shandwick as its “ official communications partner ,” despite the agency recently holding or continuing to hold contracts with at least eight oil and gas companies, an oil financier, and an industry lobby group. Climate Action did not respond to a request for comment.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

He argued oil and gas company advertising is usually not directed at getting consumers to buy their products and services but is more akin to political lobbying. This is political advertising that they're running to maintain their influence over public policy," he suggested. For example, last year 20 U.K. Pull Quote.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Given the current economic and political turmoil, so soon after the global pandemic, it’s clear that achieving our net zero targets has become even more complex and challenging. But there’s a growing consensus that a resurgent nuclear industry can play a vital role in bringing our efforts to limit global warming back on track.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 16, 2020

Further, it requires using key tools like engagement and shareholder proxy voting to transparently and constructively challenge management teams to plan for and operate under a scenario where the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to less than two degrees is fully realized.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Mark Fullbrook, who ran Truss’s leadership campaign, launched a political consultancy – Fullbrook Strategies – in March , with clients including Cerulean Winds, official records show. A veteran political strategist, Fullbrook was appointed chief of staff by Truss after she took over as prime minister last month.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2021

IEA figures published today suggest that in 2020 the oil and gas industry was responsible for roughly 12 per cent of global emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas that is much more potent than carbon dioxide and as such is a major contributor to global warming.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 4, 2023

OES Oilfield provides inspection and maintenance services on oil rigs, helping fossil fuel firms to “maintain your assets and keep your staff safe using innovative and cutting edge technology solutions.” The OfS is the higher education regulator in England, which works to protect the interests of students.

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Energy Innovation

MAY 25, 2022

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. The model also demonstrates how support for policy or technology adoption accelerates when learning leads to cost reductions, or dampen when political, legal, or cultural winds shift.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Consultancy giant PwC and the World Economic Forum (WEF) today published Climate Ambition: Analysis of an International Carbon Price Floor , which concluded that setting an international price for carbon emissions could reduce global emissions by up to 12.3 per cent at a cost of less than one per cent of GDP.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Now the greenhouse gas -emitting horrors of airplanes are back in the news, as a new study shows that aviation contributes more to global warming than was previously known. of global CO2 emissions. “But This can affect cloudiness, thereby increasing aviation’s net warming. Then the pandemic tamped down air travel.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

And both are also susceptible to exponential escalation if left unchecked: in such scenarios, cases of the virus are likely to rise and potentially create new, dangerous variants, while increasing greenhouse gas emissions risk setting off further 'tipping points' that could lead to runaway global warming.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 15, 2020

Further, it requires using key tools like engagement and shareholder proxy voting to transparently and constructively challenge management teams to plan for and operate under a scenario where the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to less than two degrees is fully realized.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

Political will must be galvanized and renewed as we emerge from the fall-out of Covid-19, and energies refocused on climate change as soon as resource is available. With hydrogen, we have the technology and the skills needed to give our energy sector the shake-up it needs to meet our goals. Policy-driven benefits. Credit: Chris Watt.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 16, 2020

Leading climatetech innovation organizations launch multi-year initiative to accelerate the trillion-dollar carbon-to-value market. According to scientists, reducing greenhouse gas emissions alone will not be enough to keep global warming below an average of two degrees Celsius globally. Newswise — New York City, N.Y.,

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

In fact they have prominently opposed such action, regularly providing space for climate scepticism and running frontpage stories that challenged the existence of global warming and its relationship to human activity. — Dale Vince (@DaleVince) February 15, 2021. On the other hand there remain significant problems.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

They reflect the interests, the conditions, the contradictions and the state of political will in the world today. They take important steps, but unfortunately the collective political will was not enough to overcome some deep contradictions. Of course global politics shape these summits, but the Prime Minister has hindered not helped.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

AUGUST 29, 2019

Allowing such “green” offers is in fact a great way to help fight global warming in a politically painless way. Regulated utilities have a long history of not innovating. Baldwin’s report focuses on what she believes is bad about competitive electric supply, but does not discuss so much that is clearly good.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

Cole argued that the law was not the ultimate weapon, but only one, and that the overarching goal is political empowerment toward systemic change. Harris said that to address this systemic problem, Cole argued that the law was not the ultimate weapon, but only one, and that the overarching goal is political empowerment toward systemic change.

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Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2021

That was my first reaction to one, only a couple of weeks ago, by the Global Warming Policy Forum - an outfit wholly owned by the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) - known to disseminate misleading and inaccurate information on climate change. Betting against British innovation and energy security.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

Furthermore, political and financial support for GGR must not blind policymakers to the risks inherent to individual GGR techniques - for instance, the high reversibility risks associated with forest plantations, or promising but under-researched approaches such as ocean alkalinity enhancement. by 2050 will be dangerously out of reach.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In response to the report, the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy issued an urgent Call to Ocean-Based Climate Action today, to inspire political commitments, business partnerships and investments to set us on the new pathway to a low-carbon, climate-resilient future. “In GtCO2e each year by 2050.

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Martin LaMonica

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Our academics also explained why energy innovation is so slow , what to do about earthquakes linked to oil and gas drilling, why Tesla’s home batteries are such a big deal and how rooftop solar is disrupting the power grid. Also in politics and policy, we covered the link between the climate change-worsened drought in Syria and its civil war.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Costs for collecting this data have also plummeted thanks to sensor hardware innovation, making the data more accessible than ever. a new layer of high-quality, high-granularity understanding built upon key technology innovations of the past decade. However, these raw data are not particularly useful for the average customer.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 8, 2020

The organization hopes to achieve its mission through initiatives that unite the public, policy-makers and businesses behind a common goal of reversing global warming. Young people understand that the climate crisis will require real leadership, as well as bold and innovative solutions,” Eder said.

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Energy Innovation

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Climate impacts vary by region, just as health systems vary dramatically depending on local populations, politics, and governance.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 12, 2023

Freund said that it was important for policymakers to interact with lobbyists in “any healthy democracy”, but that “wherever there could be an influence of money on politics, the bare minimum is to make it transparent and give voters the possibility to hold decision makers accountable.” The European Commission declined to comment.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2022

And yet, so complete is their disconnect from the real world that these zombie arguments continue to stumble across the political landscape desperately looking for an issue, any issue, to attack. Soaring energy bills? Blame net zero. Boris Johnson's downfall? Net zero's fault. A decade of flat-lining productivity and anaemic wage growth?

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 8, 2020

The organization hopes to achieve its mission through initiatives that unite the public, policy-makers and businesses behind a common goal of reversing global warming. Young people understand that the climate crisis will require real leadership, as well as bold and innovative solutions,” Eder said.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Australia and the US are the second and third largest beef exporters globally, and their governments have a strong economic interest in supporting the growth of these industries, which enjoy close political ties.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

He argues oil and gas company advertising is usually not directed at getting consumers to buy their products and services, but is more akin to political lobbying. This is political advertising that they're running to maintain their influence over public policy," he suggests.

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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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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? pathway by 2030.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

Climate change isn’t a 'side of desk' activity, yet corporate efforts to bolster resilience are failing to keep pace with worsening climate impacts - BusinessGreen Intelligence's latest trend report explores how firms should respond to escalating climate risks "The wolf is at the door," warns Greenpeace UK's head of politics, Rebecca Newsom.

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