Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2021

Net zero is going to have to become net negative. That is according to some of the world's leading climate experts, who have today raised the alarm that governments must quickly move beyond net zero and establish net negative strategies if they want to cap global temperature increases at 1.5C by the end of the century.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Several ambitious pledges emerged to phase down fossil fuels, limit methane emissions, stop deforestation, and turbocharge the adoption of electric vehicles. Methane: 105 world leaders signed onto the Global Methane Pledge, a US and EU joint initiative to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 9, 2023

Greenpeace Italy and Italian advocacy group ReCommon aim to build on a similar case targeting Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force Eni to slash its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Methane is the clean energy of the future,” ran a 1986 promotion in Eni’s company magazine Ecos.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Photo by Chris Schwarz ( Flickr CC ) Rather than discussing the negative impact of continued oil production on the Global South, at least two speakers brought up the apparent death toll associated with discontinuing oil production. The IEA has been categorical in their prediction that global peak oil and coal demand will occur by 2030.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

After modelling the emissions reductions waste reduction policies could deliver in eight cities around the world, researchers from GAIA found that some were able to reach net-negative emissions by 2030, including Sao Paolo in Brazil and Detroit in the US.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The leader of Cold Lake First Nations has revealed the initiator of a major carbon capture project in Northern Alberta has not consulted with local Indigenous communities. They’re ramming it down our throats,” said Chief Jacko during a media scrum outside a Carbon Capture Canada conference held on Tuesday.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

After all, a substantial fraction of global carbon emissions arise from the production, transportation, and consumption of fossil fuels. Hydrogen is increasingly being viewed as an important tool for reducing carbon emissions, because the use of hydrogen for energy generates no direct carbon dioxide emissions.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2020

Our future requires and depends on constant change and a new way of thinking, everything we do or design will have an impact, both positive and negative, and our goal is to enable the transition to continuous positive experiences across all sectors of society. Carbon Neutral vs. Zero Carbon – 1.5

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Labour, which has been in power for less than three months, has already unveiled an ambitious raft of policies to tackle climate change, including plans to decarbonise electricity by 2030, facilitated by a state-owned company GB Energy. Drax disputes this claim.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

However, the report also highlights the enormous scale of the challenge to move from a situation where global emissions are currently still rising to a scenario where emissions have nearly halved by 2030. temporarily, before hopefully stabilising back below that threshold by 2100 as negative emissions projects scale up, the report stresses.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2020

ExxonMobil has unveiled several short term targets to tackle its carbon intensity, methane emissions, and flaring activity in a new climate plan it claims is "projected to be consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement", despite the oil and gas giant's continuing refusal to set a long-term net zero emissions goal.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Bacteria in the digesters consume the waste, creating methane and CO2 as byproducts. A byproduct of anaerobic digestion process is a low-carbon fertilizer that has allowed farms to drastically reduce or eliminate synthetic fertilizers use and are increasing yield. Unilever has promised net zero operations by 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

BP and Microsoft, for example, have said they aim to reach “net zero” by 2050 and 2030, respectively, the report notes. The market needs clearer definitions and standards,” Microsoft’s 2021 carbon-removal report admits, according to the Journal. degrees Celsius (2.7

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 20, 2021

to become carbon negative by 2030, and by 2050 to remove from the environment more carbon than they have emitted since they were founded. He added that energy demand is expected to continue growing, and thus there is a growing need to address the associated carbon emissions. ambitious goal and a detailed plan ?to

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Farmer Martin Lines, chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, puts forward the case for a robust payment framework to incentivise carbon sequestration in UK agriculture. Pricing greenhouse gas emissions at a level that is consistent with net zero opens new routes for a lucrative market in 'negative' carbon emissions.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

A tarnished brand reputation and negative consumer perspectives. Burger King committed the sin of lesser two evils in July 2020, with their advertised “reduced methane beef”. The commercial explained that by changing a cow’s diet, Burger King was able to reduce their methane emissions by 33%. Posing an investment risk.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The public health benefits of realizing 100 percent zero carbon electricity by 2035 would be enormous. Moreover, avoiding all these negative health impacts creates massive economic productivity gains – getting to 100 percent in 2035 would avoid losing about 1.7 could get 90 percent of its electricity from zero carbon sources by 2035.

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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. . It also had the highest share of posts on carbon capture and storage technologies, with these making up one in five of the promos put out by the company.

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EDF + Business

JULY 21, 2020

In these challenging times, we need bold leadership and immediate action to rebuild a better, more sustainable planet and a low-carbon economy. And they must help enact climate policy, such as a price on carbon, that will bring the rest of the world along. They must spread best practices to others.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

It’s a recurring theme that somehow the livestock sector and eating meat is detrimental to the environment, that it is a serious negative in terms of the climate change discussions,” Hsin Huang, Secretary General of the International Meat Secretariat (IMS) , told his audience.

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 13, 2020

The public health benefits of realizing 100 percent zero carbon electricity by 2035 would be enormous. Moreover, avoiding all these negative health impacts creates massive economic productivity gains – getting to 100 percent in 2035 would avoid losing at least 1.6 Public health benefits of reaching 100% zero carbon energy.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Transform your entire business, not just your own carbon footprint. Prioritize high quality carbon credits and tropical forests. We know that carbon credits will be important on the path to net zero. High-integrity carbon credits can play a key role in making this possible.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

The good news, however, is that fighting to slash emissions before 2030, and achieving net zero CO2 by 2050, significantly reduces the chances of these sorts of events taking place. Natural carbon sinks become less effective as emissions rise. by the 2100. All major governments worldwide have backed the IPCC's findings.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The use of these chemicals also damages the environment in other ways; much of the fertilizer used in the world today is the product of methane gas, a fossil fuel, while the wide-scale use of pesticides has been linked to the damage of ecosystems and vital populations of pollinators. million tonnes of additional CO2 will be emitted globally.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Limiting other greenhouse gases and air pollutants, especially methane, could have benefits both for health and the climate.". "Stabilising the climate will require strong, rapid, and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and reaching net zero CO2 emissions," said Zhai.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Countries and companies have also kicked off pledges to triple investments in renewables and nuclear, drive down methane emissions, and commit loss and damage funds.   The whopping $30B fund will be split into “Acceleration” and “Transformation” and will target deploying $250B by 2030. 

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

To support our net zero ambition, we have committed to reduce direct emissions from our operations by 30 percent by 2030 and we will invest more than $1 billion in emission reduction projects over the next decade alone. We engage in critical discussions in various international fora, to maximize the benefits and minimize the negative impacts.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

That’s potentially very bad news for the climate: The huge amount of methane that leaks during the production, transport and storage of LNG means that the carbon emissions associated with importing the fuel could be up to ten times higher than for the equivalent amount of Russian pipeline gas, researchers say.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

But leakage of methane — a powerful climate pollutant — during operations to frack, transport and store the gas means that importing LNG can generate up to 10 times the carbon emissions as an equivalent quantity of pipeline gas, according to analysis by Norwegian research company Rystad Energy. on March 29.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Without deep carbon pollution cuts now, the 1.5-degree OECD countries must phase out existing coal by 2030, with all others following suit by 2040. OECD countries must phase out existing coal by 2030, with all others following suit by 2040. "We need immediate action on energy. degree goal will fall quickly out of reach.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Here, BusinessGreen sums up some of its key findings and recommendations for how all actors can work together to deliver a greener, more equitable, lower carbon future. 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.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Harmful Wastes” Shell’s knowledge of the risks posed by the build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels can be traced to at least the early 1960s. The comments included: “ENITRE [Sic] SECTION ON COAL CHAINS RATHER NEGATIVE…WOULD LIKE SEE MORE POSITIVE TONE” and “RISKS ABOUND IN ALL ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

A tarnished brand reputation and negative consumer perspectives. Burger King committed the sin of lesser two evils in July 2020, with their advertised “reduced methane beef”. The commercial explained that by changing a cow’s diet, Burger King was able to reduce their methane emissions by 33%. Posing an investment risk.

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Charged

MAY 8, 2023

We are thinking that by 2030 we’re going to have eight million EVs in California. That means we can bring the meter negative. When we had that peak last year, we brought down the load to 52 gigawatts, but everything was turned on—methane gas generators, gasoline generators, everything. It’s gigantic.

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Business Green

JUNE 12, 2024

Highly Commended: Carbon Limiting Technologies Highly Commended: Greengage Hospitality Firm of the Year Compass Group UK & Ireland In an all-new category for this year, Compass Group emerged victorious with the judges praising the scale and ambition of its industry-leading transition plan.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 15, 2023

  But all this travel comes at a steep carbon cost. Plus a flurry of commitments, including United Airlines signing a three-year offtake agreement with Neste, and a 10% SAF target by 2030 set by numerous airlines including Delta , Air France , IAG , and the Oneworld Alliance.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Schools give us a glimpse into what carbon neutrality looks like. Dickinson College Score: 80.67 | Carlisle, Pennsylvania The very green Red Devils became carbon-neutral this past school year, with help from an LED lighting retrofit, the installation of a three-megawatt solar field on campus, and a campus-wide behavior change campaign.

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