Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 9, 2023

Trade group with oversight on “the cornerstone material for a net-zero future ” sets out “ambitious plans” to reach net zero in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2050, and significantly cut Scope 3 emissions.

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GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2020

BMW, Ford, other automakers rev up carbon commitments. The world's biggest automakers are ramping up their carbon commitments even as they struggle to build back in the wake of the pandemic. . This week, Germany's BMW took the plunge and set a goal to reduce its carbon emissions per car by at least one-third by 2030.

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TechXplore

JUNE 9, 2024

Swiss voters were expected to approve in a referendum Sunday a law aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy as the country aims for carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Accurately measuring the veracity of claims has become a key issue in the private sector’s Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM), which is increasingly emphasising the need to monitor, verify, and report the amount of CO2 that is actually captured and stored. Carbonaide’s technology utilises CO2 to produce a carbonate mineral.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

A useful way to think about the effort and timescales required is to consider the " Carbon Law ," which was coined by my friend Johan Rockström. So, what does the Carbon Law say? To keep within the remaining carbon budget for 2 degrees C, we have to cut our emissions drastically, reaching net-zero emissions as soon as possible.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) believes its sector “can achieve net-zero by 2050” through a range of measures recommended to government and others in its latest report, Routes to Net-Zero 2050: 2020 Year End Summary. Setting carbon budgets for the transport sector.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2025

The report, “Circularity in the Built Environment: Unlocking Opportunities in Retrofits”, explores the potential of retrofits to decarbonize the built environment, a sector responsible for nearly 40% of global energy-related carbon emissions, while sustainably managing the rising demand of construction materials. trillion by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Previous predictions of the quantities of carbon that would be captured from activities like steel production (pictured) have proven to be over-optimistic. After all, both materials have a significant carbon footprint. One slight problem: The quantities of steel and cement required for such projects.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

A report published on 26 August by an independent group of experts warns that reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is now “too little too late”, and will not achieve the long-term temperature goals identified in the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C license ). C by the end of the century.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

Carbon capture and utilization (CCU) has been touted as part of the solution to the climate crisis. CCU typically works by capturing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants or industry. This carbon dioxide is then converted using electricity, heat, or catalysts into a new product, like the fuel methanol. “It

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2021

By switching to circular packaging, increasing renewable energy and adding more climate-friendly items to the menu, Panera hopes it will remove more carbon than it emits each year by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

How carbon offsetting compares to carbon reduction. It made clear that more must be done to reduce and offset carbon emissions. In the years since 2015’s Paris Climate Accord, many industrial businesses have begun using carbon offsetting strategies to balance the emissions of their operations.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 5, 2021

That is significant because cement, the critical glue that holds concrete together, is so carbon intensive that if it were a country, it would rank fourth as a climate polluter. The Global Cement and Concrete Association this year committed to zero emissions concrete by 2050. No single solution has surfaced to reach this goal.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 17, 2024

Shell Canada has deleted a “net-zero” goal by 2050 from its website. The description of Shell’s Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project was edited in recent weeks, and no longer includes the heading “Achieving Net Zero by 2050.” Pathways’ website previously stated that “the path to net zero begins with carbon capture.”

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BloombergNEF

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

BNEF’s Long-Term Carbon Offsets Outlook 2024 shows that the success of the carbon offset market will be determined by the strength of demand and credibility of credits New York and London, February 6, 2024 – Ongoing scrutiny and reputational issues made 2023 a challenging year for the voluntary carbon market.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Soil acts as a carbon ‘sink’, locking in GHGs that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere. Upgrading UK soils, particularly farmland and degraded peatlands, could radically improve their ability to store carbon. The potential of soil to sequester carbon is huge and should be fully maximised.”.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 10, 2020

dairy - looking at issues including getting to carbon neutrality by 2050, but we also have water quality goals and nutrient management goals.”. Jim Giles, senior food & carbon analyst at GreenBiz, interviewed Krysta Harden, executive vice president of global environmental strategy at Dairy Management Inc.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Solar photovoltaic power plants convert sunlight into electricity and their vast potential for producing clean, renewable energy make solar power a cornerstone of the NetZero Emissions by 2050 initiative, which seeks to cut carbon dioxide emissions to zero by the year 2050.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 23, 2024

Limiting global warming to 1.5 ℃ above pre-industrial levels requires significant carbon reductions and 6 to 10 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide removal per year by 2050. The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is a key mechanism to scale those solutions.

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BloombergNEF

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

New Energy Outlook: Brazil details the decarbonization pathways for Brazils energy transition to 2050 Brazil requires multiple technology pathways to reach net zero, including electrification, carbon capture, hydrogen, bioenergy and clean power BNEF sees electrification as the key driver of carbon abatement, mainly in road transport and in hard-to-abate (..)

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2022

The UK has been ranked 5th out of 15 countries in its deployment of low-carbon hydrogen as a fuel source, according to a new analysis of countries that have branded themselves as potential leaders in the new hydrogen economy. The low-carbon hydrogen index explores countries with a strong potential for production or consumption of the fuel.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

And right now, there isn’t enough demand for decarbonized steel for manufacturers to justify investing several millions of dollars into lower-carbon steel facilities. Most of the carbon footprint for steel companies comes from Scope 3 emissions, emissions from suppliers downstream, as is the case with many businesses.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

Nonetheless, the long-term transition to low-carbon energy systems continues to see strong momentum and, in several respects, acceleration. Hydrogen demand is expected to grow 4-6x by 2050, driven primarily by road transport, maritime, and aviation. Battery costs have also fallen by nearly half in the past four years.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 7, 2022

As the construction sector is reviewing all its processes to see how best to meet ambitious decarbonisation targets, this material use and its associated carbon emissions is coming under the spotlight, says Steve Richmond, Head of Marketing and Technical at REHAU Building Solutions.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 13, 2025

A new strategic partnership between SSE Energy Solutions and Scottish Water Horizons aims to develop low-carbon district heat networks across Scotland, accelerating the country’s journey toward net zero. Heat networks are projected to meet up to 20% of the UK’s heat demand by 2050, according to recent government figures.

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2) and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. . There are other ways to make hydrogen.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Breaking down barriers between financiers and civil engineers could unlock vast flows of finance into low-carbon infrastructure projects, according to a new report from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) published on 15 November. trillion per year between now and 2050.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

governments at all levels are prioritizing climate action and setting intense carbon-reduction goals. In fact, carbon emissions in the U.S. power sector were 33 percent below 2005 levels at the end of 2019, and a number of the nation’s largest utilities have committed to 80 percent or greater reductions by 2050.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Their production comes with a significant carbon footprint, however. Steel and cement are two materials that no society can do without.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

In a conversation with GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower, Dow CEO Jim Fitterling details strategy for the company’s latest sustainability commitments — including being carbon neutral by 2050. That includes looking at Scope 1 through 3 emissions.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Exploring Hondas Commitment to a Hydrogen-Powered Future Hydrogen technology is increasingly seen as a crucial element in reducing carbon emissions, and Honda is bringing its long-standing expertise into the spotlight. Honda has outlined ambitious goals to transform its entire product lineup toward zero emissions by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2022

DAC works by capturing CO2 in the air and then either sequestrating it or using it to manufacture carbon neutral fuel. The report added that as part of the Government’s Net Zero 2050 roadmap, CCUS should be included alongside other air transport energy policies.

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GreenBiz

MAY 11, 2021

It feels almost quaint to remember way back when "80 by 50" — an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 — was a bold goal for a company or government entity to make. For those not yet up to speed, net zero refers to the goal of emitting no greenhouse gases by a specific date, typically 2050. Joel Makower.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 22, 2024

Does it give the full picture of a building’s carbon footprint? Historically, building regulators have looked to “operational carbon” in buildings as an indication of sustainability. This metric solely focuses on the use of carbon over the lifetime of a building and has been the measurement of choice since the Kyoto Protocol in 1997.

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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The Climate Change Authority says a nuclear pathway would add an extra 2 billion tonnes of carbon emissions by 2050. The post Carbon time bomb: Dutton’s nuclear plan will blow up Paris and emissions targets, CCA says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

To reach the world's goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, there must be a fundamental change in electronic materials to create a more reliable and resilient electricity grid.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

The automaker also announced Friday that it's joining the Climate Pledge, an initiative coordinated by Amazon and firm Global Optimism that commits signatories to achieving the objectives laid out in the Paris Climate Agreement by 2040, a decade earlier than the agreement's 2050 goal.

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