Grist

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As a result, the industry accounts for roughly 8 percent of annual carbon dioxide emissions, as well as a toxic soup of air pollutants. But in order to curb steel’s carbon emissions, the sector will have to transform how the material is traditionally made. The furnaces that melt iron ore to make steel consume vast amounts of coal.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Water management innovations already enacted by Microsoft include using water collected by air conditioning units for watering plants in Herzliya, Israel, and building a new data centre in Arizona which - set to open in 2021 - uses a zero water "swamp cooling" method for cooling for most months of the year.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Despite the additional complications posed by the coronavirus pandemic a record 312 institutions participated in Sierra's annual Cool Schools rankings in 2020. Schools give us a glimpse into what carbon neutrality looks like. Here is a countdown of Sierra's top 20 Cool Schools as described by Katie: 20.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The government confirmed £77m of new funding is to be made available to support the development of next generation nuclear reactors, alongside £25m for projects to produce hydrogen using sustainable biomass and waste that could deliver negative carbon emissions.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

Though it was later dismantled by Obama’s successor, the European Commission included funding for behavioural research projects in its European Green Deal , a 1 trillion Euro campaign aimed to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Putting people at the centre. Resistance to change?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

One tangible way to measure the positive contributions of investment portfolios on the climate is via reductions in carbon emissions and this is something more and more providers are reporting today, while a growing number of investment products are aligning themselves with the Paris Agreement goals. Rigorous standards. Beyond personal.

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 23, 2024

And while Canada’s coast faces countless climate threats, Elemental Policy Lab Fellow Na’im Merchant said it also could become important for climate resiliency as an unparalleled resource for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods. The world needs to go net-negative, and not enough people are paying attention to that.

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Living Green Technology

DECEMBER 16, 2019

If we don’t begin to change many of our everyday behaviors, some experts believe we could see unprecedented weather conditions by the year 2050. With a Nest thermostat, for instance, you can save as much as $145 per year on the cost of heating and cooling your home.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 28, 2024

The strategic plan for Horizon Europe for 2025-2027 sets out the overarching driver for the climate, energy and mobility ‘cluster’ to achieve a fair transition to climate neutrality and build resilience in the EU by 2050.

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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. But the authors theorised that localised cooling caused by air pollution might counteract the greenhouse effect. Shell had other plans.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

💨 Yard Stick , a Cambridge, MA-based soil carbon monitoring platform, raised $12M in Series A funding from Extantia Capital, Breakthrough, Lowercarbon Capital, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, Pillar VC, and other investors. of oil and gas production by 2030 and total net-zero operations by 2050. CDR with one click.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 25, 2019

That synthesis looked impressive at first glance; it outlined how we could change global food systems, so they emit fewer greenhouse gases, occupy less land, and protect the earth’s biodiversity — all while producing ever higher volumes of food for a global population approaching ten billion by 2050. . billion by 2050 as axiomatic.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

That is the stark conclusion of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) today, which warns that these impacts from climate change in the UK are now inevitable, regardless of the success of decarbonisation through to 2050. It's time for bold action to cut carbon and reverse nature decline.".

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In this Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis, we explore scenarios of carbon reduction investment performance based on the revenue allocation described in Initiative 1631. The measure is intended, but not required, to reduce carbon emissions in 2035 to 25% below 1990 levels, consistent with the state’s legislated target.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2022

In essence, getting society on board with the net zero transition can accelerate emission reduction efforts, make it easier to deploy low carbon technologies and infrastructure, and reduce the overall cost of building a net zero emission economy. And the report offers some interesting, if potentially controversial, answers.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

The staircase-shaped rocks that protrude out from the Irish Sea at the Giant's Causeway are the best known example of the geological phenomenon that results from rapidly-cooling magma. But now an industry is growing around the promise of fast-tracking this natural carbon sequestration process to help tackle climate change.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

Current decarbonization efforts alone set the industry on a course to increase emissions ~10% from today’s levels by 2050. The drop in sulfur oxide emissions, which ironically have a cooling effect in the atmosphere by reflecting light, has also played a role in record high ocean temps this year. Long lifespans.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. million acres the 4.4

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

BlackRock's CEO Larry Fink has warned companies that they face increased scrutiny of their carbon-cutting plans and US president Joe Biden has outlined $2tr of commitments in support of climate action at a time when thousands of businesses and scores of national governments are unveiling net zero strategies.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Overall, it was more positives than negatives. Even the negatives — the politicization of ESG investing and reporting, the economic downturn, the energy crisis created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine — are temporal phenomena, part of the regular ebbs and flows of economics and policy. But there's a long way to go.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Morgan Stanley offered its own twist with a promise to reach "net-zero financed emissions" by the critical 2050 timeframe. The biggest national-level news of the week came out of the United Nations General Assembly, where Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that the country aims to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Morgan Stanley offered its own twist with a promise to reach "net-zero financed emissions" by the critical 2050 timeframe. The biggest national-level news of the week came out of the United Nations General Assembly, where Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that the country aims to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060.

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