Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The carbon footprint of British pig farming has reduced by almost 40% over the last 20 years, according to a new study, using a new methodology, led by the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. for Global Warming Potential (commonly known as carbon footprint); 21.2%

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Business Green

MAY 3, 2022

Seven years after the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, a large majority of country signatories and hundreds of companies have committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. At the same time, emissions have rocketed, with global annual CO2 emissions rising to 36.3 gigatons in 2021 from 35.5 Paris target.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

In an open letter yesterday, chief executives of major wind players including Ørsted, Vestas, Siemens Gamesa, RWE and SSE - as well as trade bodies Renewable UK, WindEurope and GWEC - urged G20 leaders to throw their weight behind the burgeoning wind sector if the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C are to be kept alive.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 3, 2021

Renovating a building to reduce its energy consumption makes little sense if there is no control of the carbon-intensive materials and components used for the renovation, and if these are transported over long distances.”. As there are only about 10 years left before the door closes for limiting global warming to less than 1.5

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 21, 2024

Komatsu is aiming to reduce its global emissions by a whopping 50% by 2030, with a further goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. On the other hand, GM has set a target to achieve full carbon neutrality in both its products and operations by 2040. The mining industry is no exception.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The achievement marks the latest milestone in the wind turbine manufacturers' roadmap to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. As a renewable energy company, we contribute to curbing global warming, but we don't stop there. These wind and solar asssets are located in Spain, Denmark, India and the USA, it said. "As

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Michael Grossman

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Such has been the case when it comes to communicating the dangers of the climate crisis during COVID, according to the recent study published by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication , who reported “Most Americans are convinced that global warming is happening (72% nationally).”.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

So they’re just going to try and squeeze out every last bit of profit they can and give it fancy new names like carbon capture and sequestration. It’s methane gas, which is 80 times more warming in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. It’s not new.” The greenwashing term for it is liquefied natural gas.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2022

A warming world doesn’t bode well for a sport that skates on frozen water. One study reported that the average carbon footprint per skier could be as much as 74kg CO 2e per trip. Yet there are ways resorts can mitigate their climatic impact, to help curb global warming and become more sustainable.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The company has pledged to meet net zero by 2050 in its external operations. Global technology and engineering giant Hitachi has this week announced it is to strengthen its net zero strategy by extending its goals for carbon neutrality to cover its entire value chain. The company will also invest ¥1.5

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Business Green

MAY 28, 2021

But concerns persist about the reliability of data metrics measuring carbon output. to support the goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050?or or sooner currently stands at 87, representing $37tr AUM, more than a third of global assets under management, according to the latest Net Zero Asset Managers initiative figures.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Analysis of the carbon performance of the 72 largest listed industrial companies, which include cement, steel, paper, and aluminium firms, reveals just 19 per cent are currently have strategies that are aligned with a 2C pathway. Today's TPI data shows it can be done - with 14 companies now aligned with a path to keep global warming below 2C.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Although the high temperatures experienced in the last five years could be temporary, there is a cause for alarm if global warming continues at the current rate. According to the UN, the world has about a 25% chance of experiencing a year of temperatures hot enough to push global temperatures past the 1.5°C limit before 2030.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

To do so, they draw on friendly science, the promise of technological innovation and slick marketing campaigns – which promise “climate neutral” or “climate smart” meat and dairy – to create the idea we can continue eating vast quantities of the stuff while meeting our climate goals.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

Carbon capture firm Climeworks has announced that it has completed a $650m equity round a day, just after the IPCC stated that carbon dioxide removal would now be essential to limit global warming to 1.5C. goal within reach.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2022

The tracker found that 158 financial players have committed to carbon neutrality in their investment portfolio by 2050 by joining the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero , a coalition launched last year for financial institutions to accelerate the transition to net-zero. And there is precedent.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The reason it’s considered a solution is that plants suck up carbon from the air while they grow. When we turn them into fuels and burn them, no new carbon is added to the atmosphere —the whole cycle is considered “carbon neutral.” But critics say biofuels’ carbon-neutrality is a mirage.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

of warming. (If If longer-term net-zero pledges are achieved, which is less certain at this point, global warming could be contained to 1.8C.) On top of this, 46 countries signed up to the Global Coal to Clean Power Transition Statement to phase out coal in the 2030s (for rich countries) and 2040s (for developing ones).

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned in August that such extreme weather events will become a more regular occurrence if global warming continues. Despite numerous governments setting targets to reach net zero carbon emissions, the world is not on track to contain rising temperatures.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Honda just took the next critical step toward our electrified future with two major investments in Ohio that will lead our plan to build EVs in America for our customers and help achieve our global goal of achieving carbon neutrality for all of our products and corporate activities by 2050.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

At the current rate, it predicted there would be 42 million people working in the clean energy sector and 21 million working in energy efficiency by 2050. As many as 5.5 Spending $1m on renewables creates three times more jobs than spending on fossil fuels," he said. In order to ensure contined growth in the sector that supports a 1.5C

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The commitment is aligned with the Paris Agreement's target to limit global warming to 1.5C Continued increases in global warming will amplify existing risks and create new risks with potentially irreversible and catastrophic impacts on markets, society and the environment.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 14, 2022

THE IMPORTANCE OF CARBON FOOTPRINTS. Businesses today need to know and understand their carbon footprint in order to make progress toward becoming a more sustainable and eco-friendly business. You can also use it to determine the amount of carbon offsets to purchase in order to get to carbon neutral. .

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2020

Church and Italian insurer are latest to join growing group of world's largest pension funds and insurers committed to fully decarbonising their investments by 2050. As a financial services operator we feel the responsibility of contributing to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050," he said.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Joshua Tosteson, COO of climate conservation marketing company Everland, offers a defense of REDD+ carbon offsets. The recently-released United Nations Global Biodiversity Outlook opens with these words: "Humanity stands at a crossroads with regard to the legacy it leaves to future generations.".

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The problem is that these bonds may well be funding carbon-emitting activities, undermining the very energy transition and climate goals that Eni claims to support. link] Misinformation greened Eni’s carbon-sponsoring bonds ENI raised €4.75 The latter is a cheap way for large emitters to reduce their carbon footprint.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The new International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition will bring together countries that want the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to adopt an "ambitious long-term aspirational goal that is compatible with net zero global emissions by 2050", according to documents seen by Reuters.

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Business Green

JANUARY 27, 2020

"We have a duty to the communities we serve to continue to reduce the impact our business has on the environment and we are committing to reduce our own carbon emissions and become Net Zero by 2040, 10 years ahead of the government's own targets, because 2050 isn't soon enough," he said. "We

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Business Green

MARCH 5, 2021

UN argues 'rapid deployment' of CCUS needed to meet carbon neutrality goals. The report acknowledges that CCYUS technologies alone will not be sufficient to deliver carbon neutrality in line with the goals ofthe Paris Agreement. The trend now is to shift away from carbon," said Maeda Tadashi.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Crucially, this isn’t biodegradable – and studies are projecting that, by 2050, there will be more plastic in the sea than fish. Transitioning from Plastic to Biodegradable Paper Reduces Your Carbon Footprint. As a result, biodegradable straws can be carbon neutral and avoid a dependence on non-renewable resources.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 4, 2023

The International Energy Agency has stated that new oil and gas exploration is incompatible with the effort to limit global warming to 1.5C – the legally-binding limit set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. The OfS is the higher education regulator in England, which works to protect the interests of students.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 2, 2023

The ASCEND (Advanced Space Cloud for European Net zero emission and Data sovereignty) project is preparing a feasibility study on the concept, with its potential to help meet Europe’s Green Deal goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. Have you read?

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EDF + Business

JULY 13, 2020

Over 70% of registered voters across party lines say corporations and industry should do more to address global warming, above citizens and the U.S. Think of it this way: if a company reaches net-zero emissions by 2050, good for them. According to the Yale Program on Climate Communication , businesses top the list.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

It also argued that despite a temporary rebound in 2021, global coal demand is set to slow down from this year onwards. The researchers stress that green hydrogen - hydrogen produced without emissions using clean power and electrolysis - is set to be major driver of power demand between 2035 and 2050. or $1.7tr," the report states.

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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. . The simple fact is that they are not reducing their polluting activities by the significant amount required to limit the worst impacts of global warming.”.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Brazil announces 'indicative' goal to deliver carbon neutrality by 2060. Brazil this week announced a new 'indicative' goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, ahead of this week's global Climate Ambition Summit. Australia drops Kyoto carbon credit demand from Paris Agreement plan.

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