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“Global warming won’t wait until 2050,” says European science advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

Cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Saxony, Germany. “We We cannot rely on linear developments and a steady energy transition over the next 30 years to 2050,” according to William Gillett, Energy Programme Director of the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC). Yet, to contribute to limiting global warming to 1.5

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Cooling a hidden threat for climate change and sustainable goals, says Oxford study

Envirotec Magazine

Past research suggests that growing international demand for cooling has the potential to drive one of the most substantial increases in greenhouse gas emissions in recent history. A new study, led by the University of Oxford and published on 19 October in Nature Sustainability , sets out a framework for delivering sustainable cooling.

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European scientists group urges ban on new natural gas boilers

Envirotec Magazine

The document highlights the extremely high global warming potential of largely unrecorded methane leakages along the whole natural gas supply chain. However, its 20-year global warming potential is over 80 times that of carbon dioxide, which means that it is far more destructive. “So The climate does not make compromises.”

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How corporations can jump-start industrial electrification in the US

GreenBiz

To achieve net-zero economy-wide emissions by 2050 and limit global warming, industrial emissions must drop while still meeting societal needs. For example, its analysis found that using electrified drying for the recycled paper industry could avoid 16 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2050. Sponsored Article.

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Should the world ban solar geoengineering? 60 experts say yes.

Grist

And it also released a cloud of sulfur dioxide, a chemical that, in large enough quantities, reflects the sun’s rays and cools the planet. They called for an “international non-use agreement” on so-called solar geoengineering technologies, which would cool the planet by releasing sun-reflecting chemicals into the atmosphere.

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Majority of companies to miss net-zero targets, analysis shows

Envirotec Magazine

Corporate commitments to net-zero accelerated over the last two years, with almost one-third (30%) of Europe’s largest listed companies now having pledged to reach net-zero by 2050, according to a new study by consultancy firm Accenture. Net-zero by 2050 — let alone sooner — will be feasible only with swift, decisive action in this decade.

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Modern-day windcatchers: How we can protect ourselves and the planet against heat

Business Green

Government, business and consumers must work together to slash the emissions of air conditioners and fridges as temperatures rise around the globe and demand for 'cooling systems' snowballs, argues Arçelik CEO Hakan Bulgurlu. Some thousands of years ago, people of the Persian Empire built strange towers with one goal in mind: to cool down.