Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

The European Commission has confirmed it does not plan to remove aviation from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) even when the new UN-backed CORSIA aviation offsetting scheme launches in 2021. Transport Commissioner Adina Valean told MEPs that "CORSIA will not put the ETS at stake. It will not replace the ETS.

Aviation 97

Aviation Hydrogen Government Asia 97

Envirotec Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

The solutions needed to abate the remaining quarter of emissions are among the most challenging to scale: biofuels in shipping and aviation; hydrogen in industry and transport; and carbon capture and storage in industry and power.

Technology 130

Technology Global warming Electric vehicle Transportation 130

Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

Among a flurry of fresh commitments today, the government said it wanted all internal UK plane journeys to generate net zero emissions, and new petrol and diesel trucks to be removed from sale - both by 2040 - on the path to delivering net zero rail, aviation, shipping and road vehicles sectors by 2050.

Transportation 83

Transportation Government Aviation Policy 83

Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

Global demand for biomass is likely to exceed environmentally sustainable supplies in the coming years as the drive to decarbonise takes hold across different industries - a situation which risks undermining climate mitigation efforts and causing major damage to biodiversity and the natural world.

Sustainability 77

Sustainability Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Biodiversity 77

Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

In an open letter, the group issued a "global call" for governments and organisations to "engage in the fight against the global threats of biodiversity loss and climate change". We all have the opportunity to engage in the fight against the global threats of biodiversity loss and climate change.

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Government Carbon-negative Climate change Biodiversity 100

Business Green

JULY 20, 2022

The government certainly hopes so, having this week set out its vision to transform all domestic flight and airports into a net zero emissions aviation industry within two short decades. However, the question as to whether such ambitious targets are achievable without measures to actively restrict passenger numbers remains an open one.

Aviation 36

Aviation Government Carbon Demand 36

Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  In other news the EU parliament passed a law to restore 20% of the EU’s land and sea by 2030, England requires all new buildings to improve biodiversity, and the US Congress finds something they can agree on with nuclear policy, while the SEC may be set to announce watered down rules on reporting.  Energy & industry.

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Investment Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 111

Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

Her comments were echoed by Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans, who said the package was the EU's response to a "make-or-break decade in the fight against the climate and biodiversity crises". The European Union has set ambitious targets and today we present how we can meet them," he said.

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Carbon-neutral Aviation Packaging Policy 90

Grist

MAY 25, 2021

Carbon removal is also deemed essential because it will be difficult to halt all emissions from sectors such as aviation, farming and cement by 2050. The UK’s official climate advisers estimate the UK is likely to need to remove about 100 million metric tons of CO2 a year by 2050 to reach net zero. Large-scale tree planting.

Carbon 145

Carbon Soil Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 145

Business Green

MARCH 7, 2022

Encouraging Certified Sustainable Palm Oil can help the industry tackle the world's climate and biodiversity crises and improve the livelihoods of millions of oil palm farmers, writes RSPO's Nicholas Hurt. per cent of the global aggregate, bringing it on par with global emissions from the aviation industry.

Sustainability 74

Sustainability Biodiversity Demand North America 74

Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Fossil fuels don’t go away entirely in this scenario — oil and gas are still used for chemical feedstocks and aviation past 2050. Secondly, the model that the authors used to arrive at their fossil fuel quota actually allows the world to emit more than 580 billion metric tons of carbon and for temperatures to temporarily rise to 1.8

Fossil fuels 145

Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Carbon Natural gas 145

Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Exclusive: Researchers have sought to calculate the external environmental, social and health costs of from fossil fuels, renewables, road transport and aviation.

Transportation 72

Transportation Electricity Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 72

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 7, 2025

Autos held roughly constant, down just 2%, while batteries saw a massive 79% drop of $4.8bn, and aviation saw a massive increase of 369%.   Nuclear returns to power while batteries run out of charge Autos stay strong in Transportation, but a shake-up is coming. The fall in Transport is mainly a fall in batteries.

Building Energy Monitoring 81

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 81

Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

Advocates of so-called nature based solutions argue that they can deliver significant emissions reductions while also bolstering flood resilience and enhancing biodiversity. But that's where we are - we've delayed [climate action] for too long.".

Government 81

Government Carbon-negative Carbon Methane 81

Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2022

Demand for biofuels has seen significant tracts of land, much of it the Global South, repurposed for energy crop production, a trend that campaigners have blamed for driving deforestation and biodiversity destruction while exacerbating food insecurity. Now it's different.".

Aviation 68

Aviation Fossil fuels Waste Waste 68

Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

In an update released alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech on the government's economic plans, Number 10 said it was working to support the research and development of emerging DAC technologies that "could be deployed across the country to remove carbon from the air, helping sectors where it's tough to decarbonise such as aviation".

Government 87

Government Carbon Electric vehicle Investment 87

Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

The fledgling zero emission aviation sector took another step forward this week, with the successful completion of the first test flight undertake by an ell-electric Cessna light aircraft. New Zealand steps up plans to create 11,000 biodiversity jobs. Plus all the top green business news from around the world.

Electricity 66

Electricity Packaging Aviation Biodiversity 66

Business Green

MARCH 8, 2024

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week 'Game-changing': Kensa launches ultra-efficient compact ground source heat pump New model debuted, as latest government figures confirm surge in demand for heat pump grant scheme - by Cecilia Keating ( @cecilia_keating ) Budget: Government trails funding boost for Green Industries (..)

Aviation 41

Aviation Biodiversity Government Demand 41

Business Green

MARCH 3, 2023

UK's current technology agnostic approach to greening transport is slowing investment, MPs on the Transport Committee warn MPs have urged the government to shelve its current "technology neutral" approach to decarbonising transport and start backing specific technology solutions, including sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and rail electrification.

Transportation 41

Transportation Government Technology Aviation 41

Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2020

If you could double our forest cover - so we were at least on par with France - we could offset the entire aviation industry's emissions in the UK. For years the public sector and third sector have attempted to drive reforestation and biodiversity reconstruction, but this has been unsuccessful.

Carbon 72

Carbon Biodiversity Government Aviation 72

DeSmogBlog

JULY 28, 2021

Padraic Fogarty, Campaigns Officer at the Irish Wildlife Trust, told DeSmog: “It’s been really disappointing to see how RTÉ are ignoring the climate and biodiversity crisis. Activists are constantly told that ‘we need to bring people with us’ but this is impossible so long as media refuse to engage with the issue.”.

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Climate change Biodiversity Agriculture Global warming 98

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2023

“Labour’s pledge to offer a fairer, greener future is undermined by this willingness to accept money from a company that is responsible for forest destruction, environmental injustice, biodiversity loss and climate-wrecking emissions,” he said. “We

Pollution 98

Pollution Fossil fuels Politics Carbon-negative 98

Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

Yesterday the government not only unveiled its long-delayed Transport Decarbonisation Plan - which was originally slated to emerge late last year - but also launched crucial consultations on delivering net zero aviation by 2050 and phasing out sales of fossil fuel trucks by 2040, among other proposals. Anything missing?

Transportation 88

Transportation Government Aviation Policy 88

Business Green

MARCH 14, 2023

The group behind the ranking, the Travel Smart Campaign, has warned that companies failing to tackle their aviation emissions footprint are missing an opportunity to permanently "lock in" the low-carbon travel practices adopted during the pandemic, and opening themselves up to reputational damage in the long run.

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Policy Aviation Transportation Demand 36

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Polluting UK power plant Drax – a former coal power station which now burns wood to generate electricity – was found to be at the heart of these lobbying efforts to dilute EU biodiversity rules that could limit its supply of wood. Big Ag Delegates More Than Double at COP27. Special mention: DeSmog Debunks….

Fossil fuels 90

Fossil fuels Global warming Climate change Natural gas 90

Business Green

JUNE 14, 2020

Finally, the signatories write, the government should work with the international community to rapidly reverse the decline of biodiversity and nature.

Government 69

Government Climate change Packaging Carbon 69

Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

The UK leads the world "in the long term solutions to climate change, in wind, solar, hydrogen, CCS nuclear", Johnson said, and is now committed to leading the world in zero emission aviation through its new 'Jet Zero Council'. The UK has formed a "Jet Zero Council" to discuss its plan.

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Government Packaging Aviation Climate change 88

Mr. Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Biomass could serve a crucial role in the energy transition by replacing gas and petroleum in (chemical) industry, aviation and maritime shipping. Biomass has enormous potential to serve as a transition -fuel and feedstock, especially for industry, aviation and maritime shipping. Aviation requires 7.8% That means that 37.5%

Building Energy Monitoring 78

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 78

Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Microsoft will procure electricity from Shell's renewable energy portfolio as it works toward its 100 percent goal, and the two aspire to advance the use of sustainable aviation fuels. But there's a lot more to the relationship.

Business Energy Monitoring 59

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 59

Business Green

JULY 13, 2022

Existing portfolio companies include those working on synthetic biology and regenerative land use; new chemistries driving low carbon materials; direct and indirect electrification of transport; AI, geospatial analytics, and next-gen computing; carbon removals and biodiversity restoration.

Climate change 54

Climate change Aviation Transportation Sustainability 54

DeSmogBlog

MAY 28, 2024

The fossil fuel industry wants us to think we can’t run a military, aviation industry, or live without fossil fuels. There’s a big social justice component to this problem, which is partly why the Pope became involved in the issue, because it connects directly to inequality. Can you discuss what a renewable world would look like?

Fossil fuels 130

Fossil fuels Politics Climate change Government 130

Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A renewed commitmend to commercialise sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) made from everyday household waste, flue gases from industry, carbon captured from the atmosphere and excess electricity, with the hope these kerosene alternatives can meet 10 per cent of fuel demand from aviation by 2030.

Building Energy Monitoring 84

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 84

Business Green

MAY 14, 2021

After all, oft-cited data suggests that the impact of a company's supply chain is as much as 80 per cent of its overall greenhouse gas emissions footprint - and an even higher percentage of its impact on biodiversity and nature. Bringing other buyers along.

Innovation 80

Innovation Carbon Biotechnology Recycled materials 80

Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Measures will be put in place to protect wildlife and to achieve 'biodiversity net gain', the airport said. The project is unlikely to win over anti-aviation campainers, however, who have long argued that efforts to curb emissions from airports, while welcome, are dwarfed by the carbon footpring of the flights they enable.

Aviation 36

Aviation Biodiversity Carbon Investment 36

Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

Responding to the criticism, Johnson said: "If you attack my arrival by plane, I respectfully point out that the UK is actually in the lead in developing sustainable aviation fuel. One of the points in the 10-point plan of our green industrial revolution is to get to jet zero as well as net zero.".

Building Energy Monitoring 72

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 72

Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

The Strategy was also criticised for failing to provide sufficient detail on how the government planned to tackle emissions from certain sectors, such as farming and land use and aviation.

Climate change 61

Climate change Government Policy Biodiversity 61

Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Tank-up of Tomorrow Transportation accounts for ~16% of global GHG emissions , and while passenger vehicles have likely gone the way of EVs, cleaning up the remaining 55% of hard-to-decarbonize aviation, heavy ground transport, and maritime shipping is still—well, hard! Engines are optimized for fossil fuels. Cleantech 1.0

Transportation 52

Transportation Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 52