Carbon-negative, Ethics and Europe

How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Eco-Friendly, Ethically-Sourced Building Materials. Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. RECLAIMED LUMBER.

Building Energy Monitoring

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Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Others that have been active in pushing for the EU to continue to allow the use of certain controversial chemicals, include CropLife Europe and The Glyphosate Renewal Group. The documents leaked in the Corporate Europe Observatory investigation were “part of lobbying work that is done in all stakeholder groups.

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How Green Is Your Solar Company? A 5-Step Sustainability Guide For Your Business

Green Business Bureau

JULY 6, 2022

Yet, practices can lead to a vast amount of unnecessary waste, habitat destruction, and carbon emissions depending on how you choose to operate. The manufacturing of solar panels is extremely resource-intensive, demanding industrial materials, and spewing out carbon emissions from the burning of coal.

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The Fossil Fuel Industry Wants to Keep New Buildings Dependent on Gas

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Up to 85 percent of the emissions from buildings in Europe and North America could be mitigated, according to the IPCC, as could up to 45 percent of emissions from buildings in Australia, another major consumer of natural gas. But the rise of heat pumps and other energy-efficient appliances means its possible to make big changes. In the E.U.,

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SDG 13: Climate Action

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

The first 11 months of 2020 were the hottest on record in the Northern Hemisphere, Europe experienced its warmest autumn ever, and the Arctic sea ice coverage was 16% lower than the 1981-2010 average. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Top Carbon Emission Contributors.

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What is SDG 13 (Climate Action): How To Apply It In Your Business

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

The first 11 months of 2020 were the hottest on record in the Northern Hemisphere, Europe experienced its warmest autumn ever, and the Arctic sea ice coverage was 16% lower than the 1981-2010 average. There has been an estimated 6% drop in carbon emissions due to altered lifestyles in COVID-19. Top Carbon Emission Contributors.

Climate change

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As ‘doomsday’ glacier melts, can an artificial barrier save it?

Grist

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Within two years, he and colleagues in Europe hope to be working in a Norwegian fjord, testing prototypes for a giant submarine curtain, up to 50 miles across, that could seal off the two glaciers from the remorseless Antarctic current. Antarctic Program Are such ideas feasible, how much would they cost, and what are the ethics of all this?

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A plant-based recovery? The Vegetarian Butcher's Hugo Verkuil on shifting diets during a pandemic

Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2020

As burger wars wage in Brussels over whether plant-based products can deploy terminology traditionally used for meat and dairy, some of the world's most prolific meat producers have been gobbling up small plant-based start-ups in order to launch their own low carbon meat lines. This year there has been quite a big shift," Verkuil says. "On

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From Bentley to VW, the electric vehicle race is accelerating

Business Green

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Across Europe electric vehicle sales are continuing to climb rapidly, and more and more manufacturers are responding to the growing demand. We want to become a net zero carbon business with a 100 per cent alternative fuel fleet. per cent in the Germany. Norway's market share for plug-in vehicles hit 79 per cent.

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Why we need some long-term thinking at Davos

Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

Europe needs to be leading the charge to a more sustainable world, but it is being held back by short-termism and poor policymaking, argues Systemiq's Janez Potočnik. For 54 scarce and economically important raw materials, Europe imports 90 per cent of them fully. The price of these resources is also increasing.

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

According to Livestock’s Long Shadow , a United Nations report, world meat consumption has the highest negative impact on the climate. From a historical perspective however, warning about the negative effects of our food consumption are commonplace. About Food What is food? This is called photosynthesis. Absolutely.

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Can the 150-year old London Metal Exchange broker a low-carbon future?

Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

What role do metals exchanges have in driving a sustainable transition to a low-carbon economy? Specialising in metal futures and options, the LME also operates a global warehouse network of more than 600 storage facilities, and boasts the distinction of being the last physical trading floor in Europe. Sustainability passports.

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Inside the University of Chicago’s controversial solar geoengineering initiative

Grist

JULY 6, 2024

Many experts and nonexperts alike consider the idea of deliberately mucking about with Earth’s climate systems to counteract centuries of mostly accidental mucking about in Earth’s climate systems ethically dubious and potentially highly dangerous. How would disputes about the negative impacts of any geoengineering regime be adjudicated?

Solar Energy Monitor

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Ad Firms Make Oil Companies Look Green. Here’s Six Ways They Greenwash Themselves.

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

When their CEO reassured staff that an oil company client had a particularly low level of carbon emissions per barrel, the industry insider recalled thinking: “Great, that’s like saying this gun is going to kill you with a smaller hole in your head than this other gun.” VML did not respond to a request for comment.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

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How Green Is Your Solar Company? A 5-Step Sustainability Guide For Your Business

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SDG 13: Climate Action

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As ‘doomsday’ glacier melts, can an artificial barrier save it?

A plant-based recovery? The Vegetarian Butcher's Hugo Verkuil on shifting diets during a pandemic

From Bentley to VW, the electric vehicle race is accelerating

Why we need some long-term thinking at Davos

On the Future of our Food

Can the 150-year old London Metal Exchange broker a low-carbon future?

Inside the University of Chicago’s controversial solar geoengineering initiative

Ad Firms Make Oil Companies Look Green. Here’s Six Ways They Greenwash Themselves.

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