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

Envirotec Magazine

The overriding principle for a revision to the renewable energy directive must therefore be to strengthen requirements that will maximise reductions in GHG emissions before 2030 by increasing the use of truly no-carbon renewables together with the best energy efficiency measures in these sectors.

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Climate Crisis, Global Warming, Carbon Neutral, Zero Waste: Meaningful Buzzwords or Passing Fads?

Green Business Bureau

The emergence of environmental buzzwords started out with global warming, then became climate change. Global warming to climate change; climate change covers a broader term and now special interest groups can use it for any situation, as we have recently seen with the fires in Western Canada and now Australia.

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Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products

GreenBiz

Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products. As corporate interest in carbon removal options grows, Puro.earth , a startup from Finland, is offering a twist on carbon marketplaces. Gloria Oladipo. Mon, 08/31/2020 - 05:00.

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What’s the difference between net-zero and carbon-neutral policies?

Renewable Energy World

As understanding of the climate crisis increases and the harm to ourselves, the environment, business, industry, and the economy that will follow, so a desire to not only reduce carbon but to be seen reducing carbon increases. In both cases, carbon offsetting removes CO 2 from the environment.

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The Journey Towards Carbon Neutrality

Energy Central

BACKGROUND: The first reference to climate change started towards the end of the 1950s – Spencer Weart, Retired director of Center for History of Physics, Maryland in an email expressed, “It was just a possibility for the 21st Century which seemed very far away, but seen as a danger that should be prepared for” Weart’s Discovery (..)

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Delta And The World Need Carbon Offsets To Stop Global Warming

Forbes Green Tech

Delta and other airlines have been criticized for relying on carbon offsets to claim they're achieving carbon neutrality. But offsets are actually one of few tools we have to arrest global warming.

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Net Zero vs Real Zero Emissions and What It Means for Your Business’ Goals

Green Business Bureau

However, current net zero plans fall short of what is required to stop the effects of global warming, leading one to question whether net zero is truly the optimal solution. Carbon Positive- Business as Usual. Global warming is likely to reach 1.5°C Carbon Offsets. In the U.S.