Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

The “solar-powered digital nose” in situ. The first live demonstration of the group’s Silvanet system of solar-powered gas sensors was recently conducted successfully in a forest near Berlin, says the firm. . By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

EDF Energy erected a Christmas tree on one of Glasgow's main shopping streets this week that will change colour according to the pollution levels in the city. The lights on Buchanan Street's Christmas Tree-V are powered by an electric car and change colour based on live pollution data from the nearest Defra monitoring site.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

It's not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you'll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time. The former U.K.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Research body argues government must fix 'uneven' decarbonisation policies that continue to drive customers towards high carbon activities. The COP presidency provides us with a unique position, an opportunity, to move the debate forward and to accelerate global progress," he said. "By

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Canada is the world’s second leading source of public funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, according to a new report, even though many experts say CCS is a greenwashing cover to pump more oil. It is, therefore, both an energy and money drain on our economy that is unnecessary for most of the energy services we require.”

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Former UK energy and climate minister Claire O’Neill’s World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is running a series of events at the conference on private sector efforts to tackle climate change. Campaigners said the news demonstrated a “classic case of the revolving door” between “big polluters” and governments.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

But, in part because of the treasured objects they house, museums often have outsize carbon footprints — and they are also uniquely vulnerable to climate impacts. But, she added, museums can actually be some of the most carbon-intensive buildings in cities. ’ They saved 20,000 euro a month on their energy bill.”

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The first few days of COP have ushered in a wave of major announcements and funding pledges. In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs. Happy Monday!    And happy COPing to those on the ground in Dubai!

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

But Ministers insist end to financial support for overseas fossil fuel energy projects, £16bn transition plan for North Sea, and climate compatibility test for new projects can put UK on track to net zero emissions. We will not leave oil and gas workers behind in the United Kingdom's irreversible shift away from fossil fuels.

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Clean Energy Trust

JANUARY 28, 2022

Credit: Stripe eadership from corporations to be committed first customers for products that can decarbonize the economy Several announcements around COP 26 highlighted corporates who had made commitments to be early customers for new technology solutions, in order to help create market pull?—?this

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Much of the media coverage following the conclusion of the COP26 summit in Glasgow focused on India and China's intervention to weaken the language around the phase out of coal power in the Glasgow Climate Pact. What stood out clearly in Glasgow is that COP26 was the first COP where the real economy turned up in force.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

And it sees countries back a "phase down" of unabated coal power, after a dramatic 11th hour intervention from India on the conference floor saw the initial "phase out" phrasing weakened. Rules on carbon markets finally wrapped. Polluters have been put on notice. temperature target stands tall.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Reported from France today, geothermal and lithium group Arverne, created by former oil companies to take advantage of geothermal energy, enters the stock market today. The company specializing in drilling hopes to boost the activities of its subsidiaries, from the production of lithium for batteries to geothermal energy for all.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

The ocean is the world's largest carbon sink and contains 95 per cent of the planet's biosphere. Similar to its climate, biodiversity, and deforestation equivalents, the new oceans COP will be designed to hold parties to account, monitor progress, and help build a policy framework to enable high seas protection.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

For a food company, that means knowing how and where you source your ingredients, what your customers want, and understanding the provenance of your direct and indirect carbon emissions. Concretely, when you look at Danone, 60 per cent of our carbon footprint is from agriculture," Soubeiran acknowledges.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The curbing of emissions to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane in the environment. Following years of delays, at COP21 last year countries agreed on rules for the implementation of international carbon market mechanisms. Black carbon. Carbon market (including carbon offsets).

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Nordhaus published an article in the American Economic Review entitled Can We Control Carbon Dioxide? Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. This was coupled with another statement , that of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, which also recognized the importance of limiting warming to below 2ºC.

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Business Green

JANUARY 15, 2023

Powers, vice president for global cleantech and renewables at Schneider Electric, who explores how public-private sector collaboration can help unshackle the surging demand for renewable energy. I think a lot of the feedback that you hear from any of the COPs is we're not doing enough and we're not doing it fast enough.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Machine learning, AI, automation and other solutions can slash firms' carbon emissions and energy usage while boosting their productivity, writes IBM's Ana Paula Assis. Understanding the energy and carbon footprint of a firm's assets can be complex.

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Energy Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. This recent COP, also a pillar of global progress on sustainability, focused not primarily on climate change but on biological diversity. However, a new review by John J.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Saudi Arabia and Australia are assumed to be working hard to strip any mention of fossil fuels from the final text, in line with COP tradition, while reports this afternoon indicated China was fiercely opposed to any mention of a coal phase out. depends on new oil, gas or coal projects.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2020

Arguing that "the time is now" for the UK to be a global climate leader, it calls for immediate policy action to ensure that by 2030 all homes are highly energy efficient, petrol and diesel car sales are phased out, wind and solar generation triples, and 10 million heat pumps are installed in homes.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

Planned legislation covering energy, transport, and a clamp down on environmental protests was unveiled in today's Queen Speech. Energy Security Bill.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Reclaim FInance said the groups, which represent a sizeable chunk of the global economy, bringing together institutions with assets of around $90tr, are yet to mandate that members to stop investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure, in line with net zero scenarios set out this summer by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Saudi Arabia and Australia are assumed to be working hard to strip any mention of fossil fuels from the final text, in line with COP tradition, while reports this afternoon indicated China was fiercely opposed to any mention of a coal phase out. depends on new oil, gas or coal projects.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

What are the big priorities for COP? But progress was still lacking on Resilience and Energy Transition. Clearly it will be a major achievement for the UK government if the UK can hold a successful COP, so one can only assume the will is there to try to bring it off. Where are the main challenges? Nature and finance.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

They are choking our planet, based on their vested interests and historic investments in fossil fuels, when cheaper, renewable solutions provide green jobs, energy security, and greater price stability. Inflation is rising, and the war in Ukraine is causing food and energy prices to skyrocket.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The latest report from the Energy Transitions Commission has set out a roadmap for how the world can move on to a 1.5C Meanwhile, global emissions are spiralling upwards again as the economy recovers and surging fossil fuel prices are driving fears that a new wave of high carbon infrastructure investment could yet be unleashed.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Since the UNGA also occurs in the final week of September, security is high, but the climate community’s energy is higher. The result is less demand and willingness to pay for SAFs, carbon credits, and other low-carbon commodities — making offtake hard, and securing financing even harder, as mentioned above. 

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

The high seas cover some 42 per cent of the Earth's surface, are a major carbon sink, and home to vast amounts of biodiversity. But at the same time the oceans are the backdrop to globally significant economic activity, ranging from fisheries to shipping routes, as well as emerging sectors such as deep sea mining and carbon removal projects.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

When well managed the land helps regulate water and air quality, sequester and store carbon, and minimise flood and soil erosion risks. It's a lot easier for people to understand carbon impacts than potential biodiversity risks around materials in products they buy. There's no single unit of measurement like a ton of CO2.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

For a food company, that means knowing how and where you source your ingredients, what your customers want, and understanding the provenance of your direct and indirect carbon emissions. “Concretely, when you look at Danone, 60 percent of our carbon footprint is from agriculture,” Soubeiran acknowledged.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

What is carbon accounting? Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 7, 2020

It’s not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you’ll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time. The former U.K.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In deals, $900m for pulsed magnetic inertial fusion, $100m for energy efficiency as a service, and $70m for AI precision weed control. By 2030, it aims to produce 75,000 to 100,000 tons of Lithium Carbonate Equivalent (LCE), the refined product used in batteries, enough to power 1m EVs. 

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

The last few months have brought a slew of major announcements signaling ammonia’s potential future as a low-carbon fuel.    Ship Orders  Yara Eyde, a joint venture between Yara Clean Ammonia and North Sea Container Line, aims to be the  world’s first clean ammonia-powered container ship.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

This is the first time that a COP agreement has been made on coal at this level. One is to accelerate commercial viability of renewable energy projects and technology. Working on hardware solutions that will make coal power obsolete is one way to force coal use down in the long term. Global curbs to methane.

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