Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

A UK-qualified barrister, environmental policy expert, and former journalist and theatre critic, Shine brings huge experience to the role gained during a varied career that has spanned four continents and many sectors including business, law, policy, media, and the arts. Courtice said Shine would be "an outstanding director" of CISL.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Christian Rakos, president of the lobby group, is convening a seminar in Brussels today aimed at influencing European parliamentarians to vote against the measures. Not only is replacing bioenergy with zero-emissions renewable energy possible, it’s essential if the EU is to achieve its climate and nature goals.”. “Not Misleading’.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

These are just a handful of the hundreds of cases of climate litigation that have arisen worldwide over the past few years. Globally, the number of climate-change-related lawsuits has more than doubled since 2015. Between 1986, when the first climate lawsuit was filed, and 2014, approximately 800 cases were brought.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 26, 2024

Original version [link] While current Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was marketing director and his minister for justice, Gunnar Strömmer, was project manager, the Swedish libertarian think tank Timbro received money from oil company ExxonMobil at a time when it was actively engaged in spreading disinformation about climate change.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

A UK-qualified barrister, environmental policy expert, and former journalist and theatre critic, Shine brings huge experience to the role gained during a varied career that has spanned four continents and many sectors including business, law, policy, media, and the arts. Courtice said Shine would be "an outstanding director" of CISL.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

It makes you wonder if what is missing from the UK government's deeply flawed and badly underpowered pursuit of both its climate goals and levelling up agenda, is someone willing to take yesterday's 600 page tome from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) , drop it on a table with a satisfying thud, and declare "this is what we believe".

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

China has slammed the European Union's proposed carbon border tax, arguing the policy is in violation of international trading rules. The country's minister for maritime and investment affairs Luhut Pandjaitan told a seminar this week that he was optimistic the country could achieve net zero within 40 years, according Reuters. "I

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Business Green

APRIL 29, 2020

In many ways standing on a stage (or staring down a webcam) and pledging to deliver net zero emissions and climate resilient recovery is the easy part for politicians. The difficult part is delivering the policies that can make the world's largest and fastest industrial revolution actually happen.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Project Drawdown, you may recall, was formed out of the 2017 book Drawdown which laid out and assessed the most impactful solutions to slow climate change and, eventually, reduce the concentration of climate-warming gases in the atmosphere. A new guide from the nonprofit Project Drawdown aims to help.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 20, 2021

The first-ever Greentown Labs Climatetech Summit introduced what we see as the four pillars of climate action—technology, finance, policy, and justice—and featured programming on each, alongside extra opportunities to network with our startups, including our first investor speed networking. In 2020, we took DEMO Day to the next level.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Credit: Alex DROP ( CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ) “It was an opportunity for [the UAE] to get more involved in climate change diplomacy, to be able to become a more significant player,” said Rice University Professor Gokçe Günel, who worked for the Masdar renewables company, in Masdar City, in 2010 to create policy proposals around carbon capture and storage.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 8, 2023

Earth observation technology provides vital support for crop monitoring, yield estimation, and precision agriculture techniques, helping farmers and agricultural experts to enhance food security, optimize resource management, and mitigate risks associated with climate change. This is something we discussed a lot at the RedeMAIS event!

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Here, the company is now already running habitat tours, educational seminars, and corporate eco-retreats at the Bunloit estate's onsite cottages and castle, with plans to add further community-based schemes going forward. "The beating heart of it is the monetisation of natural capital," Leggett says.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 6, 2021

But since that time, I've had the opportunity to speak before Congress, active members of Congress, the Senate, who've actually come to Lowndes County to see for themselves and have been working on policies to try to address this issue in rural communities. I had the opportunity to visit Geneva, because the U.N. The problem is not solved.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Taking place only a short walk from the Conservative party conference, the two-day “ Freedom Zone ” event at the theatre was a reminder that influential figures on the right of the party are still content to mix with hardcore climate science deniers.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

Resolutions to global challenges such as climate change, poverty, inequality, biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, resource depletion, racism, and exploitation need the backing of our economic system. Does your company offer an explicit policy for transgender healthcare coverage? Does your company offer paid caregiver leave?

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The position entails research and content creation centered on climate change impacts and solutions, energy and climate policy, and other related issues. . Attending events such as seminars, webinars, hearings, briefings, symposia related to climate science, energy technologies, and climate and energy policy; .

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

It has subsumed and reset the context for other key national priorities such as responding to the pandemic, climate change, economic renewal and social justice. The accelerating debate over how best to protect and strengthen democracy bears close watching as a major barometer for the success of policies to advance sustainability.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 18, 2021

It has subsumed and reset the context for other key national priorities such as responding to the pandemic, climate change, economic renewal and social justice. The accelerating debate over how best to protect and strengthen democracy bears close watching as a major barometer for the success of policies to advance sustainability.

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CleanTechnica

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The latest installment of the ongoing seminar series on global decarbonization that I’m leading for India’s utility professionals under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum was on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 27, 2024

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work.

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CleanTechnica

JULY 19, 2024

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work.

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CleanTechnica

JULY 5, 2024

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work.

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CleanTechnica

JUNE 30, 2024

continued] The post CCUS Is Mostly An Oil & Gas Shell Game — SFU Seminar Slides & Notes appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica

JUNE 22, 2024

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work.

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CleanTechnica

MAY 25, 2021

MacArthur Fellow, UCS Science Network Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has invited Professor Steven Koonin to give a seminar on May 27, 2021. Professor Koonin’s seminar will cover material contained in a book he published on May 4. By Ben Santer, John D., and Catherine T. His book is entitled Unsettled. […].

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