Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Royal College of Psychiatrists and Jesuits in Britain become latest groups joining growing movement to remove their financial interests in fossil fuels. COP 26 in Glasgow can be the right moment," he said. "We

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Ahead of the COP27 UN climate summit, hundreds of scientists are calling on the PR firm in charge of the event’s communications, Hill+Knowlton, to cut ties with its fossil fuel industry clients, which include major oil companies Aramco, ExxonMobil, and Shell as well as an industry coalition called the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Yet 636 lobbyists for the fossil fuel industry are conspicuously present at this year’s crucial COP27 climate talks, according to an analysis of the delegates to COP27, compiled jointly by the NGOs Global Witness, Corporate Accountability, and Corporate Europe Observatory. So much for the “African COP.”

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The UK organisers of the upcoming COP26 climate summit have come under fire for approving just two events that refer to fossil fuels, the primary driver of climate change, in a programme of public events happening alongside the main conference. In 2018, 89 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions came from fossil fuels and industry.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Only two of the 35 stalls lauding countries’ green credentials at the COP26 UN climate summit mention the need to cut fossil fuel production — the chief cause of the carbon emissions driving climate change. . We urge all leaders to put people and the planet over the profit of the fossil fuel industry.”.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

  Maybe it was the offer of warm sun in December, but this year’s COP drew 100K attendees, almost double the size of COP15 in Paris. Climate tech played its biggest role ever at COP this year. At any point in the day this meant events on the global south, climate policy, ESG reporting, youth activism, and more.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This is the first COP where we are face-to-face with the reality of breaching the 1.5C It was also the first to be chaired by an oil and gas executive, putting a crude spotlight on the conflicting interests that have become entrenched in the COP process. And this year’s COP finally looked it in the eye. It’s not surprising.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 19, 2023

Fossil fuel-linked groups spent around $4 million on Facebook and Instagram that spread false climate claims over the COP27 summit, a new report says. Our report shows Big Oil continues to invest millions in digital advertising to launder their image as ‘climate champions’, while also promoting the necessity of fossil fuels.”

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

Are disproportionately exposed to toxic air pollution from the fossil fuel industry. A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help. They’re also disproportionately affected by utility shut-off policies , leaving them more vulnerable to dangerously hot and cold days. .

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Fossil fuels are everywhere at this COP except in the decisions being negotiated by governments,” Nikki Reisch, the director of climate and energy at the Center for International Environmental Law, wrote to DeSmog from Glasgow. Oil Majors Show up in Disguise.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Oil and gas has dominated discussions at past COPs, which have focused on the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transport sectors to tackle dangerous levels of global warming. Big companies which have previously accessed COP in this way include JBS, which came in with the Brazilian delegation for COP27 in Egypt.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years. of warming.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

DeSmog’s analysis shows that business attendees at this year’s biodiversity COP reached record levels, more than doubling compared to the previous summit two years ago, to reach a total of 1,261 delegates. They were followed by fossil fuel companies, which brought 40 representatives. What you see here are two COPs,” he said.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Despite sounding innocent enough, this allowance is a massive loophole to the government's windfall tax which amounts to taxpayers paying fossil fuel companies to invest in new climate-wrecking oil and gas projects in the North Sea. Let's remind ourselves of these fossil fuel company profits. in tax relief. in return.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Australian court cases, fossil fuel phase out alliances, and a vote of confidence in Gold Standards all feature in this week's latest round up of global green business news. Colombia to host hybrid Biodiversity PreCOP.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

When approached for comment, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) distanced itself from the discussions, saying they were “independent of government” and had “not been part of our policy-making process”. “No As the COP host, the U.K. for the climate compatibility checkpoint?. “?Discussions Discussions ?on

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

CCUS was the focus of more than 30 events at COP26, covering areas like policy, business, and social and technical challenges. One of the high-profile award ceremonies at COP, for start-up success stories, went to a company with a technology to convert industrial CO2 emissions into building materials. degrees alive.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

We see clearly the dangers of energy systems powered by foreign fossil fuels," Sharma said. "We In short, we see that climate security is energy security and that we must break our dependency on fossil fuels.". We see the benefits of low cost, homegrown renewables, the price of which cannot be manipulated from afar. "We

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Fossil fuels get named and shamed. For the first time in 25 years of UN climate talks, coal and fossil fuel subsidies have been singled out in an official document. Research published by Climate Action Tracker warned the sum total of policies and actions being taken by governments would deliver roughly 2.4C

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Current climate policies around the world do not come close to achieving these aims. The Glasgow Climate Pact makes notable reference to ‘phase-out of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies’. No fossil fuel subsidies should be classed as ‘efficient’. Following COP26, global temperatures are set to rise by around 2.7°C.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2022

I've been writing about the UK climate policy landscape for 15 years and I genuinely can't recall a reaction like it. Where does this rank in the halls of climate policy infamy? Fossil fuels should be phased OUT - not up.". Michael Gove and Rishi Sunak are guilty of the worst climate policy decision of modern times.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

A policy framework combining a strong carbon price with support mechanisms for renewables, has seen offshore wind prices tumble by a third. This Budget's key job is to show how we take forward CCUS technology to capture emissions from fossil fuel power stations, which can provide flexible clean back up plant when the wind is not blowing.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

Banks are also making more money from loans and underwriting to clean energy than to fossil fuels. China Leads the World to Clean Economy Tipping Points The year in clean tech started with the amazing news that the world had spent more than $1 trillion on green tech, which topped investment in fossil fuels for the first time.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2024

Europe’s DSO labour and skills shortages identified Emma Pinchbeck: ‘We need an energy workforce that looks like the population we serve’ “As the world emerges from COP with a clear focus on phasing out fossil fuels, as well as tripling renewables in six years, every company in every sector is fully aware that change is coming fast.”

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Energy Central

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

From FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, Policy Dispatch is a podcast all about the policies that underpin the global energy transition. As the United Nations’ COP 27 in Egypt approaches, Africa’s energy and climate transition is in the spotlight. Its main hurdle, however, is the need for.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

Al Jaber has served as the UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change since 2010, and has participated at 10 previous UN COP Summits. If he does not step down as CEO, it will be tantamount to a full scale capture of the UN climate talks by a petrostate national oil company and its associated fossil fuel lobbyists.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

As these bold commitments trickle down to the state and local level, specific policies and roadmaps will emerge to accelerate the deployment of wind, solar and energy storage technology. These policies and roadmaps will not be developed in a vacuum. Image credit: ESS Inc.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

The document sets out G7 countries' ambition to deliver near-zero carbon electricity grids by 2035, citing the need to respond to climate scientists' calls for a drastic reduction in fossil fuel demand so as to stabilise global temperatures. We also have the G7's first coal phase-out goal and endorsement of the Glasgow Breakthroughs.".

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 13, 2024

But behind the plant’s shiny facade is a worrying reality — experts say that CCS’s success in mitigating climate change is still unproven and could, in fact, harm regional decarbonization while continuing fossil fuel use. The government-owned Japan CCS Co., The campaign has worked. said Sisilia Dewi, 350.org

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Grist

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The emissions gap report is an annual assessment conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme and published in the lead-up to the United Nations climate conference, or COP, which is scheduled to begin at the end of this month in Dubai. Countries are also increasingly implementing the policies that they promised to.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This Conference of Parties (COP) was highly anticipated as a critical inflection point where our economies and societies set forth on an ambitious and clearly defined path to decarbonize by 2050 and keep warming below 1.5 degrees C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change — or continue with the status quo.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Among its delegates are representatives of European fossil fuel giants Shell, BP, Equinor and TotalEnergies, none of which have made plans to halt new drilling projects despite commitments to reach net zero and increase clean energy production. The COP organisers have no excuse to avoid taking action against vested interests.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

A major report released in July found that the world’s largest meat and dairy companies – some of whose emissions rival those of countries – are using a slew of tactics borrowed from the fossil fuel and tobacco industries to block action on climate.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

“With greater scrutiny over emissions from meat and dairy companies, it is not surprising they are stepping up their game to head off any COP outcome that might hinder their operations,” Ben Lilliston, from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy told DeSmog. Meat isn’t the only industry under the spotlight.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

billion worth of fossil fuels from Saudi Arabia. DeSmog has today revealed that the US-based advertising giant McCann, part of the Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), is putting itself forward to continue working for this fossil fuel giant. So what else do we know about this fossil fuel behemoth?

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Farming also relies on synthetic fertilisers that are both fossil-fuel-based and emit greenhouse gases, and drives deforestation. Nature-based solutions” is one of the only phrases linked to agriculture to be mentioned in the COP cover text. We can expect a similar turnout at this year’s COP, too.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2024

Nesta’s report focuses on carbon reduction, and you can’t argue with the fact that ripping out fossil-fuel heating and replacing it with cleaner, greener heat pumps will reduce the UK’s carbon footprint. This type of policy masks poor housing and poor heat pump installation by economics.

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