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Geophysical experts call for ethical framework in geoengineering deployment

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2024

As interest seemingly grows in geoengineering as a strategy for tackling global warming, the world’s largest association of Earth and space scientists has launched a putative “ethical framework” intended to function as a guide to responsible decision-making and inclusive dialogue.

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Rio Tinto: “technology-led” climate policies not enough to keep global warming within safe levels

Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Rio Tinto says "society-led" rather than "technology-led" approach needed to keep global warming within safer levels. The post Rio Tinto: “technology-led” climate policies not enough to keep global warming within safe levels appeared first on RenewEconomy. That means a high carbon price.

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Two new studies inform outlook on scaling of carbon removal technologies

TechXplore

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

However, according to new studies led by Gregory Nemet, a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, these technologies need to develop faster to meet policy targets aimed at limiting global warming.

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Transform to Net Zero: Microsoft, Nike, Starbucks team up on corporate climate alliance

GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

degrees Celsius global warming trajectory. They also have committed to share information on investing in carbon-reduction technologies and to collectively push for public policies that accelerate the net zero transition.

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What to expect from the UN's COP25 climate change conference

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2019

2015, 195 countries adopted an international treaty aiming to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsiuc (3.6 This article originally appeared on Ensia.In degrees Fahrenheit) above average preindustrial temperatures in order to avert the worst of Earth’s climate emergency.

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Kemi Badenoch’s Policy Chief Attacked Net Zero Climate Target

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch ’s head of policy slammed the UK’s 2050 net zero emissions goal while working for a group that has been funded by BP, DeSmog can report. These include Badenoch’s head of policy Victoria Hewson, who used to work for the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). think tank transparency index.

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IPCC: ‘Limiting global warming will require major transitions in the energy sector’

Smart Energy International

APRIL 5, 2022

The report examines the sources of global emissions, explains developments in emissions reduction and mitigation efforts and assesses the impact of national climate pledges. One of the report’s key findings is that limiting global warming will require major transitions in the energy sector. Climate change policy.

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‘Lukewarmist’ Peer Set for Role Scrutinising Government Climate Policy

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 9, 2021

A Conservative peer who was until last year a trustee of the UK’s most prominent climate science denial group is set to be appointed to a parliamentary committee tasked with overseeing the UK government’s climate policy. The post ‘Lukewarmist’ Peer Set for Role Scrutinising Government Climate Policy appeared first on DeSmog.

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We can’t kick the carbon can down the road…

Terra Infirma

OCTOBER 14, 2024

On Friday, we were using Climate Interactive’s En-ROADS model which allows you to play with global carbon policies to see how you can limit average climate emissions. One of the main things I’m getting out of it is being forced out of my usual routine and into activities I wouldn’t normally dabble in.

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How corporations can jump-start industrial electrification in the US

GreenBiz

MARCH 31, 2021

To achieve net-zero economy-wide emissions by 2050 and limit global warming, industrial emissions must drop while still meeting societal needs. Industrial customers also may seek on-site distributed generation or storage for resilience, economic benefits and energy management — policies and regulations should support such investments.

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When it comes to climate investment funds, diverse management is imperative

GreenBiz

APRIL 13, 2021

Public equity asset managers drive what kinds of companies are valuable and thus have the capital to grow, to what industries retirement savings flow by default and what companies can achieve a scale that affords them outsized political and policy influence. Needless to say, investment managers and financial advisers are powerful.

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Sustainability leaders must celebrate the work of female mayors on racial equity

GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

Lori Lightfoot of Chicago, Vi Lyles of Charlotte, North Carolina, Libby Schaaf of Oakland, California and Jenny Durkan of Seattle — working in their communities to create powerful dialogues and meaningful policy action. From the carbon footprint of city buildings and housing to energy policy, mayors are on the front lines of sustainability.

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Australia Invests in New Policies to Achieve Zero-Emissions by 2050

Green Living Guy

MAY 31, 2022

The post Australia Invests in New Policies to Achieve Zero-Emissions by 2050 appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Electric Car News, New York, California, Florida, Missouri, Texas, Nevada.

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With 25% of Europe’s greenhouse emissions coming from buildings, scientists suggest fundamental policy changes

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 3, 2021

In the document, the science advisory group calls for far-reaching policy action. So far, EU policies have centered on the concept of ‘Nearly-zero energy buildings’ with a focus on reducing the consumption of energy used to provide comfort to building occupants. But the energy used for operating buildings is only part of the story.

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Hydrogen’s Balancing Act: Cutting Costs, Building Demand, and Creating a Clean Energy Future

Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 18, 2025

The report underscores that to meet the Paris Agreement’s target of limiting global warming to 1.5C, hydrogen deployment must scale significantly. This staggering price difference has led to a slow market takeoff, highlighting the pressing need for greater demand-side incentives and policy intervention.

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Charity Commission Fails to Clamp Down on Climate Science Denial Group

DeSmogBlog

JULY 30, 2024

In 2022 the Charity Commission, the UK’s independent charity regulator, launched a case into the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), set up by the (now late) Conservative peer Nigel Lawson in 2009. When they happen to be wrong this can seriously hamper good decisions and policy making.

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Kemi Badenoch Made Anti-Net Zero Speech at Shell Ad Agency

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 18, 2025

However, her support for the policy has waned in more recent times. Badenochs Climate Denial Ties While serving in the last Conservative government, Badenoch described the 2050 net zero emissions target as crucial.

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Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Took £135,000 from Climate Science Deniers and Fossil Fuel Interests

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Reform UK , formerly the Brexit Party, is a vocal critic of climate action, and last year called for a referendum on the UK’s net zero policies. Mordunat is a director at the Global Warming Policy Foundation and served as its chair from April 2017 to November 2019. billion invested in fossil fuels.

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Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The letter, sent to 47 company chairs and chief executives, calls on emissions-intensive firms to align all direct corporate lobbying activity and indirect lobbying activity managed by trade associations with the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5 Investors signing this week's letters have called on the 47 U.S.

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Climate Denier Nigel Farage Standing in Seat at Risk of Sea Level Rises and Flooding

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 4, 2024

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage , who is a vocal critic of green policies and climate science, is standing in a constituency threatened by rising sea levels and flooding due to global warming. However, Farage is actively campaigning to scrap the green policies that may help to limit local flooding.

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Pierre Poilievre Met With Denier-Backed UK Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Conservative leader and presumptive prime minister-in-waiting Pierre Poilievre hasnt articulated specific policies so much as rhyming slogans like axe the tax and spike the hike. DeSmog documented that Badenoch received a 10,000 donation to her leadership campaign from Neil Record, the chair of Net Zero Watch (NZW).

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Labour Under Pressure for Reselecting Climate Denial Group Director as Election Candidate

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 6, 2024

Since 2015, Stringer has been a director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation , a group founded to contradict established climate science and advocate against policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Stringer has vocally questioned climate science and policies to achieve net zero emissions.

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

Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Carbon neutral refers to a policy of not increasing carbon emissions and of achieving carbon reduction through offsets. Two seemingly interchangeable terms often seen are ‘ Carbon Neutral ’ and ‘ Net Zero Carbon ‘ The two, however, are not the same thing.

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Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

DeSmogBlog

JUNE 4, 2024

The firm is owned by Terence Mordaunt , a director and former chair of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s leading climate science denial group. In response to DeSmog’s request for comment, Harborne posted a lengthy statement on the AML Global website. It’s plant food”.

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December 2022: Solar Policy Research and Legislation

Green Living Guy

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The post December 2022: Solar Policy Research and Legislation appeared first on The Green Living Guy. Advocates say the utility used faulty methodology and outdated data in the study. Minnesota PUC approves new cost-sharing program for residential […].

Solar Energy Monitor

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New Liz Truss Faction ‘Pops’ With Climate Science Denial and Fossil Fuel Ties

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The self-styled PopCons included politicians critical of climate policies and science, including Lord Frost, who is a director of the climate science denial Global Warming Policy Foundation , as well as Conservative MP Lee Anderson and Reform party president Nigel Farage. The channel‘s co-owner, Paul Marshall, has £1.8

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Vast Majority of Financial Institutions Have No Policies Restricting Oil and Gas Expansion

DeSmogBlog

JULY 7, 2022

Just 13 financial players out of hundreds assessed from around the world have restrictions in place against funding oil and gas industry expansion, according to the Oil and Gas Policy Tracker. Now, the tracker has broadened its reach, assessing the fossil fuel policies of 369 banks, insurers, and investors. And there is precedent.

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Treat climate change and biodiversity loss as one, says European science advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2021

The recent IPCC Report confirms that global warming is picking up pace. They straddle climate change, the role of biomass energy, greenhouse gas emissions from different oil feedstocks, policies towards slashing emissions in transport, buildings and infrastructure, and the interactions between climate change and human health.

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Twitter’s New Ad Policy Ignores a Subtler Form of Climate Disinformation

DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2022

At first blush, the Twitter policy seems like it could be a gamechanger. The problem is that Twitter’s new policy won’t actually stop the most dangerous type of climate disinformation: fossil fuel industry greenwashing. The post Twitter’s New Ad Policy Ignores a Subtler Form of Climate Disinformation appeared first on DeSmog.

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Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Took Donation From Climate Science Denial Funder

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Hintze, a Conservative peer and hedge fund manager, was one of the early funders of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , founded by the late Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson. Steve has never discussed environmental policy with him. Steve is fully committed to the government’s net zero aims.”

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Kemi Badenoch Accepts £10,000 From Chair of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 19, 2024

Neil Record , a millionaire Tory donor and founder of the investment firm Record Financial Group, is chair of Net Zero Watch (NZW), the campaign arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). The IEA has opposed state-led climate policies and has advocated for more fossil fuel extraction.

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UK Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Meets And Praises Climate Science Denier Reform Candidate

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 12, 2024

The UK government’s most senior climate minister has publicly celebrated a petrol campaigner who wants to “scrap net zero” and claims “man is not responsible for global warming”. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cited it when watering-down some net zero policies in September. The party is polling around ten percent.

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Climate Crisis Denier Lee Anderson Finds Common Cause With Reform UK

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 11, 2024

Anderson has repeatedly attacked the government’s net zero policies, arguing in February 2024 that a net zero UK “wouldn’t make a blind bit of difference to the earth’s atmosphere”. Tice has said “CO2 isn’t poison, it’s plant food”, while the party’s London mayoral candidate Howard Cox has said “man is not responsible for global warming”.

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Is the Amazon forest approaching a tipping point?

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Global warming may be interacting with regional rainfall and deforestation to accelerate forest loss in the Amazon, pushing it towards partial or total collapse. The research findings are important because of the vital role the Amazon plays in the global climate system.

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The Glasgow Climate Pact: What does it mean for Canada’s climate policy?

Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

of warming. (If If longer-term net-zero pledges are achieved, which is less certain at this point, global warming could be contained to 1.8C.) Polling released during the summit found these policies are broadly popular among Canadians, with almost two-thirds supporting the oil and gas cap.

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Clean energy is officially ‘unstoppable’ now

The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Solar panels alone generate more electricity globally than the entire US power sector does today. That’s the picture the International Energy Agency (IEA) paints in the World Energy Outlook it published today, which is based on governments’ current energy policies. degrees of global warming this century.

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National oil companies and the global methane opportunity

EDF + Business

JANUARY 7, 2025

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, responsible for about a third of the global warming we are experiencing today. Given their operating size and global emissions footprint, our new research shows that these NOCs are the wild card that will determine whether the world succeeds in limiting climate change.

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Should the world ban solar geoengineering? 60 experts say yes.

Grist

JANUARY 21, 2022

But the eruption illustrated a question that has been dogging scientific and climate experts for decades: If the world got unbearably hot, should scientists and governments opt to put sulfur dioxide or similar chemicals into the atmosphere to slow the rate of global warming? The first report on global warming that was handed to a U.S.

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Former Australian PM Tony Abbott Joins UK Climate Denial Group

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Abbott announced he was “pleased” to join the board of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), which had “consistently injected a note of realism into the climate debate”. As prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015, Abbott’s centre-right Liberal Party was widely seen as hostile to climate policy.

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Tory MPs Join Fuel Tax Campaign Led by Reform UK Climate Science Denier

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Conservative MPs have backed a campaign against raising fuel tax led by a Reform UK politician and lobbyist who has publicly claimed that “man is not responsible for global warming”. While sold as a policy to support low income drivers, it’s estimated that only 4.6

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Research: A quarter of future global GDP at risk by 2050 under 2C global warming scenario

Business Green

MARCH 11, 2025

Climate policies must account for faster-than-expected warming by 2050 amid significant uncertainties and underpowered mitigation efforts, actuarial experts warn

Global warming

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US Oil-Linked Pressure Group Attacks EU Green Policies, Breaks Lobbying Rules

DeSmogBlog

JULY 12, 2023

Students for Liberty also received a one-off donation of $10,000 from the Cato Institute , a US-based libertarian think tank that has received millions in funding from Koch sources and has downplayed the severity of global warming. The warnings were repeated in an article from the group’s public policy analyst in 2023.

Policy

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Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 summit fall far short, but net zero pledges provide hope, says UNEP report

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

To stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, C, we have eight years to almost halve greenhouse gas emissions: eight years to make the plans, put in place the policies, implement them and ultimately deliver the cuts. To have any chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, The clock is ticking loudly.”.

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Concerns about credibility of carbon offsetting schemes expressed in UK environmental services survey

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 13, 2024

Overall, perhaps unsurprisingly, climate change and global warming (32%) were cited as the biggest issues within the environment and sustainability today, followed by environmental policy and governance (15%) and waste management and the circular economy (13%).

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Geophysical experts call for ethical framework in geoengineering deployment

Rio Tinto: “technology-led” climate policies not enough to keep global warming within safe levels

Trending Sources

Two new studies inform outlook on scaling of carbon removal technologies

Transform to Net Zero: Microsoft, Nike, Starbucks team up on corporate climate alliance

What to expect from the UN's COP25 climate change conference

Kemi Badenoch’s Policy Chief Attacked Net Zero Climate Target

IPCC: ‘Limiting global warming will require major transitions in the energy sector’

‘Lukewarmist’ Peer Set for Role Scrutinising Government Climate Policy

We can’t kick the carbon can down the road…

How corporations can jump-start industrial electrification in the US

When it comes to climate investment funds, diverse management is imperative

Sustainability leaders must celebrate the work of female mayors on racial equity

Australia Invests in New Policies to Achieve Zero-Emissions by 2050

With 25% of Europe’s greenhouse emissions coming from buildings, scientists suggest fundamental policy changes

Hydrogen’s Balancing Act: Cutting Costs, Building Demand, and Creating a Clean Energy Future

Charity Commission Fails to Clamp Down on Climate Science Denial Group

Kemi Badenoch Made Anti-Net Zero Speech at Shell Ad Agency

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Took £135,000 from Climate Science Deniers and Fossil Fuel Interests

Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities

Climate Denier Nigel Farage Standing in Seat at Risk of Sea Level Rises and Flooding

Pierre Poilievre Met With Denier-Backed UK Conservative Leader Kemi Badenoch

Labour Under Pressure for Reselecting Climate Denial Group Director as Election Candidate

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

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

December 2022: Solar Policy Research and Legislation

New Liz Truss Faction ‘Pops’ With Climate Science Denial and Fossil Fuel Ties

Vast Majority of Financial Institutions Have No Policies Restricting Oil and Gas Expansion

Treat climate change and biodiversity loss as one, says European science advisory group

Twitter’s New Ad Policy Ignores a Subtler Form of Climate Disinformation

Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Took Donation From Climate Science Denial Funder

Kemi Badenoch Accepts £10,000 From Chair of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group

UK Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Meets And Praises Climate Science Denier Reform Candidate

Climate Crisis Denier Lee Anderson Finds Common Cause With Reform UK

Is the Amazon forest approaching a tipping point?

The Glasgow Climate Pact: What does it mean for Canada’s climate policy?

Clean energy is officially ‘unstoppable’ now

National oil companies and the global methane opportunity

Should the world ban solar geoengineering? 60 experts say yes.

Former Australian PM Tony Abbott Joins UK Climate Denial Group

Tory MPs Join Fuel Tax Campaign Led by Reform UK Climate Science Denier

Research: A quarter of future global GDP at risk by 2050 under 2C global warming scenario

US Oil-Linked Pressure Group Attacks EU Green Policies, Breaks Lobbying Rules

Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 summit fall far short, but net zero pledges provide hope, says UNEP report

Concerns about credibility of carbon offsetting schemes expressed in UK environmental services survey

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