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

Envirotec Magazine

To live up to their climate pledge under the Paris agreement, EU lawmakers must ensure all 250 million existing as well as all new buildings in the EU become nearly zero greenhouse gas emitters – so says a new report from the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC). Currently, between 1 and 1.5%

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Tetra Pak Sustainability Report FY22: Taking Action on Climate

3BL Media

Food systems are sustained by carbonintensive activities including agriculture, land use, and supply chain activities such as industrial processes and packaging, and account for one-third of total GHG emissions 7. Nature Food 2.3.

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A Framework for Business Action on Climate Justice

Stanford Social Innovation

In 2002, attendees at the first Climate Justice Summit, held on the fringes of the sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6), highlighted the fact that the countries and communities least responsible for carbon emissions were suffering the worst consequences from them. A New Framework for Business Action. The seven principles include: 1.