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Aviation is plotting a sustainable course

GreenBiz

In 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a U.N. body, set a course for airlines to offset emissions of international flights above a 2019-20 baseline. The sooner that the costs of carbon control are included in the costs of doing business, the sooner new technologies will be developed.

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Global Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production to Double in 2025, IATA Says

ESG Today

The IATA has urged governments to create more effective policies that support clean energy production like SAFs while decreasing support for fossil fuels, while also ensuring the success of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) by making Eligible Emissions Units (EEUs) available to airlines.

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Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat

Corporate Knights

Since methane breaks down in the atmosphere much sooner than carbon dioxide, which will warm the planet for centuries, an additional metric known as GWP* was proposed by Oxford University scientists in 2016 that factors in methane’s potent short-term impacts, taking 2016 methane emissions as baseline.

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Breakthrough International Agreement Reached at COP29 to Advance Global Carbon Market

ESG Today

Demand for carbon offset projects and related credits is expected to increase significantly over the next several years, as companies and businesses increasingly launch net zero ambitions, and turn to offsets as a bridge to their own absolute emissions reduction efforts, or to balance difficult to avoid emissions.

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Can Shell help pilot a new era of sustainable aviation?

GreenBiz

Along the way, I’ve spoken with airline consultants, fuel producers, carbon offset experts and industry critics, as well as with Shell executives, to understand the technologies and market drivers that could, over time, enable aviation to align with other industries in meeting the terms of the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

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Compliance Carbon Markets Are the Secret Weapon Against Climate Change

3BL Media

VCM offerings primarily include: Offsets Renewable energy certificates (RECs) Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) projects The VCM expanded in the late 2000s and through the 2010s to meet escalating demand for carbon offset solutions. But one thing is for certain: action is imperative, both for businesses and for the planet.

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How Your Business Can Achieve Climate Neutrality

3BL Media

Step 3: Participate in carbon offset programs for unavoidable emissions. There are pros and cons of carbon offsets , and they should be used as a last step only when reducing emissions is unachievable in the short term. Step 3: Participate in carbon offset programs for unavoidable emissions.