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Ottawa vows to bring in methane emissions regs. Alberta promises to never implement them.

Corporate Knights

The new regulation, which broadly aligns with a similar effort in the United States, will eliminate the equivalent of 217 million tonnes of carbon dioxide pollution between 2027 and 2040 and deliver C$12.4 a climate change advisor at the World Bank, told CBC. But “voluntary action will never be sufficient,” Stephane Hallegatte Sr.,

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Biomass power generation: A technology for the energy transition only?

Envirotec Magazine

In the aftermath of BREXIT and in view of COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021, the UK has been focussing on decarbonisation in relation to its infrastructure and power offerings. These subsidies are due to be paid until 2027 and there is little that can be done to change these subsidies under the terms of the existing contracts for difference.

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Take Five: A “Starting Point” for Sustainability Reporting 

Chris Hall

Much of its £14 billion debt pile was built up under the ownership of Australian bank Macquarie, but its current investors – including Canada’s OMERS and the UK’s USS – have not seen a dividend since buying into the company in 2017. They’ve also agreed to fund an eight-year transformation programme to the tune of £1.5

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Shipping sets Sail for Greener Horizons

Chris Hall

“It’s an industry you can’t put on the internet; we will need shipping in the years to come, which means we have to ensure it is sustainable in the long term,” says Stephen Fewster, Global Head of Shipping Finance at Amsterdam-headquartered ING Bank. . ETS 2 will cover other industries, including maritime transport.

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ESG Explainer: Managing the Methane Menace

Chris Hall

Six months on from COP26’s Global Methane Pledge, the quick wins needed to achieve 2030 targets pose steep challenges. At COP26, 112 countries signed the Global Methane Pledge , an initiative designed to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030. Delivering on the pledge could reduce warming by at least 0.2?C

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ESG Explainer: Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Chris Hall

The Glasgow Climate Pact , signed at the end of COP26, committed signatories to phasing out “inefficient fossil fuel subsidies”. MEPs called for fossil fuel subsidies to be eliminated by 2025, with other environmentally harmful subsidies dismantled by 2027. degrees Celsius. degrees Celsius pathways.

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

International cooperation is the goal of the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) and despite being dismissed as a failure, the final agreement at COP26 emphasized the importance of nature and ecosystems, including protecting forests and biodiversity. At COP26 the world took a step back from fossil fuels for the first time.