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Ten market challenges with scaling renewables identified by new report

Envirotec Magazine

The report, and accompanying survey, seems to find that the current pace of renewable deployments is nowhere near sufficient to achieve Paris Agreement levels of ambition with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C C above pre-industrial levels.

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Tackling Scope 3 emissions: the key to keeping 1.5°C alive

Envirotec Magazine

This November, world leaders, climate activists, and business executives have been gathering in Sharm El-Sheikh for COP27, the UN’s annual Climate Change Conference. As with previous years, 2022’s conference has focused on implementing climate policies – with decarbonisation a key theme. degrees Celsius. degrees Celsius.

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Stop perverse climate impact of biomass by radically reforming CO2 accounting rules, says advisory body

Envirotec Magazine

The negative impact on climate may persist for many decades and thus increase the risk of overshooting Paris agreement targets, explains Norton. Today’s carbon accounting rules under the ETS that allow biomass stack emissions to be ignored, give forest biomass a free ride – despite its massive climate effects.

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Role of Green Building Certifications in Telling Your ESG Story

Sustainability Update

With climate change at the forefront of today’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) discussion, and corporate ESG disclosures in focus, companies are being held more accountable for their overall environmental impact. Facility Executive Magazine. Boosting ESG Performance in Today’s Energy Supply Chains.

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Immediate action on organic waste needed to meet Paris targets, says biogas group

Envirotec Magazine

“By mapping out how AD and biogas could help countries to dramatically cut their greenhouse gas emissions, especially methane, over the next decade and beyond, this report aims to put humanity back on track to deliver on the ambitions of both the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals.”

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UK substantially underestimates its methane emissions from oil and gas production – and many other countries probably do too

Envirotec Magazine

Countries are obligated to report their greenhouse gas emissions to international bodies such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, but recent studies suggest that the current methods for calculating methane emissions rely on outdated and incomplete information and may not accurately represent actual emissions. “To

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Carbon pricing currently too low for a just transition to net-zero, says climate advisory group

Envirotec Magazine

The paper has been launched in advance of COP26, where the rules on the operation of carbon markets set out in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement are scheduled to be agreed, with significant implications for the current and future price of carbon. An alternative approach to carbon pricing.