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There's a new push to get net-zero targets to matter

Corporate Knights

As a strategy, the net-zero target has been criticized by climate advocates; at its worst, it can be a vague, unenforceable greenwashing program. The growth of regional targets is important because local governments play an important role in helping countries actually achieve decarbonization. In the U.S.,

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How climate risk disclosure became a battleground for the clean economy

Corporate Knights

But the lack of common standards and real accountability has created uncertainty and enabled greenwashing. Mandatory climate-risk disclosure is short on cheerleaders. Morgans climate advisory unit, Sarah Kapnick, wrote in February that success depends on the firms ability to integrate climate considerations into daily decision-making.

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From 'climate quitting' to 'global boiling,' 10 terms that defined 2023

Corporate Knights

Then, September broke its previous monthly heat record by half a degree Celsius — a margin so stunning that Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist, declared it “ absolutely gobsmackingly bananas.” Hydrogen is a carbon-free fuel that could replace fossil fuels in a range of hard-to-decarbonize industries, from aviation to steelmaking.

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The war of words over climate change

Corporate Knights

In its climate marketing guide called Talk Like a Human, Potential Energy lays out tips and traps the latter of which this article has already fallen victim to. Words including decarbonization, net-zero, anthropogenic or carbon footprint dont work. Instead, lean into pollution, overheating and extreme weather.

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Russia’s War From a Climate Perspective

Richard Matthews

The consistent growth of clean energy is attributable to solid positioning , that includes its capacity to decarbonizing energy and deleverage tyrants. Both climate change and Putin’s invasion are directly tied to fossil fuels. Russia is Funded by Oil Exports.