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Technology not growing fast enough to decarbonize steel and cement industries by 2050

Envirotec Magazine

A new study appears to show that, for decarbonization goals of steel and cement to be met, and the demand for new green technology to be satisfied, consumption habits need to change. Previous predictions of the quantities of carbon that would be captured from activities like steel production (pictured) have proven to be over-optimistic.

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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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UN: Pandemic causes dip in building emissions, but long-term outlook bleak

Envirotec Magazine

Efforts to decarbonize the sector played only a small role. With large growth projected in the buildings sector, emissions are set to rise if there is no effort to decarbonize buildings and improve their energy efficiency. In Asia and Africa, building stock is expected to double by 2050. “The Some small progress, but not enough.

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Tortuous progress: Key takeaways from COP28

Envirotec Magazine

per year, when they need to be falling by 7% every year to 2030, according to some estimates, to keep alive the hopes of the Paris agreement. The word’s appearance would put carbon removal at the centre of achieving the aims of the Paris agreement, she said, although there is no firm agreement on what it means.

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Embracing the suck

Envirotec Magazine

As the slipping of climate targets continues, it’s becoming increasingly clear that cutting emissions won’t be enough to keep global temperature increases below the 2ºC target enshrined by the 2015 Paris agreement. Is it happening? The gas will be fed into the manufacture of sodium bicarbonate.

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2022 Global 100 Press Release

Corporate Knights

65 of the Global 100 companies have signed up to the Science Based Targets initiative, aligning their emissions reductions with the requirements of the Paris Agreement, up from 60 in 2021. . Some companies dropped off the Global 100 in light of performance that no longer aligns with stricter criteria for what qualifies as “clean.”

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

New Zealand, a nation of about 5 million people, in late January reported progress toward its goal to cut emissions by 30 percent over the next decade compared with 2005 levels — but recognized current measures won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. 17, there were 53 signatories representing 18 industries. .