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Canada’s net-zero opportunities might skip some provinces

Corporate Knights

Canada’s provincial governments need comprehensive net-zero climate strategies to drive growth in the green economy, but some are sending mixed policy signals to the companies that will create tomorrow’s jobs, says a new report from the Canadian Climate Institute. . However, B.C. We see this transition as inevitable,” Arnold said.

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Open letter: Our governments must act now to decarbonize and expand the electricity system, or Canada will fail to reach net-zero by 2050. 

CREA

Our 25 organizations, representing a diverse range of interests, are writing to express our serious concern that Canada is not acting with the urgency required to build the foundation required to meet our climate-change commitments—a decarbonized and much expanded electricity system. Competitively procure non-emitting electricity generation.

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Demand-side emission reduction key to meeting decarbonization goals, report says

Renewable Energy World

In the race to meet aggressive decarbonization and net-zero carbon goals and regulations, a new study shows that utilities cannot afford to just focus on clean energy supply investments. The prevailing belief is that clean energy supply investments need to be the primary focus of decarbonization efforts.

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Positive Impact of ESG on Display at VMware Explore

3BL Media

VMware's groundbreaking program advances sustainability across the industry by promoting public cloud providers who are committed to achieving 100 percent renewable energy-powered data centers by 2030, and by connecting them with VMware customers who have net zero goals.

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How European Climate Policy Can Bolster Energy Efficiency Measures

3BL Media

Energy systems are, consequently, becoming more decentralized, digitized and decarbonized. Decarbonizing the global economy means lessening our dependence on fossil fuels and increasing dramatically our use of renewable energy sources like solar, wind, biomass, and hydropower. C above pre-industrial levels.

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money.

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CanREA Electricity Transition Hub holds successful Summit 2023

CREA

“I have worked with wind, solar and energy storage operators and researchers for nearly a decade,” said McKay, “and it has become very clear to me how important the role of everyone in this room will be for attaining a decarbonized grid.” I am so glad I attended the Hub Summit 2023 on behalf of NRCan.