Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Solar Energy International, a workforce development organization, is working to address significant labor demands in the U.S. market, as President Biden has set a goal of generating half of the American electricity supply form solar by 2050. In 2018, IRENA estimated that women made up 20-25% of the renewable energy workforce.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The rise of taxonomies of sustainable activities reflects a recognition from policymakers that global financial markets depend on a shared classification system if they are to identify ‘green’ investment opportunities. High-level guidance exists in two countries and regulation is being developed in 13.

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Richard Matthews

MARCH 21, 2022

Many of these private investment funds are venture capitalist with startup and early stage investment strategies. These firms can be differentiated by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The firm supports human health with cross-industry technical innovation in de-carbonization and leapfrog sustainable development.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

This means that the entirely predictable and necessary Ratchet-driven call post-2025 for increased policy and significant uplift of global investment into clean energy and clean technology systems must be heeded with a tagline of ’we really mean it this time’. But critically there are two other areas which have been pushed to the background.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Not least plans for a ‘loss and damage’ fund, which aims to help the most climate-vulnerable emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) cover the costs of climate change’s physical impacts. The launch of the FCLP is the most important development in relation to sustainable use of nature.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

According to the CCC report, the UK will continue to need some oil and gas fields until it reaches net zero, but this “does not in itself justify the development of new North Sea fields”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Its conclusions have since been endorsed with apparent sincerity by the UK government, which announced in June that it was committing to ensuring that more of the UK’s largest new infrastructure projects “leave nature and biodiversity in an overall better state than before development”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

A “fuller response” to the IRA and NZIA would have ensured the UK went beyond building net zero infrastructure, maximising benefits from the supply chains of such infrastructure, “both economically and socially”, Serin told ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 11, 2023

In December, the European Commission, Council and Parliament reached consensus on the reform of its Emissions Trading System (ETS), the development of a separate system for other industries (ETS 2), and the introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which has the potential to globalise Europe’s carbon pricing regime. .

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 12, 2023

And won’t it make essential green investments more difficult? The current bout of inflation started with supply-side disruptions. Supply chains broke for critical items such as oil, wheat, fertilizer and microprocessors, causing shortages that enabled producers to increase their prices.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 24, 2023

The 730-page bill is rife with long-term grants, loans and tax advantages designed to incentivise change, rather than punishing carbon-intensive industries, driving the domestic development of industries like electric vehicles (EVs) and solar. US-based FirstSolar is investing US$1.2 gigawatts (GW) by 2024. It’s a valid concern.

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