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

Envirotec Magazine

This is especially fitting as the conference is taking place seven years after the signing of the Paris Agreement – a legally binding international treaty that commits countries to limiting global warming to below 2 (and preferably below 1.5) Enabling solutions: Shrinking your digital carbon footprint. degrees Celsius.

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Comment: Why hydrogen is the key to a low carbon future

Envirotec Magazine

If society is to reach net zero within the timeframe set out by the Paris Agreement, then this will require a major shift in how we produce our energy. However, all three of these are to at least some extent considered problematic within the context of net zero. What’s driving the shift to hydrogen?

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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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Preparing for COP26

Envirotec Magazine

This had been central to the climate accords since 2009, and is widely viewed as an indispensable ingredient for securing the mutual trust and cooperation of the 191 countries that signed the Paris agreement. Manufacturers are facing the twin challenges of net zero and digitisation. Low-hanging fruit?

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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. It aims to reach net-zero for its own operations and supply chain by 2030.)