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TED Talk: 3 Rules for a Zero Carbon World

Strategic Sustainability Consulting

The role of the UN is to drive transformation in every global system, from agriculture to retail from cement to steel to reach a zero carbon future. To transform these industries Topping argues for a systems approach, where all actors in every system follow underlying rules to get to zero carbon.

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Electrification gets down to the wire

GreenBiz

And not just cars: The electrification of trucks , tractors , buses , trains , ships , even aircraft is gearing up faster than many had predicted. Manufacturing is going electric, too, as companies ratchet up their net-zero-carbon goals. Yet it could take decades to convert all of these things to electric powertrains.

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A Just Transition is an Orderly Transition

Chris Hall

In the race to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, many companies are jeopardising success by leaving workers and communities behind. The decarbonisation of our global economy is most likely to succeed in the short timeframe required if those most affected by the transition are brought on the journey.

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Church of England Pensions Board Slashes Carbon Intensity by a Fifth

Chris Hall

This week the pension fund – which manages the retirement assets of current and former employees of the Church of England – revealed its latest Stewardship Report , in which it stated that it was a decade ahead of its target in achieving net zero carbon emissions across its investments.

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A new Swedish iron processing project could disrupt the global steel industry

GreenBiz

There are three reasons LKAB’s announcement is big news for the global steel industry as well as the economy at large: LKAB will single-handedly contribute to greenhouse gas reductions corresponding to more than 50 percent of Sweden’s total footprint by obviating the need for blast furnaces — many of which are in other nations.

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We’ve taken stock of corporate climate action and business knows what it needs to deliver the clean energy transition

We Mean Business Coalition

Is corporate climate action moving fast enough?   The Corporate Climate Stocktake has already taken evidence from surveys and interviews with more than 300 business leaders and industry experts across 8 sectors – shipping, aviation, road transport, power, hydrogen, steel cement and agriculture. The world invests 1.8

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COP26 Live Blog: All in for 1.5ºC

We Mean Business Coalition

The actions being taken by signatories to WorldGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment to tackle whole life carbon are critical because they are driving emissions reductions now and in the future. and the European Union, now covers more than two-thirds of the global economy. ANALYSIS: .

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