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AI start-up aims to predict if the world can really avoid a long-term increase in global climate temperature

Envirotec Magazine

Most large company carbon emissions come from their supply chains and the SMEs in them. Supply chain emissions are on average 11 times higher than those produced by a corporation’s own direct activity, according to CDP.

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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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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) degrees Celsius. alive’ is to tackle their scope 3 – or indirect – emissions.

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Sustainable fuels coalition calls on IMO to regulate GHG emissions on full lifecycle basis

Envirotec Magazine

degrees Celsius temperature goal of the Paris Agreement is to be met. While the mandate of the IMO does not extend to fuel production and supply chains, any GHG regulations developed by the IMO need to take into account upstream, or so called Well-to-Tank emissions.

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Stop perverse climate impact of biomass by radically reforming CO2 accounting rules, says advisory body

Envirotec Magazine

The negative impact on climate may persist for many decades and thus increase the risk of overshooting Paris agreement targets, explains Norton. This will require calculating the ‘carbon payback period’ for each biomass facility and its supply chain.

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Role of Green Building Certifications in Telling Your ESG Story

Sustainability Update

” This includes increased greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and supply chain management regulations. The societal pressure to adapt to meet the goals of The Paris Agreement on climate change has grown considerably. Facility Executive Magazine. Boosting ESG Performance in Today’s Energy Supply Chains.

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Immediate action on organic waste needed to meet Paris targets, says biogas group

Envirotec Magazine

“By mapping out how AD and biogas could help countries to dramatically cut their greenhouse gas emissions, especially methane, over the next decade and beyond, this report aims to put humanity back on track to deliver on the ambitions of both the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals.”

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