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Forecast: 8 million energy jobs created by meeting Paris agreement

Renewable Energy World

Globally, jobs in the energy sector are projected to increase from 18 million today to 26 million in 2050 if the world cuts carbon to meet the well-below 2°C target set by the Paris Agreement , according to a model created by researchers in Canada and Europe. The new study was published earlier this summer in One Earth. Pai concurred.

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ICYMI, Opportunity Narrows on Meeting Paris Agreement Goals

Chris Hall

Focused on mitigation, the report noted that progress on the alignment of financial flows towards the goals of the Paris Agreement remained slow, with tracked climate finance flows distributed unevenly across regions and sectors. . trillion, warned that “only a very small window remains to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement”.

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Sofidel Among CDP Leaders for the Fight Against Climate Change and Deforestation

3BL Media

The Net Zero goal, i.e., the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the consequent removal of residual emissions as close to zero as possible along the entire value chain, is at the center of the European Green Deal and considered crucial to limiting global warming well below 2°C according to the Paris agreements.

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Why manufacturing needs data-led sustainability goals

Sustainability Matters

Corporate sustainability goals often align with published, globally endorsed agreements such as those of the Paris Agreement and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). So how should manufacturing businesses go about creating their own objectives? So, where can manufacturers start?

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Relay Race, Not Arms Race: Clean Energy Manufacturing Implications of the IRA for the US and EU

Environmental News Bits

European officials are relieved that with the passage of the IRA, the US has a credible pathway to meet its 2030 emission reduction target under the Paris Agreement, provided it is paired … Continue reading Relay Race, Not Arms Race: Clean Energy Manufacturing Implications of the IRA for the US and EU

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Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities

GreenBiz

are facing growing pressure to clean up their lobbying activity, with a host of institutional investors this week issuing an urgent call to 47 of the largest greenhouse gas emitters to disclose how their corporate advocacy aligns with the most ambitious climate goals of the Paris Agreement. Carbon intensive companies in the U.S.

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Technology not growing fast enough to decarbonize steel and cement industries by 2050

Envirotec Magazine

To meet zero-emission targets under the Paris Agreement, countries, cities, and industries are depending on new large-scale infrastructure for CO2 transport and storage, renewable electricity and green hydrogen. One slight problem: The quantities of steel and cement required for such projects. ”