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COP28 UAE Key Takeaways

3BL Media

The prevailing sentiment in the headlines is that incremental changes and small steps are not an option; the global climate crisis demands more substantial actions. Record attendance and participation was noted, underscoring the gravity of the climate challenge and the acknowledgement from different stakeholder groups.

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Aviation industry emissions are sky high - what is Canada doing about?

Corporate Knights

With Canada lagging far behind Europe and the United Kingdom in tackling carbon pollution from aviation, the country’s upcoming 10-year climate plan for the sector must be developed with public input and enforce a 30% emissions reduction target by 2030, climate advocates say. Air transportation is no exception.”.

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Mondel?z International Progresses Against “Snacking Made Right” ESG Goals

3BL Media

SUMMARY: Confirms progress in improving community livelihoods by scaling signature sourcing programs, reducing use of virgin plastics in packaging and reducing climate impact in owned operations. Reaching 209,954 Cocoa Life registered farmers (exceeding the 2022 goal of 200,000 program-registered cocoa farmers).

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Connecticut losing ground on building emissions despite efficiency programs

Renewable Energy World

By Lisa Prevost, Energy News Network. Climate activists say the state’s progress on reducing building emissions has been far too slow given the pace of the climate crisis, and that it needs to end incentives for energy-efficient natural gas heating. Activists met the news with incredulity. metric tons. for fuel oil.

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When to Call It Quits

Stanford Social Innovation

In an already unstable economic climate, the ground beneath our organization had crumbled beneath us. Within months we had our NGO registered and Fundación Proyecto Barrio la Planta worked together with our US 501(c)3 organization, Friends of Barrio la Planta. . “Maybe we should dissolve.”

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Looking to Forests During Heat Waves

Sense and Sustainability

In internet-time, this exchange is practically ancient history; quoting a 6-month-old tweet defies our expectation of the modern soundbite’s instant gratification and instant vanishment. But as this story asks for your attention to longer, ecological timescales, such a deviation seems appropriate. C/121° F, it was gone—devoured by a wildfire.

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Duke vs. Duke: Electric and gas utilities at odds over efficiency rebates in N.C.

Renewable Energy World

by Elizabeth Outzs, Energy News Network. For nearly four years, Piedmont Natural Gas — one of Duke’s wholly owned subsidiaries — and the state’s other major gas distribution company have stymied incentives for new high-efficiency homes, claiming with scant evidence that the rebate scheme will lose them customers.