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Is the LNG industry gaslighting the path to net-zero?

Corporate Knights

to Asia or Europe has higher carbon intensity than local coal use due to the leakage of methane – a powerful warming agent – throughout the LNG supply chain, but particularly during shipping. billion 670-kilometre Coastal GasLink pipeline that will ship supply from the gas fields of northeastern B.C.

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Decarbonising Investment Portfolios on the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

For financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies and investment managers, scope 3 emissions from supply chains and lending/investment portfolios are often more complex than for other industries. times higher than the UK's own greenhouse gas emissions (excluding aviation and shipping). trillion USD in fossil fuels.

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The High Seas Treaty: How will it Impact Investors?

Chris Hall

However, up until now, the ocean has had little to no regulation, which has led to issues which are in no one’s best interests in the long term, such as overfishing, resource depletion, habitat destruction, bioprospecting of marine species, and widespread pollution: particularly plastic waste, as well as noise pollution and pollution from shipping.

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Is the IMO Turning the Tide on Transition?

Chris Hall

With global trade highly dependent on shipping, achieving net zero may put wind in the sails of other industries’ climate ambitions. International shipping accounted for 2% of global energy-related CO2 emissions last year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). What progress has the IMO made?

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COP26 Live Blog: All in for 1.5ºC

We Mean Business Coalition

Ahead of COP26, the Mission Possible Partnership released industry-backed roadmaps for steel, shipping and aviation, demonstrating it is technically and economically feasible for hard-to-abate sectors to develop pathways to net zero across their value chains this decade. Apple is a member of Climate Group’s RE100 initiative.

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