Tag: emissions
Antarctica Shows Everything Is Possible When We Work Together – Now We Need Leaders To Make History Again
30 years ago, something remarkable happened. Governments around the world agreed to make the Antarctic off limits to oil drilling and mining.
In the 1980s the debate of the fate of the Antarctic...
Queensland’s Ambitious Actions To Tackle Climate Change
The Sunshine State has set some ambitious targets in its efforts to go renewable. The state government target is 50 percent by 2030. RenewEconomy’s live feed indicates that as of 12 noon, the...
Decarbonisation of energy systems still at an early stage in Western Balkans
The Western Balkan 6 parties are progressing with the implementation of actions agreed by the Sofia Declaration on the Green Agenda, but their efforts are yet to deliver tangible results in terms...
Study Finds Limiting Renewable Energy Growth Would Result In Higher U.S. Power Costs
With declining costs for renewable energy technologies, interest has turned to how that might translate into the total system costs of integrating more renewable energy on the U.S. grid.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory...
Sustainability is in the Best Interests of Business
We are in the midst of the intensifying triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity and nature loss, and pollution and waste. A triple crisis that threatens human health, prosperity, equality and...
Business Alliance for Scaling Climate Solutions: a New Key Piece to UNEP’s Forest Mitigation Arsenal
Forests soak up 30 percent of emissions from industry and fossil fuels and are our best natural ally in the fight against the climate emergency. However, the ongoing deforestation and degradation, especially...
Dozens of US cities are banning natural gas hookups in new buildings
A fight over legislation banning gas hookups in new buildings is exploding across the country, a Seattle Times and InsideClimate News joint investigation found.
In the summer of 2019., Berkley, California, became the first city in the...
At the Heart of Technological Transformation and Modernization
Spain is one of the European countries most concerned about climate change. The southern areas of this Mediterranean country are characterized by rather harsh climatic conditions, such as high temperatures, droughts, scarce...
Unless we Urgently Rethink Agriculture, More Diseases will Jump Species
As the world grapples with the current pandemic, other threats, not least our climate emergency, have not gone away. In 2020, the economic disruption from Covid-19 cost the world’s economy more than...
Our Global Food System is the Primary Driver of Biodiversity Loss
Food System Impacts on Biodiversity Loss, the new Chatham House report, supported by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Compassion in World Farming, describes three actions needed for food system transformation in...
All Aboard for Emissions Savings!
A variety of innovative new technologies could help slash emissions from the shipping industry.Many freight ships use the dirtiest forms of fossil fuel, with the industry emitting around one billion tonnes of carbon...
Fireworks ‘More Polluting Than Energy-From-Waste Plants’
Waste management firm Indaver says energy recovery facilities are actually strictly regulated.Firework displays are more environmentally damaging than energy-from-waste plants.
That’s the suggestion from waste management firm Indaver, which claims despite public concerns...
Emissions Dip When Freight Ships Use Chips
Chip fat and other vegetable oils could be used to replace polluting fuels used to power freight vessels.
Chip fat and other vegetable oils could soon be used to replace the polluting fuels...
Volvo’s Low Emission Efforts Keep on Truckin’
It autonomous ‘Vera’ vehicle aims to slash emissions and boost productivity in logistics operations.Volvo has announced a new autonomous electric vehicle (EV) to works in ports, factories and other logistics centres.Its ‘Vera’ design has no...
Low-Emission Cows: Farming Responds to Climate Warning
Farmers are ‘up for radical thought’ following bad harvests due to extreme weather, NFU says. From low-emission cows to robotic soil management, the farming industry will have to explore new approaches in the...
UN Climate Panel: Emissions Must Fall Rapidly by 2030 to Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its highly anticipated report Sunday on what needs to be done to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The answer: social and technological change...
