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Businesses join hands to find 'right recipe' for zero-carbon industriesFriday - Despite the pandemic slamming the brakes on flying, UK-based engineering firm Rolls-Royce - whose main clients include the aviation industry - has not backed away from its work to slash planet-heating emissions, according to its technology director. |
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Fiercer, more frequent fires may reduce carbon capture by forestsFriday - More fierce and frequent fires are reducing forest density and tree size and may damage forests’ ability to capture carbon in the future, according to a global study. |
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Gas firms target industrial ‘clusters’ for hydrogenThursday - Gas companies in Europe and America are looking at using the existing gas network to serve industrial “clusters” of hydrogen users in sectors like chemicals, cement and steelmaking, adopting a “phased approach” endorsed by the European Commission. |
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'Science-based' targets are no such thing - former adviserThursday - One of the instigators of an influential climate initiative for big business has gone public with criticism of its target-setting process, saying it does not measure up to its ambition. |
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Carbon tax would be popular with UK voters, poll suggestsThursday - Taxing carbon dioxide emissions would be popular with British voters, polling suggests, as the government moots ways to put a price on carbon that could help tackle the climate crisis and fund a green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. |
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Three technologies that will change food productionThursday - Agriculture’s impact on the planet is massive and relentless. Roughly 40 per cent of the Earth’s suitable land surface is used for cropland and grazing. |
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Serville oranges being turned into energyWednesday - A pilot scheme will use methane from fermenting fruit to create clean power for Serville's city water plant |
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Gas networks eyeing hydrogenTuesday - Australia's' natural gas pipeline owners are working to future-proof their $A75 billion in assets amid a global push towards clean energy, running tests to blend hydrogen with gas and produce green... |
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India’s energy policy is key to the planet’s futureTuesday - Here’s the bad news: Unless India opts for a totally new energy policy - a revolutionary switch to a clean future - the world has no chance of avoiding dangerous climate change. |
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How corporations gave politicians permission to deny realityTuesday - Big companies donated to climate deniers in the US Congress—even while claiming to care about climate change. When those same lawmakers denied the results of the presidential election, the bill came... |
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How can soil carbon cut Australia's emissions?Monday - The Australian Government is backing soil carbon – drawing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in the land – as a major part of its response to the climate crisis. |
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Questions over Samoa flood defence projectMonday - Flood walls in Samoa financed by the UN’s flagship climate fund are inadequate and could put people in danger, experts warn. |
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Russian region launches carbon trading planMonday - In Russia's remote far east, authorities have launched an unexpected experiment: an effort to try out carbon trading and reach net-zero planet-heating emissions by 2025. |
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IMF looks at climate credit-scoresMonday - Vulnerability to climate change is bad for sovereign credit ratings, says the International Monetary Fund. |
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Tax aviation to raise funds for poor countries19 Feb 21 - Taxes on international transport could provide finance to help developing countries cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the impacts of climate breakdown, a group of climate finance experts... |
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Amundi to quiz companies over climate action19 Feb 21 - Amundi, Europe's biggest asset manager, say it will seek more specifics from companies at upcoming shareholder meetings about their plans to reduce emissions. |
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Leveraging AI to fight climate change19 Feb 21 - International organisations, researchers and data scientists say artificial intelligence and big data are critical to combat years of promises but inadequate action on the climate, biodiversity and... |
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Oil and gas get emojis, why not wind power?19 Feb 21 - Scroll through all the emojis on your phone, and you’ll find a gas pump, an oil drum, and … zero sign of clean energy. |
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