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Public Policy Forum urges government to help finance oil and gas emission reductions

Corporate Knights

In a report released March 16, the Public Policy Forum laid out a “leadership blueprint” for Canada’s net-zero transition that urges the federal government to help finance the sector’s efforts to reduce emissions. However, he added, the decarbonization effort must speed up. We’re just not moving with the haste we need to move.

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4 Steps Your Company Can Take to Move Toward Net Zero

B the Change

If you’re a company interested in climate change, zero might be the most important number. Net zero” is the lens many businesses are using to address their climate impacts. As of October 2022, more than 8,000 companies globally have made commitments to net zero under the United Nations’ Race to Zero Campaign.

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The U.S. Tire Industry Seeks to Better Understand and Mitigate Road Wear Particles

3BL Media

Since 2005, tire industry stakeholders have supported independent, peer-reviewed scientific studies conducted by TIP to fill knowledge gaps about these particles. It has also built a public-facing website to provide a multimedia introduction to the topic of TRWP and a detailed account of the studies it has sponsored to date.

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WRAP updates voluntary agreements, outlining circularity vision for food, plastic and textiles

Envirotec Magazine

WRAP launched its first voluntary agreement in 2005 and has since expanded its programme to address food and drink, plastic pollution, and fashion and textiles. ” The voluntary agreements bring together Governments, businesses, local authorities, academics, NGOs, industry groups and citizens to take collaborative action, says WRAP.

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Filling Canada’s Policy Void

Chris Hall

This year, Canada introduced its 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan , which aims to achieve 40-45% emissions reductions below 2005 levels by 2030. Since 2019, every jurisdiction in Canada has imposed a price on carbon pollution. The result, according to Trudeau, is “not, as some foretold, the end of the Canadian economy as we know it.

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Assembling the Pieces of the Carbon Pricing Puzzle

Chris Hall

Carbon pricing has long been thought of as one of the most effective ways to migrate economies away from fossil fuel dependence to achieve net zero and limit global warming to 1.5°C. To encourage companies to adopt low-carbon business operations and products, the ETS was first introduced in 2005 to cover around 40% of EU emissions.

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Dignity First Climate Leadership

Sustainable Round Table

Outside of the academic realm, there is emerging c onsensus that, at the enterprise level, a new paradigm should be embraced. Henderson recognizes that this now must occur in a changed context that is shaped by a world that is actually and increasingly “on fire.” .