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COP27 and the Canadian mini climate budget that wasn’t

Corporate Knights

billion in investment tax credits for clean technologies and clean hydrogen production, provided the latter meets standards set out in the Inflation Reduction Act, the giant U.S. The plan earmarked $310 million over the next five years for skills training in the low-carbon economy as well as $6.65

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Seeding a low-carbon farming wave

Corporate Knights

As such, agriculture is a focus area for Corporate Knights’s recently launched Earth Index initiative , which tracks progress toward meeting national 2030 targets on the road to a net-zero future. . million cows in 2005) have partly offset rising nitrogen use, leaving Canadian agriculture emissions largely stalled. .

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EU Invests €4.8 Billion in Decarbonization Projects Funded Through Carbon Pricing System

ESG Today

The European Commission announced today that it has selected 85 decarbonization technology-focused projects to receive €4.8 The fund is aimed at creating financial incentives for companies and public authorities to invest in advanced net zero and low carbon technologies.

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Global 100 companies prove sustainability is good for business

Corporate Knights

Approximately 90% of countries are now covered by some kind of net-zero target, as are hundreds of the largest publicly traded companies. Since its inception on February 1, 2005, the Global 100 Index has generated a total investment return of 331% compared to 279% for ACWI. Net-Zero Asset Managers Initiative.

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Budget 2023’s clean investments don’t add up

Corporate Knights

News headlines trumpeted that the federal budget was setting aside more than $80 billion for clean technology tax credits over the next 12 years. The scale of investments that Canada requires to reach net-zero by 2050 is significant, with estimates ranging from $60 billion to $140 billion per year on average,” it said.

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Abrupt end to Canada’s green retrofits program leaves industry in chaos

Corporate Knights

million affordable, “net-zero-aligned” homes by 2030. Since 2005, GHG emissions in the residential sector have proceeded at only one-tenth the rate required to meet Canada’s 2050 target, now only 26 years away.” tonnes of carbon emissions per household per year.

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U.S. Department of Energy Shares Strategy to Secure the Clean Energy Transition

3BL Media

In February of this year, the United States published and committed to the “Strategy to Secure the Clean Energy Transition.” The regional clusters will not only help create quality jobs, attract talent, and drive innovation, but will also help reduce logistical and supply chain issues associated with manufacturing key technologies.