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Startup tackles decarbonizing industrial heat processes

GreenBiz

dissertation in microelectronics to an entirely different field: climate change. "I Even with decarbonizing the electric and transportation sector, to reach long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, the United States would need an 80 percent reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide emissions by 2050.

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Canada caught between climate obligations and dissent at home

Corporate Knights

The Net Zero Advisory Body (NZAB) – a group appointed by Guilbeault to help the government find a credible path to net-zero – is proposing that Ottawa set a 2035 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by between 50% and 55% below 2005 levels, a 10% increase from the current federal target for 2030.

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India Commits to 45% Emissions Intensity Reduction by 2030

ESG Today

NDCs are a major part of countries’ obligations under the Paris Agreement, outlining their interim commitments on the pathway to net zero. to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through forest and tree cover. Such action will also help India usher in low emissions growth pathways.

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Brazil Cuts Amazon Deforestation by 31%, Sets New 2035 Climate Goals

ESG Today

The government of Brazil announced today a new climate goal, targeting a 59% – 67% reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2035, on a 2005 basis, and highlighted key progress in the fight against deforestation, which it said has decreased by nearly a third over the past year.

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Australia Moves to Enshrine Climate Targets into Law

ESG Today

Targets under the proposed legislation include greenhouse gas emissions reductions of 43% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels – reflecting the government’s recently updated Nationally Determined Contribution commitment under the Paris Agreement – and the achievement of net zero emissions by 2050.

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A Voluntary Distraction

Chris Hall

Kevin Conrad, Executive Director of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations, says compliance carbon markets offer more effective support to the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Global Stocktake is a key process established under the Paris Agreement scheduled to take place at COP28 in Dubai.

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Companies Can Do More To Help Everyday People Reduce Emissions

3BL Media

Only urgent, short-term actions can deliver the temperature targets fixed in the Paris Agreement. Ireland, for example, cut greenhouse gas emissions by 42 percent from 2005 to 2020 while growing its economy by 81 percent, outgunning most of the major developed economies.