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Aviation is plotting a sustainable course

GreenBiz

body, set a course for airlines to offset emissions of international flights above a 2019-20 baseline. The pandemic led ICAO to scale back the program, CORSIA (for Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation), to make it easier for airlines to comply. Airlines, for their part, are getting on board.

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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. Reading this article, you will better understand the carbon offsets market, carbon offsets controversy and the key initiatives to follow. Carbon Offsets Markets size.

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Using Carbon Markets To Fuel the Energy Transition

3BL Media

Looking at how carbon finance options can help cut greenhouse gas reduction costs. The third, non-market instrument enables countries “to work together to achieve mitigation and adaptation, as well as sustainable development and poverty reduction,” according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

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New Climate Policy Bills in California Herald Sweeping Changes for Businesses

3BL Media

The state's environmental leadership also extends to climate change mitigation policy. 2013 witnessed the launch of the state's economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trading system , the first in the U.S. In 2011, enforcement began of the state's low-carbon fuel standard , the world's first.

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AllianceBernstein: Nurturing Nature - Why Investors Should Care About Biodiversity

3BL Media

That’s why biodiversity loss alone could cost the global economy trillions of dollars in the coming years, in addition to trillions more related to climate change. There is a silver lining, because interconnectedness works both ways: tackling climate change and biodiversity loss in tandem can lead to twin wins.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Zimride merged into Lyft in 2013, its vehicles announced by a fuzzy pink "grill-stache." After joining Levi’s in 2013, Singh visited its factories in Turkey and India.

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ICYMI Fifth Third's New Operational Sustainability Goals

3BL Media

Fifth Third has been carbon neutral for these emissions since 2020 with the purchase of 100% renewable power and verified carbon offsets for the remaining emissions. Faillo said, “Fifth Third has aggressive plans and targets for leading the transition to a sustainable future and addressing climate change.