ESG Today

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The agreement, revising the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) rules on aviation, forms part of the European Commission’s “Fit for 55” roadmap , the EU initiative to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 6, 2022

SUMMARY: Aligned With the Paris Agreement and Approved by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), JetBlue Commits to Reduce Jet Fuel Emissions 50% Per Revenue Tonne Kilometer by 2035 From 2019 Levels. Refreshed Carbon Offsetting Strategy. SOURCE: JetBlue Airways. Neste and World Energy.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Innovative pilot schemes are attracting interest after failed COP28 negotiations on carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Despite limited progress on carbon trading rules at COP28 , experts believe recent trial projects will unlock investment opportunities for private investors. billion) by 2030.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This is the second in a three-part series exploring how Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can spur the clean energy transition. The goal of the JCM is to reach a cumulative GHG emission reduction of 100 million tons of CO 2 e by 2030. Ensure carbon market compliance and maximize the potential to lower emission reduction costs.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

But Carbon Tracker chose to exclude fully state-owned NOCs and companies based in Russia, describing them as “[firms] over which investors have little influence”. The targets of 24 of the companies were found to not be aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2021

As societies race to meet the goals set by the Paris Agreement , companies are under pressure to reduce emissions from governments, NGOs, consumers, regulators, shareholders and employees. This is where purchasing carbon credits (also known as carbon offsets) can come into consideration as part of the solution. .

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

Now they must wait to see how signatories to the Paris Agreement act on the commitments outlined in the official response to the Global Stocktake, as well as multiple other pledges announced across the two weeks before that final text was signed, sealed and gavelled. C has not lessened; if anything, it has increased,” he says.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

If we are to collectively deliver against the Paris Agreement goals, and act in the best interests of beneficiaries, asset owners must continue to collaborate to maintain the high ambition expected of us and drive the innovative, practical solutions required for the global transition.”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Annual clean energy investment in EMDEs needs to increase by more than seven times, from US$150 billion in 2020 to over US$1 trillion a year by 2030, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report. . It has been launched in partnership with philanthropies the Bezos Earth Fund and Rockefeller Foundation. . How will the ETA work?

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Chris Hall

JUNE 5, 2024

A 2023 survey of businesses across the US, UK and Europe found that 89% of companies considered carbon credits a valuable tool to mitigate CO2 emissions. The Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets has predicted carbon credit demand will increase by a factor of 15 by 2030 and by a factor of 100 by 2050.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 3, 2023

It is clear from current regulation the aim globally is for carbon neutrality by 2050. While the Paris Agreement does not include the international aviation industry it is clear the intention is to reach net zero by 2050. This is now followed by the ban on new fossil fuel powered cars being sold by 2030. MtCO2e by 2050.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 2, 2023

The aviation industry will not be able to align with Paris Agreement goals without a massive scale-up in the use of SAFs,” Selih said. It requires suppliers to supply a minimum share of SAFs at EU airports, starting at 2% of overall fuel supply by 2025, moving to 6% by 2030, and reaching 70% by 2050. billion ($1.4

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

A growing number of underlying projects are geared towards restoring the world’s natural carbon sinks (otherwise known as REDD+ projects ), and are being set up in the world’s largest freestanding forests which, more often than not, are located in emerging markets (EMs). .

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B the Change

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

The idea of net zero gained attention at the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate, with the goal for global emissions to reach net zero by 2050. For example, the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has a net-zero standard that requires companies to make deep commitments in the near term, typically cutting GHGs by around 50% by 2030.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

Duke Energy also incorporated indirect emissions into its net zero target. However, efforts to raise corporate ambition or secure commitments to disclose decarbonisation progress in line with those net zero commitments has been more challenging.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2023

In energy supply, solar and wind deliver by far the highest net emission reductions through 2030 at the lowest cost. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) delivers one-tenth the benefit at far higher cost. Its only reference to nuclear electricity is in the chart showing its low emission reduction potential and high cost through 2030.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 30, 2022

The reasoning is simple: A traditional carbon offset only prevents additional CO 2 from entering the atmosphere (instead of removing already-emitted CO 2 ). As a result, since it does not physically undo the emissions of the purchaser, there is no quantity of traditional offsets that can, at scale, get the world to net-zero.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Then, the organization can balance out the remaining emissions by investing in projects that remove emissions (carbon sinks). After the signature of the Paris Agreement in 2015, science has become widely accepted. Therefore, companies have increasingly focused on reducing carbon emissions. Climate 100+ Net-zero benchmark.

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

There are other areas in which the TPT will have to set their own expectations, spanning from reliance on carbon offsetting and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to transparency on climate lobbying. . C of global warming promised by signatories of the Paris Agreement. . Throwing down the gauntlet

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. and globally by 2040. million acres the 4.4

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Among the limited accomplishments of COP29 last week was the approval of a long-awaited and controversial global framework for carbon offsets. Others warned that the agreement doesn't fix big mistakes that carbon trading has made in the past. The shutdown is a sign that buyers and traders have cooled on carbon offsets.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Carbon credits and the role of carbon markets Carbon credits and markets, as governed under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, are a crucial part of COP29s climate finance strategy. In the US, many states now operate carbon pricing initiatives, though there is no national cap and trade scheme as yet.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The global fight against climate change is gradually gaining momentum, with countries like Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, and the EU reaffirming commitment to the Paris Agreement, and more than 80 mayors in the US confirming that they will continue with agreed guidelines.

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