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New Initiative Aims to Reinvigorate Push to 1.5°C

Chris Hall

The Climate Action Coalition , conceived by Skidmore and Climate Action and officially launched on Friday, describes itself as “a global community focused on the urgent delivery of our 2030 climate goals”. C was set out in detail back in 2018 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). C of warming.

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There's a new push to get net-zero targets to matter

Corporate Knights

This is generally a voluntarily self-imposed deadline, usually decades away, by which the institution’s emissions will not necessarily actually reduce to zero, but rather by which they will at least be ostensibly canceled out by carbon offsets. RELATED: Corporate climate standards are falling short. In the U.S.,

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US oil company buys Canadian carbon capture tech to fuel oil extraction future

Corporate Knights

billion will enable it to profit from tackling climate change while continuing to extract oil and gas for 60 or more years into the future, says CEO Vicki Hollub. But CDR is not a replacement for deep emissions reductions, said climate scientist and IPCC author Zeke Hausfather.

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From 'climate quitting' to 'global boiling,' 10 terms that defined 2023

Corporate Knights

Then, September broke its previous monthly heat record by half a degree Celsius — a margin so stunning that Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist, declared it “ absolutely gobsmackingly bananas.” Carbon offsets are ‘riddled with fraud.’ Solving credibility issues may require a greater overhaul of carbon markets.

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Creating an Energy-to-Food Future

B the Change

VAXA Takes an Oceanic-Based Approach to the Next Frontier of Food Production As climate change seeps into every aspect of our food chain, including our oceans, there is an imperative to pivot to alternative sources for nutrition to keep up with the future needs of our population. This demonstrates our commitment to pro-planet health.