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What does digital art have to do with sustainability?

GreenBiz

Regen Network , a market for landowners to sell ecosystem services, is based on the public Cosmos platform, which uses proof of stake. A Paris Agreement for blockchain. On April 7, a coalition led by Energy Web announced the Crypto Climate Accord , modeled loosely on the Paris Agreement.

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3 big trends headlining a tumultuous year in food

GreenBiz

When experts at CDP, a nonprofit that tracks sustainability commitments, surveyed 479 food and ag companies , only 75 reported having emissions commitments in line with the Paris Agreement. The rush for regenerative ag . But do regenerative methods sequester as much carbon as advocates claim? Food & Agriculture.

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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future

GreenBiz

It’s also planning an investment push that will see it fund carbon removal projects at an expected cost of $35 per metric ton in 2025, increasing to $80 per metric ton in 2030 — far higher than the amount companies traditionally pay to purchase carbon offsets on voluntary markets. .

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Key Takeaways From NACW 2022

3BL Media

The 19th annual North American Carbon World (NACW) 2022 Conference , held from April 6-8 in Anaheim, California, provided an opportunity for leading climate professionals throughout North America to gain actionable insights for bold climate solutions. Soil: Regenerative agriculture and soil carbon projects have arrived.

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Tima Bansal on How Nature-Based Solutions Are Taking Businesses Beyond Net Zero

3BL Media

Companies looking to incorporate sustainability into their businesses are finding the conventional models of environmental investing, such as ESG and carbon offset programs, no longer meet their needs. But as more companies move toward net zero, many are hitting a limit on available offsets to purchase. Beyond net zero.

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Racing to Net-Zero: A Captivating but Distant Ambition

Stanford Social Innovation

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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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Natural carbon sinks, carbon mineralization and direct-air capture are early focus areas for Stripe’s 2019 Negative Emissions Commitment , which aims to spend at least double in these areas compared with what it pays for carbon offsets. billion toward regenerative agriculture into 2025. and Canadian operations.