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What Is Energy Transition? A Guide to the Future of Energy

3BL Media

above pre-industrial levels as outlined in the Paris Agreement. Rising global temperatures and increasing climate-related disasters are the most widely felt outcome of climate change, stressing the critical importance of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and accelerating the shift to clean energy sources.

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Urgent Deployment of Existing Technology Can Get World Close to Net Zero, BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2024 Shows

3BL Media

The new report indicates that the speed with which clean technologies and decarbonization of the power sector are scaled up is crucial. This report should serve as a wake-up call: we need a rapid decline in emissions starting from now – not in five years’ time – if net zero by mid-century is to remain a possibility.”

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The 25 most sustainable private companies in the world

Corporate Knights

Reaching net-zero as we grow remains vital. The company aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement, largely by helping its customers switch to electric vehicles. Go-Ahead Group Ltd Net-zero-aligned transporter Go-Ahead is a U.K.-based

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If done well, financial regulations play a crucial role in cutting carbon emissions

Corporate Knights

This cannot continue if we are realistically going to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and keep global warming below 1.5 ° C. Canada needs to adopt a package of financial regulations that will drive down carbon emissions and shift billions of dollars toward investing in clean technology and renewable energy.

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COP29 Deal Can Unlock Public and Private Climate Finance

Chris Hall

In this Q&A, EY’s Ben Taylor highlights the developments most likely to shape and accelerate the net zero transition, as well as the climate-related investment strategies of asset owners and managers. ESG Investor: In what way did COP29 improve the likelihood of delivery of comprehensive, investible and Paris-compliant NDCs?

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These 50 Canadian corporations are betting big on green

Corporate Knights

New figures showed that carbon emissions in 2022 fell to “significantly lower” than pre-pandemic levels in 2019, giving hope that Canada can meet its net-zero commitments. In early May, the federal government announced that Canada had “bent the curve” on climate pollution. Climate commitments legend 1.5°C: C: Business Ambition for 1.5C

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Take Five: Europe’s Green Brigade Takes Shape 

Chris Hall

But some called for a more fundamental reboot of investment in European innovation especially in clean technologies to pursue trajectories that are compatible with its climate transition targets. These can boost investment not only in defence, but also other critical objectives including the net zero transition.