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First in Flight: American Airlines Is Leading the Airline Industry on a Science-Based Journey to Net-Zero Emissions

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DESCRIPTION: FORT WORTH, Texas, April 22, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Last summer, American Airlines made a public commitment to develop a science-based, intermediate target for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions — the first airline in North America to do so. SOURCE: American Airlines. What this means. Accountability is a key component.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Campaigners maintain that stronger ambition is required given that the 2030 target the IMO is working towards — a 40 percent reduction in carbon-intensity emissions — is not aligned with the Paris Agreement in the first place.

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Enbridge Welcomes New UN Flagship Report on Climate Change

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DESCRIPTION: Society must move more forcefully to combat global warming, the world’s top climate scientists warned Monday in a new report that says existing solutions and innovation offer hope—but not without action. With pursuit of RNG, hydrogen, CCS and renewables, we’re accelerating society’s transition to a lower-carbon world.

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Climate Talks: Dennis Onono on the Potential Offered by Innovative Sustainable Technology Projects in Africa

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Finally, funding mechanisms and financial support for mitigation and adaptation efforts, especially in developing countries, are likely to remain a central point of discussion. It recognises that countries can – and should – work together, in a results-based way, to meet their national climate targets.

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Are Saskatchewan's new oil and gas high school classes setting up students for dead-end jobs?

Corporate Knights

The Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre, which provides Kindergarten to Grade 12 online education to Saskatchewan students, partnered with Teine Energy, an Alberta-based company to develop the courses. They will include 50 hours of online theory and 50 hours of work placement. In order to limit global warming to 1.5

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Beware the Green Swan

Chris Hall

Thierry Philipponnat, Chief Economist at Finance Watch, warns that economic modelling must evolve to prompt policymakers to take action on climate. Based on the UNFCCC’s latest synthesis and technical reports published earlier this year, existing policies to tackle climate change are well and truly off track.

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“Huge Disconnect” Between Financiers and Scientists on Climate Risk  

Chris Hall

A groundswell of concern is developing around the soundness of economic research used to underpin climate-related risk and investment models.