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Food waste contributes 10% to global emissions but 9 out of 10 countries’ NDCs fail to focus on food waste and loss

Envirotec Magazine

Environmental NGO WRAP is using COP29 to highlight the need for countries to include food loss and waste in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). A new report shows that, of the 195 countries attending COP29, only 12 have committed to reducing food waste and just 17 to tackling food loss.

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Trade group reiterates the environmental and economic value of biogas to new ministers

Envirotec Magazine

Appointments of new COP26 President and Environment Secretary triggers renewed efforts to demonstrate the benefits of biogas for decarbonising the UK and global economies. The industry can also help reduce the carbon footprint of hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as heat, transport, waste management and agriculture.

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Observers reflect on a disappointing COP26

Envirotec Magazine

The COP26 Youth Climate Protest in Glasgow on 5 November (image credit: PMGphotog / Shutterstock.com). While COP25 in Madrid had seen the launch of many such schemes by big polluters like Shell, Total and BP, with COP26 we could now see these schemes taking a central place in the draft agreement. Carbon capture.

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The world has consumed half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials since the Paris Agreement

Envirotec Magazine

The throwaway global economy is fuelling the climate crisis with more than half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials consumed since the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a report from impact organisation Circle Economy launched on 19 January. C at the COP26 summit in Glasgow. billion last year. of materials cycled.

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Tetra Pak 2022 Sustainability Report: Message From the CEO

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: As the world continued to experience the direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including global supply chain disruptions, resource shortages, employment challenges and inflation – these have not been easy times. Tweet me: Food waste is being transformed.? 5 ‘Tonnes’ refers to metric tonnes.

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FABLE Consortium co-leads "Transforming food systems" chapter of the 2022 Emissions Gap Report

Sustainable Development Network

C by the end of this century Updated pledges since COP26 in Glasgow take less than one per cent off projected 2030 greenhouse gas emissions; 45 per cent is needed for limiting global warming to 1.5°C Only a root-and-branch transformation of our economies and societies can save us from accelerating climate disaster.” C in place.

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Methane Detection Tech Provider LongPath Raises $22 Million

ESG Today

The platform is targeted to sectors including agriculture, waste management, mining, and urban monitoring. and EU’s Global Methane Pledge at last year’s COP26 climate conference. The pledge aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030, compared to 2020 levels.

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