Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The exclusion means the UK will fail in its obligations under the Paris Agreement and instead has concentrated on the need to achieve net zero by 2050. By concentrating only on achieving net zero by 2050, it is alleged that the Government has failed to lawfully take account of those aims.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

New and updated climate commitments fall far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, leaving the world on track for a global temperature rise of at least 2.7°C However, net zero pledges are still vague, incomplete in many cases, and inconsistent with most 2030 NDCs. Zeroing in on net zero.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

A new white paper published by the Mine Energy Taskforce and Local Energy Hub network has called for greater support for mine energy as a key low carbon heat source in the UK that can contribute to government’s ambition to reach net zero by 2050. For more information visit www.northeastlep.co.uk.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This is especially fitting as the conference is taking place seven years after the signing of the Paris Agreement – a legally binding international treaty that commits countries to limiting global warming to below 2 (and preferably below 1.5) degrees Celsius. Putting scope 3 emissions in the spotlight.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

With steel and concrete emissions said to be responsible for 15% of global emissions, their urgent decarbonization is critical to meeting the goals outlined in the Paris Agreement. Let’s build on the momentum we have to drive a rapid and lasting decarbonization of heavy industries on the path to global net zero.”

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The paper has been launched in advance of COP26, where the rules on the operation of carbon markets set out in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement are scheduled to be agreed, with significant implications for the current and future price of carbon.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The funding enables Permutable to combine the latest machine learning technology with Permutable’s knowledge of changing carbon emission trends to help governments and companies address the urgent sustainability issues exemplified by the current climate crisis, achieve net-zero emissions globally, and avoid greenwashing.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 28, 2021

Viridor has recently published the report: Decarbonising Our Waste: Viridor’s Roadmap to Net Zero and Net Negative Emissions. This details the company’s commitment to reach net zero by 2040 and net negative by 2045.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The Summit will also discuss how the industry can contribute to achieving Net Zero, help restore soil health and underpin city projects for low carbon urban development. The Summit will explore how our sector can make its vital contribution to Net Zero and unlock its growth potential.”

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

“Given the very stark message issued by the IPCC, it is crucial that the British Government shows leadership in fully integrating AD and biogas into its Paris Agreement and Net Zero targets”, she continues. There is no Net Zero without biogas.”, ”, Charlotte Morton concludes.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

The new report by the Net Zero Infrastructure Industry Coalition (NZIIC) at Teeside University has seemingly uncovered huge variances in the way that carbon data is measured, managed, and assessed for planning needs across the infrastructure sector.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2021

“By mapping out how AD and biogas could help countries to dramatically cut their greenhouse gas emissions, especially methane, over the next decade and beyond, this report aims to put humanity back on track to deliver on the ambitions of both the Paris Agreement and UN Sustainable Development Goals.”

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2023

Soletair Power (Finland) has developed a seemingly unique solution for extracting carbon dioxide (CO2) from building ventilation systems to help achieve carbon net zero and even carbon negative building projects. Soletair Power is currently working on several projects to create carbon net zero buildings.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It was also the first major economy to legally set a 2050 net zero goal. To help achieve this, auditing should also be made compulsory to prevent companies from implementing ‘creative carbon accounting’, a phrase famously used by Greta Thunberg to critique supposed government action following the Paris agreement.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The guardians of the Paris Agreement have concluded AD is the cheapest and most cost-effective way to keep global warming below 2 ? This could double within a few years. C”, he adds. “The The UK is a signatory of the Global Methane Pledge to reduce emissions by 30% against 2020 levels.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

As the slipping of climate targets continues, it’s becoming increasingly clear that cutting emissions won’t be enough to keep global temperature increases below the 2ºC target enshrined by the 2015 Paris agreement. In September, the Washington-based Energy Futures Initiative , founded by former U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

If society is to reach net zero within the timeframe set out by the Paris Agreement, then this will require a major shift in how we produce our energy. However, all three of these are to at least some extent considered problematic within the context of net zero. What’s driving the shift to hydrogen?

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In 2015, 90 countries included actions for addressing buildings emissions or improving energy efficiency in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. Some small progress, but not enough. This number has now hit 136, although ambition varies.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Four years after the world’s governments signed the Paris Agreement, thousands of people are taking to the streets in school strikes and Extinction Rebellion protests calling for greater action to meet its target of keeping global warming as close to 1.5 degrees as possible. Only 20% disagree. Only 26% disagree.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

Accelerating the build-out of hydrogen infrastructure will radically improve national and corporate abilities to meet net zero and decarbonisation targets.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

Underpinning Project Earth is a broader commitment to Science Based Targets and to achieve Net-zero carbon by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement. Mindsets – Put longevity, creativity and sustainability at the heart of the business, and engage with teams, partners and customers to effect change.

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Sustainability Update

MARCH 29, 2022

The societal pressure to adapt to meet the goals of The Paris Agreement on climate change has grown considerably. Kavya has experience with projects which integrate concepts of net-zero energy and carbon, high performance HVAC and healthy buildings, and general sustainability early in the building design process.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

Part of the government’s path to net zero by 2050, today’s measures will create and support 80,000 UK jobs over the next 30 years whilst cutting emissions by two-thirds in just 15 years. To comply with the Paris Agreement, producers must cut emissions by 90 per cent.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Non-profit organisation’s report describes actions that would gear the buildings and construction sector towards a net zero future, through elimination of embodied carbon emissions. It is only then the industry will shift its approach, and we can move towards net zero carbon emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2023

New research by the University of East Anglia highlights the risks of countries relying on nature-based solutions to achieve net zero. National climate strategies set out how countries plan to reduce emissions, for example by phasing out fossil-fuel use, to get to net-zero in 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

This had been central to the climate accords since 2009, and is widely viewed as an indispensable ingredient for securing the mutual trust and cooperation of the 191 countries that signed the Paris agreement. Manufacturers are facing the twin challenges of net zero and digitisation. Low-hanging fruit?

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

For example, a new law in the EU requires companies to create plans that lay out how they will transition to net zero. And in the UK, companies seeking to sell the government goods and services worth more than £5m must have a net zero plan.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 18, 2022

65 of the Global 100 companies have signed up to the Science Based Targets initiative, aligning their emissions reductions with the requirements of the Paris Agreement, up from 60 in 2021. . Some companies dropped off the Global 100 in light of performance that no longer aligns with stricter criteria for what qualifies as “clean.”

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The technology that we need to get to at least 80 per cent of the way to Net Zero targets exists today.”. Polly Billington, CEO of UK100, said: “Local authorities are the essential ingredient in Net Zero. Leadership is the key to enable effective collaboration and break down barriers to a zero carbon economy.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

The net zero commitment was expected as it had already been endorsed by the EU Parliament in November. when you consider the US’s withdrawal from the Paris agreement and the ever-ramping emissions of developing nations. But the publication also wondered “what’s the point?”,

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Sustainability Update

OCTOBER 31, 2021

representative to the COP 21 meetings in Paris and guided the nation’s inclusion in the Paris Agreement. Against the above context, we share here a selection of the perspectives on the 5-Year Anniversary of the Paris Agreement. The Paris climate pact is 5 years old. Source: Science Magazine ).

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand, a nation of about 5 million people, in late January reported progress toward its goal to cut emissions by 30 percent over the next decade compared with 2005 levels — but recognized current measures won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. It aims to reach net-zero for its own operations and supply chain by 2030.)

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