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AI start-up aims to predict if the world can really avoid a long-term increase in global climate temperature

Envirotec Magazine

Most large company carbon emissions come from their supply chains and the SMEs in them. Supply chain emissions are on average 11 times higher than those produced by a corporation’s own direct activity, according to CDP.

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2022 Global 100 Press Release

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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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Ten market challenges with scaling renewables identified by new report

Envirotec Magazine

The report, and accompanying survey, seems to find that the current pace of renewable deployments is nowhere near sufficient to achieve Paris Agreement levels of ambition with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C C above pre-industrial levels.

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Tackling Scope 3 emissions: the key to keeping 1.5°C alive

Envirotec Magazine

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. alive’ is to tackle their scope 3 – or indirect – emissions.

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Stop perverse climate impact of biomass by radically reforming CO2 accounting rules, says advisory body

Envirotec Magazine

The negative impact on climate may persist for many decades and thus increase the risk of overshooting Paris agreement targets, explains Norton. This will require calculating the ‘carbon payback period’ for each biomass facility and its supply chain.

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Climate and sustainability trends for 2025: Navigating a transformative year

Envirotec Magazine

Regulations like the CSRD demand far more than basic compliancethey require supply chain visibility, rigorous data validation, and actionable insights. mean we should see the first credits transitioning from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM) in 2025.

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Over 60GW of wind energy capacity installed in 2019, the second-biggest year in history

Envirotec Magazine

If we are to have any chance at reaching our Paris Agreement objectives and remaining on a 1.5°C This forecast will undoubtedly be impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, due to disruptions to global supply chains and project execution in 2020.