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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas. Faïg Abbasov, head of shipping at campaign group Transport & Environment, told BusinessGreen the proposal was "essentially an empty shell." "To Cecilia Keating. To achieve 1.5

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BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea

GreenBiz

BP, Shell, oil giants fund research into mobile carbon capture from ships at sea. Expanding carbon capture to long-distance marine shipping could help accelerate its use, while addressing a difficult to abate sector of the transport industry.". Expanding carbon capture to long-distance marine shipping could help accelerate its use.

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Amazon aims to clean up aviation

GreenBiz

More specifically, Amazon's air shipping business, which along with its entire global logistics supply chain juggernaut is booming. . Air shipping, a growing sector, is the most carbon-intensive way to ship a product. Enter air cargo.

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Clean Skies Ahead? The Future of Global Shipping with Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Impakter

The Future of Global Shipping with Sustainable Aviation Fuel Aviation continues to pose an ongoing headache when it comes to the climate crisis. With 65% of its emissions occurring in international airspace, the aviation industry is not included in the Paris Agreement, as no one country would take responsibility for reducing those emissions.

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Lenovo's Journey to Net-Zero: Natural Resources Conservation

3BL Media

In a nutshell: Even if we achieve the goal of the Paris Agreement and limit global warming to 1.5 This means that servers are assembled to order at the factory, reducing the amount of paper, cardboard and other shipping materials used for packaging.

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3 actions the industry can take to decarbonize shipping

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Shipping must align with the Paris Agreement temperature goal and be run entirely on net-zero energy sources by 2050. Over 200 signatories to the industry-led Call to Action to decarbonize shipping firmly believe that urgent and equitable decarbonization of the maritime supply chain by 2050 is possible and necessary.

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A new Swedish iron processing project could disrupt the global steel industry

GreenBiz

Looking forward, with customers, investors and policymakers increasing pressure to adhere to the Paris Agreement, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a critical element of maintaining competitiveness.