carbon emissions cost Articles
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Making investment work for the climate - the London Accord
The London Accord is a unique collaboration between investment banks, research houses, academics and NGOs. The London Accord has produced the first ‘open source’ research resource for investors in climate change solutions. The CD and website set out the context for investments in climate change solutions, analyse individual opportunities and discuss the implications for the construction of ...
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Carbon costs and savings of Greenways: creating a balance sheet for the sustainable design and construction of cycling routes
A modal shift to cycling has the potential to reduce carbon emissions in the transport sector. However, the carbon footprint of constructing new cycling routes, particularly greenways, has not been previously considered and has the potential to negate carbon savings of the modal shift of many commuters. This paper, using a case study of a greenway in Ireland, describes a methodology for ...
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The Top 7 Things I`ve Learned About Sustainability
I'm honoured and blessed to be selected as a Canada Clean 50 Award recipient for 2017. It's been both my passion and my delight to work for GLOBE all these years, and witness the tremendous change in attitude and practices in the business community over the last two decades. I began as the Marketing Coordinator with GLOBE so many years ago, and I still remember coming in to the office at 1am ...
By GLOBE Series
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Economics of a global strategy for reduction of carbon emissions
The evolution of natural systems that feed and sustain human populations, and indeed the evolution of modern society, has occurred in the context of a moderate and stable climate. Therefore, recent trends in climate change, most likely caused by increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide and other radiative trace gases in the atmosphere, and the expected consequent global warming, are now a ...
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80% of environmental professionals back forced carbon emissions reporting
New report from the Institute of Environment Management and Assessment states that forced reporting on carbon emissions will benefit business and UK economy. New research published by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), claims that forcing all companies to report on their carbon emissions would result in significant cuts to the UK's carbon emissions while delivering ...
By Vital Energi
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Achieving sustainability goals
Achieving Sustainability Goals with the Help of Verisae Fresh & Easy is a $302 million US retail firm that committed itself to an ambitious climate change plan, outlined by its parent firm, Tesco. Founded in 2007, Fresh & Easy implemented a number of initiatives to make its stores and distribution centers the most energy and carbon efficient in the United States. Faced with ...
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Investment in climate change to rise in 70% of firms
Energy reduction and stakeholders expectations amid the more important factors that drive climate change investments, reports Envido. A new survey from Ernst & Young on C-suite attitudes towards climate change shows that leading companies are taking their cues from the market by investing in climate change initiatives, reporting on their performance and leaning on their supply chains to ...
By Vital Energi
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How do you incorporate considerations surrounding carbon emissions into your ‘green’ ICT Strategy?”
There are increasing drivers on business to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. Regulation and taxation will increasingly apply direct costs on organisations based on their carbon emissions, while customers are increasingly factoring in considerations surrounding sustainability performance and carbon emissions into the supplier selection process. Responsibility in reducing carbon ...
By Greenstone+
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What Is This Article 6 They Keep Talking About?
Article 6 is one of 29 Articles included in the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty (or binding agreement) on climate change. It was adopted by 196 Parties at COP 21 in Paris on 12 December 2015 and entered into force on 4 November 2016. The Parties are individual countries and the European Union (representing 27 countries). The goal ...
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Solid Waste is being Turned into Energy! Why SRF/RDF Become the New Competitive Way of Carbon Reduction
The country mentioned in the 14th Five-Year Plan to increase the proportion of clean energy consumption. The application of alternative energy such as hydrogen energy, biofuel, and waste-derived fuel in the steel, cement, and chemical industries will be encouraged. Recently, a regulation pointed out that alternative fuel technology should be promoted to replace coal with domestic waste, solid ...
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The emerging issue of the emissions trading schemes in Europe and Australia
This report covers an overview of the origins of the carbon trading market and the mechanics involved in trading carbon emission units. The report seeks to analyse the carbon trading market in Europe and Australia. The carbon trading market is reviewed with an overall concern for the role government regulation plays in the market, as well as the impact of introducing an emission trading scheme on ...
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The politics and economics of climate change after Rio
This paper examines the relationship between ongoing economic and policy research on the climate change problem, and the outcome and implications of three important disputes which featured in the negotiations. namely: (i) seriousness of the problem and the role of precautionary action; (ii) relative national responsibilities and funding; and (iii) emission targets and policies, and reporting and ...
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LCP/IRP strategy development using an optimising energy-emission model
This paper proposes an energy-emission modelling approach for the development of least-cost planning and integrated resource planning strategies for electric utilities, and presents results of the model application to the municipal electric utilities of Karlsruhe and Rottweil. The LCP/IRP strategy employed is based on the regulatory practice in Germany, also with regard to liberalisation issues. ...
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Green postal service framework to reduce CO
2emissions in postal service industryReducing the impact of greenhouse gases on climate change is an attempt to tackle global warming issues. It is a challenge many companies and businesses are trying to undertake. The research proposed in this paper discusses online delivery of mails through online postal services to deliver mails electronically later be printed by service providers to deliver at destinations. This technique ...
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UK Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)
Energy Efficiency Reduction Bill a Benchmark for Others?The pressure has been growing on individual companies, producers and emitters of greenhouse gases to try and restrict the output. Up until this time, it has been voluntary to report carbon emissions but legal initiatives are now underway to make this mandatory. A carbon reduction bill has already been put in place in the UK and may soon come ...
By Accruent
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Executive Order 13514 on federal sustainability
How does this climate change order differ from Bush era orders?It is said that the federal government is the largest consumer of energy in the United States. As such we can deduce that it is one of the biggest contributors to the problem of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and a significant contributor to the problem of global climate change. The executive order on climate change was issued shortly ...
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Executive Order 13514 tackles climate change
We've seen over the course of 2009 how difficult politics in Washington can be. There seems little doubt that everyone is now aware of the challenges that we face in relation to carbon emissions, greenhouse gases and climate change in general. Through our reliance on fossil fuels and thirst for energy, our civilization has caused significant damage to the natural environment. Nevertheless, ...
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Getting the Market to Tell the Truth
Moving the global economy off its current decline-and-collapse path depends on reaching four goals: stabilizing climate, stabilizing population, eradicating poverty, and restoring the economy’s natural support systems. These goals--comprising what the Earth Policy Institute calls “Plan B” to save civilization--are mutually dependent. All are essential to feeding the ...
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5 Individual Actions Against Climate Change You Can Take Today
Climate change is no longer a thing of the distant future. It is happening as we speak and is reflected in the increasingly frequent droughts and hurricanes, in the heatwaves scorching some areas and in the snowstorms muffling others. It is not a reality we can afford to ignore any more. We must act against climate change starting right now because the choices we make today impact the lives we ...
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A Practical Way for Refineries to Lower ESG Risk
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), first coined in 2005, is now at the forefront of investment decisions. Low ESG risk is a stability indicator for investors as customer and stakeholder beliefs continue to merge with their spending habits, signaling that sustainable investing is here to stay. ESG, a Global Movement Governments and standard-setting bodies around the world are ...
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