carbon emissions Articles
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The road not chosen
Analysis of data for historical consumption of the most important energy sources and carbon emission leads to a method to calculate the carbon emission with another fuel mix than the actual one. It is shown that a continued growth of nuclear power could have replaced the whole Kyoto process.Keywords: economy, ecology, nuclear power, nuclear energy, Kyoto protocol, carbon emissions, road not ...
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Sustainability done right doesn’t cost-it pays!
All across North America, cities and governmental entities are working on sustainability plans like never before. This is because hundreds of them have committed to meet Paris Accord carbon emission standards. Many corporations have also initiated plans to reduce their carbon footprint. This makes much sense because in a recent Yale University and George Mason University poll, 69% of Americans ...
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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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Emission factors – what are they and what are they for?
What are emission factors? Carbon emission factors, sometimes called carbon conversion factors, are used to calculate the carbon emissions arising from an activity. For the greatest accuracy, the best way to measure carbon emissions would be to monitor them directly as they are emitted, for example by placing a sensor in a power station chimney. Given the large number of different sources of ...
By Greenstone+
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Carbon accounting software solution
Fujitsu is a leading provider of IT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. With approximately 175,000 employees across 70 countries, Fujitsu is one of the world’s largest IT service providers. In 2008 Fujitsu announced an ambition to reduce CO2 emissions by 30 million tonnes by 2020 through environmental innovation. In addition, the company has committed to becoming an industry ...
By Greenstone+
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How to better manage refrigerant gases in order to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs)
Carbon emissions reporting requires detailed monitoring record keeping of emission sources. Reducing a company's CO2 emissions has an impact on climate change. Carbon reporting needs to be approached in a structured organized way. Doing so in this way is known as carbon management. Carbon (CO2) Emissions Reporting: It's the law. In many countries, carbon emissions are required by law to ...
By Accruent
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Potential CO2 reduction through restructuring the Jordanian utility sector
This study attempts to predict the potential CO2 reduction due to pre–proposed future restructuring scenarios toward clean generation technologies for the Jordanian utility sector. The calculation is based on CO2 emission for unit electricity generated and the changing type of fuel percentages for electricity generation in Jordan. It was found that such restructuring will significantly contribute ...
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Electric Vehicles in India
Almost all major car manufacturing firms are working on electric motor model of cars. Tesla motors of California is one of the more serious contenders that is making some serious breakthrough in the space. Many people bet electric vehicles to be the vehicle of the future owing to their low carbon emission, ready source of energy. Electric Vehicle Vs. Fuel cell battle remains on but from solar's ...
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Scope 3 Emissions: Why Quality Data Matters
Climate change is an unavoidable reality. For decades, scientists and activists have tried to shed light on this global crisis, and those efforts are finally taking hold. Consumers are increasingly demanding transparency when it comes to sustainable business practices. Many businesses have made promises to become more sustainable or improve their carbon emissions, but empty promises will no ...
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The US and The Kyoto Protocol: A possible hybrid approach carbon emissions mitigation
Stepping Into The 21st Century With Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Reporting In The United StatesOne hundred and eighty one nations have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol. Several countries including Afghanistan which the United States is of course working with closely as they try and form a stable democracy have yet to take a formal position on the Kyoto ...
By Accruent
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Enterprise Carbon Accounting: The quest for unprecedented transparency
Enterprise carbon accounting (ECA) is an essential requirement for companies and will likely become necessary due to government legislation. No longer is it permissible for a company to look within its borders, but it must look at its overall environmental responsibilities and accurately gauge and measure carbon production and emission caused by its very existence. Financial data must be directly ...
By Accruent
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Analysis of point source emissions in the Texas-Mexico border region
Pollutant emissions in the Texas-Mexico border were investigated using an emission database that covers 25 Texas counties and the states of Coahuila, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas in Mexico. Major emissions are from energy generation, mainly from two coal-fired facilities in Coahuila, which also generate most of carbon dioxide. Texas exhibits a larger concentration of sources; around ...
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Industrial Carbon Capture
What is Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage? Industrial carbon emissions come from industrial processes and stationary emission sources, such as power stations, cement production and refineries. Industrial carbon capture and storage involves capturing CO2 at emission sources, transporting, and then storing or burying it in a deep, underground location. How is Industrial Carbon Dioxide Captured? ...
By WKC Group
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World emissions and economic growth: application of non-parametric methods
The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesises an inverse U-shaped relationship between a measure of environmental pollution and per capita income levels. In this study, we apply non-parametric estimation of local polynomial regression (local quadratic fitting) to allow more flexibility in local estimation. This study uses a larger and globally representative sample of many local and global ...
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CO2 Gas Analyzers: A Key Player In The 2050 Carbon-Neutral Emissions Target
Globally climate change has become an urgent issue that requires strong measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve carbon neutrality goals. By 2050, as part of a joint effort by countries around the world, we all hope to reach carbon-neutral emissions targets. To achieve this goal, we need to rely on a variety of technologies and tools, among which gas analyzers will play a vital ...
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8 steps to managing your organisation`s Scope 3 carbon emissions
Scope 3 emissions, or 'value chain emissions', represent all the indirect impacts upstream and downstream of an organisation, not already captured by the GHG Protocol's Scope 1 and 2 reporting. These often represent the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and in some cases can account for up to 90% of the total carbon impact. The international Scope 3 Standard categorises emissions across ...
By Carbon Trust
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Corona virus as a sustainability reset
In adversity there is opportunity. When the corona virus is brought under control or run its course, our world will focus on putting people back to work and rebuilding our economies. That will provide a once in a lifetime opportunity to do a better job on many important challenges we face especially sustainability. Scientists, global leader, and responsible business leaders know that ...
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Water efficiency as a means of reducing carbon emissions in Northern Ireland (NI) water
The water and sewerage sectors' combined emissions account for just over 1% of total UK emissions, while household water heating accounts for a further 5%. Energy use, particularly electricity, is the largest source of emissions in the sector. Water efficiency measures should therefore result in reduced emissions from a lower demand for water and wastewater treatment and ...
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Carbon dioxide ocean and ground storage as a method of climate change mitigation
Global warming-induced climate change is one of the significant civilisation threats of the modern times. Human-induced enhanced global warming, via the greenhouse effect resulting from high carbon dioxide emissions, poses a substantial danger to the environment we live in. Consequences of global warming can be devastating for the present, but mainly for the future generations. This paper reviews ...
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Case-study - Shaping a sustainable future for synthetic polymer production
Consciousness of climate change mitigation and increasing costs of raw materials for energy production are set to shape the future of polymer production. The Dream Products project aims to explore the potential to partly replace petroleum with CO₂ as a base raw material for polymers with the overall goal of bringing CO₂ based products to market. The climate change issue The burning ...
By Climate-KIC
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