climate change Articles
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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 Investors Enhance Corporate Responsibility? The Climate Action 100+
Disclosure of extra financial information has become the new norm and organizations cannot longer provide any valid argument that would justify the non-alignment with the principles of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Development. The importance of implementing the principles of CSR and Sustainable Development is not only crucial for organizations’ success and the ...
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Modelling trade and climate change policy: a strategic framework for global environmental negotiators
In the past, failure of trade–climate talks might have created negative signs, but international trade actually induces more participation and helps to attain joint agreement. Carbon permit trading has a key role to play in the abatement process. Participation in global multilateral negotiations and a country's self-interest with respect to entering an abatement process depends upon either ...
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Approximated EU GHG inventory: early estimates for 2012
Objective of the report This report provides approximated estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the EU.15 and EU.28 for the year 2012. They are also referred to as 'proxy' estimates in this report, and they are based on incomplete activity and/or emissions data at country level. The EU proxy estimates include Croatia for the first time. The official submission of 2012 data to the United ...
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World’s top companies failing to cut carbon emissions
New report claims that only 19% of the world’s top companies have achieved significant reductions in their carbon emissions. New research reveals that over 80% of the world's top companies aren't achieving significant carbon emissions reductions, although there is an increase in the amount of companies that identify significant opportunities instead of risks from climate change. According ...
By Vital Energi
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Case Study of Development of Data Collection Tool
Abstract The absence of federal greenhouse gas (GHG) regulation in the United States has not diminished the importance of businesses assessing their impact on global climate change. Growing concern among shareholder and investor groups has motivated many organizations to quantify their greenhouse (GHG) emissions and commit to GHG reductions. Accurate quantification and detailed documentation of ...
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`Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Case Study of Development of Data Collection Tool,` presented at the 2007 U.S. EPA International Emissions Inventory Conference
Abstract The absence of federal greenhouse gas (GHG) regulation in the United States has not diminished the importance of businesses assessing their impact on global climate change. Growing concern among shareholder and investor groups has motivated many organizations to quantify their greenhouse (GHG) emissions and commit to GHG reductions. Accurate quantification and detailed documentation of ...
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Achieving Carbon Neutrality: How to Become a Carbon Neutral Business by 2050
As climate change is the most defining issue of current times, achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 has become an indispensable priority for the world. We are at an overcritical juncture, where climate change is moving faster than us, and every half degree is making a world of difference. As we all know, companies are largely responsible for the rising level of emissions; it is vital for them to ...
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The UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory
The task Air emission inventories are an essential management tool enabling UK Government to: • Develop national policy. • Implement sound planning and regulatory measures. • Track and fulfil its European and international emission targets. AEA Energy & Environment* has led and developed the UK’s National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) since it was ...
By Ricardo plc
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Carbon sustainability framework to reduce CO2 emissions in data centres)
Reducing the impact of greenhouse gases (CO2) on climate change in an attempt to tackle global warming issues is a challenge many companies and businesses are trying to undertake. Businesses across the globe need to take a leadership role in reducing their carbon footprint. This paper proposes a new ITbased carbon sustainability framework that provides a comprehensive strategy to reduce the ...
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Banking on Transparency: The Leading Role of the Banking Industry in Climate Change Reporting
Top line reporting in the ESG world is being driven by the banking sector The banking industry has a crucial role to play in addressing climate change. Banks are the driving force behind improving transparency through robust ESG reporting. As ESG investing is becoming increasingly important to investors, banks want to get a handle on the risks associated with ESG reporting, and the benefits to ...
By Trakref Inc.
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Tar oil pipeline’s hidden pollution danger
The oil industry has high hopes of the US$5.4 billion Keystone XL pipeline, which on completion is planned to carry crude oil from Canada’s tar sands in Alberta to refineries more than 2,000 miles away in Texas. With President Barack Obama saying he will approve Keystone only if it “does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution”, the pipeline’s future ...
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Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data, Now Available by Smart Phone
“Big data” has never been bigger. New tools—such as satellites, cloud computing, and other technological upgrades—are fueling a “data revolution,” allowing researchers to analyze the world in ways they’ve never been able to before. But while compiling and analyzing this data is incredibly important, the other piece of the puzzle is making data ...
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Can nations reach a strong agreement at COP 21?
As the Paris climate talks draw closer, a look at what needs to happen for the negotiations to succeed. 2015 is a pivotal year with respect to climate change as growing concern about impacts converges with a critical stage in the decades-long process of shaping an international agreement to alter our trajectory. In preparation for the 21st gathering of the Conference of the Parties to the United ...
By Ensia
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An approach for road air emissions calculation: Portuguese case-study
A methodology to estimate road transportation emissions was developed with the main objective of improving emission estimates for those pollutants that are most dependent on the vehicle class and abatement technology. Emissions were estimated with a detailed level of disaggregation allowing the evaluation of measures aiming key source groups rather than road traffic in general. Those measures ...
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How to compile a greenhouse gas emissions registry
With the federal government debating the best way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on a national scale, policymakers must also address the need to collect the emissions data necessary to ensure the success of US climate change policies. The first step in reducing emissions is to measure them. Without accurate and complete data on the sources of emissions and the amount they emit, the success of ...
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Carbon emissions embodied in the international trade of China: a hypothesised-country-based study
Based on the hypothesised-country assumption, this paper chooses South Korea’s technical coefficients as those of China’s imports. Using the input-output tables of both China and South Korea, this paper calculates China’s trade-embodied carbon emissions and its sectoral breakdown between 2001 and 2010. Some interesting results are obtained. First, if China’s technical coefficients are used to ...
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Overview of reported national policies and measures on climate change mitigation in Europe in 2015
Information reported by Member States under the European Union Monitoring Mechanism Regulation This technical report presents a synthesis of the information on climate change mitigation policies and measures (PaMs) (1) reported in 2015 by Member States under the European Union (EU) Monitoring Mechanism Regulation (MMR) (2). The report aims to provide an overview of the main characteristics of ...
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Annual European Community Greenhouse Gas Inventory 1990–2004 and Inventory Report 2006
The European Community (EC), as a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), reports annually on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories within the area covered by its Member States. The legal basis of the compilation of the EC inventory is Council Decision No 280/2004/EC concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the ...
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Basic principles of CO
2emission calculations at airports: a case study from TurkeyCarbon footprint of airports is managed by Airport Council International (ACI) with the Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) programme. It is a 'European Carbon Standard' for airports. The programme assesses and recognises the efforts of airports to manage and reduce their carbon emissions with four levels of certification: 'mapping', 'reduction', 'optimisation' and 'neutrality'. Airports must have ...
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