energy efficiency Articles
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Efficiency’s role in carbon cap-and-trade
We hear a lot about how efficiency will play an increasingly important role as the United States undertakes efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. But how does that play out in a practical sense under cap-and-trade programs?The Offset Quality Initiative provides insight in a new white paper on greenhouse gas ...
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Data center energy efficiency, renewable energy, and carbon offset investment best practices
Learn how to green your organization’s energy consumption, and achieve both energy savings and public relations benefits with this comprehensive guide. Get actionable advice on energy sustainability from green pioneers in IT. Many IT firms with large data centers and other energy intensive operations are adopting cutting-edge strategies to reduce their substantial energy costs and ...
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World Bank launches €68m for carbon offsetting
The carbon offsetting scheme will consider projects -after Kyoto expires- ranging from energy efficiency to renewables. The World Bank has launched funding of €68m (£57m) aimed at enabling carbon reduction projects to keep selling UN-backed carbon offsets after the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. The statement about the carbon offsetting scheme was published ...
By Vital Energi
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Eaton`s 2030 Sustainability Strategy - Case Study
Eaton has organized its sustainability strategy under four pillars: Engagement, Customer solutions, Footprint, and Doing Business Right & Transparency. Notable commitments under these pillars include: Committing to sharing minority & gender pay equity results and ensuring no human rights violations from key suppliers Reducing carbon emissions from operations by 50% Achieving carbon ...
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FIFA Word Cup - Case Study
Coca Cola, sponsor of the FIFA World Cup, in collaboration with the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE), certified the three-day visit of the Cup to Greece as a Climate Neutral Event. Included within the calculations of the emitted greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the transportation of the World Cup trophy, the press conference that took place on the 10th of April, and the promotional ...
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Financing Carbon Emission Reduction From SMEs To Governments
Everybody is aware that governments and corporations all around the world have made commitments to become net zero. The term net zero has three limbs: Calculate the carbon footprint. Reduce GHG emissions to a minimum. Offset the residual emissions. That seems fairly straight forward on the surface of it but misunderstanding abounds about the Scope 3 emissions that should be included in ...
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Study shows online consumers want environmentally friendly options
Reducing the carbon footprint of what we buy isn’t easy, but the opportunity for impact is substantial: In the United States, producing and delivering consumer purchases releases twice as much carbon into the atmosphere as home energy use and personal travel. By gathering and sharing information on carbon emissions associated with their products, companies can make environmentally friendly ...
By Ensia
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3 Key initiatives from Australia’s Climate Change Policy
Australia is a major nation to watch when it comes to curbing climate change. The country made an international commitment to reduce its GHG emissions by 5 to 25 percent from 2000 levels by 2020. How Australia achieves these reductions can provide lessons on how other countries around the world can pursue their own climate change mitigation plans. WRI’s Open Climate Network and ...
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The Secret to Carbon Neutrality is in your Dumpster
According to TheClimateGroup.org, the transportation sector is the fastest-growing contributor to climate change, accounting for 23% of global energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Efforts to achieve carbon neutrality are everywhere you look. Between countries announcing ambitious goals for the next decade, and some of the world’s largest companies (including Ikea, Daimler, ...
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CCS demonstration in developing countries: priorities for a financing mechanism for carbon dioxide capture and storage
Climate Change and CCS In facing the challenge of mitigating global climate change, world leaders have acknowledged that no single solution exists, and therefore, a portfolio of carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction technologies and methods will be needed to successfully confront rising emissions. Due to their dependency on fossil fuels, the energy supply and industrial sectors are the greatest ...
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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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10 top tips for sustainable cities
As global population grows, urban population is growing even faster — with 2.5 billion more city dwellers expected by 2050, according to the United Nations. And while urbanization can bring benefits in terms of economies of scale, social cohesion, technological innovation, transportation efficiency and more, cities can also be breeding grounds for poverty, pollution and malaise. To help ...
By Ensia
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Prepare now for the carbon tax bill or face hefty fines
To avoid massive financial penalties, South Africa-based industries need to immediately prepare for the implementation of the Carbon Tax Bill, warns Roger Rusch, CEO of IWC (Industrial Water Cooling). In November 2015, the National Treasury published the Draft Carbon Tax Bill for public comment. Once implemented, the Bill will penalise companies with excessive Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, ...
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New standards for tracking GHG Emissions from Policies and Goals
With the latest round of global climate negotiations at an end, many countries, states, and cities around the world are taking action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through mitigation policies and goals. Decision-makers need to understand the emissions impacts associated with these initiatives in order to evaluate effectiveness, make sound decisions, and assess progress. However, there ...
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Focusing on environmental pressures from long‑distance transport
The European Environment Agency's (EEA's) annual Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism (TERM) report presents an overview of transport demand and pressures from the sector on the environment, as well as selected related impacts and policy responses. The report makes use of the latest available data in order to assess key trends and overall progress in meeting policy targets. The 2014 ...
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If carbon pricing is so great, why isn’t it working?
Political hurdles and low prices have made carbon pricing a low-impact affair. But there’s still hope it can help limit climate change. Earth’s atmosphere has long served as a free dump for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases generated by humans. That is changing as policy-makers embrace economists’ advice that the best way to cut greenhouse gas emissions is to charge an ...
By Ensia
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5 Sustainable Practices for Your Business: Are You Doing Your Part?
When it comes to designing economic structures, most countries have opted for capitalistic or mixed business models. In order to run a country, the government requires a heavy amount of revenue, primarily generated by businesses and industries. In this article, we will be discussing some of the many business practices that can help reduce a range of climatic impacts [1], like deforestation, ...
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Carbon Neutrality Consultancy Services: Here’s How to Achieve Carbon Neutral Certification
As the world marks the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, a propitious movement for carbon neutrality is taking shape. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, carbon neutrality is a state of balance between CO2 emitted in the atmosphere and CO2 removed from the atmosphere. Getting to the target of net-zero emissions requires notable ...
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