Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 23, 2023
Climate negotiators are aiming for net zero by 2050, requiring a tripling of renewable energy by 2030. They will take up the issue at this year's climate conference in Bonn, Germany, where the plight of the rainforest nations will also take center stage.
Legal Planet
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
For example a rainforest turns into a grassland, or an ice sheet melts completely. Or low-carbon energy from renewable energy systems rather than nuclear power, with its needs for cooling water. Such shifts are non-linear, and practically irreversible.
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Legal Planet
JULY 5, 2023
A 2022 Rainforest Action Network repor t found that “fossil fuel financing from the world’s 60 largest banks has reached USD $4.6 These failures are at direct odds with the IMF’s mission to advance global economic stability and exacerbate rather than ameliorate the emergency.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 12, 2022
The high demand for balsa wood in blades for lightweight structural support has linked the wind industry’s demand to increased Amazon rainforest logging and balsa plantation farming. The supply of balsa wood, on the other hand, is highly concentrated in Ecuador and Peru. By 2020, demand for balsa wood outstripped supply.
Environmental Leader
JUNE 21, 2022
IKEA makes furniture from wood that is harvested from rainforest nations. The post IKEA Focuses on Forestry Management, Energy Efficiency, Adding Renewables appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. With that, it says that sustainability begins at home — and IKEA’s brand and mission are aligned with that thinking.
Environment Blog
MARCH 25, 2020
Recent estimates suggest that China’s energy system is still primarily powered by coal – in fact, nearly 50% of the country’s electricity is generated using coal. It is worth noting that Bitcoin is just one of more than a thousand different cryptocurrencies, and each one has its own mining and energy requirements.
A Greener Life
JUNE 13, 2024
Reusing venues and replacing fossil fuel with renewable energy use is essential to cutting emissions at a large sporting event. Paris 2024 has also committed to using 100% renewable energy, primarily wind and solar but also biogas. The Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 also had a 100% renewable energy policy.
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