Strategic moves and sustainability
Environmental risk reduction specialist Adler and Allan has launched several new services and strategies.
Fume faculties
Underpinning the effort to comply with marine emissions regulations is the monitoring of these exhaust gases, and instrumentation seems an indispensable support for marine operators under pressure to make good decisions with respect to things like fuel selection and the specification of scrubber systems. Envirotec asked continuous emissions monitoring expert Protea for insight into the topic.
Multi-gas detector for simultaneous hazard detection
Whether you’re protecting workers or first responders — in industries from steel and wastewater to paper and pulp — Honeywell BW Flex delivers the flexibility you need.
Time for adaptation?
"The Glasgow COP is going to fail us," writes Rupert Read in one of the essays in a new collection, Climate Adaptation. Speaking at the launch of the book in Glasgow on 30 October, he shared some of his views on the measures that might constitute a successful COP, or a not-entirely-disastrous-one, at least.
“The end of the fossil fuel era” may be in sight following COP pledge
The end of the fossil fuel era appeared to have come a significant step closer with the signing of a joint commitment to phase...
Line walking limits
Most consumers across the world are supplied with gas via local distribution networks which vary in size depending on the country. In the UK there is 280,000 kilometres of pipework; in France 170,000 kilometres and in the US over 3 million kilometres.
New report: what investors need to know to accelerate green transition in climate intensive...
In a new report from Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre, sustainability experts give an overview of what they believe is required to achieve net zero...
Government’s Net Zero Strategy is a major step forward, says CCC
The UK Government’s new Net Zero Strategy sets out for the first time how the Government intends to halve UK emissions in little over...
Commercial drones have the potential to half CO2 emissions for freight
Commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have the potential to almost halve the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of urban freight transport compared to small light...
Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 summit fall far short, but net zero pledges...
New and updated climate commitments fall far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, leaving the world on...
Government not sufficiently grappling with skills gap in relation to net zero
Inconsistent Government policy on green jobs and a knowledge-gap in necessary skills are resulting in missed opportunities, the Environmental Audit Committee warns
In its...
London ULEZ expansion could cut emissions from worst polluting vehicles by up to 98%,...
New analysis of real-world emissions data collected in London and throughout Europe by the TRUE Initiative appears to detail the significant impact on a...
Small businesses contribute a third of UK emissions, but are laggards in the net...
Smaller businesses account for almost a third (30%) of all current UK greenhouse gas emissions (including emissions from households, industry and government) and around...
UN: Pandemic causes dip in building emissions, but long-term outlook bleak
The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real...
Nature-based solutions key to combatting climate change and biodiversity loss, says Lords
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has written to Alok Sharma MP, President for COP26, citing recent evidence gathered as part of...
Majority of companies to miss net-zero targets, analysis shows
Corporate commitments to net-zero accelerated over the last two years, with almost one-third (30%) of Europe’s largest listed companies now having pledged to reach...
Using LIDAR data to help accelerate the move to carbon-neutral farming
A project in Northern Ireland is using LIDAR data from commercial farms to inform future farming practices.
The ARCZero (Accelerating Ruminant Carbon Zero) project has...
Carbon pricing currently too low for a just transition to net-zero, says climate advisory...
A new paper from an independent group of climate experts emphasises "the critical importance of a comprehensive financial and regulatory ecosystem incentivising emissions reduction...
How serious are countries about decarbonising transport?
New “Transport NDC Tracker” monitors how transport appears in national decarbonisation commitments
The new “Transport NDC Tracker” launched on 28 September by the International Transport...
The value-add of tackling the Scope 3 emissions conundrum
Harriet Assem from technology and environmental planning advisory firm ITPEnergised offers a few thoughts on tackling one of the less well understood elements of...
