Barclays launches climate tech hub in Cambridge

Barclays has relaunched its Cambridge Eagle Lab with an apparently new focus on becoming a centre of excellence for climate tech start-ups. The group says...

Germany to miss coal phase-out target by eight years​​​​​​

  Germany's energy system is not expected to fully retire coal until the end of 2038 according to new projections. This challenges the coalition government’s...

Over two thirds of local authorities failing to gather Scope 3 carbon emissions figures,...

A new study appears to find that over two thirds of Local Authorities are failing to gather Scope 3 carbon emissions figures, despite growing...

atmosFIR CEM now has HF approval and has lowest MCERTS certification range for HCl...

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Protea. Protea’s atmosFIR CEM has been certified under EN 15267-3 for HF and has had...

Tortuous progress: Key takeaways from COP28

December's COP28 event in Dubai took place against a backdrop of global emissions continuing to rise at a rate of 1.5% per year, when...

Technology not growing fast enough to decarbonize steel and cement industries by 2050

A new study appears to show that, for decarbonization goals of steel and cement to be met, and the demand for new green technology...

UK companies still struggling with reporting carbon emissions

A new report summarizes a nine-month investigation of large UK organisations’ progress in addressing decarbonisation in their operations and supply chains - finding that...

Report calls for urgent scientific examination of vital climate interventions

Emissions reductions alone are no longer enough to put us on track for a safe and manageable future for humanity, according to a new...
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Key players in concrete and cement align around ‘real-world’ roadmap towards net zero-emissions

A new report sets out a strategy for achieving net zero concrete and cement. It has been endorsed by ten of the world’s largest...

Loss and Damage fund pledges are standout of day one of COP28

A series of pledges by developed nations towards a Loss and Damage fund was the headline development on the first day of COP28, on...

Carbon-captured net-zero cement launches

Heidelberg Materials is introducing a carbon-captured net-zero cement, said to be the world’s first, which will be available to customers in Europe. The product...

Global methane map to launch at COP28

An open-access Methane Map will be launched at COP28 in a bid to accelerate abatement of this greenhouse gas, considered second only to CO2...

UK firm is official biochar partner at COP28

Climate-tech company A Healthier Earth has been announced as the official biochar partner at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28). The firm will be...

EU closer to enforcing rules on methane emissions in the energy sector

The EU looks ready to enforce new regulations aimed at curbing methane emissions in the energy sector, for the first time. On 15 November, the...

Diverse forests hold huge carbon potential, as long as we cut emissions

New study estimates that natural forest recovery could capture approximately 226 Gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon, but only if we also reduce greenhouse gas emissions....

Current incremental levels of change insufficient to meet global net zero ambitions by 2050,...

Governments and industry must deliver transformative change on net zero but are currently hamstrung by significant barriers, including global public debt, domestic tensions, increased...

Job losses feared over move to lower emissions furnaces at British Steel

British Steel has announced plans to further decarbonize its operations via a £1.25-billion proposal to transition towards electric arc furnace steelmaking, and away from...

Comment: how accessible carbon credits can drive progress towards Net Zero

By Mike Edwards, Chairman of Ora Technology PLC (Ora), a company focused on carbon trading, and attempting to facilitate the process of buying, selling,...

Greenpeace: Car makers showing slow progress on decarbonizing supply chains

While electric vehicle sales continue to rise worldwide, automotive supply chains are lagging behind the required pace of decarbonisation, according to a new report...

Defra funds project to sequester carbon in peatlands of the Falklands

The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the Falkland Islands’ extensive peatland habitats are to be studied as part of a project that will examine...