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...
A step closer to digitizing the sense of smell?
A mathematical model that maps the relationship between the molecular structure of odorous substances and how they are perceived is claimed to have an...
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...
Can air purifiers help with bed bugs and other parasites?
A resurgence of bed bugs seems apparent from recent media coverage, which reports that this is a European-wide issue and the Mayor of London...
Road suction technology supported by clean air study
Suction technology installed in roads offers a novel solution to the problem of urban air pollution, and a new study appears to support the...
Carbon-negative, climate-resilient home unveiled in the Bahamas
A building described as the world’s first carbon-negative ‘Home for the World’ has been showcased in Nassau, Bahamas, by Partanna Global, a developer of...
Landmark agreement provides platform for delivery of major carbon store in North Sea
The Crown Estate has awarded an Agreement for Lease for what it says could become one of the world’s largest carbon capture and storage...
Call for emissions measuring and monitoring technologies to shape groundbreaking roadmap
The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) and North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) have today launched a call for emissions measuring and monitoring technologies,...
UK firm presents “game-changing” solution to monitoring indoor air quality
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a global concern for health, wellbeing and productivity as people spend 90% of their time indoors, where IAQ can...
Net zero legal challenge to be heard by High Court in February
Good Law Project, Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth will bring their legal challenge of the Government’s threadbare net zero strategy to the High...
