Climate Change The New Economy
Climate Change, Environment
Research shows renewable energy needs to be scaled up at least six times faster for the world to start meeting key decarbonization and climate mitigation goals. With the right policies and more energy efficient economies, renewables could make up two-thirds of the energy mix by 2050, creating over 11 million extra
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This article is part three of a three-part series detailing teen climate ambassadors Inka Vogt and Fabian Beveridge’s trip to Bonn, Germany. Inka and Fabian are currently cycling 10,000 km across Europe to raise awareness about climate change and the need for climate action. In Bonn, they visited the United
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RE100, a key group of leading multinational companies dedicated to 100% renewable electricity, has today reached its 100 members milestone. The companies AkzoNobel N.V., AXA, Burberry plc and Carlsberg Group joined the initiative of the Climate Group, which already includes major companies such as Google, Coca-Cola Enterprises and IKEA. The massively ramped up deployment
Read MoreBusiness and Policy Leaders Commit to Further Action on Global Energy Transition for a Just Climate Future for All Marrakech, 11 November, 2016 – With the Paris Climate Agreement having just come into force, leaders from a wide range of sectors are coming together on Energy Day at the UN Climate Change
Read MoreWells Fargo & Co., Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and VF Corporation - owner of many apparel and footwear brands including The North Face, Timberland, and Wrangler - are among a group of world-leading businesses from diverse sectors of the economy that today, during Climate Week NYC 2016, joined RE100 with commitments to 100% renewable power. The eight new
Read MoreWE MEAN BUSINESS PRESS RELEASE By 2030, business could cut its greenhouse gas emissions globally by 3.7bn metric tons of CO2 equivalent a year or 60% of total emission cuts pledged in Paris by NDC EMISSION cuts could reach around 10bn metric tons of CO2 equivalent a year, well over halfway to sub 2°C, with right policy
Read MoreGovernments and companies meeting at the at the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) in San Francisco last week pledged to work together to massively and rapidly scale up renewable energy in order to combat climate change. At the meeting, a "Corporate Sourcing of Renewables Campaign" was launched, with the objective to deploy
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