Carbon Footprint News
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‘China should set up a carbon cap’ – Zou Ji on the next national energy targetsChina is drafting its next Five Year Plan, and the president of Energy Foundation China wants to see ambitious energy and climate goals. -
Climate change caused havoc 2,000 years agoAn Alaskan volcano once spurred climate change, darkening Mediterranean skies, launching a famine and possibly changing history.
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Rainforest Alliance aims to help ethical growers get climate-smartUpgraded certification scheme, covering over 2 million farmers, will use technology to help them adapt to climate change, protect forests and spot social risks. -
Ancient coal fires led to prehistoric extinctionsDid eruptions set ancient coal fires burning? Global heating happened 250 million years ago, just as it is happening now.
Carbon Footprint Opinion
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Amid converging crises, how can stewardship help business leaders navigate the storm?– As several global crises upend the world, companies’ relationship with and their role in society are evolving. Thomas Milburn of Corporate Citizenship explains how business leaders can navigate the current uncertainty and change. -
Covid-19: a dress rehearsal for the climate emergency?– Are there lessons to be found in humanity's response to Covid-19 that can help us fight climate change? The current upheaval could push us to fix our financial system, alter our behaviour and make us more resilient, writes Sally Uren. -
Global emissions are way off target. What needs to happen?– The overall trend of rising emissions has not been reversed over the last decade meaning there is less time to reach the Paris goal. What urgent steps need to be taken?
Videos
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Which is Southeast Asia's most advanced clean energy nation?– Southeast Asian nations are racing to bring clean, affordable power to their people, but one country is outrunning them all. How can states make their renewable energy transition a success?
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Sun, waves and steam: How is Indonesia winning with renewables?– Southeast Asia's largest energy consumer has been slow to transition to renewables, but recent policies point to greater expansion of the country's solar, tidal and geothermal energy production.
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Is your pension fuelling climate change?– Pension funds are some of the world's largest investors—holding trillions in assets—billions of which are pumped into fossil fuel companies like Shell, BP, and Total.
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Lawyers file complaint against BP for misleading 'greenwash' in new ad campaign– In the video, environmental law group ClientEarth compares the oil and gas giant's advertisements on its low-carbon investments to a burger chain claiming that they’re vegan because they’ve got salad on the menu.
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