A new climate alliance emerges in Santa Marta
Phasing out fossil fuels is no longer just a political or economic choice—it is increasingly framed as a matter of survival. That was the central message emerging from the international confer...
Let's discuss ETS, while staying on track with the transition
The world has changed dramatically since 2005. A prime example? Those who were around back then may remember the first BlackBerrys, but had no idea what a smartphone was. Today’s events remind...
Green steel, companies are not prepared for the transition: the SteelWatch report
“The central finding of this inaugural Scorecard is that none of the 18 companies assessed is currently ‘transition ready’, though two are emerging from the pack.” The new re...
Integrity and Quality: The Words That Now Decide Prices in Carbon Markets
This article is part of the thematic channel The Carbon Observer. Subscribe to the newsletter or update your preferences. What do integrity and quality really mean? I have my own interpretatio...
Building a Net-Zero Nation: A Look at the Current State of Malaysia's Greenest Structures
As Malaysia charts its course towards an ambitious net-zero emissions target by 2050, the nation's buildings have been thrust into the spotlight. Accounting for over half of the country's electricit...
The US threatens retaliation against states that will support the IMO Net Zero Framework
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The United States announced that it will retaliate against countries that next October will confir...
Reinventing industry: carbon capture technologies lead the charge against climate change
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In a potential game-changer for heavy industry, a magnesium-oxide mine in Greece received seven sp...
How CO₂ storage at sea works
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Roughly half of the oxygen we breathe comes from the oceans, which also serve as the planet’...
Bertrand Millot on decarbonizing a multi-billion dollar portfolio
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Can a portfolio worth hundreds of billions of dollars be decarbonized? And under what conditions c...
Startup, Limenet: calcium bicarbonates from CO₂ to benefit marine biota
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Limenet is a startup from Lombardy that developed a revolutionary technology that allows to t...
Sustainable Investment Forum North America 2024, will finance avert the apocalypse?
This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From New York - On 24 September 2024, the Ziegfeld Ballroom, Manhattan's mecca for gala events, be...
Hera Group’s Solutions for Circular Decarbonisation
EU climate targets require businesses to undertake rather complex industrial decarbonisation. This radical transformation in the way companies manufacture products and consume energy necessitates th...
Decarbonising steel: An interview with Andrew Purvis (World Steel Association)
Steel is one of the materials with the highest carbon footprint in the world. For every tonne produced, two tonnes ofCO2 are released into the atmosphere. This is a critical climate balance, but one...
EU: 90% emissions cut by 2040, with the help of nuclear power but without that of agriculture
Net greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union are to be reduced by 90 percent by 2040 (compared to 1990 levels). This is the new climate target announced today, Feb. 6, by the EU Commission. I...
World Energy Outlook: global demand for coal, oil and gas will peak by 2030
Peak emissions from fossil fuels could be reached by 2025, with the contribution to global energy supply falling to 73 percent by 2030, after for decades it had been stuck well above 80 percent...