Impact News

The debate around the most appropriate climate-policy instruments to reduce emissions is buoyant. Studies have discerned public opinion about various climate policy instruments but there is little systematic evidence on what scientists across disciplines see as most adequate and viable. Ivan Savin and co-authors conducted a global expert survey, demonstrating consensus on and controversy on […]

We might just have time to stop the worst effects of climate change and adapt to its effects by making net zero blueprints a reality by 2050. AI has the potential to mitigate 5 to 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Technology companies must expand their climate ambitions and help level the playing field for […]

Global consumer brands company Unilever announced today the release of its new Climate Transition Action Plan (CTAP), outlining the company’s strategy to become a lower-emissions business and achieve its climate goals, and introducing new value chain emissions targets, amounting to a 39% absolute reduction in total targeted Scope 3 emissions by 2030. The new Unilever […]

A coalition of ten Republican states announced the launch of a lawsuit in the U.S. federal appeals court, aimed at blocking the implementation of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new climate-related disclosure rules. The new suit could mark the first major hurdle for the new rules, only hours after their adoption by the […]

Zurich-based Direct Air Capture (DAC) carbon removal provider Climeworks announced today a new long-term agreement with Lufthansa Group and Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines aimed at addressing the airline’s unavoidable CO2 emissions. DAC technology, listed by the IEA as a key carbon removal option in the transition to a net-zero energy system, extracts CO2 […]

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today the approval of its long-awaited climate-related disclosure rules for U.S. public companies, requiring companies for the first time to provide information in annual reports and registration statements on climate risks facing their businesses, plans to address those risks, the financial impact of severe weather events, and, […]

Fraunhofer Austria präsentiert Konzept der „Positive Impact Production“ – diese soll nicht nur nicht schaden, sondern positiv auf Umwelt und Menschen wirken.

Förderung im Sinne der Grünen Energiewende Die EU-Bank fördert gemeinsam mit privaten Investoren innovative Elektrolysetechnologien, die für die grüne Energiewende in Europa gebraucht werden. Die EIB-Investition wird durch das Programm InvestEU unterstützt, das darauf abzielt, bis 2027 europaweit mehr als 372 Milliarden Euro an zusätzlichen Investitionen, auch in neue Technologien, anzustoßen. Darüber hinaus sicherte sich […]

Lawmakers in the European Parliament and Council announced that they have reached a provisional agreement on new series of sustainable packaging rules aimed at addressing growing packaging waste in the EU, and boosting the circular economy, including a goal for all packaging to be fully recyclable by 2030.

While 97% of investors surveyed consider physical climate risk significant, over three-quarters believe current climate models used by financial institutions for evaluating transition risks to infrastructure are inadequate, highlighting a gap in understanding and managing these risks in the infrastructure sector, said EDHEC.

Als Zwischenlager kommt die Nordsee dafür eher nicht in Frage. Vielmehr sollte man das CO2 dort auffangen, wo es entsteht, etwa in den Hochöfen des Ruhrgebiets, und dort nach kurzer Zwischenspeicherung weiterverarbeiten. Diese Idee aber scheint in Berlin noch nicht angekommen zu sein.