France became the first EU country to issue paperless Olympic visas, targeting journalists, athletes, and delegations participating in Paris.
Carbon Emissions
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The European Union plans to conduct early carbon market auctions, starting from July, to raise extra funds to help countries quit Russian gas and cut emissions, the European Commission said on Monday evening. The EU plans to raise 20 billion euros ($21.62 billion) in grants from its carbon market, with 8 billion euros of that […]
A group of climate activists has called on 30 insurance company CEOs to “immediately” stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects in the wake of a stark climate warning from U.N. scientists, a letter, seen by Reuters, showed. Insure our Future, a global consortium of activists, said it sent the letter dated March 21 to companies […]
Rising airline traffic is expected to trigger global emissions-related requirements for some carriers as early as next year, according to a top airline trade group, even as debate broadens on the effectiveness of that approach. A United Nations-led scheme seeks to cap emissions from international flights at 85% of 2019 levels under the first phase […]
The European Union is a global frontrunner in cutting carbon emissions but is also moving to ensure the green transition doesn’t make it an industrial desert, with a raft of measures due to be announced next week. Europe’s industrial competitiveness in relation to the United States and China, the world’s two biggest economies, has become […]
More than 20 companies in the burgeoning carbon removal industry on Thursday launched a coalition that will lobby the U.S. government for new policies to help commercialize the nascent technology, which has received a flood of private investment in recent years. The CRA will represent companies developing technologies to remove carbon emissions, buyers of credits […]
e& is accelerating its climate action efforts and supporting the UAE’s net zero strategy Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, 09 November 2022: e& (formerly known as the Etisalat Group) today declared its net zero targets by 2030, during the Group’s participation at the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27), currently taking place in Egypt, aimed at reducing […]
South Korea’s LG Chem Ltd said on Monday it planned to build a hydrogen plant in South Korea to produce 50,000 tonnes of hydrogen annually by the second quarter of 2024, in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. The new plant is expected to employ technology, which converts methane to hydrogen by creating a chemical […]