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Kindhumans Announces Certification by Climate Neutral

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Articles, Nature, Physical geography, Climate change policy, Greenhouse gas emissions, Renewable energy, Carbon dioxide, Carbon neutrality, Individual and political action on climate change, Global warming, Climate change mitigation

Taking these direct actions against climate change qualifies Kindhumans to display the Climate Neutral Certified label in its branding and marketing for the next year before re-certifying.

Key Points: 
  • Taking these direct actions against climate change qualifies Kindhumans to display the Climate Neutral Certified label in its branding and marketing for the next year before re-certifying.
  • "Climate Neutral Certified companies show the world that immediate action on climate change is possible and essential," says Austin Whitman, CEO of Climate Neutral.
  • Climate Neutral is a non-profit organization working to enlist companies and consumers in the fight against climate change by helping measure, reduce, and offset their entire carbon footprint.
  • Kindhumans is proud to be certified by the independent third-party Climate Neutral!

Rocket Insights Announces Climate Neutral Certified Status

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Articles, Nature, Physical geography, Carbon dioxide, Carbon neutrality, Renewable energy, Individual and political action on climate change, Global warming

Taking these direct actions against climate change qualifies Rocket Insights to display the Climate Neutral Certified label in its branding and marketing for the next year before re-certifying.

Key Points: 
  • Taking these direct actions against climate change qualifies Rocket Insights to display the Climate Neutral Certified label in its branding and marketing for the next year before re-certifying.
  • Every company displaying the Climate Neutral Certified label has taken the same steps to address climate pollution.
  • "Climate Neutral Certified companies show the world that immediate action on climate change is possible and essential," says Austin Whitman, CEO of Climate Neutral.
  • Rocket Insights has joined more than 100 other Climate Neutral Certified brands, totaling more than 160,000 metrics tonnes of carbon.

Jacobs Will be Net Zero Carbon in 2020 and Carbon Negative by 2030

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Articles, Nature, Physical geography, Climate change policy, Greenhouse gas emissions, Renewable energy, Low-carbon economy, Carbon neutrality, Climate change mitigation, Global warming, Carbon offset, Climate change in New Zealand

Jacobs' Climate Action Plan commits to help solve the climate crisis by achieving and maintaining 100% renewable energy, net zero carbon for the company's operations and business travel in 2020 and carbon negative for its operations and business travel by 2030.

Key Points: 
  • Jacobs' Climate Action Plan commits to help solve the climate crisis by achieving and maintaining 100% renewable energy, net zero carbon for the company's operations and business travel in 2020 and carbon negative for its operations and business travel by 2030.
  • The Climate Action Plan also commits us to set an ambitious, science-based target for carbon reductions across both our operations and supply chain emissions by 2030.
  • By challenging what is expected, Jacobs can better design in resilience to the projected climate change effects and discover a new way forward.
  • Jacobs is doing its part to stay ahead and create these kinds of new standards the future needs.

Author C.S Goldsmith Weighs in on The Climate Crisis and the Crucial Decade Ahead

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Articles, Nature, Physical geography, Doomsday scenarios, Climate history, Existential risk, Global catastrophic risk, Hazards, Risk, Global warming

Climate Change is an existential threat to humanity and we have just one decade left to put it in check.

Key Points: 
  • Climate Change is an existential threat to humanity and we have just one decade left to put it in check.
  • At least nine human like species are now extinct in the last 300,000 years.We are the only ones left.
  • We are now less likely to die in a car accident than from a Climate Change related extinction event.
  • C.S Goldsmith Author:"Uninhabitable a case for caution" Barnes & Noble: info, Link:(carbonneutraladvocates.com) on "Uninhabitable a case for caution" and "The Grand Action Plan".

COP26: the international climate change conference, Glasgow, UK

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Friday, April 3, 2020
Articles, Physical geography, Nature, Climate change, Climate history, Global warming, Natural environment

Information on other key international conferences on biodiversity and oceans is also included.

Key Points: 
  • Information on other key international conferences on biodiversity and oceans is also included.
  • The UK and Italy will jointly host COP26the international conference on climate change held every year.
  • According to the UK Government, COP26 will be the largest summit the UK has ever hosted, with over 30,000 delegates, including world leaders, experts, campaigners and government officials.
  • NDCs set out each Partys efforts to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

ADM Advances Sustainability Commitments with Ambitious New Plan to Curb Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Energy Consumption

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020
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ADM (NYSE: ADM) today announced an ambitious new plan to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent and its energy intensity by 15 percent by 2035.

Key Points: 
  • ADM (NYSE: ADM) today announced an ambitious new plan to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent and its energy intensity by 15 percent by 2035.
  • The new goals follow on ADMs original 15x20 plan, unveiled in 2011, in which the company committed to per-unit improvements in energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water and waste to landfill by 2020.
  • The greenhouse gas emissions well save will be the equivalent of those from charging every single smart phone on the planet 250 times.
  • ADMs new goals are only one element of a wide-ranging plan to pave the way on sustainability.

Mitsubishi Electric Begins Developing the GOSAT-GW Satellite for Greenhouse Gases and Water Cycle Observation

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Monday, March 30, 2020
Satellite, Environment, Technology, Aerospace, Manufacturing, Research, Science, Articles, Physical geography, Nature, JAXA, Climate forcing agents, Climate history, Climatology, Natural environment, Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite, Climate change, Greenhouse gas, Global warming

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has been designated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as the contractor of the Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW), the third in the GOSAT series, and has already initiated development activities.

Key Points: 
  • Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has been designated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as the contractor of the Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW), the third in the GOSAT series, and has already initiated development activities.
  • GOSAT-GW will have two missions: greenhouse gases observation for Japans Ministry of the Environment and the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), and water-cycle observation for JAXA.
  • By developing the GOSAT-GW satellite, Mitsubishi Electric will contribute to measures for preventing disasters attributed to global warming and climate change, and to advance scientific and technological methods that enable more accurate prediction of climate change.
  • View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200329005002/en/

Delivery businesses cut 11,322 tonnes of carbon emissions: report

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Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Climate change policy, Offsetters, Emissions trading, Global warming, Climate change, Carbon finance, Greenhouse gas emissions, Renewable energy

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --More than 500 delivery businesses worldwide have collectively cut more than 11,000 tonnes of carbon emissions thanks to their adoption of route optimization technology, according to a report audited and verified by Offsetters Clean Technology .

Key Points: 
  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --More than 500 delivery businesses worldwide have collectively cut more than 11,000 tonnes of carbon emissions thanks to their adoption of route optimization technology, according to a report audited and verified by Offsetters Clean Technology .
  • Routific is a route optimization solution inspired by the foraging behaviors of honey bees that helps local delivery businesses plan and optimize delivery routes.
  • More than 500 delivery businesses worldwide trust Routific's technology to help them lower their carbon emissions by an average of 20%.
  • In 2019 alone, more than 500 delivery businesses worldwide cut 11,322 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, the equivalent of planting more than 500,000 trees.

COP26: the 2020 climate change conference, Glasgow, UK

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Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Articles, Physical geography, Nature, Climate change, Climate history, Global warming, Natural environment, Talanoa Dialogue

It will be updated periodically to reflect developments throughout 2020.

Key Points: 
  • It will be updated periodically to reflect developments throughout 2020.
  • The UK and Italy will jointly host COP26 at the end of 2020the international conference on climate change held every year.
  • According to the UK Government, COP26 will be the largest summit the UK has ever hosted, with over 30,000 delegates, including world leaders, experts, campaigners and government officials.
  • NDCs set out each Partys efforts to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Climate Futures to Launch Blockchain-Based System to Super-Charge $200+ Billion Climate Finance Markets

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Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Climate change policy, Carbon finance, Global warming, Climate change, Environmental policy, Emissions trading, Carbon emission trading, Climate change mitigation, Carbon credit, Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, Carbon offset

1PLANET enables individuals and businesses to take action against climate change by granting easy and transparent access to carbon markets.

Key Points: 
  • 1PLANET enables individuals and businesses to take action against climate change by granting easy and transparent access to carbon markets.
  • Carbon markets are used to finance sustainability projects around the world and last year were estimated to be worth $214 billion, a 34% growth from 2018.
  • If you share Climate Futures' mission to empower everyone to reduce carbon emissions and fight climate change, contact partners(at)climatefutures(dot)com.
  • 1PLANET , developed by Climate Futures , empowers individuals and businesses to take climate action in their daily lives by enabling access to global carbon markets.