Swiss Re, one of the world’s top reinsurers, has signed a fresh multi-year deal with carbon removal platform Carbonfuture. At more than 17,000 tonnes, it is one of the largest CDR deals of its kind to date by volume.This move is seen as a real vote of confidence in the … [continued]
Now that the Earth Day hoopla is behind us, it’s time to get back to reality. Actions have consequences and the actions of humans that pollute the atmosphere with carbon dioxide and methane emissions are having consequences far beyond what anyone thought possible. The Earth’s Axis Is Shifting In 2002, … [continued]
British banking giant Barclays has revised its stance on investing in fossil fuels which includes halting investment in coal mining and coal-fired power stations, but the bank has come under fire for not going far enough, with environmental organization Greenpeace comparing its lack of action with the bank’s previous stance on apartheid, saying the bank is “once again on the wrong side of history.”
One of the world’s leading reinsurers, Swiss Re, has this week announced it will not provide re/insurance to businesses with more than 30% exposure to thermal coal across all lines of business, the latest company to tighten the screws on the future of the thermal coal industry.
Big-name Fortune 500 companies like Goldman Sachs, Nike, Johnson & Johnson, Starbucks, and others, have pledged to 100% renewable electricity. As part of Climate Week NYC, a number of big-name Fortune 500-listed companies have joined RE100, “an ambitious global campaign led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP, to engage, support and … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. The first ever single-seater solar plane to enter China, Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), landed in Chongqing 20 hours and 29 minutes after departing from Myanmar, having covered 1,459 kilometers (788 NM, 907 miles). Solar Impulse says that flying above the mountainous Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan required Bertrand Piccard to … [continued]
