US sets first 2030 climate goal as Canada and Japan increase targets
US President Joe Biden has unveiled a new 2030 climate target, entailing a 50-52% reduction in emissions against a 2050 baseline. Canada and Japan, meanwhile, have increased their 2030 climate targets.
Today s summit will run from 8am to 3pm Washington time
Earlier this year, Democratic representatives introduced a bill that will require the US to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 if passed.
While popular across the green economy, the bill, for many, was lacking in clarity to back up this long-term aim. A string of more than 300 businesses wrote to Biden earlier this month, calling for a 2030 goal that would at least see emissions halved. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2018 report on 1.5C notably outlined how halving global net emissions by 2030 would offer the best chance of net-zero by mid-century.
Rocket Lab s launch of the Electron Rocket at the Mahia Peninsula goes smoothly. The satellite project is being part-funded by the New Zealand Government and run by the non-profit U.S. Environmental Defense Fund, among others. University of Auckland will take over operations from Rocket Lab after about a year, and will host the control centre at its central Auckland campus.
Rocket Lab founder and chief executive Peter Beck said he had suggested the idea of New Zealand’s involvement with the satellite to the Government, after he heard about the proposed mission through international collaborators. Beck said, despite that initial discussion, Rocket Lab had to bid at arm’s-length to develop and operate the mission control. “We suggested [New Zealand’s involvement], but the Government took it from there.”
Neptune aims to set bar for emissions monitoring: interview
Apr 21, 2021 11:25:am
Summary The European operator is working to maintain its already very low emissions intensity for years to come, while developing opportunities in hydrogen and CCS.
by: Joseph Murphy
Privately owned producer Neptune Energy is looking to create a gold standard for emissions monitoring that could one day serve as a guide for the industry at large, the company tells NGW.
Neptune, which operates in Europe, North Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, teamed up with the US Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) last month to test a new approach for measuring methane emissions from offshore facilities. EDF will co-ordinate a team of international researchers including Scientific Aviation, which provides airborne emissions sensing, and Texo DSI, a UK-based drone platform provider, to evaluate advanced methods for quantifying facility-level offsho.
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GM aspires to eliminate tailpipe emissions from new light-duty vehicles by 2035
GM has committed to the Business Ambition Pledge for 1.5°C
GM plans to become carbon neutral in its global products and operations by 2040 and has committed to setting science-based targets to achieve carbon neutrality
GM has announced that it plans to become carbon neutral in its global products and operations by 2040, including a target to fully eliminate tailpipe emissions from all its new light-duty vehicles by 2035.
In a wide-ranging policy briefing it said it has committed to setting science-based targets to achieve carbon neutrality. The company has also signed the Business Ambition Pledge for 1.5°C, described as an urgent call to action from a global coalition of UN agencies, business and industry leaders .