The Sustainability Trends Report 2024
Climate promises are starting to resemble New Year’s resolutions: easy to make, hard to keep. The worldwide push to stem the climate crisis has drawn in many of the big institutions that most need to act: not just governments but corporations of all kinds, including big banks and other institutional money managers, commodity producers, consumer products companies and many more. Even the companies digging or pumping fossil fuels out of the ground are feeling the pressure to make commitments.
The Sustainability Trends Report 2024
Climate promises are starting to resemble New Year’s resolutions: easy to make, hard to keep. The worldwide push to stem the climate crisis has drawn in many of the big institutions that most need to act: not just governments but corporations of all kinds, including big banks and other institutional money managers, commodity producers, consumer products companies and many more. Even the companies digging or pumping fossil fuels out of the ground are feeling the pressure to make commitments.
Powering Possible: AI and Energy for Sustainable Future
This report identifies seven areas of collaboration and action for the energy and technology sectors to accelerate a just, orderly, and equitable energy transformation to net-zero and to unlock the filll potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Powering Possible: AI and Energy for Sustainable Future
This report identifies seven areas of collaboration and action for the energy and technology sectors to accelerate a just, orderly, and equitable energy transformation to net-zero and to unlock the filll potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Circular City Actions Framework
In today’s world, the vast majority of economies are linear. Linear economies follow a “take, make, waste” model: resources are extracted from the environment (take), used as inputs for infrastructure, buildings and production (make), then discarded after their use period (waste). Linear economies are linked to a range of negative impacts in cities, including rising carbon emissions, biodiversity loss and waste management challenges. In contrast, a more circular economy goes hand in hand with resilience, climate action and biodiversity conservation, while also offering cities the tools to support social equity, local job creation, public health and community wealth.
Circular City Actions Framework
In today’s world, the vast majority of economies are linear. Linear economies follow a “take, make, waste” model: resources are extracted from the environment (take), used as inputs for infrastructure, buildings and production (make), then discarded after their use period (waste). Linear economies are linked to a range of negative impacts in cities, including rising carbon emissions, biodiversity loss and waste management challenges. In contrast, a more circular economy goes hand in hand with resilience, climate action and biodiversity conservation, while also offering cities the tools to support social equity, local job creation, public health and community wealth.
Case Studies on Transition Finance and Decarbonization Contribution Methodologies | September 2024
To support a whole-economy transition to net zero, financing and related services across four key transition financing strategies need to scale. The IPCC estimates that a three- to six-fold increase in financing is needed by 2030 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C.2 The private financial sector has the scale to mobilize the majority of the necessary capital and enable real-economy decarbonization, with more than 675 financial institutions, representing 40% of global financial assets, independently committed to the goal of net zero by 2050 through membership in one of the sectorspecific financial alliances comprising GFANZ.
Case Studies on Transition Finance and Decarbonization Contribution Methodologies | September 2024
To support a whole-economy transition to net zero, financing and related services across four key transition financing strategies need to scale. The IPCC estimates that a three- to six-fold increase in financing is needed by 2030 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C.2 The private financial sector has the scale to mobilize the majority of the necessary capital and enable real-economy decarbonization, with more than 675 financial institutions, representing 40% of global financial assets, independently committed to the goal of net zero by 2050 through membership in one of the sectorspecific financial alliances comprising GFANZ.
Green Hydrogen Contracting Guidance: Achieving Sustainable Development with Green Hydrogen
The green hydrogen economy can and must advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), given that they contribute to decarbonizing otherwise hard- to- abate sectors and can improve local access to new sources of clean electricity, fresh water, ammonia-based fertilizer; green employment and industrial development opportunities.
Green Hydrogen Contracting Guidance: Achieving Sustainable Development with Green Hydrogen
The green hydrogen economy can and must advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), given that they contribute to decarbonizing otherwise hard- to- abate sectors and can improve local access to new sources of clean electricity, fresh water, ammonia-based fertilizer; green employment and industrial development opportunities.
Green H2–DRI Steelmaking: 15 Challenges and Solutions
Iron and steel manufacturing is one of the most energy and carbon-intensive industries worldwide. The global steel industry emitted over 3.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in 2019. This accounted for over 7% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and over 11% of global CO₂ emissions. Decarbonization in the steel industry will be pivotal in reaching global climate targets. A transition from conventional, coal-based steelmaking to utilizing green hydrogen in direct reduced iron production (H₂-DRI) represents a great opportunity for producing low-carbon steel.
Green H2–DRI Steelmaking: 15 Challenges and Solutions
Iron and steel manufacturing is one of the most energy and carbon-intensive industries worldwide. The global steel industry emitted over 3.6 billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) in 2019. This accounted for over 7% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and over 11% of global CO₂ emissions. Decarbonization in the steel industry will be pivotal in reaching global climate targets. A transition from conventional, coal-based steelmaking to utilizing green hydrogen in direct reduced iron production (H₂-DRI) represents a great opportunity for producing low-carbon steel.
