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Fashion industry brands will fail to reduce emissions by 55 per cent by 2030 unless real action is taken soon, say Stand.earth. As global leaders gather for COP 27, an updated analysis by Stand.earth of the fashion industry’s emissions shows why its pollution cannot go unchecked. The fashion industry is a massive global emitter, responsible for 5-8 per cent of annual climate emissions. But despite the growing urgency for dramatic absolute emissions reductions across all industries and geographies, the sector continues to maintain close ties to the fossil fuel industry,...

Eileen Sharpe, executive vice president, IDA Ireland outlines the five steps organisations must take to reduce their carbon footprint. Seventy countries, including EU members, the United States and China have set net-zero targets addressing approximately 76 per cent of all global emissions. 1,200+ companies, more than 1,000 cities, and over 1,000 educational institutions have committed to science-based targets to guide and measure progress towards net zero, and while many are making progress, research shows a significant challenge matching targets with achievable plans. Climate Action 100+, the world’s largest investor engagement...

Ben Turner, CEO, Origen Carbon Solutions argues that politics should not be a factor in holding back carbon removing technologies. If we are ever to undo the damage done by two centuries of unfettered industrialisation, then the emerging carbon dioxide removal (CDR) industry must be given room to develop and grow at scale and pace. Part of that involves a re-awakening of an entrepreneurial spirit matched by new free-flowing revenue streams to invest in the industry. But for CDR to succeed it needs to operate in an environment safe from unwarranted...

Energy storage is the secret solution to the success of Net Zero 2050, suggests Professor Seamus Garvey at the University of Nottingham. “There is no energy crisis – and there never was one,” says Garvey, Professor of Dynamics in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham. “At any one time, the sun throws down over 10,000 times more energy onto the earth than we humans consume. All we need do is collect a tiny fraction of that energy and deliver it when and where it’s wanted. “Delegates at...