"UK carbon emissions fell by 4% in 2024, official figures show"

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Emissions #Climate #ClimateChange

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/27/uk-carbon-emissions-fell-by-4-in-2024-official-figures-show

#EU exploring weaker 2040 climate goal

The European Commission wants to keep a 90 percent #emissions-cutting target but to change how countries calculate their progress.

The options being discussed range from allowing countries to defer steeper cuts to letting them count carbon reductions they pay for in other countries. Another idea would be to lean more on carbon that forests or technology can remove from the air."

https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-exploring-weaker-2040-climate-goal-90-greenhouse-gas-cut-wopke-hoekstra/
#CCS #CDR #CarbonOffsets

Close to half of business leaders in Europe (47%) are 'afraid' to learn the full extent of their #emissions data, due to the potential public backlash, a new study by Wasabi Technologies has found.

https://sustainabilityonline.net/research/businesses-afraid-of-public-backlash-when-publishing-emissions-data-study-finds/

#Climate workarounds?

#Stellantis to buy “credits”from a #Tesla “pool”to meet #EuropeanUnion's #CO2 reduction requirements, despite Brussels giving carmakers 3 yrs to comply, the group's Europe head said on Sat.

Carmakers facing tougher #EU emissions rules this year agreed to pool their #emissions & avoid hefty fines by having firms w/lower electric vehicle (EV) sales buy #carbon credits from segment leaders including Tesla & Polestar.

#ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/stellantis-buy-co2-credits-tesla-pool-also-2025-exec-says-2025-03-29/

"Reducing traffic in Barcelona by 25% would prevent around 200 premature deaths a year linked to pollution: Study"

#Barcelona #Emissions #Cars #Vehicles #Health

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-traffic-barcelona-premature-deaths-year.html

Where the world's #electricity comes from since 1985

https://www.alojapan.com/1229431/hokkaido-more-plugged-in-to-renewable-energy-than-rest-of-japan/ Hokkaido more plugged in to renewable energy than rest of Japan #ClimateChange #emissions #energy #Hokkaido #HokkaidoTopics #renewables #solar #wind #北海道 Hokkaido had over 40% of its electricity generated by renewable energy sources in fiscal 2023, nearly twice the national average and already above the maximum share that the central government is looking to achieve by 2030. With use of renewables — especially wind power — expected to grow fu…

"With the consumer levy nullified, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has the industrial #carbon price in his sights. But it’s actually been hugely effective at reducing #emissions."https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-industrial-carbon-tax-explainer/

High methane emissions from Australian coal mine detected using airborne sensors https://phys.org/news/2025-03-high-methane-emissions-australian-coal.html

"Air conditioner use driving up emissions as global heating bites"

#Emissions #Climate #ClimateChange

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/03/24/air-conditioner-use-driving-up-emissions-as-global-heating-bites

Developing Ethical Ratings for AI

[Read on Ethical Revolution]

Ethical Consumer Research Association (ECRA) have announced that they may develop a rating standard for artificial intelligence (AI) use by businesses.

Factors including energy consumption, human rights, accountability mechanisms and workers’ rights would all be up for examination.

Ruairidh Fraser at Ethical Consumer magazine has written a piece about the rapid growth of AI and the groups trying to keep pace in setting the ethical boundaries around the technology.

He says that the following areas of consensus are emerging around the ethics of AI:

• Safeguarding users from AI-driven surveillance and data misuse via transparent algorithms, public accountability mechanisms, and legally binding regulatory frameworks.
• The importance of sustainability: in both reducing its energy footprint and in ensuring AI can be harnessed to support genuine emissions reductions.
• Addressing biases that currently reinforce inequality, via research and regulation that can reflect global perspectives.
• Somehow placing people over profit in order to not exacerbate human rights violations, accelerate climate breakdown, widen global economic disparities, or ultimately allow AI to generate further injustice rather than benefit for humanity.

@aral @axbom

[Via Ethical Revolution]

Energy Abundance Alone Won’t Fix the Climate https://www.byteseu.com/864667/ #Climate #emissions #Energy #Policy #UnitedStates

"Rather than being a sustainable, low-carbon and efficient use of #biomass, increasing biomass energy capacity at pulp mills throughout the #EU is resulting in more and more wood being extracted from forests and plantations. This means more carbon #emissions, not less, and it is contributing to the alarming rate at which the EU’s forest carbon sink is disappearing."

https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2025/03/24/report-biomass-eu/

https://www.europesays.com/1942242/ Energy Abundance Alone Won’t Fix the Climate #Climate #emissions #Energy #policy #UnitedStates

Indonesia’s $20-Billion Energy Transition Deal Will Survive Without the U.S. https://www.byteseu.com/861419/ #Climate #Coal #emissions #Energy #EnergyTransition #funding #GreenEnergy #Indonesia #jetp #partnership #Renewables

"Recycled cements drive down emissions without slacking on strength"

#Cement #Emissions #Environment

https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-recycled-cements-emissions-slacking-strength.html

Renewables stepped up to meet a surge in energy demand from rising temperatures in 2024.

Intense heatwaves boosted demand for cooling in many countries, adding to rising consumption from industry, the electrification of transport, and the growth of data centres and AI, the International Energy Agency’s latest report reveals.

Despite some climate-related setbacks, the decoupling of emissions from economic growth is one promising trend.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250324-renewables-stepped-up-to-meet-a-surge-in-energy-demand-from-rising-temperatures-in-2024?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward