Climate, Emissions & Sustainability

CO₂ inventory, IPCC pathways, net-zero, CCUS, hydrogen economy, critical materials.

272 articles

Articles

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Atmosfair: Carbon Offsetting Methodology and Project Portfolio

Overview of Atmosfair, a German non-profit offering transparent carbon offsets for aviation and cruises through Gold Standard projects.

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International Carbon Action Partnership: Global Emissions Trading Forum

ICAP is an international forum founded in 2007 to coordinate emissions trading systems (ETS) and facilitate global carbon market linking.

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Certified emission reduction

Overview of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism.

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Individual action on climate change

Overview of personal choices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including diet, travel, and political advocacy.

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Interim Climate Change Committee: New Zealand's 2018-2019 Advisory Body

Overview of the Interim Climate Change Committee (ICCC) in New Zealand, its mandate on net-zero emissions, and its replacement by the Climat...

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Personal carbon trading

Overview of personal carbon trading schemes, including TEQs and PCAs, their mechanisms, research, and implementation trials.

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Greenhouse gas emissions from wetlands

Analysis of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from wetlands, the largest natural methane source.

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Energy policy of Scotland

Overview of Scotland's energy policy, covering devolved powers, renewable growth, and nuclear opposition.

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Energy modeling: Methods, tools and policy applications

Overview of energy system modeling for policy analysis, including model types, software tools like LEAP and NEMS, and optimization technique...

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Climate Stewardship Acts: US Senate Cap and Trade Proposals

Overview of the Climate Stewardship Acts, a series of US Senate bills by McCain and Lieberman proposing cap and trade systems for greenhouse...

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GHGProof: Open-Source Climate Modelling for Land-Use Planning

GHGProof is an open-source software tool for evaluating land-use impacts on greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption at the community...

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Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks: Structure, synthesis and applications

Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) are a class of metal-organic frameworks with zeolite-like topology, offering high stability for carbo...

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Carbon emission label: Standards, history and global implementation

Overview of carbon emission labels, including the Carbon Trust, CarbonCounted, and climatop schemes.

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Cities for Climate Protection program: History, structure and impact

Overview of the Cities for Climate Protection program, a global municipal network for reducing urban greenhouse gas emissions.

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Energy Act 2013: UK Legislation for Decarbonisation and Market Reform

The Energy Act 2013 is a UK law establishing decarbonisation targets, reforming electricity markets, and creating the Office for Nuclear Reg...

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Ilulissat Declaration: Arctic Ocean Governance and the Arctic Five

The 2008 Ilulissat Declaration by the Arctic Five affirmed UNCLOS as the legal framework for the Arctic Ocean, countering calls for a new tr...

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Climate club: Policy framework and international cooperation

Analysis of the Climate Club initiative, its G7 origins, Nordhaus's economic theory, and global industrial decarbonization efforts.

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Exploring Climate Cooling Programme: UK Research Initiative on Solar Geoengineering

UK ARIA's £56.8m 2025 initiative researching solar geoengineering and Arctic ice thickening.

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Bridge fuel: Policy framework and scientific critique

Analysis of the 'bridge fuel' policy framework for natural gas, its scientific critique, and global implementation.

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Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture

Analysis of GHG emissions from agriculture, livestock, and land use, including mitigation strategies and global trends.