COP28, the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, was held in Dubai from 30 November to 13 December 2023. It was the first COP to take place in the Middle East, a region highly vulnerable to the impacts of the climate crisis. The main objective…
EU plans more investment for clean technologies in Europe The European Union is committed to address climate change and has set ambitious climate goals, including becoming climate neutral by 2050. One of their action to decarbonize the EU is the Net Zero Industry Act. The act, introduced 16th March, is an initiative stemming from the…
Der weltweit führende wissenschaftlich fundierte Rahmen für die Festlegung von Netto-Null-Zielen für Unternehmen in Übereinstimmung mit 1,5 °C ist der Net-Zero-Standard der Science-Based Target Initiative (SBTi). Damit Unternehmen ihren Beitrag zur Begrenzung des sich verstärkenden Klimawandels leisten können, wurden innerhalb dieses Rahmenwerks vier Schlüsselelemente festgelegt: Um den Net-Zero Standard weiter auszubauen, hat sich die SBTi…
The Race to 1.5°C started More and more companies are setting net-zero targets in line with 1.5°C by the SBTi. Since the last two years, the number of participating companies has more than doubled each year. In particular, European companies are leading the way.[1] As part of the publication of the Net Zero standard, four…
Originally scheduled for 2021, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP27, was rescheduled due to the COVID19 pandemic and now held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, starting on 06. Nov. 2022. After a 40 hour delay the negotiating countries finally came to an agreement in the early morning of Sunday 21. Nov.…
During the last couple of years, the number of climate neutral claims for individual products or by entire organizations has risen drastically. Numerous of such claims faced legal complications and government regulations, as seen for instance in France. Companies have gone even further by claiming to become climate positive or carbon negative in the near…
Join the Race to Zero through the SBTi Business Ambition for 1.5°C Campaign This SBTi webinar for COP26 preparation provides a detailed overview of the importance of setting ambitious science-based targets (SBTs). The session covers the SBTi Business Ambition for 1.5°C Campaign commitment model for net-zero targets and 1.5°C aligned SBTs, key SBTi criteria, and…
Achieving climate neutrality is becoming increasingly important for companies and is becoming part of their corporate objectives as part of their climate strategy. The aim is to continuously reduce CO2 emissions throughout the company and its value chain. Since a complete avoidance of CO2 emissions is difficult to achieve, companies invest in climate protection projects…
In September 2020, the Science Based Targets (SBT) Initiative published the first scenarios with which companies can even develop into a “net zero” and in the best case scenario into a “climate positive”. CO2 compensation / neutralisation is a proven aspect of these approaches. This SBTi video reviews neutralisation as it relates to the SBTi…
