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3 September 20219 September 2021

ITA Group wird zur ITA Group International Centre for Sustainable Textiles

Ganzheitliche Biotransformation der Textiltechnik und damit die Nutzung biologischer Prinzipien für kreislauforientierte Wertschöpfungsprozesse

20 August 20219 September 2021

UN IPCC releases latest climate change report

The first instalment of IPCC's 6th Assessment Report (AR6) was released. The report will be completed in 2022

19 August 20219 September 2021

Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying

IPCC Climate Change Report

3 September 20209 September 2021

Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, Rusheen Capital Management create development company ‘1PointFive’ to deploy Carbon Engineering’s Direct Air Capture technology

1PointFive and Carbon Engineering have signed a licensing agreement enabling the commercial development of the world’s largest DAC facility

5 August 20201 August 2020

Dutch agency advises the Netherlands to phase out bioenergy

In its new GAIN report, SER recommends that biomass to be used for the highest value applications possible and comply with clear sustainability requirements

17 January 20209 September 2021

Using CO2 as an industrial feedstock could change the world. Here’s how

We need to actively remove excess CO₂ from the atmosphere. The question then becomes: what do we do with the carbon that is removed?

31 October 20199 September 2021

Future of carbon removal becomes tangible

MCC study consolidates findings from scientific climate scenarios. Various methods for atmospheric carbon removal are necessary – but no substitute for decarbonisation

CO2-Entnahme: Die Zukunft wird konkret

Diverse Methoden für CO₂-Entnahme aus der Atmosphäre sind nötig – aber kein Ersatz für Dekarbonisierung. MCC-Studie verdichtet Erkenntnisse

10 October 20197 October 2019

IPCC study highlights the role of sustainable forest management for climate adaptation

LIFE RESILIENT FORESTS project promotes a replicable sustainable forest management approach to improve forest resilience to climate change

20 September 20199 September 2021

Carbon Capture and Storage technology could solve EU decarbonisation issues

European climate commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete discussed last week the EU’s plans to reduce CO₂ emissions and the role carbon-capture and storage technology (CCS) can play

3 September 201929 August 2019

If we really want to sequester more carbon, agriculture can’t be made the enemy, says microbial input startup Locus

IPCC report highlights that farmers are in our first lines of defense in the battle to put more carbon back in the ground

28 August 201927 August 2019

Land is a Critical Resource, IPCC report says

Keeping global warming to well below 2ºC can be achieved only by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors including land and food

26 August 201925 August 2019

New IPCC report due 8 August to thoroughly examine link between global warming, land use

Double of India's landmass needs to be devoted to biofuels, carbon capture & storage to cap warming at 1.5-deg C

24 June 201920 June 2019

Neste’s Zero Island project cuts emissions on Lidö by 78%

As a result of the project, the island’s emissions were brought down by an impressive 78 percent from their previous levels

15 May 20199 September 2021

Crowd Oil – Fuels From Airconditioning Systems

Researchers Want to Use Air-conditioning and Ventilation Systems for Decentralized Production of Carbon-neutral Synthetic Fuels

27 February 20199 September 2021

Technologies for removing CO2 from the atmosphere will need to be integrated into climate policy in 2019, say national science academies across the EU

As global emissions continue to rise, hopes of containing the planet’s warming “well below 2°C” – the headline target of the Paris Agreement – are fading by the day

18 February 20199 September 2021

Britische Verbrennungsanlage holt erstmals CO2 aus der Luft

Ohne negative Emissionen werden die Klimaziele sonst nicht zu schaffen sein

31 January 201928 January 2019

Forest-based biomass industry: Where are we today and where are going tomorrow?

8th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference took place on 23-25 October and was hosted by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

9 November 20186 November 2018

Kraft pulping does for the bioeconomy what cracking does for petrochemicals

Where the KaiCell Fibers’s Paltamo mill will be located, only half the potential is currently used - as sustainable and abundant forest resources are still available

7 November 20182 November 2018

REI, Microsoft Rallying Companies to Support Washington’s Proposed Carbon Fee

If passed, I-1631 would enact a carbon emissions fee of $15 per metric ton of carbon, starting in 2020

29 October 201828 October 2018

EU bioeconomy strategy and IPCC – planets apart

The latest report from the IPCC indicates that biofuels will need to rise 260% by 2030 and 750% by 2050 in order to contain global warming below 1.5°C

22 October 201817 October 2018

Minister defends Finland’s push to clear forests for biofuels

Finland's Economic Affairs Minister says government's flagship programme to promote biofuels use is sustainable, despite IPCC statements to the contrary

17 July 201812 July 2018

Carbon removal from atmosphere unavoidable for 1.5 degree target

Several new MCC studies find significant differences in the potentials and risks of negative emissions technologies

27 February 201823 February 2018

U.S. pellet exports boom as Europe mixes wood with coal to reduce carbon footprint

Enviva’s wood pellet production plant in Ahoskie, N.C., is booming because of the European Union’s aggressive renewable and low-carbon policies

19 February 20189 September 2021

Humanity’s fight against climate change is failing. One technology can change that

In virtually every IPCC model, carbon capture is absolutely essential - no matter what else we do to mitigate climate change

15 January 20189 September 2021

The Materials Industry Is Pitching In to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

These companies are utilizing alternative technologies to reduce - and reuse - carbon dioxide emissions

18 May 20179 September 2021

Erdgasanlagen ohne CO2-Ausstoß

Die TU Wien leitete ein Forschungsprojekt, das nun eine neue Methode der Erdgasverbrennung hervorgebracht hat – ganz ohne CO₂-Ausstoß

9 November 20167 November 2016

Bioenergy: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

New research by BirdLife and Transport & Environment coming up with some alarming conclusions

10 December 20159 September 2021

Umstrittene Technik CCS – So wird die Kohle nicht sauber

CO₂-Abscheidung- und Speicherung (Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS)) erfüllt die in sie gesetzten Hoffnungen nicht

3 November 20159 September 2021

How to make the most of carbon dioxide

Researchers hope to show that using the gas as a raw material could make an impact on climate change

3 September 20152 September 2015

Boreal forests challenged by global change

Forest management must adapt in order to ensure that forests stay healthy in a time of unprecedented environmental change

19 August 20159 September 2021

Startups have figured out how to remove carbon from the air

Will anyone pay them to do it?

8 June 201517 June 2015

Leaving on a Biofueled Jet Plane

Researchers at Energy Biosciences Institute Develop Process for Drop-in Aviation Biofuel

26 May 201522 May 2015

UN Sustainable Energy for All announces global bioenergy initiative

UN FAO, Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Carbon War Room, KLM, Novozymes and the UN Foundation partner to scale up the development and deployment of sustainable bioenergy solutions to meet the global need for sustainable energy

4 March 20159 March 2015

Dovetail partners announces release of new publication highlighting wood building products and carbon storage

Ability of wood to store carbon provides significant environmental advantage over, other building materials

25 February 201524 February 2015

Important role for European forests in new biobased economy

Production of renewable raw materials using biorefinery and green energy could go hand in hand with biodiversity conservation and development.

4 November 20143 November 2014

Critics respond to study claiming poor GHG performance of cellulosic biofuels

GCR notifying that using corn crop residue to make ethanol under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline

8 October 20146 October 2014

Is the next “Green Revolution” right around the corner?

“Modern supercrops will be a big help. But agriculture can’t be fixed by biotech alone.”

29 July 201426 July 2014

New technique could help to lower cost of next-generation biofuels

Swiss scientists have developed a method for streamlining biofuel production using chemical engineering

8 May 201412 May 2014

Fossil Fuel Subsidies Hamper Pathway to Inclusive Green Economy, Experts Say

CO₂ emissions from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes mostly responsible of the total increase in greenhouse gas emissions

2 May 201430 April 2014

Agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions on the rise

Detailed assessments of both emissions data and mitigation options needed to design adequate responses

25 April 20149 September 2021

Refrigeration could cool down the cost of carbon capture and storage

SINTEF: "Cold CO₂ capture turned out to be one of the most promising technologies."

24 April 201423 April 2014

ILUC Unverifiable and Biofuels Economically Beneficial, Says IPCC

GRFA applauds UN for recognizing that ILUC theory has no ability to accurately predict future land use patterns

7 April 20145 April 2014

Klimawandel ist zentrale gesellschaftliche Herausforderung

Weltklimarat legt Bericht zu Folgen des Klimawandels vor

3 April 20142 April 2014

IPCC report: Climate change a threat to security, food and humankind

UN's intergovernmental panel on climate change: Climate change already having effects in real time

11 October 201311 October 2013

Business must understand that the climate cannot wait

IPCC’s Fifth Assessment report: Focus on long-term resource efficiency investments needed if worst scenarios are to be avoided

2 October 20136 October 2013

Biokohle im Boden reduziert Treibhausgasemissionen

Umweltmikrobiologen der Universität Tübingen untersuchen, wie mikrobielle Lebensgemeinschaften die Erzeugung klimaschädlicher Gase verringern können

2 April 2012

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