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Renewables March On, Performance Contracts Open Opportunities and a Sugar Rush for Batteries
21/07/2023
- Renewables to hit a third next year
- Solar and wind to hit a third by 2030
- Recognising skills
- Performance contracts for multi-occupancy dwellings
- A sugar rush for batteries
ISSB Takes Over TCFD, Carbon Capture Accounting Consultation and Glass With 50% Fewer Emissions
13/07/2023
- ISSB takes over TCFD
- Carbon capture accounting methodology under consultation
- Mixed news from China
- Graphics of the week
- Perovskite’s other potential use
- New glass saves 50% of emissions
New Carbon Market Rules, Greenhushing and Brand Value and Greener Spaces Command Premium
30/06/2023
- Biggest and best CEP conference
- Voluntary carbon market collaboration and new rules
- Greenhushing and brand value
- Greener spaces command a premium
- Forests still shrinking
- Wooden city to become a reality
- Tidal for Tonga
- Pothole plethora
- Ocean indigestion – antacids for the sea
- Battery pioneer passes
New Guidance for Scope 3, Stagnation on SDGs and Alarming Sea Temperatures
23/06/2023
- New guidance on measuring Scope 3
- SDG progress stagnates, NZ ranks 27/166
- Tackling the skills gap Aussie style
- Sea temperatures rocketing
- Carbon removal market grows 300% in two months
- Built environment emissions can be cut by 75% in 5-10 years
Sustainable Data, Cheap Ammonia and a Mixed Report Card for NZ
16/06/2023
- Emissions at an all-time high
- Planning lagging
- NZ ahead of the game
- But missing in action
- Green skills gap increasing
- Cheap ammonia on its way
- It’s all about the data
Efficiency Creates Jobs, NZ’s Record on SDG7 and the Climate Cost of Pets
09/06/2023
- Efficiency could create 12 million jobs
- Our progress on SDG7
- Beyond stability
- A different approach to decarbonising heavy industry
- A threat to more than wildlife
- 1,000Km range in 6 minute charge
1.5C Losing Impetus, Offset Prices to Skyrocket and Hydrogen to Save the Coal Industry
01/06/2023
- 1.5C losing impetus
- Offset pricing to skyrocket
- Renewables widen the gap
- BREEAM getting an update
- BREEAM in action
- Hydrogen to save the coal industry
Emissions Clustering and Heat and Drought Risk Significantly Increasing
26/05/2023
- 60% of industrial emissions from 157 companies
- Clean energy manufacturing continues to build capacity
- 22% of the world’s population to suffer dangerous levels of heat
- Flash droughts major risk to food chain - and set to increase
Generation Emissions Peaking, Europe Cleans its Washing and Lab Meat is 25x as Carbon Costly
19/05/2023
- Have generation emissions peaked?
- Europe cleans its washing
- European emissions heading in the right direction
- Profit injustice?
- Lab meat comes with 25x the CO2
Australia Stepping Up, A New Arms Race and The Truth About AI
12/05/2023
- Circular economy benefits underestimated
- Australia stepping up
- Coal divestment accelerating
- A clean technology arms race
- Mobile EV charging
- Call for papers
- Climate change AI
DER Ducks in a Row, Green Skills Gap Widening and Wellington Under the Weather
04/05/2023
- DER ducks in a row
- VPPs could save billions
- Global green skills gap widening
- Wellington under the weather
- AI for building performance dataset
- The off-grid, luxury hotel with no HVAC
Climate Change Impacting Businesses, ESG Makes Financial Sense and the New Cyberster
27/04/2023
- Nearly 50% of UK companies already impacted by climate change
- ESG makes good business sense
- Credit ratings not taking account of ESG
- VCs moving beyond renewables and EVs
- Green steel without hydrogen
- EVs charge onwards
- Sporty EVs are coming - perhaps











