The pace of technology innovation is growing ever faster, and we are starting to see wider adoption and applications for emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing.
As part of BNP Paribas’ ‘Climate Analytics and Alignment Report’, net-zero targets have been determined using International Energy Agency (IEA) scenarios and sector-wide initiatives such as the PACTA methodology and the framework provided by the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, joined by the Group in April 2021.
Earlier in April 2022, Apple released new details on the increased use of recycled content across its products.
Energy storage is going to be a quintessential part of the new power system architecture as it not only helps to balance out the variability in generation but could also enable consumption of a higher proportion of self-generated renewable power by consumers and reduce the need to feed excess electricity back into the grid.
A-PACT, a coalition led by WBCSD, is developing a methodology for calculating the total greenhouse gas emissions generated by automotive parts over their life cycle.
Bringing together the agendas on health and nature might just be one of our best hopes: to tackle nature loss and climate change at the same time as protecting and improving health.
The Working Group II contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, was published earlier in February 2022.
Urban populations are growing, and the mobility systems they rely on — to access jobs, schools, healthcare and social life – must transform to tackle the climate emergency, the loss of nature and mounting inequality.
The WBCSD and the Glasgow City Council are working on a Corporate Mobility Pact to make urban mobility more sustainable.
Soil health has emerged as a key solution area in the context of our food system, climate emergency and nature recovery.