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Monday 23 December 2024
This edition reflects on 2024’s major climate developments—from missed corporate targets and banks quitting net-zero alliances to policy shifts like the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and new UK packaging waste laws. Also news on Australia’s and India’s climate challenges, methane emissions scandals, North Sea drilling concerns, and breakthroughs in hydrogen, low-carbon cement, and carbon removal technologies. Plus, rising protests, university bans on oil firms, and how US–China tensions and Trump’s potential cabinet picks could shape future climate action.
24 Hours In Sustainability
Worldwide Highlights
Year in review - great timeline of all the significant climate events over 2024.
Walmart (the world’s largest private employer) to miss 2025, 2030 climate targets
Following news last week that Goldman Sachs was leaving the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), Wells Fargo says it's also Quitting
[Long Listen] How the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive could impact businesses globally
[Opinion] Australia is recklessly blowing its own climate promises
India’s battle against climate change and toward a just energy transition is saddled with myriad challenges
Methane: addressing the ‘unrecognized scandal’ of the fossil fuel industry’s emissions
Where Trump’s picks for EPA, Interior and Energy stand on climate change
5 carbon dioxide removal developments from 2024, with some interesting insights on the industry here
[Opinion] How the US–China rivalry is holding back the world’s climate progress
UK Highlights
Government signs landmark contracts for three new hydrogen UK projects
From January businesses will face charges for packaging waste collection and disposal under the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme
It is being branded the 'Grocery tax' in the media and is anticipated to increase annual shopping bills by £56
Record number of protesters will be in UK prisons this Christmas
CO2 emissions from new North Sea drilling sites would match 30 years’ worth from UK households
University bans on big oil firms at recruitment fairs rise by 30%
[Opinion] The facts about a planet facing climate disaster are clear. Why won’t this Labour government face them?
Low-carbon cement: can north Wales become a green hub of Europe?
The Daily Climate Sceptic
[Data + Opinion] Ocean temperatures and climate hysteria: a lesson in perspective
Long-Read of the Week
Looking for a last minute stocking-filler or something to read over the break? Ever wondered the difference in carbon emissions between adding milk or not to your morning coffee?
It is eye opening how small daily choices make large cumulative impact.
“If you take your tea with milk, and you boil only the water you need, then the milk accounts for three quarters of the total footprint. The obvious way to slash the footprint of your tea is reduce the amount of milk, switch to soya or oat milk or drink black or herbal tea.” |
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