March 27, 2023 • Elizabeth Geller

At the start of each year, the annual GreenBiz conference serves as an opportunity to set resolutions for the environmental work we plan to do in the year ahead. Some of the brightest minds from all sectors (including many students and young climate professionals) gather at GreenBiz to stand behind this effort and in doing […]

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March 9, 2023 • Steph Harris

The voluntary market (VCM) experienced heightened volatility in 2022, with an early, rapid price surge and plateau, followed by periods of recalibration. Despite this, there were numerous indications of healthy market growth, including the development of highly anticipated preliminary guidance on carbon credit quality and claims, increased focus on transparency and liquidity, and potential convergence […]

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March 2, 2023 • David Funk

Key takeaways:  There is an opportunity for businesses looking to host (host site) EV infrastructure as charging sites are not keeping pace with EV adoption.   Utilization growth is a journey.  Users need to become aware of your site, amenities are competitive, and reliability is essential.   Demand charges are a big risk, especially with the current […]

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GHG accounting and target setting for the financial sector
February 14, 2023 • Katherine Markova

Greenhouse gas accounting, reporting, and target-setting: Current state of play for the financial sector For many years now investors have been requesting information on climate-related governance and risks from their investees, through means such as the CDP questionnaire. More recently, financial institutions – and their emissions, climate commitments, and performance – have started coming under […]

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February 13, 2023 • Mateja Penava

The EU has set its sights on carbon removal projects. Developing local carbon sequestration capacity and market trust through harmonisation and transparency is the central aim of the Proposal for Establishing a Union Certification Framework for Carbon Removals recently adopted by the European Commission (EC).  This shouldn’t come as a surprise considering EC’s rollout of […]

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February 10, 2023 • Amy Chiang

2022 was an unprecedented year for global energy markets, with levels of volatility and uncertainty that the world had never experienced. In the past year alone, the market experienced cascading impacts from supply chain constraints, resource shortages due to the Russia-Ukraine war, as well as tariff and regulatory uncertainty. Any one of these factors would […]

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January 31, 2023 • Steve McDougal

From our CEO: The time is now for corporate sustainability leaders to deeply consider human impacts, and embed environmental justice into climate action to help build a more equitable low-carbon future It’s the start of another year, a time when many of us reflect on the past and envision the future we want for ourselves, […]

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Renewable Energy Markets Report
January 20, 2023 • 3Degrees Staff

In many countries across Europe, demand for power purchase agreements (PPA) has remained strong due to sustainability goals and the appearance of specific countries in the market (e.g. in Eastern and Southeastern Europe). The ambitious renewable deployment targets have driven increased PPA volumes. At the same time, uncertainty is also growing in the market, particularly […]

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January 5, 2023 • Elena Cernov

The world’s Forest, Land and Agriculture (FLAG) sector is responsible for approximately 25% of net anthropogenic emissions globally, but it also has the potential to absorb a significant amount of existing emissions from the atmosphere. To address this gap in emissions accounting and reduction, the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) introduced new FLAG guidance that […]

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December 20, 2022 • Jacob Isaacson

Corporations will play an essential role in transitioning to net zero emissions no later than 2050. With the size of their environmental footprints – and their capacity to reduce them – companies will be critical in scaling the action needed to ensure a sustainable future. The United Nations High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions […]

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December 9, 2022 • 3Degrees Staff

Every year, the Conference of the Parties (COP), hosted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), brings together world leaders to align on policies to limit global temperature rise and mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. This year’s 27th summit took place in November in the city of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, […]

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December 6, 2022 • Elizabeth Geller

At nearly every conference that we have attended this year, our teams have heard about the complexities surrounding quantifying and addressing supply chain emissions. As we know supply chain emissions account for the lion’s share of a company’s total emissions (upwards of 90% in some cases), it was satisfying to attend an entire conference devoted […]

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