With big rise set in Canada’s carbon tax, oil and gas firms are responding to government request for proposals to build larger CCS and green energy projects.

The California Air Resource Board will have 18 months to develop a strategy for the state's cement sector to reach net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2045.

An analysis has projected the potential for reduced greenhouse gas emissions from cleaner concrete production even with increased use of the material. 

Reaching the Paris Agreement’s greenhouse-gas-emission reduction targets to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C by 2100 is possible but extremely difficult without huge commitments and major actions of G20 nations and others, says a new study.

China announced last week at the United Nation’s 75^th General Assembly and first virtual General Debate that it will scale up its climate commitment with the aim of peaking carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060. The meeting coincided with the virtual Climate Week NYC 2020.

Energy consumption is by far the biggest source of human-caused global greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 73% of the total GHGs, according to the World Resources Institute.