Tag: CO2
Industry: Companies buy the first steel with a better CO₂ balance – economy
No, Franz Kaldewei doesn’t usually go to Duisburg to buy steel himself. His family business makes very expensive bathtubs and sinks – not from ceramic or plastic, but from steel-enamel,…
Capturing CO2 in the air, a solid path to achieving carbon neutrality?
“To stir the air”: to speak or to act a lot only to obtain ultimately only insignificant results, says the dictionary. TO Hellisheidi, in Iceland, Climeworks works to give another…
Interview with Franz May, BGR: “A broad bundle of measures” – knowledge
Capture carbon dioxide and press it underground – this is what the abbreviation CCS stands for, “Carbon Capture and Storage”. Such approaches are a prerequisite for most ambitious climate protection…
Bottlenecks feared: London pays for CO2
As of: 09/22/2021 5:32 p.m. A US company in Great Britain had stopped producing fertilizers because of the rise in gas prices. Now the government pays compensation – but for…
Climate change could be up to six times more expensive – knowledge
Droughts, floods and tropical storms not only cause short-term damage, they also dampen economic growth for decades. To reflect these costs, the CO₂ price would have to be much higher.…
Raw materials of the future: Saving the climate with Co2 – economy
Companies want to use the greenhouse gas: for example to produce fuels, plastics and even food. But is it also worth it? “Raw materials of the future” series Necessity is…
Will there be enough CO2 sensors in schools (and who will pay for them)?
Only three more sleeps before the children resume their school bags and go to school! Back to school under close surveillance, against a background of the Delta variant and while…
Rising CO2 emissions: China, Kerry and coal
Status: 08/30/2021 10:17 a.m. In a per capita comparison, China emits more carbon dioxide than the EU. And new coal-fired power plants are still being approved. The US climate commissioner…
CO2 emissions from container ships: Maersk orders ships with methanol propulsion
Status: 08/24/2021 4:19 p.m. Shipping is seen as a significant factor in climate change. The largest container ship operator in the world wants to reduce emissions – and has therefore…
IPCC Climate Report: Two Degree Target May Be Unattainable Soon – Knowledge
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns in its sixth comprehensive reportthat it will soon be impossible to keep the warming of the earth below two degrees, let alone…