What you need to know about COP26
What is COP26? Since 1995, the United Nations (UN) has organized with most of Earth countries a yearly climate summit called “Conference of the Parties” (COP). This year COP26 – 26th edition – in Glasgow is yet again the world’s best chance to effectively fight climate change, and limit global warming to 1.5°C degrees (2.7°F). […]
Plastic not only pollutes the oceans: it also poisons the air
New Delhi is among the world’s most polluted cities. Pollution is not only from transport but also due to the burning of plastics.
A custom path to carbon neutrality
“Houston, we have a problem!” Apollo 13 and NASA’s popular but erroneous quotation as the astronauts communicated their discovery of the explosion defines well our climate situation. The world’s dependence on fossil fuels to simplify and power modern lives has only increased in the last centuries. And so inevitably has the amount of GHG emissions […]
If you are flying, you should be buying carbon offsets
When the COVID-19 outbreak is under control, we will fly again. Unfortunately, air travel has a gigantic carbon footprint. And, contrary to popular belief, carbon offsets do make a difference. First thing first: It is better not to emit carbon dioxide in the first place. But if you do it, this is likely the second-best […]
Carbon capture and storage
There is a renewable energy boom worldwide. The Levelized Cost of electricity for wind and solar energy technologies has dropped by 66 and 85%, respectively. Renewable energy share in electricity production is increasing, but we still rely heavily on fossil fuels. In 2017 in the US transportation and electricity generation contribute to 57% of the […]
The path to carbon neutrality for small & medium business
Small businesses to become sustainable need to take bold actions to reduce their footprint setting a path to carbon neutrality.
SDGs: Ten years to meet the sustainability agenda
A decade of action Do you have a sustainability agenda? Five years ago world leaders agreed on a common purpose: to make our planet more habitable. In 2020, the governments commit again setting a target in 2030. We have ten years in front of us to change the world. The Decade of Action campaign sets an […]
China pledges to become carbon neutral by 2060
China’s president, Xi Jinping promised to start a “green revolution” to make the country carbon neutral by 2060. For that China will need to reduce their carbon emissions but also develop carbon offsetting projects. This is an unprecedented challenge for the world’s leading emitter of greenhouse gases. During his virtual speech at the 75th United […]
How to become carbon neutral?
Climate change is happening, what options do I have? Our goal at Decarb is to make this as easy as possible for you to have an impact. You will become carbon neutral in three easy steps. You might think that this problem is too big for you to solve. However your individual impact will contribute towards the […]
COVID-19 and climate change
Drop off in GHG emissions in China and Italy since the Covid-19 outbreak, due to the confinement measures put in place by the governments.