Back in July 1969 we finally made it to the moon. “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” The term used back then to make this happen was ‘moonshot’. Now today our mission turns to climate and as David Attenborough implores us to see, in his new Netflix documentary ‘A life …
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Last Friday, 13th March, the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) approved the eligible emission units for the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). This recent CORSIA update has opened up acceptance to further carbon offsetting schemes initially in a 2021-2023 pilot phase and has excluded old credits that are unlikely to bring real emissions reduction …
Last July FGA spoke to Giles Dickson, CEO of Wind Europe, on the advice of a European Commission energy specialist. Giles talked through the mechanisms Wind Europe used in their role as the association building the renewable electricity industry from wind. Giles discussed that PPAs (power purchase agreements) were put in place with high-profile customers …
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