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Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Common Interest Communities Where to Put Them – and Who Pays?

Community Associations Network

New York City has pledged a carbon-neutral footprint by 2050. General Motors, for instance, announced last year that they intend to convert their entire fleet to electric by 2040.

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Getting to Zero: Maritime Climate Change Effort Earns Plaudits

Associations Now

Last fall, a number of groups—led by the World Economic Forum, the Global Maritime Forum, and Friends of Ocean Action—launched the Getting to Zero Coalition, an effort that aims to deliver zero-emission vessels on deep-sea routes by 2030 and cut emissions by half in 2050 compared to 2008.

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Why Climate Change Matters for Every Leader

Associations Now

Another association, the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), has been doing much the same, establishing a goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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How to Set a Vision, Fast

Associations Now

By November 2021, the task force was prepared to come to the board with a plan: Dubbed the Road Forward , it was an industry-wide pledge to reach net-zero carbon emission asphalt pavements by 2050. “It It took us four or five months to get to the point where we were all OK with taking that to the board,” Willis said.

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Innovation Challenge Brings Members and Startups Together to Address Climate Change

Associations Now

The Innovandi Open Challenge , run by the Global Cement and Concrete Association, is part of the association’s strategic goal of net-zero emissions from concrete by 2050. For a second year, a leading industry association has launched an innovation challenge that connects startups with member companies to address climate change.

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New Climate Advocacy Group Has CEO Pedigree

Associations Now

The new group is aiming for an 80 percent reduction in emissions by 2050—a less-aggressive goal than the Green New Deal, which aims for net zero emissions by 2030, but is roughly similar to what was pitched during the Obama administration. In comments to Axios , Jamie Gentoso, the CEO for U.S.

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Anniversary Special: Society Takes a Different Approach to Celebrating Its Birthday

Associations Now

So, we looked at the key challenges out there, and a big challenge is that we have to feed 9 billion people by 2050. IFT came up with the FutureFood 2050 initiative, a year-long public awareness campaign that will culminate this summer at the 75th IFT annual meeting. And nobody’s really talking about how we’re going to do it.”.