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The Road to Powering Amazon on 100% Renewable Energy by 2025

GreenBiz

The Road to Powering Amazon on 100% Renewable Energy by 2025. Most recently the company committed to powering global operations on 100% renewable energy by 2025 as part of The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement.

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Countdown to 2025

Chris Hall

As the clock ticks down from the 2015 Paris Agreement, there is growing uncertainty that on our current trajectory the world is going to meet the stated goal to be net zero by 2050. Forecast overshoot A key component of the Paris Agreement, NDCs are submitted every five years. The question is what they do after that.

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Lightsource bp targets 25 GW solar developments by 2025

Renewable Energy World

billion in financing and is targeting 25 gigawatts of solar by 2025 , the company announced. The funding will be used to boost Lightsource bp's current 20 GW pipeline to 25 GW by 2025. If we’re going to meet the commitments of the Paris Agreement — business as usual isn’t going to cut it.

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Samsung pledges to remove smartphone plastic packaging by 2025

Environmental News Bits

As Samsung unveils a new sustainability plan, LG has pledged to set emissions targets that would make it adhere to the Paris Agreement’s stretch goal. Read the full story at ZDNet. Read more →

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The World Bank cooks up a recipe for a climate-friendly food system: Cut red meat subsidies

Corporate Knights

The World Bank released the paper while countries party to the Paris Agreement are working to update their climate plans. But governments don’t need to wait until the plans are due in 2025 to start taking action.

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IPCC report: global emissions must peak by 2025 to keep warming at 1.5°C – we need deeds not words

Environmental News Bits

C of global warming – the “safe” limit for temperature rise outlined in the Paris Agreement – as soon as the early 2030s, according to a landmark report by the world’s most senior climate scientists. by Keith Baker (Glasgow Caledonian University) Earth could exceed 1.5°C

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UN Plastics Treaty: Good for Business and the Planet

3BL Media

Last week the UN Plastics Treaty reached its final stages of negotiations at INC-4 in Ottawa, Canada, to develop a legally binding, international agreement to tackle plastic pollution across the entire plastics life cycle. Their vision is for this to be legally binding, much like the Paris Agreement to limit global warming.