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Dutch Central Bank to Align Equity and Corporate Bond Portfolios with Paris Agreement Goals

ESG Today

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the central bank of the Netherlands, announced today a new commitment to align its reserves, including its investments in equities and corporate bonds with the Paris Agreement. degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels.

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How China's 'Belt & Road' initiative could make or break the Paris Agreement

GreenBiz

China is eyeing $12 trillion investment across 126 developing countries by 2030, but will the resulting infrastructure be low carbon?

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Urgent Deployment of Existing Technology Can Get World Close to Net Zero, BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2024 Shows

3BL Media

The new report indicates that the speed with which clean technologies and decarbonization of the power sector are scaled up is crucial. The power, transport, industry and buildings sectors transition at different speeds based on the technologies available for them to decarbonize, but all see emissions start to fall immediately.

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Biden Administration Unveils Strategy to Decarbonize Transportation Sector

ESG Today

National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization on Tuesday, its multi-department set of strategies and actions aimed at eliminating nearly all emissions from the U.S. National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization. The Biden administration released the U.S. transportation sector by 2050. domestic GHG emissions.

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Ten Steps to Create a Successful Decarbonization Roadmap

3BL Media

Last year saw significant activity as governments, utilities, businesses and other entities zoned in on mitigating climate change by setting aggressive decarbonization goals in an effort to lower carbon emissions. Look for easy-to-decarbonize areas of your operations where you can make a difference right away. Accept uncertainty.

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Oil Industry Commitments at COP28 Encouraging, but Specifics on Action Urgently Needed To Align the Sector With the World’s Low-Carbon Ambitions

3BL Media

At the same time, the fact that we are finally seeing movement to decarbonize by a large group of National Oil Companies (NOCs) is an important sign of progress. In addition, the stark reality outlined in the United Nations first global stocktake report is that the world is not on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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My Green Lab Renews Partnership With the United Nations High-Level Climate Champions To Accelerate Healthcare Sector’s Carbon Reduction and Resilience Efforts

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My Green Lab Certification was selected as a Race to Zero Breakthrough Outcome in 2021, establishing a target that 95% of labs in biotech and pharma achieve Certification at the highest level by 2030. With only seven years until 2030, we must urgently accelerate the decarbonization of all parts of the economy.