Corporate Knights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The day-long session focused on aligning financial policy with Canada ’ s climate goals, including federal commitments under the Paris Agreement to reduce GHG emissions by up to 45% below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. .

Banking

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

dissertation in microelectronics to an entirely different field: climate change. "I Even with decarbonizing the electric and transportation sector, to reach long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, the United States would need an 80 percent reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide emissions by 2050.

Decarbonize

Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The Net Zero Advisory Body (NZAB) – a group appointed by Guilbeault to help the government find a credible path to net-zero – is proposing that Ottawa set a 2035 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by between 50% and 55% below 2005 levels, a 10% increase from the current federal target for 2030.

Net Zero

ESG Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

NDCs are a major part of countries’ obligations under the Paris Agreement, outlining their interim commitments on the pathway to net zero. to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through forest and tree cover. Such action will also help India usher in low emissions growth pathways.

Paris Agreement

Corporate Knights

MARCH 17, 2022

The report points to the Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero alliance as indicative of the industry’s new-found commitment to tackling climate change. For one thing, it would not align with Canada’s Paris Agreement commitment to reduce GHGs by between 40 and 45% by 2030 from 2005 levels.

Net Zero

ESG Today

JULY 27, 2022

Targets under the proposed legislation include greenhouse gas emissions reductions of 43% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels – reflecting the government’s recently updated Nationally Determined Contribution commitment under the Paris Agreement – and the achievement of net zero emissions by 2050.

Climate Change

3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Only urgent, short-term actions can deliver the temperature targets fixed in the Paris Agreement. Ireland, for example, cut greenhouse gas emissions by 42 percent from 2005 to 2020 while growing its economy by 81 percent, outgunning most of the major developed economies.

Paris Agreement

Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Kevin Conrad, Executive Director of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations, says compliance carbon markets offer more effective support to the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Global Stocktake is a key process established under the Paris Agreement scheduled to take place at COP28 in Dubai.

Paris Agreement

Chris Hall

JULY 15, 2022

UN Secretary-General António Guterres dubbed the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group report , released in February 2022, an “atlas for human suffering”, in recognition of the growing impact of climate change, as “a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity” draws near.

Net Zero

Chris Hall

JULY 28, 2023

Canadian Liberal MP Ryan Turnbull outlines the importance of building consensus to stimulate debate on environmental issues and accelerate climate-related policy. Canada has made slow progress on tackling climate change. C limit at risk. The country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are steadily decreasing , down 8.4%

Net Zero

Chris Hall

JANUARY 10, 2024

“The UK ETS is not as ambitious as the EU’s, and that is reflected in the respective carbon prices,” Folland added. The post UK CBAM Success Hinges on EU Ties appeared first on ESG Investor.

Net Zero

Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 20, 2022

Sachs was also in charge of the UN Millennium Village Project (MVP), which was implemented from 2006-2015 after the UN General Assembly adopted the key recommendations of the Millennium Project at a special session in September 2005. With regard to combating anthropogenic climate change, Prof. To promote the SDGs, in 2012, Prof.

Development

Chris Hall

JUNE 30, 2023

As the breadth of ESG risk exposure expands, climate litigation continues rise, according to research by the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute’s (GRI). Around two-thirds (1,557) of cases have been filed since the Paris Agreement was established in 2015.

Net Zero

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

“We believe we are headed for overshoot, but we think that can be managed,” said Mark Fulton, Programme Director of Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), a climate forecasting consortium which seeks to prepare investors for the risks and opportunities associated with official moves to limit climate change. Genie back in the bottle.

Net Zero

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The difficulties of replacing fossil fuels will make it hard for the commercial air sector to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with the Paris Agreement as global consumer demand for continues to accelerate. . of all emissions that contribute to climate change. of carbon emissions and 3.5%

Net Zero

B the Change

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

How to Set Business Targets That Help Address Climate Change (Photo by Andreas Gücklhorn on Unsplash ) This article by Matthew Lynch , Rob Klassen , and Chelsea Hicks-Webster is part of “ The Basics ” series by the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS) that provides essential knowledge about core business sustainability topics.

Net Zero

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Independent analysts Climate Action Tracker estimate China’s emissions to have been 13.8 This would put China within range of overachieving on its NDC non-fossil fuel targets, but it would be insufficient to meet the Paris Agreement 1.5C Climate Action Tracker also noted that China commissioned 38.4

Net Zero

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

This March, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a sustainable business forum in Vancouver “things have changed” since the country signed up to the Paris Agreement on climate change. But she adds: “That’s only for climate disclosures. It ignores that some investments are still enabling climate change.

Climate Change

Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. Climate science is clear. We need to cut greenhouse emissions rapidly in this decade to avoid the catastrophic and unpredictable effects of climate change. Introduction. Carbon Offsets Markets size.

Carbon Offsets

Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

In late April, the UK High Court ruled that charity trustees can consider climate change factors when making decisions over their investments, even if it means making lower returns. How should I respond to wider systemic risks – and opportunities – such as those presented by climate change?

UNEP

Corporate Knights

JULY 19, 2024

Instead of training high school students for an industry that the world is transitioning away from, we need education on energy alternatives and ways of addressing climate change impacts. C, as agreed upon in the Paris Agreement , countries must reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions 45 per cent by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.

Climate Change

Chris Hall

AUGUST 16, 2023

Many [investors] claim the true cost of climate change has not been priced in even now,” he says. LGIM’s Stansbury emphasises that, when it comes to tackling climate change, it’s best for investors to “prepare and plan – don’t predict”. C by 2050, the report said. C overshoot. “1.5°C

Net Zero

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A big positive shift in US climate policy has kept the world on track for limiting global warming to at least 1.8°C C targeted by the Paris Agreement. . The bill is expected to cut US emissions by over 40% from 2005 levels by 2030. . C by 2050, still short of the 1.5°C

Net Zero

Sustainability Update

JANUARY 17, 2025

While many trends in climate change and sustainability action are worrying, the good news is that governments around the world continue to move regulations forward in ways that could have positive impacts across ESG topics and issues. The outgoing Biden Administration announced the U.S. And the U.S.

Paris Agreement

Chris Hall

MARCH 23, 2022

Despite suffering severe impacts from climate change, Australia remains married to coal, but alternative energy opportunities are emerging. Many of the communities dealing with this recent flooding have already had to deal with a range of cascading climate events in recent years.

Net Zero

Chris Hall

JULY 29, 2022

As the deadly toll of climate change is increasingly felt around the world, it’s more important than ever that we walk the walk. . Making good on a promise – Just as it’s important to reduce global CO2 levels to mitigate the effects of climate change, investors, companies and policymakers need to be paying attention to methane, too.

Climate Change

Sustainable Development Network

JULY 1, 2022

This article draws a parallel with the 2005 Champions League final between Liverpool FC and AC Milan. The SDG “score” at half-time Like Liverpool in the 2005 final, at half-time the international community is not on track to achieve the SDGs and "win the game". First, leadership.

Development

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Climate action honors that legacy — because climate change is as stark an inequality issue as it gets and requires every bit as much doggedness to address. Climate action honors that legacy — because climate change is as stark an inequality issue as it gets and requires every bit as much doggedness to address.

EPA

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wasted little time raising the stakes in her nation’s fight against climate change after handily winning re-election in October. Drawing on that mandate, Ardern declared a "climate emergency" and set the wheels in motion for New Zealand’s public sector to become carbon neutral by 2025.

Supply Chain

Sustainability Update

OCTOBER 30, 2021

We could describe the enthusiastic presentations and panel discussions over the two days by global participants a kumbaya gathering to refresh and update the 2015 Paris Agreement (or Accord) moments as the world leaders then set out ambitious goals to limit global warming. The measures sovereign governments (large and small!)

Paris Agreement

Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 5, 2023

The gap between US emissions and the nationally determined contribution (NDC) target (50% reduction from 2005 baseline) is ~700 Mt CO2e in 2030. December, 2022 The past two years under the Biden-Harris Administration have been characterized by important progress to advance the energy transition and environmental justice in the US.

Net Zero

Corporate Knights

AUGUST 8, 2022

emissions 37 to 41% from 2005 levels by 2030, short of the country’s Paris agreement target of 50 to 52% but close enough to “make up the difference with executive actions and changes to state law,” Inside Climate says. This legislation isn’t a panacea for climate change—and no bill ever will be,” she added.

Manufacturing

Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Last month, reporter David Gelles, of The New York Times, wrote that at Davos this year, the climate crisis had largely been “relegated to the back burner.” It has posted a 295% total return since its inception in February 2005 to the end of 2023 (versus 278% for the MSCI ACWI). That was not my experience. trillion).

Paris Agreement

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Placed alongside equally biting comments from Cuba and Nigeria, India’s outright rejection of the approved deal is consistent with the criticisms voiced at COP16 that the concerns of developing countries – largely around the resources needed to mitigate and adapt to climate change and to expand nature protection – are being ignored. “The

Paris Agreement

Corporate Knights

JANUARY 24, 2024

The latest Emissions Gap Report from the United Nations Environment Programme found that “current pledges under the Paris Agreement put the world on track for a 2.5–2.9°C C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels this century, pointing to the urgent need for increased climate action.” president George H.W. and the U.K.

Climate Change

Chris Hall

JUNE 13, 2024

The surprise move, which critics say would force Australia out of the Paris Agreement and stall investment in renewable energy, re-ignites a decades-old debate over the fossil fuel-rich nation’s position on climate policy. The CEIS represents some of Australia’s biggest investors in clean energy.

Paris Agreement

Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The global fight against climate change is gradually gaining momentum, with countries like Canada, China, Germany, India, Japan, and the EU reaffirming commitment to the Paris Agreement, and more than 80 mayors in the US confirming that they will continue with agreed guidelines.

Carbon Offsets