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India Commits to 45% Emissions Intensity Reduction by 2030

ESG Today

India’s first NDC was submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2015, with goals to reduce emissions intensity of its GDP by 33% to 35% compared to 2005 levels by 2030, achieve 40% cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil sources, and create additional carbon sink of 2.5

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Commodity AND Security

Chris Hall

When global leaders gathered at COP26 last year, governments pledged ambitious 2030 emissions reduction targets to achieve net zero by 2050. Both launched in 2005 after the Kyoto Protocol, these systems led to the monetisation and commodification of carbon via the ‘cap-and-trade’ mechanism.

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Tetra Tech's Justin Goonesinghe Discusses Designing Clean Hydrogen Markets to Support Decarbonization Efforts

3BL Media

He has been involved in gas markets since 2005, holding commercial, regulatory, strategy, and policy positions. Agency for International Development Energy Security Project, which assists the government of Ukraine in gas market reform and modernization.

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The ESG Explainer: Advance Australia, Finally

Chris Hall

Australia adopted an economy-wide target of net zero emissions by 2050 in the run-up to COP26. Its interim target is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2030. The country says based on 2021 emissions projections it is on track to reduce emissions by up to 35% below 2005 levels by 2030.

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PSEG's Chairman, President and CEO Ralph Izzo Announces Plans to Retire at End of 2022

3BL Media

His contributions have been extensive, but to name a few: Tackling Climate Change as a respected science and business advocate in state, national and global climate discussions, most recently at COP26 in support of preserving existing nuclear generation and advancing the widespread adoption of energy efficiency. .

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Local Leaders and mayors call for power shift to meet net zero

Envirotec Magazine

Alongside the local and regional leaders, the conference was addressed by Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP, the President-Elect of COP26; Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; and the Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti. Comments from local leaders.

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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

Furthermore, expansion to new sectors, faster cuts of the supply of allowances and other climate policies like EU’s fit-for-55 or COP26 adoption of Article 6 are pushing prices up. Offsetting is often hypocrisy, and it is swirling around at #COP26. People respond to incentives.” Offsetting is often a dangerous climate lie.