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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

IMO member states are meeting this week for critical talks to discuss how the carbon-intensive shipping industry can be regulated to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing its carbon emissions intensity by 40 percent compared to 2008 levels.

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ESG Explainer: China’s Climate Challenge

Chris Hall

At the same time, China is claiming the games are the first carbon-neutral Olympics, an achievement reached by a combination of retrofitting buildings from the 2008 summer games, renewable power and the use of non-internal combustion engine vehicles. Independent analysts Climate Action Tracker estimate China’s emissions to have been 13.8