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Corporate climate action: 3 acceleration areas to get ahead on in 2024

Corporate Knights

It marked the first time the international community assessed its collective progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions since the Paris Agreement in 2015. An example of how this translates is Schneider Electric’s flagship program Zero Carbon Project , which aims to halve supplier CO 2 emissions by 2025.

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New Sustainable Energy Factbook shows 2020 was ‘blockbuster’ year for renewables in America

Renewable Energy World

This fall in emissions (see Figure 1) is the most significant on record and puts the United States on track to meet its 2025 Paris Agreement commitment, though energy demand and emissions are expected to rebound with widespread vaccinations in 2021. year-on-year, the first decline since 2009. power in 2020.

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Bond Investors Can Help Hold Companies Accountable Post COP26

3BL Media

Notably, this goal has never been met since initially agreed to in 2009 at COP15. While the agreements and pledges arising from COP26 are laudable, they aren’t enough. For one, countries’ pledges for reducing carbon emissions by 2030 fall far short of the levels needed to reach the 1.5°C

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Delivering Net Zero - What It Takes in the Telco Industry

3BL Media

In 2021, Ericsson formalized its long-term ambition to be Net Zero across its value chain by 2040. C ambition set by the Paris Agreement. However, it will be vital if we are going to achieve Net Zero carbon ambitions. Where I can use technology to travel around safely and in a low carbon way.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. The company cleaned up in sales, and it’s going on an advertising offense.

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What is COP26? Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit

Renewable Energy World

Countries are required under the Paris Agreement to update their national climate action plans every five years, including at COP26. The Paris Agreement requires countries to report their NDCs, but it allows them leeway in determining how they reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. What is COP26 expected to accomplish?

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

New Zealand, a nation of about 5 million people, in late January reported progress toward its goal to cut emissions by 30 percent over the next decade compared with 2005 levels — but recognized current measures won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement goals. 17, there were 53 signatories representing 18 industries. .