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IOC Welcomes Admission As Observer Organisation to UN Climate Change

3BL Media

International Olympic Committee news This will enable the IOC to engage more effectively with the global efforts to address climate change, underscoring its commitment to reducing emissions and to leveraging the role of sport as an “important enabler” for the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “We

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Has the Focus Shifted from Climate Change?

Energy Central

Isn’t that surprising that the word ‘fossil fuel’ appeared just once in COP 18 held at Qatar in 2012 as against 46 times of the COP28 report where governments agreed to transition away from all fossil fuels.

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Ottawa vows to bring in methane emissions regs. Alberta promises to never implement them.

Corporate Knights

billion in “avoided global damages”, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) said in a release. We’re seeing here the beginning of a global movement toward almost eliminating methane emissions from the oil and gas sector,” Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault told reporters in Dubai. “As

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Courts open the door to more climate lawsuits

Corporate Knights

Courts around the world are increasingly being asked to determine whether governments and Crown corporations are doing enough to address climate change. In the past, Canadian courts indicated climate change fell on the other side of that line.

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Study predicts growth in UK wine production due to climate change

Envirotec Magazine

New research appears to reveal how climate change is likely to increase the potential for wine production in the UK – with conditions projected to resemble those in famous growing regions of France and Germany. We found that significant areas within England and Wales are projected to become warmer by 2040 by up to a further 1.4°C

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Press release: SDSN and Colombia’s Ministry of Environment sign a memorandum contributing to knowledge on climate change and water in Colombia.

Sustainable Development Network

The MoU will contribute to Colombia’s 2030 goal of "promoting prioritized actions in the Macro-basin Strategic Plans that contribute to the implementation of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures in each Macro-basin”, and to the design of sustainable food and land-use systems in Colombia over the next three years.

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Let?s get together: Intel?s 2030 commitments include ?shared? climate and social goals

GreenBiz

Achieve carbon-neutral computing to address climate change. One company can’t solve climate change’. Achieve carbon-neutral computing to address climate change. kilowatt-hours of energy from 2012 to 2020 (beating its goal of 4 billion kWh). . It has also restored more than 1.6