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Accelerating Climate Action

3BL Media

This year, the company was represented by a team of leaders, including Scott Tew, vice president of Sustainability; Jose La Loggia, president of Commercial HVAC EMEA; Helen Walter-Terrinoni, director of global climate policy; and Adnan Javed, general manager of Commercial HVAC for the Middle East. Is the agreement perfect? Of course not.

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HSBC, Standard Chartered, other Major Banks Exit SBTi

ESG Today

Founded in 2015, SBTi was formed as a collaboration between CDP, World Resources Institute (WRI), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), with the goal to establish science-based environmental target setting as a standard corporate practice.

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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

GreenBiz

Despite the reductions in air travel and the global economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, climate change sadly has not slowed down this past year. We have only until 2030 to get things on track for a net-zero and nature-positive economy — this should sharpen our minds for action.

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How European Climate Policy Can Bolster Energy Efficiency Measures

3BL Media

We’re on a pathway to global warming of more than double the 1.5°C C target set out under the Paris Agreement in 2015. Energy systems are, consequently, becoming more decentralized, digitized and decarbonized. However, renewables and electrification alone can’t realize the EU’s net-zero ambition.

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Governments take note: science-based targets lead to faster emissions cuts, the right policy can cut them faster still

We Mean Business Coalition

The initiative has grown exponentially since the first pioneers set targets back in 2015. According to the report , 2,253 companies with a combined market cap of one third of the global economy – a total of $38trn – are now working with the SBTi. . G7 – and indeed all governments – should take note.

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COP26 Live Blog: All in for 1.5ºC

We Mean Business Coalition

On Cities, Regions & the Built Environment day at COP26, the Race to Zero campaign announced a breakthrough in the real estate sector, with US$1.2 And over additional 40 businesses have signed the World Green Building Council’s commitment to decarbonize the built environment across their portfolios and business activities.

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25 badass women shaping climate action in 2021

GreenBiz

She passed a Zero Carbon Bill during her first term that mandates net-zero emissions by 2050 and campaigned on tougher action this term. . It aims to reach net-zero for its own operations and supply chain by 2030.) percent of its GDP. Boma Brown-West, Director of Consumer Health, EDF+Business. LinkedIn | Twitter.