Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The global pipeline of new coal power plants has collapsed since the 2015 Paris climate agreement, according to research that suggests the end of the polluting energy source is in sight. Read the full story in The Guardian. Read more →

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McKinsey Sustainabilty

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

McKinsey estimates that reducing G20 emissions by half by the end of the decade, in line with the 2015 Paris Agreement, will require its members to invest $35 trillion towards closing the net-zero investment gap, over and above current spending, write Rajat Dhawan and Anu Madgavkar in Mint.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

NDCs are a major part of countries’ obligations under the Paris Agreement, outlining their interim commitments on the pathway to net zero. The country’s new pledges are key pieces of India’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution. to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through forest and tree cover.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 1, 2022

Negotiators from around the world will start work this month on a treaty to reduce plastic pollution, in what diplomats say is the most ambitious round of climate diplomacy since the 2015 Paris agreement that focuses on global warming. The discussions, which have the backing of the… Read more →

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Eco-Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

UK diplomat Pete Betts was pivotal in sealing the 2015 landmark climate deal. Bangladesh scientist Saleemul Huq was an early champion of helping vulnerable nations cope with climate disasters they did not cause. Both died in October.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The two-week conference “will bring [nearly all the countries in the world] together to accelerate action towards the goals of the [2015] Paris Agreement and the UN Framework… Read more →

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Eco-Business

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Global momentum to tackle the climate crisis has been building since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015. The world has proven that it is ready for more ambitious climate action.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Greenwashing is on the rise since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, and regulators, investors, and consumers are on the lookout for companies’ potentially misleading claims about their sustainability work. Read the full story at Waste360.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Back in 2015, when 174 countries and the European Union came together to finalize the Paris Agreement, each agreed to do its part to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Read the full story at Grist.

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Andreas Rache

JUNE 30, 2022

The Paris Agreement, ratified by over 190 states and non-state actors in 2015, formally stipulated the goals of limiting global warming to ideally 1.5°C The IPCC’s sixth assessment established a code red for humanity and provided mounting evidence of widespread, rapid, and intensifying climate change.

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Energy Central

APRIL 29, 2022

Signed in 2015, the UN Paris Agreement is aimed at curbing global warming. The aim of this agreement is to limit the increase in planetary temperatures to 2°C as compared to the preindustrial levels while taking steps to limit the increase to 1.5°C.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2019

2015, 195 countries adopted an international treaty aiming to limit global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsiuc (3.6 This article originally appeared on Ensia.In degrees Fahrenheit) above average preindustrial temperatures in order to avert the worst of Earth’s climate emergency.

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Greenstone

JUNE 6, 2022

In 2021, a record-breaking 13,000+ companies representing over 64% of global market capitalization disclosed through CDP – 35% more than 2020, and over 141% more than when the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 6, 2023

It’s the pontiff’s first major declaration on climate and the environment since the Paris Agreement was negotiated in 2015, although he has frequently opined less formally on the urgency of climate action.

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Capaccio Environmental

JANUARY 11, 2024

The 2023 United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP28) marked the first Global Stock take to assess progress toward the Paris Agreement since its ratification in 2015 at COP21. What Does COP28 Mean for the Private Sector? What’s Next?

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3BL Media

JUNE 30, 2022

S&P Global has issued a report that says only 12 percent of so-called “green” or “environmental” investment funds are on track to meet the global climate goals agreed to at the Paris Agreement / COP 21 meetings in 2015. degrees Celsius. S&P Global’ s conclusion: “Our analysis points to a systemic issue.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The world’s current climate pledges are insufficient to keep the goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement firmly within grasp. Read the full story from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Global warming will likely surpass the 1.5-degree degree Celsius limit. We are going to overshoot. degree limit.

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Sustainability Matters

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As the world experiences record global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions, the latest Emissions Gap Report from the UN Environment Programme ( UNEP ) found that current pledges under the Paris Agreement put the world on track for a 2.5–2.9°C For the 1.5°C C goal, emissions need to be cut by 42%.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

bank has become the latest financial firm to join the Global Carbon Accounting Partnership (PCAF), a growing coalition which first began in the Netherlands in 2015 and now boasts 66 formal members from around the world representing more than $5.3 Morgan Stanley has become the first major U.S. trillion in assets.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2024

trillion towards fossil fuel expansion since the 2015 Paris Agreement. Complementary frameworks To assist banks in aligning their business models and financing activities to the goals of the Paris Agreement, guidance has been offered by a number of sources. Last September banks were found to have provided US$3.2

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

McKinsey & Company declared carbon neutrality in 2018 and has set emissions reductions in line with the Paris Agreement, including a 60 percent reduction in purchased energy by 2030 and by 90 percent by 2050. It committed to delivering up to $1 billion in pro bono consulting work for social impact projects between 2015 and 2025. (So

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Alongside the policy discussions on how to reach the Paris Agreement of 2015 and limit global warming to 1.5⁰C, C as set out by the UN’s Paris Agreement. The firm will be the only UK business exhibiting at the Expo City Farm area of EXPO City in Dubai between 30 November and 12 December.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 24, 2022

Maersk said the following on its website, without elaborating further: "We review our membership status once a year to ensure that the trade associations in which we are members lobby in alignment with the goals of the Paris Agreement as well as other key issues.

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Eco-Business

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Japan's per capita coal emissions have also grown, albeit at a slower pace, making it the only developed country among the G20 to see its per capita coal emissions increase since the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This figure, however, is dwarfed by compliance carbon markets, which offer legally binding emissions reduction targets set by regional, national and international agreements, typically informed by the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 30, 2022

Take major banks for example – what are the institutions financing in the context of the Paris Agreement? Getting there is a huge challenge for public, private, and social sectors. The capital markets are a prime battleground for interests on both sides of fossils vs. renewables.

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3BL Media

MAY 31, 2022

Launched in 2015, our Valuing Nature goal is the first-ever commitment by a corporation to systematically consider nature in its business decisions on such a major scale. The new Valuing Nature blueprint is the fourth blueprint published by Dow as part of our 2025 Leading the Blueprint goal.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The Paris Agreement of 2015 highlighted the urgent need for a global transition towards more sustainable business practices, specifically use of carbon-free sources of energy.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The study analyzed litigation, transactional and lobbying work conducted from 2015 to 2019. For the first time, those organizations have the opportunity to verify their emissions reduction plans against the goals of the Paris Agreement. supported $1.316 trillion in transactions for the fossil fuel industry.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Serving as a negotiator to the series of Climate Change COP events since COP21 (2015) where the Paris Agreement was adopted, Dr Abdel-Aziz provided the Alliance with exclusive insight into this year’s landmark developments and future prospects. Human activity is overloading the natural carbon cycle.

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ESG Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

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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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The new “ Transport NDC Tracker ” launched on 28 September by the International Transport Forum at the OECD monitors how transport appears in the decarbonisation commitments of the countries that have joined the Paris Climate Agreement. The tracker is updated every Monday to take into account new NDC submissions to the UNFCCC.

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Sustainability Update

JUNE 28, 2022

S&P Global has issued a report that says only 12 percent of so-called “green” or “environmental” investment funds are on track to meet the global climate goals agreed to at the Paris Agreement / COP 21 meetings in 2015. Only about 12% were on track to meet Paris goals.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 9, 2021

And, according to a leading patent database , from 2015 — the year in which the landmark Paris Agreement was adopted — to 2019, the number of patents published per year in this class increased by approximately 40 percent.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 7, 2022

While the success or failure of COPs often boils down to the substance of final pledges agreed to by negotiators, some academics suggest that failures like the 2009 Copenhagen COP have led to successes like the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 20, 2021

This is the primary aim of the Global Battery Alliance (GBA), a public-private partnership founded in 2017 to establish a responsible battery value chain, in recognition of batteries’ role as a key technology to achieve the Paris Agreement. Subscribe to Renewable Energy World’s free, weekly newsletter for more stories like this.

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 31, 2023

It was eight years ago, as part of the landmark Paris Agreement, when world leaders agreed that in 2023 they would take stock of their collective efforts to meet the goals of the agreement. That moment is now here.

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