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World leaders pledged to cut GHG emissions dramatically by 2030. So far, they’re blowing it.

Corporate Knights

A new Corporate Knights analysis and accountability tool, Earth Index , has revealed that G20 countries, responsible for 80% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, remain far off track from meeting their climate targets. Its performance was second last to Russia – also a large oil and gas producer – between 2016 and 2019.

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The world has consumed half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials since the Paris Agreement

Envirotec Magazine

billion tonnes in 2016 but passed 100 billion in 2019 and is estimated at 101.4 More than 90% of what we take from the Earth to fulfil our needs and wants goes to waste, with just 8.6% World leaders committed to limit climate change to 1.5°C billion last year. of materials cycled. C at the COP26 summit in Glasgow. degrees: ?

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The ESG Explainer: Advance Australia, Finally

Chris Hall

Climate Action Tracker (CAT) argues that Australia does not have a net zero target, arguing the federal government’s mid-century goal is not backed up by concrete commitments. That said, the evidence clearly shows that climate-aligned investment needs to accelerate, and that takes a supportive policy environment,” says Pitt.