Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 21, 2021

SDSN had a busy 2021 where a number of our networks, programs, and teams supported the progress towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement. All this work was featured in our virtual Zero Emissions Solutions Conference alongside the first week of COP26.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

government gears up to host critical COP26 climate talks in Glasgow in 2021 and repeatedly asserts its world-leading climate reputation as it attempts to steer a green recovery from the coronavirus, it could be argued that the U.K. As the U.K.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

According to figures published by The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance in 2021, Japan’s total sustainably invested assets stood at US$42,874 billion in 2020, representing a more than fivefold increase from 2016. These long-held principles of sustainability have filtered down to the world of investment.

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We Mean Business Coalition

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

But to build a business case for deep and long-term investments, drive scale and turn targets into concrete action, companies rely on governments to provide an enabling policy environment and level playing field. . C according to Climate Action Tracker. To keep the world on track for 1.5°C

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

China’s 14 th Five Year Plan , which was approved in March 2021, targets a decline in energy and carbon intensity of 13.5% At the Leaders Climate Summit in April 2021, President Xi Jinping announced that China would control coal generation until 2025 when it will start to gradually phase it out. limit for global warming.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 23, 2022

Australia adopted an economy-wide target of net zero emissions by 2050 in the run-up to COP26. The country says based on 2021 emissions projections it is on track to reduce emissions by up to 35% below 2005 levels by 2030. At COP26 in Glasgow, Australia refused to commit to phasing out coal. billion in 2021.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 19, 2022

Organizations such as the International Energy Agency and the non-profit Climate Action Tracker initiative have concluded that targets announced last year at COP26 , the UN’s climate summit in Glasgow, are insufficient to meet the goal of limiting the rise in average global temperatures to 1.5°C

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