Chris Hall

AUGUST 23, 2023

With global trade highly dependent on shipping, achieving net zero may put wind in the sails of other industries’ climate ambitions. International shipping accounted for 2% of global energy-related CO2 emissions last year, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). What progress has the IMO made?

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ESG Today

MARCH 14, 2023

The group filed a shareholder resolution last year asking the bank to clarify its fossil fuel financing strategy, and provide disclosures outlining its plans to reduce its exposure, along with disclosures on the company’s strategy to align with the Paris Agreement goal to limit global temperature increase to 1.5°C.

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Corporate Climate Stocktake (CCST), led by the We Mean Business Coalition and supported by the Climate Champions Team and Bain & Company, looks in detail at eight sectors that account for two-thirds of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions: power, road transport, concrete and   cement, steel, shipping, hydrogen, aviation and agriculture.

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Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

There is little evidence of US asset managers jumping ship – at 59 signatories, they represent the second largest contingent behind the UK. Regional Fora – from August to October to guide the development of comprehensive five-year plans due next year, which must bring the world back in line with the Paris Agreement.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The world is not currently on track to achieve the goals set out in the Paris Agreement. Targeted action by sector and region This year’s COP28 in Dubai sees the culmination of the first-ever UNFCCC Global Stocktake, which assesses progress made since the Paris Agreement. This political momentum is welcome.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

times higher than the UK's own greenhouse gas emissions (excluding aviation and shipping). Financial organisations thus have a major role to play in the decarbonisation of the global economy, yet it is estimated that since the Paris Agreement in 2015, the 60 largest banks have instead invested $5.5 trillion USD in fossil fuels.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As of April 2023, more than 4,500 companies have set or committed to developing science-based targets 8 , 290 of which are from the food and beverage processing sector and only 87 are from the containers and packaging sector 9. kTCO 2 e reduction for the full year 2023. We expect a further 10.3 Nature Food 2.3.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Although prevailing wisdom holds that time is running out, BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2024 seemingly shows how the world could still achieve the major goal of the Paris Agreement – holding global warming to well below 2°C and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change – and what it would take to get there.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Ahead of the conference, the data had been collected and analysed, with assessments delivered on the effectiveness of actions taken to date, primarily in the form of signatories’ nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. The official verdict was clear. C of climate change by 2100. trillion in 2022.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

On Saturday 4 March 2023, at United Nations headquarters in New York, the world came together to agree a treaty to protect biodiversity in international waters and on the seafloor outside of national boundaries. They are also cost-effective investments that will help meet the Paris Agreement and Global Biodiversity Framework targets.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The resulting report—available in both English and Spanish—provides a set of recommendations for Paraguay to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and meet its commitments made under the Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

JULY 6, 2022

A brief statement committed the world’s leading democratic economies to forming a ‘climate club’, to “support the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement by accelerating climate action and increasing ambition”. Membership is open to all countries committed to the full implementation of the Paris Agreement. “We

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Chris Hall

JUNE 17, 2022

The deal will see ten wind turbines built and in be operation by the end of 2023. Last year, US$22 trillion worth of goods crossed borders, but we have all witnessed what happens when shipping doesn’t run smoothly, creating inventory shortages and increasing prices that challenge businesses and consumers globally.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 12, 2022

According to analysts Circle Economy, adding circular economy solutions to countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement will enable global temperature rises to be kept “well below” 2?C. “It is a resilient system that is good for business, people and the environment,” says the Foundation.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 25, 2023

Historically, some 40% of the raw materials entering the site do so by freight ships. In the summer of 2018, these were scraping bottom; cargo traffic was reduced to a trickle, and ships could be only partially laden. It has publicly endorsed the Paris Agreement on climate change as well as the EU’s target of being net-zero by 2050.

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Russ George

APRIL 22, 2021

Guy Platten, secretary-general of the International Chamber of Shipping has told world media this week that the industry is ready to act. “A global solution is the only one that’s going to work” , “Such a tax would incentivize ship owners to invest in and deploy new technology.”

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

C and implement the Paris Agreement and will be welcomed by the business community. C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement alive, and to ensure a just transition. . G20 Leaders have recognized the need to transform their energy systems in line with the Paris Agreement, and agreed to help each other to do this.

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Chris Hall

JULY 14, 2023

This week, scientists observed that global warming is turning the world’s oceans green, underlining the urgent need for the shipping industry to set ambitious GHG emission targets. Attempts to impose a levy on GHG emissions from international shipping to fund climate action were delayed after two weeks of talks.

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Sustainability Update

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

January 2023 by Hank Boerner – Chair and Chief Strategist – G&A Institute Here we are weeks into Year 2023 – and so as we plunge into the new year, we could ask, what is in store for public sector action to address critical climate change challenges? How are we doing?

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

president closely linked America’s new nationally determined contribution, a reduction target of 50 to 52 percent from a 2005 baseline aligned with the terms of the Paris Agreement, with equitable job creation and the opportunity to make money. is on board with shipping industry reductions (and aviation, too). finance agencies.

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ESG Today

APRIL 14, 2025

The Trump administration has been vocal about reversing the prior Biden administrations initiatives and focus on addressing climate changes, including announcing its departure from the Paris Agreement as one of President Trumps first executive orders upon taking office. In a diplomatic note sent out following the vote, the U.S.

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