Chris Hall

MAY 1, 2024

In 2024, the number of listed companies with a climate commitment validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) jumped to 20% from just 12% in 2023. This steep growth marks SBTi as a focal point of corporate climate action, said Guy Turner, Head of Carbon Markets at MSCI. “It

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We Mean Business Coalition

MARCH 5, 2024

This article first appeared in Forbes, as part of María’s regular series. However, as the Presidential elections approach, there is a danger the IRA becomes a culture wars punchbag and climate action is framed by some as a waste of money. Over the past three years, US weather and climate disaster costs reached more than $400bn.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 15, 2023

COP28 inevitably ran into extra time to reach agreement in Dubai, but claims of consensus seem wide of the mark. Shoulda woulda coulda – COP28 closed a day later than scheduled with the eventual agreement hailed by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell as the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

At the closing of COP26 in Glasgow in 2021, one of the headline questions centered on how countries would address the need for finance to address loss and damage , those impacts from climate change that are so severe communities are simply unable to adapt to them. Established under Article 7.1

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 23, 2022

A landmark resolution endorsed by 175 states has kickstarted negotiations of a world-first treaty for ending plastic pollution, due to be finalised before the end of 2024. The basis for such an agreement was made possible by growing public support for action, as well as shrinking opposition from the chemical and other industries.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 12, 2020

There is a sense that we need to act now and change the world to build back better. Throughout history, systemic changes haven’t evolved linearly but rather exploded into our lives exponentially. On the other hand, sustainability and climate change have never been so much in focus. 2020 Sustainability Summary.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

There also would be a pledge to ensure all financial flows are aligned with the Paris Agreement commitment to keep global warming to 1.5°C.”. In return, “countries would vow to peak global emissions before 2025 and phase down all fossil fuels—not just coal, which was spelled out in the Glasgow climate pact last year.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In this summary article, ESG Investor covers some of the areas with the biggest implications for asset owners. UN Climate Change’s NDC synthesis report found they would collectively only deliver a 5.3% C of climate change by 2100. C of climate change by 2100. The official verdict was clear.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The idea to utilise voluntary markets is “a good one”, as it’s “part of the principle of ‘cooperative action’ enshrined in the Paris Agreement,” Guy Turner, CEO of specialist data, analysis and advisory firm Trove Research, tells ESG Investor. . “It degrees of climate change. . Discussions around Article 6.4

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We Mean Business Coalition

JANUARY 10, 2024

This article first appeared in Forbes. “The The lack of gender diversity in national delegations at the climate talks and the failure of the COPs to focus on women’s issues, even though women suffer more from the impacts of climate change, have been well documented.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER – This statement is the We Mean Business Coalition response to the Glasgow Climate Pact, agreed at COP26. . The Glasgow Climate Pact represents a vital step in our shared efforts to keep global warming to 1.5 °C C and implement the Paris Agreement and will be welcomed by the business community.

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