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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas. degrees [of warming] we need to decarbonize by the mid-2030s," he explained. "To To achieve 2 degrees we need to decarbonize by mid-century. Cecilia Keating.

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Barclays Ends Direct Financing for New Oil and Gas Projects

ESG Today

UK-based bank Barclays will no longer directly finance new oil and gas projects, and will require its energy sector clients to produce transition plans or decarbonization strategies by the beginning of next year, according to a new “Climate Change Statement” released by the bank.

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Don’t despair about climate change, instead put your capital where it counts

Renewable Energy World

Every major economy has an industrial zone like the Port of Rotterdam, a place where smokestacks, pipes, and tanks tell one story of climate change. Having presented the global risks from Arctic climate change to audiences at the World Economic Forum at Davos each year, Gail is worried. C of warming.

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Sustainalytics Launches Ratings to Assess Companies’ Low Carbon Transition Alignment

ESG Today

The ratings also draw on scenario analysis from the UN Principles for Responsible Investment’s (PRI) Inevitable Policy Response’s Required Policy Scenario (RPS), which considers policies and actions needed to keep global warming below 1.5

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Blistering heat is ravaging tourism hotspots. Can the industry reinvent itself?

Corporate Knights

Tourism is projected to make up nearly 12% of the global economy by 2033, but it is also poised to consume a troubling 40% of the world’s remaining 1.5°C A similar dynamic is taking shape for the climate community. trillion to global GDP in 2022, and the WTTC forecasts [pdf] that figure doubling to represent 11.6%

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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

GreenBiz

Despite the reductions in air travel and the global economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, climate change sadly has not slowed down this past year. We have only until 2030 to get things on track for a net-zero and nature-positive economy — this should sharpen our minds for action. Climate Change.

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G7 must lead rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels for economic stability

We Mean Business Coalition

Along with 1000+ companies through the We Mean Business Coalition , we urge the G7 to lead a rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels to create a more stable global economy where companies and the people we employ and serve, can thrive. . Companies like ours need widespread access to renewable power.