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EU Parliament Adopts Environmental, Human Rights Sustainability Due Diligence Law

ESG Today

The law also requires companies to adopt transition plans to align their businesses with the Paris Agreement goal with limiting global warming to 1.5°C, billion in 2027 followed by companies with more than 3,000 employees and €900 million revenues in 2028, and for all other companies in the scope of the law in 2029.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

The frontrunning proposal, sponsored by France, Germany and Japan, has come under fire due to a recommendation that stringent enforcement of operational efficiency regulations is introduced no earlier than 2029. It is the job of the United Nations to protect people and planet from the ravages of runaway global heating.".

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EU Lawmakers Agree to Ramp Emissions Reduction Requirements for Road, Ag and Buildings Sectors to 40% by 2030

ESG Today

For example, between 2022 and 2029, if member states exceed their emissions reductions requirements, they will be allowed to bank up to 25% of their annual emission allocations for use in subsequent years, or if their emissions exceed the annual limit, they can borrow allocations from following years, up to 7.5%

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Including non-CO2 emissions shortens timeline to reach 1.5°C

Envirotec Magazine

Countries around the world pledged in the Paris Agreement to limit warming to 1.5°C, Under a moderate future emissions scenario, by 2029 the planet has a two-thirds chance of at least temporarily exceeding warming of 1.5 C, or, at most, 2°C. degrees Celsius, even if all emissions cease on that date, the study finds.