ESG Today

MARCH 30, 2023

The UK initially committed to introduce mandatory disclosure of transition plans from financial institutions and listed companies during the COP26 conference in 2021 , and formed a Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT), composed of industry and academic leaders, regulators, and civil society groups, to develop a “gold standard” for transition plans, in order (..)

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ESG Today

JUNE 24, 2022

Launched in November 2021 at the COP26 climate conference, the ISSB aims to develop IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, in order to provide a global baseline of disclosure requirements that can be used by jurisdictions on a standalone basis or incorporated into broader reporting frameworks.

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

Carney was speaking at the Net Zero Delivery Summit, organised by the City of London Corporation, in association with COP26 Presidency UK and GFANZ. The summit marked the halfway point between COP26 and COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, and addressed progress on key priorities of financial players agreed in Glasgow in November.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

” This November, the UK government will host the COP26 climate negotiations in Glasgow where countries will be expected to set out their plans for reaching net zero by 2050. The Future of UK Treescapes programme will contribute evidence to help policymakers and land managers expand our treescapes and reach this target. Welsh Government.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Banks were hit by a double salvo for continued financing of fossil fuel firms in the face of widely accepted net zero roadmaps and the commitments made at COP26. Academic research also showed that passive investors’ effectiveness as agents of change, rather than “ stewards of the status quo ”, still has some way to go.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

While pushing for public policy action in support of COP26 commitments, private sector actors must accelerate their low carbon transition, say experts. In the wake of COP26, it falls on many shoulders to implement and operationalise the rhetoric of Glasgow.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 23, 2021

Published on 23 June, The Scottish Material Flow Accounts , has been described as an ‘insightful game-changer’ by environmental academics, and it appears to show that the average Scot consumes 18.4 tonnes of materials every year – the equivalent of 50kg per day on average.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The series culminated in an expert panel webinar hosted and broadcast globally alongside COP26 by SN and SDSN during the Zero Emissions Solutions Conference (ZESC) on November 1st, 2021.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Suga’s pledge was followed up at COP26 last November when current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida promised US$10 billion over the next five years to support Asia’s migration from fossil-fuel-fired to zero-emission thermal power, such as ammonia and hydrogen. Significant progress.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

This November, the UK Government will host the COP26 climate negotiations in Glasgow where countries will be expected to set out their plans for reaching net zero by 2050. “The results of MEMBRA can feed into policy development and the flourishing of the first memory-inspired forest – the MEMBRA Treescape,” added Dr Luna-Diez.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 10, 2024

His academic background includes a degree in Management from ISG, a Postgraduate degree in E-Business from ISEG, an Executive MBA from ISCTE, the AMP Advanced Management Program from Universidade Catlica and Kellogg School of Management (Chicago), and the Strategic Leadership Program from ISEG and Columbia University (New York).

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Read has contributed to the recent conversation on deep adaptation, a term coined by UK sustainability academic Jem Bendell in a 2018 paper, which at the time spread virally.

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Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

Industry collectives, with the assistance of academics and other experts, can help asset owners develop a common understanding of what best practices are and help move companies in the right direction,” he added.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At COP26, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero ( GFANZ ) declared a sector-wide commitment of US$130 trillion – a number that has increased over the year to US$150 trillion – of private capital to transition the global economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. On this critical issue, there has been no absence of good intent.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Shortly thereafter, COP26 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will convene world leaders to increase the level of ambition in curbing greenhouse gas emissions and review long-term climate strategies.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The new Just Transition for South Africa part­nership announced at COP26, whereby the UK, United States, France, Germany, and the EU promised $8.5 These efforts involve faculty, staff, and student collaboration and are aimed at shaping academic thinking and policymaking in the public, private, and NGO sectors. envirocenter.yale.edu

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

“We expected the Adaptation Agenda to take centre stage in Egypt, however, the tangible outcomes were scarce,” admits Albertine Pegrum-Haram, Senior Associate of Responsible Investment at Columbia Threadneedle Investments. While countries agreed on the framework, which was based on a COP26 pledge to at least double adaptation finance to US$40 billion (..)

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 13, 2022

The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in 2021 was filled with promises of governmental action to help tackle climate change. SDSN and GIZ collaborated with the ETH Zürich Hack4Good to implore ways of using text mining methods for policy analysis. But who tracks these claims and how?

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In May more than 85 investment firms, academic organisations, and environmental groups from across the world including Environmental Defence, which represent nearly three million members, sent a letter to the Canadian administration demanding it “step up and pass policies that align the financial sector with climate action”.

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Sustainable Round Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Today, all around the world, thousands of sustainability-focused private sector professionals, public servants and academics are grappling with the deep challenge provided by the UN IPCC Sixth Assessment report “Climate Change: The Physical Science Basis” released in August.

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Sustainable Round Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Today, all around the world, thousands of sustainability-focused private sector professionals, public servants and academics are grappling with the deep challenge provided by the UN IPCC Sixth Assessment report “Climate Change: The Physical Science Basis” released in August.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

Contributors to the white paper include leading academics, local authorities, the Durham Energy Institute, Coalfields Regeneration Trust, British Geological Survey, Coal Authority, the Environment Agency and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2022

KRISTY DRUTMAN: Mostly it’s people who are not in the climate space, comedians or politicians or entrepreneurs and business people who don’t really understand how to communicate climate science to the public because they don’t fully know the issue because they don’t have the academic background.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 22, 2022

SDSN also worked closely with Monash University, ClimateWorks Centre, and a globally representative Academic Advisory Panel on a Net Zero Campus Guide, to be formally launched in early 2023. Globally, the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET) hosted several events and released a statement at COP27.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

THE EMPOWERERS Leïla Cantave & Tyjana Connolly 27, 26, Montreal & Calgary Co-founders, Black Eco Bloom After meeting while interning at COP26 in 2021, Leïla Cantave and Tyjana Connolly couldn’t ignore the reality that they saw no other Black youth at the summit.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

After successful events at COP22 , COP23 , COP24 , and COP25 , this year, SDSN virtually hosted the Zero Emissions Solutions Conference (ZESC) , formerly the “Low-Emissions Solutions Conference,” on the sidelines of COP26 from November 1-5, 2021.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The first report of the SPA, launched at the COP26 in Glasgow, is the most in-depth and holistic report of its kind on the Amazon. The state of urgency and the complexity and scope of the challenges the Amazon is facing calls for a global movement to support the conservation of the Amazon and prosperity for its peoples.

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 15, 2024

The first report of the SPA, launched at the COP26 in Glasgow, is the most in-depth and holistic report of its kind on the Amazon. In their work, team members get the opportunity to meet and exchange with some of the world’s greatest leaders in sustainable development – professors, economists, bestselling authors, educators, and academics.

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Sustainable Round Table

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Answering A Question From COP26: “Hell Yes”. Jim Boyle, CEO of Sustainability Roundtable Inc, as a delegate of the Sustainable Innovation Forum at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. Outside of the academic realm, there is emerging c onsensus that, at the enterprise level, a new paradigm should be embraced.

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