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Is it time to scrap COP?

Corporate Knights

While the success or failure of COPs often boils down to the substance of final pledges agreed to by negotiators, some academics suggest that failures like the 2009 Copenhagen COP have led to successes like the 2015 Paris Agreement. Not in this text,” said COP26 chair Alok Sharma. Not in this text. Not in this text.

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Learning from Crises: COVID to Climate  

Sustainable Development Network

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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From Ambition to Delivery

Chris Hall

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. A carbon price is key,” he said.

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Key Messages from the Zero Emissions Solutions Conference 

Sustainable Development Network

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. It can also improve the economic and financial stability and reduce inequality post-COVID.”

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Filling Canada’s Policy Void

Chris Hall

This March, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a sustainable business forum in Vancouver “things have changed” since the country signed up to the Paris Agreement on climate change. Julie Segal, Senior Manager, Climate Finance at Environmental Defence, explains why Canada needs a Climate-Aligned Finance Act.

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Sink, Swim or Adapt

Chris Hall

“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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New report highlights potential of mine energy in achieving UK net zero target

Envirotec Magazine

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). For more information visit www.northeastlep.co.uk.