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All Eyes on “Interplay” of VCM Standards, Article 6 at COP28

Chris Hall

COP28 could mark a step toward a closer relationship between voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) and compliance markets, depending on Article 6 negotiations on issues such as eligibility on new activities. Article 6.4 The details and rules for operationalising Article 6.4 Regarding Article 6.4, negotiations in Dubai is vital.

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What the passage of Article 6 means for carbon markets

Environmental News Bits

Getting an agreement on the rules for international trading of carbon credits, a set of negotiations known as Article 6, came down to the wire last month at COP26. Read the full story at GreenBiz.

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COP26: Statement from the We Mean Business Coalition

We Mean Business Coalition

As we approach the critical final stages of COP26, the We Mean Business Coalition is calling on governments to take bold decisions to keep the 1.5°C Businesses around the world have set ambitious science-based targets , and are investing in climate solutions and disclosing progress toward reducing emissions.

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COP26 Glasgow Ocean Pasture Restoration To The Rescue

Russ George

In Scotland 25,000 COP26 people are speaking ‘Bureaucratise’ about climate change. This UN Session started It starts with a pillar of the New Paradigm: Climate Restoration, whose credo is “we will restore our climate all the way back to a state that allows us to flourish, not merely limit the damage.”

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Fossil fuels phase-out pact fizzled at COP27. What more can be done?

Corporate Knights

The latest UN climate change summit (COP27) concluded, once again, with a tussle over the place of fossil fuels in the global economy. An agreement by the world’s governments to phase out all fossil fuels would have been a welcome progression from last year’s Glasgow climate pact.

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Setting science-based targets to combat climate change

We Mean Business Coalition

A version of this article first appeared on Harvard Business Review. . COP26 focused the attention of governments and businesses on a key targe t: limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C And as we head into 2022, climate change must be a top priority for companies around the world. by halving global emissions by 2030.

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Are you greenwashing, wishing or walking?

GreenBiz

Eleven years ago, in 2010, at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s COP15, developed countries committed to a goal of mobilizing $100 billion per year by 2020, to address the needs of developing countries. Now, we are looking forward to COP26 in Glasgow and the stakes are high. Climate Change.