ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Indices that are labelled as Paris-aligned Benchmarks (PABs) under EU rules must meet criteria for asset selection that results in the index aligning with the long-term climate goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Innovative pilot schemes are attracting interest after failed COP28 negotiations on carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Negotiators failed to finalise a framework for trading carbon credits between countries in Dubai, but projects allowed under Article 6.2 credit transfer with Switzerland at COP27.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

While the pledge provides limited detail on the measures it will take to slash the carbon emissions of its portfolio or operations, the bank said it would establish "clear, measurable pathways" to net-zero using the Paris Agreement's Capital Transition Assessment Tool (PACTA). Sponsored Article. Pull Quote. Finance & Investing.

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Energy Central

JANUARY 1, 2024

Countries are increasingly beginning to leverage cooperative approaches under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement to mobilize climate investments for their NDCs. State and Trends of Carbon Pricing Carbon markets are primed for growth. Similarly, voluntary carbon markets, driven.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

are facing growing pressure to clean up their lobbying activity, with a host of institutional investors this week issuing an urgent call to 47 of the largest greenhouse gas emitters to disclose how their corporate advocacy aligns with the most ambitious climate goals of the Paris Agreement. Sponsored Article. Risk & Resilience.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 14, 2023

CAD Trust tool incorporates leading carbon market standards, aims to support Article 6 despite COP28 setback. It is a decentralised metadata platform that links, aggregates and harmonises all major carbon registry data to enhance transparent accounting in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 20, 2023

If goals set under the Paris Agreement are met, the world may hold warming well below 2°C; however, parties are not on track to deliver these commitments, increasing focus on policy implementation to close the gap between ambition and action. In an article published in Science, Rhodium Group…

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

This is the first in a three-part series exploring how Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can spur the clean energy transition. According to International Emission Trading Association estimates , Article 6-powered financial flows to achieve Paris Agreement goals could soar to $1 trillion a year by 2050.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

This is the third in a three-part series exploring how Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can spur the clean energy transition. The new market-based instruments approved by Article 6 encourage international carbon trading, long seen as the likeliest way to incentivize global climate action.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 20, 2023

Building up steam Regulatory certainty is widely seen as needed to establish widespread and permanent trust in the market, but progress remains slow on finalising the carbon trading-focused articles of the Paris Agreement. “Nothing is negotiated in a bubble, and everything is up for negotiation,” said Puleston Jones.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Kevin Conrad, Executive Director of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations, says compliance carbon markets offer more effective support to the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Global Stocktake is a key process established under the Paris Agreement scheduled to take place at COP28 in Dubai.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 19, 2024

The IEA says countries’ commitments on methane in 2023 put them in a position to begin reducing emissions soon, although those promises still fall short of what’s needed to hold average global warming to the Paris agreement target of 1.5°C. Read the original article here. This story first appeared in The Energy Mix.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 12, 2020

So failure to address one issue is just going to exacerbate the risk of another," said Kristen Lang, senior director of the Ceres Company Network and lead author of the nonprofit’s latest set of suggested strategic, operational and policy change actions necessary for the corporate world to meet the warming-mitigation goals of the Paris Agreement.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This article is sponsored by Trucost, part of S&P Global. The sustainability manager saw this as an excellent starting point to set science-based targets for a reduction in emissions, with the targets reflecting the Paris Agreement and carbon reduction plans for countries in which the company did business. Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

When experts at CDP, a nonprofit that tracks sustainability commitments, surveyed 479 food and ag companies , only 75 reported having emissions commitments in line with the Paris Agreement. This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Sponsored Article. The situation is worse for deforestation.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

Amazon Vice President of Worldwide Sustainability Kara Hurst released a statement about the investment: Amazon created The Climate Pledge Fund to support the development of technologies and services that will enable Amazon and other companies to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement 10 years early — achieving net-zero carbon by 2040.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This article is sponsored by Tetra Pak. For example, the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) found that implementing an international carbon market under the Paris Agreement could lead to cost reductions of $250 billion per year in 2030 and therefore facilitate investment leading to carbon reductions of 50 percent.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This was the case for Article 6, which sets out the rules for global market-based collaboration around emissions reductions. This year, there were no decisions made on Articles 6.2 which govern the implementation of bilateral agreements and compliance carbon markets (more on that here , for context). throughout 2024.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This figure, however, is dwarfed by compliance carbon markets, which offer legally binding emissions reduction targets set by regional, national and international agreements, typically informed by the 2015 Paris Agreement. The post VCMs Require Rethink, Scale and Standards, Experts Say appeared first on ESG Investor.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

There has been a shift recently: more and more countries are working on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, specifically on making sure that they have the necessary plans, capabilities, and instruments in place to attract the potential investments that market-based mechanisms under Article 6 can provide.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Finalisation of Article 6.2, of the Paris Agreement will realise the potential of carbon markets globally, but progress remains slow. The potential of Article 6 to direct increased capital flows to carbon markets is “enormous”, agreed Puleston Jones from Climate Solutions. Discussions on Articles 6.2 The Article 6.4

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 6, 2023

It’s the pontiff’s first major declaration on climate and the environment since the Paris Agreement was negotiated in 2015, although he has frequently opined less formally on the urgency of climate action. This article originally appeared in Grist at [link].

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 18, 2023

Julie Segal, Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, outlines the c hallenges and opportunities of the Paris Agreement’s Article 2.1(c). Aligning investments with climate change mitigation and adaptation goals, as required under Article 2.1(c)

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

McKinsey & Company declared carbon neutrality in 2018 and has set emissions reductions in line with the Paris Agreement, including a 60 percent reduction in purchased energy by 2030 and by 90 percent by 2050. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This is the second in a three-part series exploring how Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can spur the clean energy transition. Read more from Rodrigo about how Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can spur the clean energy transition: Using Carbon Markets to Fuel the Clean Energy Transition.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Biden already has rejoined the Paris Agreement, committed to advocating for environmental justice and rolled out a government-wide focus on racial justice. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. leadership in sustainable finance and business.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 8, 2024

In the challenges at issue, the court found that the federal government’s commitments under the Paris Agreement provided a sufficient legal anchor. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and has received flak over its failure to come up with a detailed, ambitious plan to decarbonize in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article. Carbon Removal.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Episode 248: Mastercard CSO, parsing plastics policy, Paris Agreement at 5. Does 2020 mark a turning point for delivering on the Paris Agreement goals? Happy 5th anniversary, Paris Agreement (39:25) . Paris Agreement. Sponsored Article. Heather Clancy. Fri, 12/11/2020 - 00:10.

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GreenBiz

JULY 27, 2020

environmental NGO Sierra Club, hailed the move as "a major step in the right direction" for Morgan Stanley, and said all banks claiming to support the goals of the Paris Agreement also should follow suit. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

For the first time, those organizations have the opportunity to verify their emissions reduction plans against the goals of the Paris Agreement. Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere).

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 30, 2020

She chats about JPMorgan Chase's new financing commitment aligned with the Paris Agreement, how it's helping clients with their carbon mitigation journeys, and its strategy for supporting stronger community resilience. . Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere). Sponsored Article.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 2, 2020

We have the blueprints to make this happen, from the Paris Agreement to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, but we need people who can get us there. In the past, I have written about different frameworks on sustainability roles and competencies , and Wijdoogen’s book should sit alongside these articles.

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We Mean Business Coalition

DECEMBER 13, 2023

C goal of the Paris Agreement within reach. No progress on Article 6 but voluntary carbon markets are reforming anyway It was disappointing to see no progress made on Article 6, with much-needed agreement to fully operationalise carbon markets under the Paris Agreement again kicked down the road to COP29.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Following the eleventh-hour agreement on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement at COP26 , it is hoped that COP27 will provide further momentum toward establishing a coherent and credible framework for carbon trading. . “A The Article 6.4 Kenber also hopes to see more clarity at COP27 around how the Article 6.4

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

As laid out by the international Paris Agreement on climate change, we also need to build resilience to climate impacts and ensure a just transition for workers and communities affected by climate action. Paris Agreement alignment is a holistic process. Going Beyond Net Zero Emissions.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

The document also holds out the possibility of subsidies for carbon trading deals under Article 6 of the Paris agreement, and for Indigenous participation in fossil fuel projects. I think we’ve got to be very careful about the LNG argument,” he told the Globe and Mail.

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