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Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

Corporate Knights

The Living Planet Report 2022 shows an average decline of 69% in wildlife populations since 1970, thus emphasizing the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change driven by human activities. Unlike the climate crisis that led to the signing of the Paris Agreement , biodiversity loss has received little attention until now.

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Corporate commitments for net zero by 2050 rely on climate transition action plans from 2023

We Mean Business Coalition

Countries are beginning to bend the curve, the UNFCCC’s synthesis report outlines , but commitments and actions are still nowhere near the scale and pace of emissions reductions required to put us on track to stay within 1.5? Further, not nearly enough companies are developing and disclosing credible climate action plans.

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Five Reasons Your Company Needs A Climate Transition Action Plan

We Mean Business Coalition

Countries are starting to bend the curve of global greenhouse emissions downwards, according to the UN , and the latest International Energy Agency data suggests global emissions from energy may be starting to plateau. C and avoid the most disastrous impacts of climate change. However, only 0.4%

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COP26 left the world with a climate to-do list: Here are 5 things to watch for in 2022

Renewable Energy World

In the developed world, countries still have to internalize, politically, that bills are coming due – both at home and abroad – after decades of delaying action on climate change. offi cial, I’ve been involved in climate negotiations for several years. Bending the curve to 1.5°C. As a former senior U.N.

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

Environment and Climate Minister Steven Guilbeault has unveiled detailed plans to phase out “inefficient” oil and gas subsidies, based on guidelines released yesterday morning that take effect immediately and are meant to fulfill a 14-year-old pledge by G20 countries. We are bending the curve on Canada’s fight on pollution.”