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

Corporate Knights

We are bending the curve on Canada’s fight on pollution.” 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.

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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? UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report points to the need for urgent, system-wide transformation.

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The next innovation revolution—powered by AI

McKinsey Sustainabilty

AI has the potential to bend the curves of R&D productivity, not only unlocking more economic growth but also boosting the chances of solving some of the most important human challenges, from preventing and curing diseases to reducing the level of carbon emissions. Automating documentation tasks. Nicholas Bloom et al.,