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

Corporate Knights

Bending the curve of biodiversity loss. Even if we quickly agree on disclosure frameworks and measurements around biodiversity, disclosures that are voluntary and not supported by regulation are vulnerable to greenwashing which is widespread in the ESG space.

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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

Bending the curve to 1.5°C. Finance pledges and cries of ‘greenwashing’. But without more detail, the announcement attracted cries of “ greenwashing.”. As a former senior U.N. offi cial, I’ve been involved in climate negotiations for several years. C this century, well beyond the 1.5°C

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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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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.” 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.

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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. Companies and businesses are under increasing pressure to take immediate, demonstrable climate action.