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

We Mean Business Coalition

As the focus sharpens on how governments and businesses are turning net zero commitments into action, We Mean Business Coalition, CDP, Ceres and Environmental Defense Fund have this week released a new report to help companies accelerate their climate journey – via credible climate transition action plans (CTAPs). of warming.

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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. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement in the first days (much to the surprise of Indian observers) that India would reach net zero emissions by 2070 and generate 50% of its energy from renewables by 2030 helped lower that trajectory to 2.4°C. As a former senior U.N.

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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. A climate transition action plan should be your first step. C and avoid the most disastrous impacts of climate change.

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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 plan also allows subsidies for fossil fuel projects equipped with abatement technologies like carbon capture and storage (CCS), or with a credible plan to bring their emissions to net-zero by 2030.