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Accelerating Climate Action

3BL Media

More than 200 nations—and on the sidelines, just about every major global brand—came together and said it’s time to change. We are living through the fastest and most systemic overhaul of the global economy in human history. Read more from Helen in her blog, A Climate for Innovation. And we get to be a part of it.

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Shifting the Burden of Proof: Why It's Now On the Fossil Fuel Industry to Defend Itself

3BL Media

When you compare those costs (and the long-term savings they will yield in the form of a more efficient global economy) against the costs of inaction, they show a clear choice. According to the Swiss Re insurance company, inaction on climate change would yield a contraction in our global economy in 2050 by 11-14%.

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GHG Accounting and Science-Based Target Setting for Financial Institutions and Private Equity

Sphera

To decarbonize the global economy in alignment with the goals established by the Paris Agreement, all economic actors in the real economy need to reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions sufficiently to align with required emissions pathways. Foundations for a Financial Institutions SBTi Net-Zero Target Standard.

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How European Climate Policy Can Bolster Energy Efficiency Measures

3BL Media

This blog is co-signed by Morten Petersen, Member of European Parliament. Decarbonizing the global economy means lessening our dependence on fossil fuels and increasing dramatically our use of renewable energy sources like solar, wind, biomass, and hydropower. SOURCE: Schneider Electric. DESCRIPTION: Major cities under water.

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Video : Energy efficiency’s time has finally arrived

Edouard Stenger

These are good signs of the global decarbonization of our global economies. Million jobs globally. The video goes on then about something I blogged about, namingly how sales of gas powered vehicles have already peaked. This would also create 4.5

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Business welcomes The Glasgow Climate Pact: We Mean Business Coalition statement

We Mean Business Coalition

The Net-Zero Standard launched by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) at COP26 now provides a credible and independent assessment of corporate net-zero target setting and enables companies to align their near- and long-term climate action with limiting global warming to 1.5°C.

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UN climate conference more productive than you think

Sense and Sustainability

Highlights from the climate summit There was plenty of good news worth highlighting: Global methane pledge: The U.S. and EU announced that more than 100 countries representing 70% of the global economy have signed on to participate in the Global Methane Pledge , working together to cut human-caused global methane emissions 30% by 2030.

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