GreenBiz

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In an open letter to its clients, HSBC CEO Noel Quinn said the bank had been motivated to ramp up its environmental ambition by customer concern about climate change. "We It also said it would work with the broader finance sector to create a standard to measure financed emissions and support a functioning carbon offset market.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 11, 2020

When experts at CDP, a nonprofit that tracks sustainability commitments, surveyed 479 food and ag companies , only 75 reported having emissions commitments in line with the Paris Agreement. In May, the World Resources Institute warned of regenerative ag’s " limited potential to mitigate climate change."

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

degrees Celsius as a result of climate change, the UN reports that we must collectively achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Here’s what you need to know to get started right now: What Is Climate Neutrality? Climate neutrality must be accompanied by climate adaption and biodiversity strategies.

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3BL Media

MARCH 25, 2022

DESCRIPTION: At Qualcomm, we believe we can help address the environmental, social, and economic impacts of climate change by working together across all sectors of society. How can Qualcomm technologies be used to address the climate crisis? SOURCE: Qualcomm. Why 2040 vs 2050? Why set interim goals?

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Tetra Tech’s Rodrigo Chaparro, senior climate advisor, looks at how the carbon finance options defined at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) can help cut greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction costs for power utilities and large energy consumers. Instrument 1—Cooperative Approach.

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3BL Media

APRIL 15, 2022

Professionals from around the world attended, including our SCS Greenhouse Gas (Carbon Offset) Verification Program staff. NACW 2022 was an excellent time to meet again in-person after the long pandemic break from live events, and very timely as the world raises its ambitions to meet climate change goals.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. Reading this article, you will better understand the carbon offsets market, carbon offsets controversy and the key initiatives to follow. Carbon Offsets Markets size.

Carbon Offsets

3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

As a result, to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, the aviation sector will need to rely on carbon offsets and removals to neutralize residual emissions. American also partners with Cool Effect, a leading nonprofit provider of carbon offsets, to give our customers the opportunity to purchase offsets.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2021

An increasing awareness and concern about the environment, changes in government policy, America’s re-entry into the Paris Agreement and a robust demand for carbon offsets all point toward an appetite for a different type of agricultural crop—carbon. Read the full story in High Plains Journal.

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2024

At the time it seemed like an outlandish pledge that garnered little faith, including from former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Dame Christiana Figueres — who Bezos approached to work with, and who famously didn’t believe him at first. Beating the Paris Agreement’ is a huge statement to make.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The agreement, revising the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) rules on aviation, forms part of the European Commission’s “Fit for 55” roadmap , the EU initiative to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels.

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3BL Media

JULY 8, 2024

With companies setting net-zero targets and countries working to achieve their climate goals under the Paris Agreement, there’s been much discussion lately about the role of emission reductions and carbon removals. But what exactly is CDR and how can it meaningfully help us to address climate change?

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

The Fine Print on Carbon Credits The definitions in the federal document take a fairly expansive view of “inefficient” subsidies that “encourage wasteful consumption, reduce our energy security, impede investment in clean energy sources, and undermine efforts to deal with the threat of climate change,” as the G20 defined the term in 2009.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Kevin Conrad, Executive Director of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations, says compliance carbon markets offer more effective support to the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Global Stocktake is a key process established under the Paris Agreement scheduled to take place at COP28 in Dubai.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION: Tetra Tech’s Rodrigo Chaparro, senior climate advisor, looks at three Cooperative Approaches as a market-based path toward net zero in advance of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). Ensure carbon market compliance and maximize the potential to lower emission reduction costs.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2020

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Climate, news that the recent spate of pledges from major economies could put the world on course to meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals are encouraging, said sustainability membership organisation IEMA – but only if those pledges are acted upon.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 17, 2022

The government should publish a national strategy that helps embed decarbonisation in everyday decision-making and upholds the integrity of offsets, the Climate Change Authority says. The Authority says in a new report that the carbon market is “fragmented, inefficient and complicated”.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 16, 2023

Carbon credit investment is going through an “ethical shakedown,” said Ivan de Klee, the head of natural capital at the U.K.-based There is a “cry for integrity” for real data, rather than modeling-based carbon offset options, de Klee added. based nature recovery investment company Nattergal. In the U.K.,

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Innovative pilot schemes are attracting interest after failed COP28 negotiations on carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Despite limited progress on carbon trading rules at COP28 , experts believe recent trial projects will unlock investment opportunities for private investors.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2020

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Climate, news that the recent spate of pledges from major economies could put the world on course to meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals are encouraging, said sustainability membership organisation IEMA – but only if those pledges are acted upon.

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Impakter

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Finance was the theme at COP27 on Wednesday, and scrutiny was levelled at the issue of how undeveloped nations will fund mitigation and adaptation to the effects of climate change. Climate finance is a key issue at COP this year, as tensions rise between developed and undeveloped nations about climate funding.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Increased use of carbon offsets by corporates among drivers of future market expansion. Two new reports predict strong growth in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) this year as increasing numbers of companies globally set carbon neutrality and other climate goals that will rely partly on use of carbon offsets.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Eron Bloomgarden, Founder and CEO at non-profit Emergent, noted the urgency of climate risks, with the world increasingly likely to miss the 1.5°C These markets already cover 20% of emissions worldwide and mobilised US$938 billion last year, highlighting their effectiveness in rallying global climate finance.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

But Carbon Tracker chose to exclude fully state-owned NOCs and companies based in Russia, describing them as “[firms] over which investors have little influence”. The targets of 24 of the companies were found to not be aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Speaking during a webinar, Pedro Martins Barata, Associate Vice President, Carbon Markets and Private Sector Decarbonisation at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), noted that “understanding the interplay” between VCM industry guidelines and what emerges from Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement. negotiations in Dubai is vital.

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Carbon 49

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

As societies race to meet the goals set by the Paris Agreement , companies are under pressure to reduce emissions from governments, NGOs, consumers, regulators, shareholders and employees. This is where purchasing carbon credits (also known as carbon offsets) can come into consideration as part of the solution. .

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

COP28 reminded investors of the difficulties involved in reaching inter-governmental consensus on intensifying climate action. It may, for example, include predictions on new forms of technology or substantial use of carbon offsets.” While NZAOA members are seeking to decarbonise their portfolios at a rate consistent with 1.5°C

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Chris Hall

MAY 1, 2024

This steep growth marks SBTi as a focal point of corporate climate action, said Guy Turner, Head of Carbon Markets at MSCI. “It But SBTi’s status as the gold standard for companies serious about decarbonising in line with the Paris Agreement took a serious hit last month after a highly public spat between staff and executives.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

The majority of global pension funds are in the process of integrating climate goals into their portfolios, with many expecting to tilt their passive strategies toward the goals of the Paris agreement, including via use new index products. But companies remain an issue.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 3, 2022

Further, no companies disclosing from G20 countries had more than a 4% disclosure rate against the 24 key indicators in the CDP questionnaire relating to climate transition plans. Corporate strategies verified by the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) can only rely on carbon offsetting for 5-10% of their total emissions.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

If we are to collectively deliver against the Paris Agreement goals, and act in the best interests of beneficiaries, asset owners must continue to collaborate to maintain the high ambition expected of us and drive the innovative, practical solutions required for the global transition.”.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The difficulties of replacing fossil fuels will make it hard for the commercial air sector to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with the Paris Agreement as global consumer demand for continues to accelerate. . of carbon emissions and 3.5% of all emissions that contribute to climate change.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2022

At the same time, carbon offsetting has come in for criticism for being a substitute for real climate action, distracting from the challenge of cutting emissions from business and industrial processes in line with the targets set out in the Paris Agreement to limit global warming. .

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 1, 2024

The world’s leading authority on corporate climate plans has dealt a blow to the carbon-offset industry, signalling that it objects to corporations using carbon credits in place of emission reductions in their own supply chains. C above pre-industrial levels.

Carbon Offsets

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

As media investigations reignite the debate on the viability of carbon offsets, academics argue for wider stakeholder engagement and changes to carbon accounting approaches to build robustness. Greta Thunberg said it showed “the ugly truth of carbon offsetting”.

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B the Change

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

How to Set Business Targets That Help Address Climate Change (Photo by Andreas Gücklhorn on Unsplash ) This article by Matthew Lynch , Rob Klassen , and Chelsea Hicks-Webster is part of “ The Basics ” series by the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS) that provides essential knowledge about core business sustainability topics.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The ETA will create a new class of carbon offsets that either represent investments in EMDE renewable energy projects or converted reductions in emissions from the power sector (such as coal-fired electricity). trillion by 2030, to boost resilience and deal with the loss and damage caused by climate change impacts. .

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