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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

GreenBiz

Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. But the report didn’t pussyfoot around the issues: “Climate change poses a major risk to the stability of the U.S. snowstorm within 48 hours.

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HSBC, Standard Chartered, other Major Banks Exit SBTi

ESG Today

Founded in 2015, SBTi was formed as a collaboration between CDP, World Resources Institute (WRI), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), with the goal to establish science-based environmental target setting as a standard corporate practice.

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Three steps to reduce emissions while restoring nature

We Mean Business Coalition

We need to halve emissions by 2030 to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C C and avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, as outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Decarbonizing supply chains alone will not be enough to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

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State and regional governments lead on renewable electricity generation – new report

Envirotec Magazine

States and regions have, on average, reduced emissions by 14% as global emissions continue to rise. The Climate Group and CDP call for states and regions to set more ambitious emissions reduction targets for 2030 and beyond to limit global heating to 1.5°C By comparison, only 25% of global electricity is renewable.

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4 ESG trends to watch in 2022

Carlos Sanchez

A court forced Shell to reduce emissions, an activist investor forced ExxonMobil to replace three board members better suited to fight climate change, and Chevron shareholders voted against their board to achieve faster-cut carbon emissions. As an example, according to CDP 2021 supply chain report , upstream emissions are 11.4

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In Defence of Corporate Climate Action

We Mean Business Coalition

Highly respected institutions such as the International Energy Association (IEA) and the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) remain upbeat that the shift to a net zero global economy is possible and well underway. The post In Defence of Corporate Climate Action appeared first on We Mean Business Coalition.

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COP26 Live Blog: All in for 1.5ºC

We Mean Business Coalition

And over additional 40 businesses have signed the World Green Building Council’s commitment to decarbonize the built environment across their portfolios and business activities. C is a campaign led by the Science Based Targets initiative in partnership with the UN Global Compact and the We Mean Business coalition. .

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