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ICYMI, Opportunity Narrows on Meeting Paris Agreement Goals

Chris Hall

Focused on mitigation, the report noted that progress on the alignment of financial flows towards the goals of the Paris Agreement remained slow, with tracked climate finance flows distributed unevenly across regions and sectors. . trillion, warned that “only a very small window remains to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement”.

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UNFCCC on the Edge  

Chris Hall

Amir Sokolowski, Global Director for Climate Change at CDP, says the NZDPU was launched to harmonise basic data points with the RAF and GCAP created to harmonise methodology for pieces of data such as carbon emission – kickstarting a theory of change. More people will see it, consistently, and they’ll know where to point the finger.”

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Carbon Credits Have Role to Play in Corporates’ Climate Transition

Chris Hall

Fewer than 35% of companies’ emission reductions targets are credible, climate disclosure platform CDP revealed this week, based on an analysis of 13,000+ companies reporting last year. At COP26, nearly 200 countries finalised Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. However, this is likely to change.

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From Ambition to Delivery

Chris Hall

While pushing for public policy action in support of COP26 commitments, private sector actors must accelerate their low carbon transition, say experts. In the wake of COP26, it falls on many shoulders to implement and operationalise the rhetoric of Glasgow. The whole economy is developing a wisdom. Will we pull it off in time?

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Finance Sector Net Zero Plans Must Respect Planetary Limits – SBTi

Chris Hall

It also said that FIs should transition and align all financing activities with net zero pathways that achieve Paris Agreement goals, with “no or low overshoot”, as well as align them with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. These will be finalised in the wider net-zero standard development process for the sector, it said.

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Asset Owners Ready to Back Clean Energy Transition in Emerging Markets

Chris Hall

Investing in emerging markets’ transition efforts can help asset owners deliver greater real-world impact than investing in developed markets, according to an April report published by the UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment. . Policymakers are working to accelerate the transition to renewable energy in developing countries.

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ISSB’s First Sustainability Reporting Standards Target Granularity

Chris Hall

Launched in November 2021 at COP26, the ISSB aims to provide a baseline for corporate sustainability disclosures that are compatible with jurisdiction-specific requirements, giving investors access to consistent and comparable decision-useful information globally.