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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas. degrees [of warming] we need to decarbonize by the mid-2030s," he explained. "To To achieve 2 degrees we need to decarbonize by mid-century. Cecilia Keating. To achieve 1.5

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SDSN Reflects on an Impactful 2021!

Sustainable Development Network

In South America , we co-organized a regional virtual dialogue of Finance Ministers, economists, and energy experts entitled " Towards Decarbonization of the South American Economies ” and also published Decarbonization Pathways for Paraguay's Energy Sector.

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World leaders pledged to cut GHG emissions dramatically by 2030. So far, they’re blowing it.

Corporate Knights

Corporate Knights is launching the Earth Index initiative to gauge whether G20 countries are living up to their decarbonization commitments. “We For targets, Corporate Knights is using the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) that countries submitted under the UNFCCC process last year ahead of COP26.

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