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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

A spokesperson from IKEA stressed that ocean shipping made up 40 percent of the carbon footprint of its supply chain operations and therefore the company's pledge to reduce the carbon footprint of all transport by an average of 70 percent by 2030 compared to 2017 was a "huge ambition." As the U.K.

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SDSN Reflects on an Impactful 2021!

Sustainable Development Network

All this work was featured in our virtual Zero Emissions Solutions Conference alongside the first week of COP26. SDSN signed a partnership agreement with the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) to collaborate in the coming years on areas of common interest, including around national net-zero strategies, pathways and policies.

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ESG Explainer: China’s Climate Challenge

Chris Hall

At the Leaders Climate Summit in April 2021, President Xi Jinping announced that China would control coal generation until 2025 when it will start to gradually phase it out. Independent analysts Climate Action Tracker estimate China’s emissions to have been 13.8 GtCO2e in 2020 and set to reach 13.2-14.5