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

Envirotec Magazine

Seven states and regions[iii], including Catalonia, Spain and Thuringia, Germany, have set ambitious plans to decarbonize their entire energy mix across all sectors such as industry, agriculture and transport. vi] Climate Analytics and NewClimate Institute (2019) Climate Action Tracker. California, U.S.

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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 Its performance was second last to Russia – also a large oil and gas producer – between 2016 and 2019. And for most countries, it’s not even close.”. Half measures are no longer an option.

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