ESG Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

NDCs are a major part of countries’ obligations under the Paris Agreement, outlining their interim commitments on the pathway to net zero. The updated NDC represents the framework for India’s cleaner energy transition for the 2021-2030 period and marks a step towards the country’s goal to reach net zero by 2070.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Sharm El Sheikh sees progress on accountability and transparency of net zero pledges, but many admit need for regulatory intervention. . New mechanisms for keeping private sector climate promises have taken big steps forward at COP27 this week, while major banks provided limited visibility on their path to net zero. .

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

New and updated climate commitments fall far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement, leaving the world on track for a global temperature rise of at least 2.7°C C, providing hope that further action could still head off the most-catastrophic impacts of climate change.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

As we approach the critical final stages of COP26, the We Mean Business Coalition is calling on governments to take bold decisions to keep the 1.5°C C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement alive, and to ensure a just transition. . C within reach, and to transition to a net-zero global economy by 2050 at the latest.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 27, 2022

Financial firms have pledged that more than US$130 trillion of assets will be net-zero by 2050. And 130 countries have also promised to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, including all the G7 countries and South Africa. What is the right speed?

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

C temperature increase are moved it could jeopardise investor attempts to reach Paris Agreement targets. Climate change experts have warned 2023 is on track to be the hottest year on record, and last month BBC analysis found there had been a record number of days for breaches of the 1.5°C trillion in 2023 to US$4.5

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Andy Garraway, Senior Climate Policy Analyst at Risilience , insists that COPs are more than a talking shop and have been known to exceed expectations. Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change, said: “This report puts the cards on the table – except this is not a game.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 22, 2023

Investors increasingly unsure what is required to meet Paris Agreement targets. A lack of action by policymakers has caused investor confidence in achieving Paris Agreement goals to wane, according to data from international asset manager Robeco’s 2023 Climate Survey. trillion in AuM.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

“Given the very stark message issued by the IPCC, it is crucial that the British Government shows leadership in fully integrating AD and biogas into its Paris Agreement and Net Zero targets”, she continues. There is no Net Zero without biogas.”, ”, Charlotte Morton concludes.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Campaigners maintain that stronger ambition is required given that the 2030 target the IMO is working towards — a 40 percent reduction in carbon-intensity emissions — is not aligned with the Paris Agreement in the first place. A statement provided by Shell welcomed signs that some form of new regulatory regime was on the way.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2023

New research by the University of East Anglia highlights the risks of countries relying on nature-based solutions to achieve net zero. National climate strategies set out how countries plan to reduce emissions, for example by phasing out fossil-fuel use, to get to net-zero in 2050.

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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. We need to cut greenhouse emissions rapidly in this decade to avoid the catastrophic and unpredictable effects of climate change. Both types of projects are essential for humanity to achieve a net-zero future.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The UN’s Recognition and Accountability Framework seeks to bring rigour and transparency to corporates’ net zero plans, but politics could get in the way. Since a breakthrough at COP20 in Lima , the role of non-state actors – including cities, states, regions, companies, investors and foundations – in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate (..)

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Net-zero emissions companies is one of the fastest-growing business trends. According to scientists achieving net-zero before 2050 is critical to keeping us safe from the catastrophic consequences of climate change. Still, many organizations struggle to make their first steps to become Net-Zero companies.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

This is the third in a three-part series exploring how Article 6 of the Paris Agreement can spur the clean energy transition. The new market-based instruments approved by Article 6 encourage international carbon trading, long seen as the likeliest way to incentivize global climate action.

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Chris Hall

JULY 15, 2022

When global leaders gathered at COP26 last year, governments pledged ambitious 2030 emissions reduction targets to achieve net zero by 2050. Since the early days of the Kyoto Protocol, carbon was the commodity of choice for measuring and offsetting the negative impact on the climate.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

A new report by SDSN’s Food, Environment, Land and Development (FELD) Action Tracker explores the extent to which key countries include transformations of food and land systems—necessary to meet both climate and Sustainable Development Goals—in their Nationally Determined Contributions submitted before COP26. To stay below 1.5°C

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Our planet faces an unprecedented slate of climate risks, and world leaders are gathering at COP26 in Glasgow next month with a mandate to stave off disaster. Under the Paris Agreement , which the U.S. recently rejoined, signatories agreed to do whatever it takes to reach a net-zero future within a couple of decades.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Looking at Cooperative Approaches as a Market-Based Path Toward Net Zero. DESCRIPTION: Tetra Tech’s Rodrigo Chaparro, senior climate advisor, looks at three Cooperative Approaches as a market-based path toward net zero in advance of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).

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3BL Media

MARCH 1, 2022

BMO Global Asset Management (EMEA), which is now part of Columbia Threadneedle Investments, has committed to continue to prioritise engagement with companies on major environmental issues including climate change and biodiversity, as well as human rights issues and executive pay.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

This statement is the We Mean Business Coalition response to the Glasgow Climate Pact, agreed at COP26. . The Glasgow Climate Pact represents a vital step in our shared efforts to keep global warming to 1.5 °C C and implement the Paris Agreement and will be welcomed by the business community.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2024

Agreements were reached on targets for the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) and its framework, emphasizing the importance of resilience and the need for financial, technological, and capacity-building support. Technological Innovations: COP28 showcased various technological advancements and innovations aimed at combating climate change.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 28, 2022

The COP26 President this week added his voice to those calling for urgent climate action in 2022. Rarely sighted since Glasgow, but never in one place for long, the COP26 President gave a thoughtful if not exactly rousing speech. Nevertheless, he warned, 12 weeks have now passed since COP26 opened.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben, Chairman of the UK Committee on Climate Change. The Summit provides the largest international platform on which to highlight the value of AD and biogas as solutions to the global challenges of organic waste management, food and energy security, and climate change.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

Despite the undeniable evidence that the world is charting an increasingly dangerous climate course, world leaders once again missed a critical opportunity to act. Yet COP26 came and went without the detailed action plans required. Yet COP26 came and went without the detailed action plans required. Vote against climate inaction.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A new paper from an independent group of climate experts emphasises “the critical importance of a comprehensive financial and regulatory ecosystem incentivising emissions reduction and removal, supported by a properly functioning carbon price.” An alternative approach to carbon pricing.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

A new white paper published by the Mine Energy Taskforce and Local Energy Hub network has called for greater support for mine energy as a key low carbon heat source in the UK that can contribute to government’s ambition to reach net zero by 2050. For more information visit www.northeastlep.co.uk.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

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. Time for action. A carbon price is key,” he said.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 28, 2022

COP27 must boost Africa’s adaptation to the physical risks of climate change, says Amal-Lee Amin, Head of Climate Change at British International Investment. Africa contributes less than 3% to global emissions but is the most vulnerable continent in the world to the negative impacts form climate change.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 22, 2022

The United Nations has intensified scrutiny of financial institutions, with its Race to Zero (RTZ) campaign issuing tougher criteria and Secretary General Antonio Guterres saying fossil fuel companies and those that finance them “have humanity by the throat.” . The picture is mixed across the industry and within sectors.

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Richard Matthews

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The World Climate Summit – Investment Cop will be held on November 7-8, 2021, in Glasgow, UK. This event takes place after more than a decade of public-private partnerships this is the premier public side event onThe Road to COP26 2021. Organized by World Climate Foundation, World Climate Summit – The Investment COP 2021 ?is

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Sense and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Between the news media and the protests, it would have been easy to get the impression that this year’s United Nations climate summit, known as COP26, was all talk and no action. The conference brought forth a slew of good news and formal agreements to implement bolder climate action. on climate action.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It’s essential that decision-makers make progress across six key tasks to advance future international climate action and support: Create a financing mechanism for addressing loss and damage. If countries fail to agree to this agenda item, proceedings at the climate summit could derail right from the start. degrees C.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

The private sector’s ability to accelerate the pace of net zero transition is open to question. When it comes to gathering the collective will to tackle climate change, it is often argued that public policy actions and private sector commitments are mutually reinforcing, spurring each side to go further and faster.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

We cannot separate the nature and climate crises. Biodiversity loss and environmental degradation are accelerated by climate change but also, in turn, exacerbate its impact. This will set them on course to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 at the latest. To achieve our climate goals we must preserve nature.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 7, 2022

With Google, Unilever and Hitachi among those already signed up to road-test the provisional code, VCMI is hoping more businesses will take up what it calls a globally standardised benchmark when using carbon credits as part of their net zero strategies. . Market-based solutions are critical to reducing emissions.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

This post originally appeared on Climate Change News. The street and the boardroom are closer than they have ever been on climate. The Glasgow Climate Pact and recent pledges have kept 1.5°C After the Paris Agreement the message was clear: Ambition, Ambition, Ambition. Nature came to Cop26 like never before.

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