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 this century, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) latest Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 1, 2023

COP28 represents a critical, and perhaps the last opportunity for Parties and non-state actors to deliver on the ambitions of the Paris Agreement to limit global average temperature increase to 1.5°C Consequently, investment portfolios may remain exposed to sustainability risks from climate change.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2023 Emissions Gap Report – aptly titled ‘Broken Record’ – clearly states that the world is a long way from limiting global warming to 1.5°C Twenty-four percent of assessed countries said they have developed a NAP, and 46% intend to do so in the near future.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

With adaptation finance flows remaining dangerously low to meet climate goals, has COP28 made a difference? Developed countries have also been asked to prepare a report on doubling by COP29.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2023

Speaking at ESG Investor’s inaugural Stewardship Summit, UNEP FI’s Carlin says transition finance flows to developing economies are too low to meet net zero targets. We estimate around 25 are responsible for 40% of our financed emissions out of our almost 500 [investee] companies,” she said.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2022

The global economy relies on the health of the ocean, says Dennis Fritsch, Project Coordinator, Sustainable Blue Economy Finance at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). UNEP FI is working towards integrating the use of sustainable finance practices in support of ocean health by the global financial community.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Dutch Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag reportedly said at COP that she didn’t know whether far-right Dutch leader Geert Wilders, who is trying to form a governing coalition in the Netherlands, will be able to implement some of his pledges, such as exiting the Paris Agreement or dismantling green funds.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

It will be led and co-chaired by the Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the President of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). limit suggested in the Paris Agreement requires comprehensive action by all signatories.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Thus, they can play a critical role in making next year’s COP26 of the climate convention and COP15 under the biodiversity convention a success. Thus, they can play a critical role in making next year’s COP26 of the climate convention and COP15 under the biodiversity convention a success.

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Chris Hall

JULY 1, 2022

This is the assessment of Eric Usher, Head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) which brings together the United Nations and the financial sector to develop responsible investment agendas. But that [progress is] not being made by all governments.”. of emissions. Focus on nature.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nevertheless, progress by the UNFCCC has been steady – a milestone was achieved at COP21 in Paris with the creation of the Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action, now the Global Climate Action Portal (GCAP), that highlights actions non-state actors are taking to address climate change.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

Noting that the number of court cases being brought against companies on climate-related grounds has recently topped 2,000, the report says some plaintiffs are seeking to recover the costs of climate change itself, or the expense caused by having to adapt to it. Resort to the courts. Vital role of non-execs.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real transformation in the sector means that emissions will keep rising and contribute to dangerous climate change, according to the 2021 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 31, 2022

How can communities halt deforestation and restore degraded nature to address climate change? In this session, the Council will present engineering solutions for the energy transition and some key recommendations to serve as critical engineering inputs to COP negotiations.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

In late April, the UK High Court ruled that charity trustees can consider climate change factors when making decisions over their investments, even if it means making lower returns. How are attitudes changing? How does fiduciary duty relate to sustainable investment?

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

C higher than in the pre-industrial era, the physical effects of climate change have already started to materialize. ([1], Natural disasters have always occurred, but climate change is making them more frequent and more intense. C objective of the Paris Agreement would of course significantly limit these impacts.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

As negotiations unfolded at the Bonn Climate Change Conference earlier this month, the politicisation of an existential and global threat was clear to see. What made negotiators’ incremental progress even more frustrating was that the squabbling was underpinned by the realities of a rapidly warming planet.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

To accelerate this transition, UNEP has developed a Land Use Positive Impact Hub to support banks, asset owners and fund managers to determine how to measure the positive environmental and social (E&S) impacts of their land-use investments. Risk management. Mainstream institutions.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 28, 2023

The latest version of the framework offers draft guidance on nature-risk scenarios for companies, with ongoing development of scenarios for financial institutions with the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) scheduled for publication in the September V1.0

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Chris Hall

MAY 13, 2022

Stuart Lemmon, Global Managing Director for the Net Zero Transformation Practice at EcoAct, an Atos company, outlines the elements of a credible corporate climate strategy and explains why we should embrace scrutiny and work collectively on the path to net zero. Governments are also working to halt inaccurate climate claims.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

Jessica Smith, Nature Lead at the UNEP FI, says it’s time for biodiversity to take its place alongside climate in investor priorities. Smith says: “There have been some delays in the calendar, but that means there has been much more engagement with different actors around developing the (GBF).

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Potential for Paris-aligned gains to replace Russia-inflicted short-term pain at COP27. If the aim of restricting climate change to within the Paris-agreed 1.5°C Yet, as the latest United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) annual gap report shows, policies currently in place point to a 2.8°C

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

We will look at the response to the Global Stocktake, and what it means for the goals of the Paris Agreement and the pace of renewables adoption globally; we will also explore the intensifying climate-nature nexus and the role of the finance sector in the transition to net zero. C of climate change by 2100.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 16, 2023

Many [investors] claim the true cost of climate change has not been priced in even now,” he says. LGIM’s Stansbury emphasises that, when it comes to tackling climate change, it’s best for investors to “prepare and plan – don’t predict”. C of global warming by 2100 – and between 2.4-2.6°C C by 2050, the report said.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The practical realities of the finance sector’s climate change commitments were in focus this week. Speaking in New York , UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen, noted that ‘30×30’ is just one of 21 elements of the draft framework, and urged governments to go beyond commitments to “hold each other and ourselves to account”.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 30, 2023

Held v Montana echoes an Australian ruling from 2021 which ruled that governments have a duty of care to protect young people from the impacts of climate change. But successful cases can catalyse substantial advancements in climate change policy, said Higham, citing the Urgenda Foundation v The State of the Netherlands case.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2022

Just prior to COP26, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) to improve the accuracy and public transparency of human-caused methane emissions. But they still need investment and further development to reach their needed scale.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 19, 2021

In November, governments will convene in Glasgow under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Natural climate solutions for mitigation and adaptation will be high on the agenda, as illustrated by the recent G7 Nature Compact and the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature signed by 88 heads of government.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Representatives from more than 200 governments will gather in the shadow of the Burj Khalifa from the 30 November for the 28th round of global climate change negotiations. While expectations for the talks are low, the need for progress to mitigate the most severe impacts of climate change is more apparent than ever.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

New sheriffs have set up shop and are drawing up rules on both the supply and demand side of voluntary markets, which may eventually be reinforced by regulation introduced by policymakers in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. . “At Climate capital . Global mangrove forests sequester around 22.8

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Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2023

At the time of writing, the NZIA has 17 members. The NZIA told ESG Investor that it does not comment on the individual and independent actions of its existing or ex-members.

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