Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Download the document. This special edition of the World Energy Outlook has been designed to assist decision makers at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) and beyond by describing the key decision points that can move the energy sector onto safer ground.

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 13, 2022

The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in 2021 was filled with promises of governmental action to help tackle climate change. Currently, policy experts carefully comb through documents looking for words relevant to the policy goal of interest, the context in which they are mentioned.

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3BL Media

MAY 24, 2022

The Program introduced new or improved procedures and guidance documents clearly defining the process and roles of employees and functions to ensure a comprehensive and consistent approach to third party due diligence. In addition, the Company expanded its team of specialists conducting due diligence and assessing third party risks.

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3BL Media

JUNE 1, 2022

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), established at COP26 to develop a comprehensive global baseline of sustainability disclosures for capital markets, has launched a consultation on its first two proposed standards. Document the financial impact of non-financial indicators'.

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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.

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ESG Today

MAY 2, 2024

The ISSB was launched in November 2021 at the COP26 climate conference, with the goal to develop IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 23, 2021

This ambitious document outlines support for the low carbon sector via the creation of 250,000 new green jobs and via direct industry investment. Just last year, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government set out its Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution.

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The final agreement, however, was not more ambitious than last year’s COP26 document, removing the 2025 peak emissions goal at the last minute, and only reiterating the goal of limiting temperature increase to 1.5°C. According to COP26 President Alok Sharma, even maintaining last year’s progress proved challenging.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Recommendations for government include: Taking an international leadership role in 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) and the G7. Government is clearly the key player, but industry, organisations and individuals are also urged to take action, and we believe there is plenty to be achieved, starting today.”.

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Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

At COP26 in Glasgow, the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced plans for the UK to become the world’s first net zero-aligned financial centre. Also at COP26, Sunak proposed launching the Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) to develop a ‘gold standard’ for private sector climate transition plans, which WWF-UK was asked to join.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

The Environment Agency (EA) has pledged to default to low-carbon concrete when constructing flood defences and other critical infrastructure projects, provided they meet performance requirements, in a new roadmap document. The roadmap aims to demonstrate how the organisation will cut its carbon footprint by 45% by 2030.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

At the closing of COP26 in Glasgow in 2021, one of the headline questions centered on how countries would address the need for finance to address loss and damage , those impacts from climate change that are so severe communities are simply unable to adapt to them. Scale up support for adaptation.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Examples include a raft of net-zero commitments: Canada and the Republic of Korea have proposed net zero goals in legislation; Brazil, China, Italy, Japan, Turkey, and the United States all have included net zero ambitions in policy documents; and Australia, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa have communicated net zero targets in pledges.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2022

They argue the documents published on 6 January fail to provide: Sufficient detail about how the schemes will work, including eligibility criteria, making it difficult for farmers to plan in time for full rollout in 2024.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 26, 2021

If the UK is to host COP26 while simultaneously approving the extraction of coal, we risk becoming an international laughing stock.” The EU Commission document, published after the Brexit deal had been signed, “establishes an ambitious framework for cooperation on renewable energy and tackling climate change.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2022

C at the COP26 summit in Glasgow. I hope that future editions, over the coming five years, will be able to reflect a profoundly different story, using innovative metrics and powerful case studies to document the industrial circular transformation that is so urgently needed.” World leaders committed to limit climate change to 1.5°C

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James Militzer

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

But at COP26 the stepsister finally got her moment, and with good reason – methane has over 80 times the warming power of C02 , but it only lasts in the environment for a fraction of the time, so cutting methane emissions is the fastest, most impactful way to reduce global warming.

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Waste Climate Change Paris Agreement Banking 98

Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

Prior to COP26 last year, a group of asset owners and managers wrote to COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma to urge governments to set a timeline for the introduction of net zero accounting and auditing. . Asset owners are outlining their expectations.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 22, 2023

The SPA, which launched the landmark 2021 Amazon Assessment Report at UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, is a key point of reference on the Amazon. Consultants will report to the Lead Author(s) of specific policy briefs and work closely with members of the SPA Scientific-Technical Secretariat to elaborate the document.

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 25, 2023

The first report of the SPA, launched at the COP26 in Glasgow, is the most in-depth and holistic report of its kind on the Amazon. Set up rigorous review protocols and oversee review processes to ensure all SPA documents undergo proper vetting. Provide leadership and strategic guidance to facilitate SPA’s external engagement.

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Sustainable Development Network

MARCH 29, 2023

The first report of the SPA, launched at the COP26 in Glasgow, is the most in-depth and holistic report of its kind on the Amazon. Set up rigorous review protocols and oversee review processes to ensure all SPA documents undergo proper vetting. Provide leadership and strategic guidance to facilitate SPA’s external engagement.

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COP26 Development 52

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

” The document from the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG)[1] sets out seven recommendations that it believes global leaders at COP26 must consider to make carbon pricing more effective.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Fossil fuels were mentioned for the first time in a COP text two years ago, at COP26 in Glasgow. Indeed the final wording of the document lists one of the actions as: “Rapidly phasing down unabated coal and limiting the permitting of new and unabated coal power generation.” King continued: “Ensuring 1.5C

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Appetite for emerging market green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked (GSSS) bonds has surged since the COP26 Summit which saw some of the world’s richest countries promise US$100 billion in finance for climate mitigation in developing countries. Recourse for misuse of funds.

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Chris Hall

MAY 23, 2024

The AI technology enabled us to search, document, source, identify in any language at speed and scale the information that would have taken human-only teams a long time to do,” Wilmot told ESG Investor. “It Companies, countries, sectors Deforestation is a cause of both biodiversity loss and climate change. Between 2000 and 2020, around 4.7

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

COP26 in Glasgow highlighted the critical need for financial markets to be part of the solution to the climate emergency, and this partnership reinforces our commitment to enable this transition,” said Arne Staal, FTSE Russell CEO.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Deforestation, biodiversity and protecting nature were key issues at last year’s COP26 Summit, yet promises and pledges made in Glasgow have so far achieved a “pathetic rate of change”. In response, the GRI is working on a guidance document which will be published before this November’s COP27.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

Finance will obviously be the enabling factor in making the kind of transition that is required, so it’s a problem if accounting systems continue to act as if nature is “free to use”, a key issue pinpointed earlier this year by The Dasgupta Review , hailed at the time as a landmark document. Putting a price on pollution.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 23, 2023

“Current vote disclosure practices do not provide consistent, comprehensive and granular information on voting, especially at the fund or mandate level, to enable investors and broader market participants to hold asset managers to account on their voting practices,” the consultation document explained.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The disclosure framework document then outlines the specific information needed under each sub-element. . The TPT framework mirrors these five overarching themes, but recommends disclosures across 19 sub-elements, including carbon credits, incentives and remuneration, and financial planning.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The disclosure framework document then outlines the specific information needed under each sub-element. . The TPT framework mirrors these five overarching themes, but recommends disclosures across 19 sub-elements, including carbon credits, incentives and remuneration, and financial planning.

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3BL Media

JULY 25, 2023

The federal government recently released a proposed framework document for amendments to the methane regulations that would expand requirements regarding vented and fugitive emissions related to the oil and gas sector in Canada. These steps will help to ensure that the industry’s emissions reduction efforts are as effective as possible.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This includes the EU as well as a number of other G20 countries expected to both revise headline and sectoral targets, possibly extending also to food and land use on the basis of developments during the past 12-15 months ( UN Food Systems Summit , IPCC reports , COP26 and COP27 sectoral initiatives related to forests, food and land use).

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Chris Hall

JULY 18, 2022

Based on voting policies and related documentation from 25 leading US and European firms, a new Morningstar report says asset managers are making policies “more detailed and specific” on environmental and social themes.

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

The London Stock Exchange has published a public consultation on the market rules for its planned voluntary carbon market, first announced at COP26 last November, which will provide access to publicly traded carbon funds focused on investing in climate mitigation projects.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Co-chair Mark Carney’s announcement that GFANZ was backed by firms worth US$140 trillion at COP26 last November was seen as a key signal of the finance sector’s commitment to net zero, and the alliance is expected to want to demonstrate significant progress at COP27 in Egypt next month. .

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 24, 2022

Launched last year at COP26, the ISSB aims to provide a reporting baseline for use in jurisdictions globally. What are the main objectives of each standard? . The draft is also open-ended about materiality, determining that “the responsibility for making materiality judgements and determinations rests with the reporting entity”. .

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