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How Your Organization Can Buy Paris Agreement-Verified Rainforest Carbon Credits for the First Time

GreenBiz

Date/Time: November 18, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) As governments step up efforts to strengthen the Paris Agreement at COP26 and tackle the climate emergency, corporate action has never been more critical.

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'Red flag for COP26': Most high-carbon companies shooting 'wide of the mark' for a 2C world

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Investor-led Transitions Pathway Initiative warns four in five firms in carbon-intensive sectors currently fail Paris Agreement test.

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How banks can accelerate net-zero emissions commitments

GreenBiz

On the eve of COP26, large banks have yet so shift fundamentally towards the Paris Agreement.

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IEEFA Update: COP26 is different to prior COPs

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COP26 is about implementation and the actions of this decade. We don’t need a new Paris Agreement treaty – we need a global ratcheting up of ambition. Read the full story from IEEFA. And that is what we are seeing – there is a pull forward in ambition timetables as the race accelerates, and the… Read more →

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ICYMI, Opportunity Narrows on Meeting Paris Agreement Goals

Chris Hall

Focused on mitigation, the report noted that progress on the alignment of financial flows towards the goals of the Paris Agreement remained slow, with tracked climate finance flows distributed unevenly across regions and sectors. . trillion, warned that “only a very small window remains to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement”.

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Bond Investors Can Help Hold Companies Accountable Post COP26

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DESCRIPTION: The United Nations Glasgow Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, concluded in November with 200 nations signing the Glasgow Climate Pact (GCP), an agreement that could accelerate climate action and drive big carbon cuts. COP26 Reflects Increased Drive for Climate Action . SOURCE: AllianceBernstein.

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UN Secretary General speech at #COP26: "We know what must be done" as negotiations centre on draft decision texts

John Englart

UN Secretary General setting the tone for the final days of negotiations, arguing we need ambition in the COP26 decision text and in the CMA (Paris Agreement) Decision text.The Draft decision text as of Friday morning still mentions coal and fossil fuels. Will it survive till the gavel comes down?

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