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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

The landmark Paris Agreement was forged in the corridors of COP21 back in 2015. Turning COP into a venue for greenwashing Oil and gas did not show up to the COP party uninvited. They could have an amazing impact on accelerating decarbonization, but theyve decided not to do it. As former U.S. Shes changed her mind.

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KPMG at COP29 Agenda

3BL Media

The agenda focuses on bridging the gap between innovative visions and tangible actions, with a special emphasis on the energy transition, corporate decarbonization, climate finance, food and agriculture, and adaptation and resilience. You’re invited to explore the agenda and register to be part of these progressive conversation.

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Most Canadian pension funds recognize the urgency of climate change. Some don't.

Corporate Knights

CPPIB s greenwashing and contradictory actions are all the more problematic in light of the fund s apparent sophistication on many elements of managing climate-related risk, the report says.

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The war of words over climate change

Corporate Knights

Words including decarbonization, net-zero, anthropogenic or carbon footprint dont work. Most people dont know about the Paris Agreement, let alone the significance of 1.5C. Instead, lean into pollution, overheating and extreme weather. And that is code for We will stay invested in oil and gas companies.

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How climate risk disclosure became a battleground for the clean economy

Corporate Knights

But the lack of common standards and real accountability has created uncertainty and enabled greenwashing. The shift began with the Paris Agreement in 2015, when the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) was created. Mandatory climate-risk disclosure is short on cheerleaders.

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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

GreenBiz

Yet that is precisely where the industry has found itself, after a new grassroots campaign — Clean Creatives — launched this month in the United States, aimed at pressuring advertising, PR and public affairs agencies to end what it regards as "greenwashing and misinformation campaigns that help delay climate action.". It is a big business.

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Canada’s biggest pension plan is fuelling worst rainy-day future ever

Corporate Knights

CPPIB Lags the Field, Earns Praise from Oil and Gas The report acknowledges that some Canadian pension funds have published ambitious climate strategies, emission reduction targets, and decarbonization plans.

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