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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.
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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The new S&P BOCHK China Hong Kong Greater Bay Area Net Zero 2050 Climate Transition Index is designed to measure the performance of companies in the bay area, while achieving a variety of decarbonization targets.
The document also holds out the possibility of subsidies for carbon trading deals under Article 6 of the Parisagreement, and for Indigenous participation in fossil fuel projects. those are the pieces that we still need to find.”
Most of this new capacity will be directed toward decarbonizing industrial emitters such as cement and petrochemicals, and the power sector. The World Bank estimates that a carbon price of $50 to $100 per ton of CO2 is required by 2030 to meet the temperature goals of the ParisAgreement. Carbon – Reforms Are Coming.
make greenwashing easier to detect and allow companies that are really delivering on climate action to stand out from the crowd. Mission Possible Partnership launched its 2030 Milestones , detailing the necessary actions needed this decade to decarbonize heavy industry. C-aligned science-based targets.
This year's event built off the learning from the SDSN's Roadmap to 2050 A Manual for National to Decarbonize by Mid-Century report published in partnership with Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM). The event’s panels on the first day were focused on the decarbonization of the power, transport, industry, and buildings sectors.
We saw new highs of ambition within one of the hardest-to-decarbonize sectors, as Cemex, Holcim and Titan become the first cement companies to set 1.5°C-aligned New guidance and tools were launched to further support companies on the path to decarbonization. C-aligned science-based targets. C temperature rise limit.
Ahead of the conference, the data had been collected and analysed, with assessments delivered on the effectiveness of actions taken to date, primarily in the form of signatories’ nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to the ParisAgreement. The official verdict was clear. C of climate change by 2100.
As customers demand greener products and services, investors seek out the next big climate solution, and governments legislate to cut emissions, companies know they need to decarbonize, and fast. Ambition: Has the company set the right decarbonization targets? We can’t halve global emissions without protecting and restoring nature.
The SBTi believes that direct decarbonization must remain the priority for corporate climate action,” Alberto Carrillo Pineda, SBTi’s chief technical officer, said in a statement. C above pre-industrial levels.
Based on these reports, it’s understandable for people to conclude that carbon credits are nothing but greenwashing — a charade designed to allow big corporations to pretend to take climate action while making no real effort to reduce their actual emissions. Bilateral agreements to allow trading between countries, under Article 6.2
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After the signature of the ParisAgreement in 2015, science has become widely accepted. Businesses must close the ‘Say : Do’ gap; the greenwashing space between their environmental pledges and (lack of) actions to meet them Paul Polman, former Unilever CEO. Why should a company be net-zero? 4 – Report progress.
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International investment manager M&G Investments announced that it will adopt the new Sustainability Improvers label introduced by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR)for its Sustain Paris Aligned range of climate mitigation-focused investment funds.
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The intention is to align its portfolio with the goals of the ParisAgreement. Newsom also was named to a two-year term as co-chair of the Under2 Coalition, a network of states and regions looking to integrate the ParisAgreement goals with a mind to social justice. . On the other side of the U.S., New York Gov.
Words including decarbonization, net-zero, anthropogenic or carbon footprint dont work. Most people dont know about the ParisAgreement, 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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