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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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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.

Net Zero 201
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First stop: Climate commitments. Next stop: Climate action?

GreenBiz

Signatories agree to implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris Agreement. Because yahoos such as me write critical columns about how they’re greenwashing or failing to do enough. I’ve spoken to many corporate sustainability professionals that say they don’t publicize their climate commitments.

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S&P DJI, BOCHK, Launch Climate Transition Index Covering Hong Kong Bay Area Companies

ESG Today

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.

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

The document also holds out the possibility of subsidies for carbon trading deals under Article 6 of the Paris agreement, and for Indigenous participation in fossil fuel projects. those are the pieces that we still need to find.”