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To achieve net-zero, let’s agree on one definition of success

GreenBiz

To achieve net-zero, let’s agree on one definition of success. Reaching the 2015 Paris Agreement goals requires bold action from all sectors and levels of our society. We suggest leaders spell out an organizational definition of net-zero to enable the Paris Agreement’s aim of net-zero global emissions by mid-century.

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New framework for CO2 offsets could create "cowboy carbon markets," critics warn

Corporate Knights

Others warned that the agreement doesn't fix big mistakes that carbon trading has made in the past. The voluntary market for carbon credits – separate from cap-and-trade markets regulated by governments – has grown slowly over the last few years, hobbled by loose definitions and lax credit verification.

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HSBC to stop financing new oil and gas fields except in Canada

Corporate Knights

“It’s a hugely important symbolic step,” says Matt Price, director of corporate engagement for Investors for Paris Compliance, a group that focuses on the financial industry response to the Paris Agreement climate accord. Matt Price, director of corporate engagement for Investors for Paris Compliance.

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Which banks are financing the clean energy transition?

Corporate Knights

The 2022 Sustainable Banking Revenues Ranking shows global bankers are off to a slow start, but over time it will help guide consistency of reporting and provide an ongoing window into bankers’ progress in meeting the world’s Paris Agreement commitments. .

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A new Swedish iron processing project could disrupt the global steel industry

GreenBiz

Looking forward, with customers, investors and policymakers increasing pressure to adhere to the Paris Agreement, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a critical element of maintaining competitiveness. Technology disruption is by definition challenging to forecast. Graphic: Auke Hoekstra, TU Eindhoven.

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Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020

GreenBiz

"Despite this significant drop from 2019 to 2020, the overall trend of the last five years is one heading definitively in the wrong direction," the report states. trillion to coal, oil and gas companies in the five years since the Paris Agreement was signed, it calculates. Overall, the world's leading banks have channelled $3.8

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Inogen Alliance Presents at COP29 in Azerbaijan

3BL Media

Abdel-Aziz is currently the co-chair of Sharm El Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Program under the Paris Agreement. Dr. Abdel-Aziz is a member of the Methodologies Panel of the CDM Executive Board since 2005 and a member of the Methodologies Expert Panel of Article 6.4.