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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

Or, in the words of James Marape, president of Papua New Guinea, theyre now a total waste of time. 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. As former U.S. Shes changed her mind.

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KPMG at COP29 Agenda

3BL Media

Theme: Navigating the energy transition Register today Thursday 14 November 2024 11:30am – 1:00pm (GMT+4) | Greenwashing: Are your green claims robust enough to withstand scrutiny and avoid greenwashing accusations? With sustainability and transparency at the forefront of the business landscape, the issue of greenwashing has emerged.

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Sustainability Backsliding Doesn’t Have to Mean Back to Square One

Stanford Social Innovation

Reversing the federal ban on plastic straws may seem minor, but 400 million tons of plastic waste is produced each year, harming marine ecosystems and human health. Companies should learn from the past, and think long term: In other periods of backsliding, leaders were separated from greenwashers.

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Article 6: Climate tool or trap?

Eco-Business

Without urgent reform, Article 6 of the Paris Agreement risks enabling large-scale greenwashing and undermining global climate goals. Without urgent reform, Article 6 of the Paris Agreement risks enabling large-scale greenwashing and undermining global climate goals. Education 5. Gender equality 6.

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Businesses and investors need to roll up their sleeves and join the race to revive biodiversity

Corporate Knights

Unlike the climate crisis that led to the signing of the Paris Agreement , biodiversity loss has received little attention until now. The Living Planet Report 2022 shows an average decline of 69% in wildlife populations since 1970, thus emphasizing the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change driven by human activities.

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Hong Kong Launches Taxonomy to Classify Green Activities and Investments

ESG Today

At launch, the new Hong Kong Taxonomy covers 12 economic activities across 4 sectors, including power generation, transportation, construction, and water and waste management. Going forward, the HKMA said that it aims to expand the taxonomy’s coverage to include more sectors and activities, including adding transition activities.

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

Corporate Knights

The Fine Print on Carbon Credits The definitions in the federal document take a fairly expansive view of “inefficient” subsidies that “encourage wasteful consumption, reduce our energy security, impede investment in clean energy sources, and undermine efforts to deal with the threat of climate change,” as the G20 defined the term in 2009.