Why the Paris Agreement poses major stranded asset risk to Indonesian palm oil
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Research lays bare scale of stranded asset risk facing Indonesia's palm oil sector if Paris Agreement climate goals are met.
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How Your Organization Can Buy Paris Agreement-Verified Rainforest Carbon Credits for the First Time
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Date/Time: November 18, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) As governments step up efforts to strengthen the Paris Agreement at COP26 and tackle the climate emergency, corporate action has never been more critical.
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The UN’s Global Biodiversity Framework could be ‘Paris Agreement for nature’
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Set to be finalized in early 2022, the GBF’s draft sets out targets for protecting marine and land habitats, reducing pesticides and plastic waste, and increasing investments.
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Unilever threatens to quit trade associations that block climate policy
GreenBiz
MARCH 21, 2024
The company says it will cut ties with groups that obstruct progress on Paris Agreement net-zero goals.
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Coronavirus could trigger 'largest ever annual fall in CO2' in 2020
GreenBiz
APRIL 13, 2020
But an analysis suggests the likely reduction in CO2 still would be far off goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Study reveals 'explosion' in climate-related litigation since 2020
GreenBiz
JULY 7, 2023
Report details increased diversity of climate litigation since the Paris Agreement, leading to indirect impacts on corporate decision-making regardless of courtroom success.
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Exploring the first international declaration on pathways to building decarbonization
GreenBiz
MARCH 28, 2024
The Declaration de Chaillot marks a major achievement for countries trying to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement.
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How are G7 companies actually performing against Paris Agreement goals?
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
New analysis suggests corporations in the G7 are currently far off track, but decarbonization trends are at least heading in a greener direction.
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'Red flag for COP26': Most high-carbon companies shooting 'wide of the mark' for a 2C world
GreenBiz
MARCH 23, 2020
Investor-led Transitions Pathway Initiative warns four in five firms in carbon-intensive sectors currently fail Paris Agreement test.
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To achieve net-zero, let’s agree on one definition of success
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Reaching the 2015 Paris Agreement goals requires bold action from all sectors and levels of our society. In this refreshed, robust definition, a strategy for “Net-Zero” greenhouse gas emissions can earn its capital letters if it is: Fully-scoped , Science-based , Paris Agreement-compliant and Cumulative. Peter Boyd.
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Advice for scaling nature-based carbon removal programs
GreenBiz
AUGUST 24, 2021
Sponsored: Carbon removal is an important and immediate part of the many actions companies are taking to reach the aims of the Paris Agreement.
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“Global laughing stock:” Dutton’s threat to tear up Paris climate target labeled a disaster
Renew Economy
JUNE 8, 2024
Peter Dutton's threat to pull out of the Paris agreement while the country waits two decades for nuclear would make Australia a "global laughing stock", activists say. The post “Global laughing stock:” Dutton’s threat to tear up Paris climate target labeled a disaster appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Banks flout net-zero targets to cash in on the next LNG boom
Corporate Knights
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Oil and gas companies are betting their future on LNG projects, but every single one of their planned projects puts the future of the Paris agreement in danger," Reclaim Finance campaigner Justine Duclos-Gonda said in a statement. Many large banks have pledged to reach net-zero emissions, yet they are still financing the LNG boom.
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Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac: 'Every day is a chance that will not come again'
GreenBiz
MARCH 7, 2020
negotiators behind the Paris Agreement, Figueres and Rivett-Carnac have done a lot of work together. As the U.N. We caught up with them about their latest collaboration, a book called "The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis.".
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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?
Corporate Knights
JANUARY 13, 2025
The landmark Paris Agreement was forged in the corridors of COP21 back in 2015. Among their suggestions: that future COPs be hosted only by countries that have demonstrated a commitment to the Paris Agreement and that corporate players who are not aligned with the UNs climate goals not be allowed to attend.
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Climate storytelling: Why Article 12 of the Paris Agreement could unlock everything
We Mean Business Coalition
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
That’s why I believe one of the most neglected clauses in the Paris Agreement might just be our best hope for planetary transformation. In arcane COP-speak – the Paris Agreement says communications is important to enable the rest of its own provisions.
Downturn signals opportunity for climate-aligned investing
GreenBiz
APRIL 27, 2020
Several frameworks are emerging that sets performance thresholds identifying economic activities that align with the Paris Agreement emissions reduction targets.
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'Mission 2025': Corporations, mayors call for more ambitious national climate plans
GreenBiz
JUNE 25, 2024
The next round of climate plans due under the Paris Agreement can galvanize the green economy, business leaders and mayors argue.
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Australia will miss its weak 2030 emissions reduction targets, new data shows
Renew Economy
APRIL 21, 2022
Australia set to fall short of its weak Paris Agreement target for emissions, thanks to the lack of meaningful federal policy. The post Australia will miss its weak 2030 emissions reduction targets, new data shows appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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COP15: Is this 'the Paris Agreement for nature'?
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 23, 2022
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework promises to end the decline in nature, but can it really catalyze the transformation in business models that is required?
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An authoratarian petrostate takes centre stage as COP29 host
Corporate Knights
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Moreover, the UN’s visionary commitment to develop a more just, tolerant society as part of its Paris Agreement goals also looks shaky when it works with an authoritarian family dictatorship. Freedom House, a Washington, D.C.–based s score of 18/100).
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Episode 338: Women raise voices at VERGE 22
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 28, 2022
This episode features VERGE 22 keynote speakers Paris Agreement negotiator Christiana Figueres, behavioral scientist Sweta Chakraborty, marine geologist Dawn Wright and more.
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How a more inclusive marketplace can promote low-carbon growth
GreenBiz
JUNE 16, 2023
Developing sector-based benchmarks for issuing carbon credits would open markets to emerging companies and mark significant progress toward Paris Agreement goals.
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Understanding the Carbon Removals Landscape
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Lasting mitigation of carbon is critical for keeping emissions within the temperature goals set in the Paris Agreement.
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How banks can accelerate net-zero emissions commitments
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 27, 2021
On the eve of COP26, large banks have yet so shift fundamentally towards the Paris Agreement.
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6 stops on the roadmap to net zero emissions for the apparel sector
GreenBiz
MARCH 4, 2022
These actions can deliver 60 percent of the emissions reductions needed for the industry to stay in line with the Paris Agreement.
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COP29 Ends with Target to Triple Climate Finance to $300 Billion per Year
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
One of the key outcomes of the conference was an agreement on the creation of a New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG), aimed at aligning global financial flows with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, with nations agreeing that climate financing for developing nations should reach at least $1.3
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This is what ‘responsible’ climate lobbying looks like
GreenBiz
APRIL 4, 2022
The new Global Standard on Responsible Climate Lobbying offers detailed suggestions for how companies can ensure their lobbying aligns with the Paris Agreement.
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Climate change: Future of today's young people
Science Daily / Earth & Environment
MAY 7, 2025
Meeting the Paris Agreement's 1.5 If global temperatures rise by 3.5 C by 2100, 92% of children born in 2020 will experience unprecedented heatwave exposure over their lifetime, affecting 111 million children. C target could protect 49 million children from this risk. billion children affected under a 3.5 C threshold.
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Going for the E-S-Gold: Home of the Paris Agreement Hosts the Olympics
3BL Media
AUGUST 12, 2024
While there have been some setbacks, particularly regarding pollution in the Seine River and a reversal on using air conditioners in the Olympic Village, the Paris Olympics have won overall high marks for being environmentally friendly.
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US withdrawal from Paris Agreement to increase risk to insurers, EIOPA warns
Environmental Finance
MAY 7, 2025
The EU's insurers face increased sustainability-related risk exposure in the next 12 months, linked to the US withdrawals from the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization (WHO), according to the EU's pensions and insurance regulator.
Major parties have Australia on track to blow past Paris targets
Renew Economy
MAY 9, 2022
Only the Greens and 'teal' independents have climate policies consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement, new analysis shows. The post Major parties have Australia on track to blow past Paris targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Big business puts its industry associations on notice: No more blocking climate policy
Corporate Knights
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Today, companies representing 40% of the stock market have committed to science-based targets around reducing their greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. . Supporting climate action aligned with the Paris Agreement when engaging with policy-makers. These companies are not run by wide-eyed idealists.
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What Is Energy Transition? A Guide to the Future of Energy
3BL Media
APRIL 22, 2025
above pre-industrial levels as outlined in the Paris Agreement. National and international climate commitments, including those under the Paris Agreement, are driving policy shifts toward decarbonization by setting emissions reduction targets.
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What does digital art have to do with sustainability?
GreenBiz
MAY 5, 2021
A Paris Agreement for blockchain. On April 7, a coalition led by Energy Web announced the Crypto Climate Accord , modeled loosely on the Paris Agreement. Like the Paris Agreement, this broad pact is pathway-agnostic.
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HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2020
While the pledge provides limited detail on the measures it will take to slash the carbon emissions of its portfolio or operations, the bank said it would establish "clear, measurable pathways" to net-zero using the Paris Agreement's Capital Transition Assessment Tool (PACTA). Pull Quote. Finance & Investing.
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World headed for record hot year by 2028 – probably our first above 1.5°C limit
Renew Economy
MAY 17, 2023
Does this mean the Paris Agreement has already failed? New report forecasts two-in-three chance of passing 1.5℃ threshold sometime in the next five years. The post World headed for record hot year by 2028 – probably our first above 1.5°C C limit appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Four reasons to be hopeful about the planned global plastics treaty
Corporate Knights
MARCH 23, 2022
Instead, it envisages a treaty akin to the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, which addresses greenhouse gas emissions. The emphasis on designing plastic products to be reused or recycled means that the future agreement will probably also include a commitment to phasing out single-use items made from plastics wherever possible.
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OECD Warns of Climate-alignment “Blind Spot”
Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
The OECD report analysed how the climate alignment of finance globally is assessed, the current degree of alignment, and how financial sector and real economy policies and actions influence alignment with Article 2.1c
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The Road to Powering Amazon on 100% Renewable Energy by 2025
GreenBiz
MARCH 31, 2021
Most recently the company committed to powering global operations on 100% renewable energy by 2025 as part of The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. How will the company get there five years ahead of the initial 2030 target?
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Meet the man most responsible for saving COP29 from irrelevancy
Corporate Knights
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
But that’s the mandate of Simon Stiell, the former environment minister of Grenada who is now the United Nations’ climate chief – the man most responsible for achieving the Paris Agreement goal of limiting climate change to 1.5°C With little to no power to enforce compliance, Stiell has responsibility without authority.
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O-I Glass Announces New Ambitious 2030 Sustainability Goals
3BL Media
MARCH 28, 2025
Aligning with the Paris Agreement The elevated sustainability goals reflect O-Is decisive action to better position the company as a leader in sustainable glass manufacturing. This aligns O-I with the target of the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 The 47% GHG reduction aligns O-I with a 1.5-degree
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Ceres Welcomes Final Agreement at COP29 to Move the World Forward With Climate Action
3BL Media
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
At the start of COP29, more than 650 investors with $33 trillion in assets signed the 2024 Global Investor Statement, calling for a whole-of-government approach to implement economy-wide policies in line with the Paris Agreement goal to prevent worsening and costly climate disasters.
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Brazil Cuts Amazon Deforestation by 31%, Sets New 2035 Climate Goals
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
The new decarbonization goal, to be officially presented at the COP29 climate conference currently underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, will form Brazil’s second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement.
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