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The UN’s Global Biodiversity Framework could be ‘Paris Agreement for nature’

GreenBiz

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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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. For the last 30 years, COP has been the planets main vehicle of hope for averting climate catastrophe. Shes changed her mind.

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Microsoft Signs Deal to Remove 1.1 Million Tons of CO2 Through Waste-to-Energy Carbon Capture

ESG Today

Oslo-based power and heat provider Hafslund Celsio announced today a new carbon removal offtake agreement with Microsoft, with the tech giant purchasing more than 1 million tons of carbon credits over ten years, to be generated by a new carbon capture project at Norway’s largest waste-to-energy plant.

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O-I Glass Announces New Ambitious 2030 Sustainability Goals

3BL Media

Energy Management : Weve created an energy strike team to find and destroy energy waste across our network. 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. It does not cause end-of-life waste issues.

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Four reasons to be hopeful about the planned global plastics treaty

Corporate Knights

Instead, it envisages a treaty akin to the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, which addresses greenhouse gas emissions. This is much harder to obfuscate than the Paris agreement’s aim of ensuring that the global average temperature does not rise 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Clear objectives and standards.

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What Is Energy Transition? A Guide to the Future of Energy

3BL Media

above pre-industrial levels as outlined in the Paris Agreement. Smart grids : Digitalized grids optimize electricity distribution, reduce waste, and enhance energy efficiency. This transformation is essential to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and meeting international climate targets, including limiting global warming to 1.5C

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Use of Employee Incentives to Hit Climate Goals More than Doubles Over Past Year: Accenture

ESG Today

The report found that most companies are making progress on decarbonization, revealing a 6% annual decrease in average emissions intensity, or emissions per unit of revenue, since the 2016 Paris Agreement.

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