Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Do the next best thing and read our COP reflections.  Last COP featured the conference’s first nuclear-themed pavilion, and this year boasted eight. Lawmakers are shooting for a 20-22% nuclear energy mix by 2030. For now, the swirl of COP nuclear activity represents a dip of the toe. Happy Monday! 

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

The UK government has today called for Covid-19 recovery plans to bolster the fight against climate change, with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab telling global leaders at a major climate summit that it is "duty of every responsible government" to reboot economies along climate-resilient lines.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Progress did seem to be forthcoming on cutting methane emissions, with more than 100 countries (although not China) – committing to a 30% reduction by 2030 compared to the 2030 baseline. COP president Alok Sharma described it as “a fragile win”. What can be done with the captured CO2? degrees alive.

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Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2020

It also wants to develop 50GW of renewables by 2030 - that's more than all the renewable electricity capacity installed in the UK to date. BP's aim to reduce its own oil and gas production by 40 per cent by 2030 is significant," campaign group Culture Unstained said on Twitter. But in 2018, BP's production was 2.7m barrels per day.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Obsessing over the conventional talking points – whether or not we should cut emissions by 2050 or 2030 and so on – or what we might term “mitigation”, is no longer going to cut it, they say. A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read. “The The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Green business groups and campaigners welcome higher 2030 emissions reduction goal, but call for ambitious policy and funding to put the UK on a net zero pathway as soon as possible. Ed Miliband MP, Labour's Shadow Business Secretary said: "We welcome the important strengthening of the 2030 UK target.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

What are the big priorities for COP? But progress was still lacking on Resilience and Energy Transition. Clearly it will be a major achievement for the UK government if the UK can hold a successful COP, so one can only assume the will is there to try to bring it off. Where are the main challenges? Nature and finance.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

UN analysis of 2030 emissions targets reveals countries have largely failed to resubmit climate plans aligned with 1.5C The fact that only 24 new or updated climate plans were submitted since COP 26 is disappointing. per cent by 2030, compared to 2010 levels. pathway by 2030. of warming by the end of the century. "At

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

With greater scrutiny over emissions from meat and dairy companies, it is not surprising they are stepping up their game to head off any COP outcome that might hinder their operations,” Ben Lilliston, from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy told DeSmog. Pesticide company Syngenta’s Foundation came with Ukraine.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

As part of the initiative, the International Solar Alliance aims to mobilize $1 trillion in financing by 2030 to assist developing countries in expanding their solar power grids. International financing for clean energy and climate change resiliency will be a focus of COP26. billion in 2019.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

UN analysis of 2030 emissions targets reveals countries have largely failed to resubmit climate plans aligned with 1.5C The fact that only 24 new or updated climate plans were submitted since COP 26 is disappointing. per cent by 2030, compared to 2010 levels. pathway by 2030. of warming by the end of the century. "At

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Obsessing over the conventional talking points – whether or not we should cut emissions by 2050 or 2030 and so on – or what we might term “mitigation”, is no longer going to cut it, they say. A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read. It’s time to pivot to a response that prioritises adaptation.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

It is also vital for achieving ocean-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework," he said, referring to the so-called 30x30 pledge made at last year's COP15 Summit to protect a third of the world's land and sea for biodiversity by 2030.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

He is an executive director at the International Monetary Fund and has also been UN Special Envoy on Financing for the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda since February 2020. An Egyptian national, Mohieldin boasts more than 30 years' experience in international finance and development.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As with the last summit, the risk continues to be that greenwashing leaves governments with “a vision that tinkers around the edges,”rather than a transformative one that creates food systems that are resilient and restore ecosystems,” as Shefali Sharma, director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), warned at COP27.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

The effects of climate change are already causing premature death and worsening health outcomes for many around the world and the expected direct financial costs are predicted to be $2-4bn per year by 2030. An empowering business narrative and call for health resilient climate action. What's already happening and what's missing?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In November, I had the privilege to represent Schneider Electric at the UN's Conference of Parties (COP) on climate change in Glasgow. This COP was unlike the previous 25 iterations, in that it took place during a global pandemic. In reality, the current pledges align more closely to 2.7 Bottom Line for Business.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

It marks the next chapter for the Breakthrough Agenda, which was launched by the UK COP Presidency and the Race to Zero campaign at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow last year and aims to bring together governments committed to driving the uptake of technologies and solutions that can help decarbonise emissions intensive sectors.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

As such, in May the company urged the EU to use its upcoming Farm to Fork and Biodiversity 2030 strategies to establish an EU Common Food Policy that provides incentives to farmers to switch to regenerative practices.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 10, 2021

They could be being transported into the Celtic Sea and Bristol Channel, or even further out into the Atlantic and north to Scotland, potentially in time for the UNFCCC CoP in November.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

To create fairer, greener and more resilient economies at home and around the world. That is why, as hosts of COP26 , the UK wants to ramp up ambition to achieve a climate-resilient, zero-carbon economy. These are: clean energy, clean transport, nature-based solutions, adaptation and resilience, and underpinning everything, finance.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This Conference of Parties (COP) was highly anticipated as a critical inflection point where our economies and societies set forth on an ambitious and clearly defined path to decarbonize by 2050 and keep warming below 1.5 Department of Energy–backed research effort to bring the cost of carbon removal below $100 a ton by 2030.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In my first fortnight as COP President, I have been listening to those who have done this before. ??Meeting Meeting people like Paris COP President Laurent Fabius, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Patricia Espinosa from the UNFCCC. ??And, And we are getting ready for it.??. We are firmly committed to this goal.??

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2021

As such, this year the formal pre-COP talks are tentatively scheduled for June, and Sharma's letter argues they should now take place virtually. Technically, the pre-COP talks could take place at any time ahead of the Summit itself, but clearly constructive negotiations are more likely with more lead-in time. National 2030 targets.

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Business Green

MARCH 19, 2021

Hopes are building that countries could reach an agreement over new targets, including proposals to conserve 30 per cent of the world's oceans and land by 2030, while also introducing controls on invasive species and new measures to reduce plastics pollution. "An

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Scientists have made clear that global emissions cuts of 45 per cent by 2030 are needed to stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C, yet UN analysis suggests that present national commitments would see emissions rise by 16 per cent by the end of the decade, compared to 2010. "The warming trajectory.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2021

Alok Sharma intent on holding 'most inclusive COP ever' in Glasgow, but it is not UK's gift alone to make in-person event happen. This is what makes the next United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow, COP 26, so critical. If we are serious about 1.5C, Glasgow must be the COP that consigns coal power to history," he said.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

I heard someone call COP26 the "business COP" I couldn't find any official reference of that sort, but I'm inclined to agree. Governments made commitments, too : More than 100 nations — including the United States, Brazil, China and Russia — pledged to end deforestation by 2030. The birds and the trees.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Governments have a unique opportunity to step up climate action to ensure that we can halve global emissions by 2030. Businesses have a stake in the COP outcomes for three main reasons - let me explain. What do businesses want to see from the governments that's being discussed at COP? ºC ambition, energy, finance included.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

All four companies have "ambitious and credible climate action plans" to drive down their emissions in line with climate science, and will "support the delivery of a successful and ambitious COP next November", the government said today. When it comes to climate action, we all have an important role to play.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

It is highly likely the row over phasing down or phasing out coal power will return in the coming years and the debate at future COPs will no doubt be extended to address oil and gas. Countries requested to set tougher 2030 climate plans. Polluters have been put on notice. temperature target stands tall. or 1.7C, but 1.5C

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Now almost a year on, it is just 23 days to COP27, the end of the UK's COP Presidency, and the end of my time as COP President. There was a report from the Australian Climate Council Study that came out this June that concluded that 1 in 25 Australian homes will become effectively uninsurable by 2030. So I'm going to be frank.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

The new campaign will be stewarded by the UK and Chile as incoming and outgoing COP presidents, respectively. That's why all members are demonstrating how they're already in the race to zero, by publishing immediate plans by COP26 and setting interim targets in 2025 and 2030.". campaign, according to the UNFCCC. "Net

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

°C without harnessing the power of NbS for both climate mitigation and resilience. If scaled up now, NbS could provide roughly a third of the emissions reductions needed to reach our global climate goals by 2030. Simply put, we cannot achieve the Paris Agreement's global climate goals to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

In Canada last month almost 200 countries at COP 15 agreed a set of landmark pledges that will resonate not just through 2023, but to the end of the decade and beyond to the middle of the 21st century. Being a five-year plan, the EIP will necessarily focus minds on delivery, which is what we need at this stage of the journey towards 2030.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Of course, there are deep failures at the heart of the COP process and its politics. And indeed overall, the discussions on adaptation, resilience and damage illustrate how far we all have to go to reckon with the disruptive, damaging effect that climate impacts inevitably involve. These mechanisms have invigorated global action.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

In a video address to more than 40 leaders and ministers assembled at the Berlin event this morning, Antonio Guterres slammed political leaders for failing to take adequate action on tackling climate change and mobilising finance to support poorer nations' efforts to decarbonise and bolster their climate resilience.

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