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A Guide to Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing to COP28

DeSmogBlog

Agriculture, which is responsible for over one third of the world’s emissions, will be under the spotlight at the upcoming COP28 global climate summit in Dubai. Major food and farming corporations will be seeking to steer conversations in Dubai via an influential coalition: the AIM for Climate (Aim4C) initiative.

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'Thundering wake up call': UN slams political leaders for vast 'emissions gap' ahead of COP26

Business Green

World needs collective ambition to rise seven-fold to stand a chance of keeping on a 1.5C warming pathway, and to turn 'vague' net zero pledges into action, UN warns. of global warming under national climate plans submitted ahead of next week's COP26 Climate Summit. warming target remains within reach.

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Sustainable Business Went Mainstream in 2021

Andrew Winston

This is my year-end article from Harvard Business Review that I mentioned in my last post (which has many more stories and links). Trends in corporate sustainability have been mostly consistent — an expanding climate crisis, lightning-speed growth in clean tech, rising pressure from many stakeholders, and more.

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From finance appeals to net zero target rules: All the latest from COP27

Business Green

BusinessGreen rounds up the latest developments to emerge from the pivotal climate talks taking place in Sharm El Sheikh. Meanwhile, the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu - another AOSIS member - made headlines this afternoon as it became the latest nation to back plans for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at UN talks.

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'Increasingly frustrated': PM castigates world leaders for inadequate climate commitments

Business Green

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Boris Johnson urges nations to step up their climate finance and emissions pledges ahead of COP26, predicting that in the future 'the only great powers will be green powers'. Because climate change is no longer an issue that solely concerns the unkempt fringes," he added. this century.

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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

C above pre-industrial levels , recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change”. It was at COP21, where the Paris Agreement , the most important climate pact to date, was enshrined. That paragraph, in article 2, paragraph 2.a., The answer is neither simple nor short.

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Six months on from COP26: Where to find progress on climate in a more dangerous and divided world

Business Green

The intenational response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the outcome of national elections, and the drive to build integrity into carbon markets will be key indicators of progress on climate over coming months, argues Rachel Kyte. Today, the world looks ever more complex. Ensuring integrity in corporate commitments.