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UK sets out four 'objectives' for COP26, as COP15 confirms second postponement

Business Green

Chinese hosts of crucial COP15 Biodiversity Summit announce new October date, lining up a crunch autumn for global efforts to avert environmental disaster. The announcement from the CBD on the new plans for COP15 came as the UK co-hosts of the COP26 Summit this week announced their objectives for the event.

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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read. Her work with an NGO on the Pacific island of Vanuatu has made her mindful of what might seem an incommensurable cultural and psychological gulf between indigenous groups and the formalities that perhaps hold sway in a modern, western-dominated forum like COP.

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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read. Her work with an NGO on the Pacific island of Vanuatu has made her mindful of what might seem an incommensurable cultural and psychological gulf between indigenous groups and the formalities that perhaps hold sway in a modern, western-dominated forum like COP.

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COP26 is over, now what? Here's what it could mean for business

Business Green

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. Biodiversity and nature-based solutions. In reality, the current pledges align more closely to 2.7

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COP26: Delayed Glasgow Climate Summit confirmed for November 2021

Business Green

UN approves UK and Italian request for high profile Summit to be postponed by a full year, as co-hosts announce new 'Friends of COP' advisory board. He also reiterated the government's plans to make climate action a key plank in its recovery packages.

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Alok Sharma: 'I want to urge all businesses to join the Race to Zero Coalition'

Business Green

COP26 President Alok Sharma's speech yesterday to the Let's Build Back Better event hosted by the British High Commission in Wellington. Thank you to the British High Commission for organising this event. koutou katoa. English translation: Greeting, greetings, greetings to you all). degree target.

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COP15: Why business is in the spotlight as debates around nature funding intensify

Business Green

BusinessGreen speaks to delegates at COP15 about how the dash for cash to protect biodiversity will impact investors and business. Finance and Biodiversity Day at the COP15 Biodiversity Summit got off to an explosive start yesterday morning, after developing nations walked out of talks on finance in the wee hours of the morning.