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Fossil Fuel Friendly Daily Mail Firm Handed £500k Government Contract to Run UK COP28 Events

DeSmogBlog

Dmg events, which is headquartered in Dubai, organises an array of events for the oil and gas industry. Why choose a company which works so closely with the oil industry to work at COP? This year’s COP summit has already been marred by controversy.

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‘Drop Fossil Fuels,’ Over 400 Scientists Tell PR Firm Handling UN Climate Talks?

DeSmogBlog

The UN Conference of the Parties (COP) climate summits convene world leaders and delegates and draws significant media attention. The question after that is for the UN and other stakeholders to determine if we need stricter rules for who is in the room and around the table at these COPs,” he said.

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The scientist who warned the US about climate change says it’s worse than we thought. Again.

Grist

degrees C target was initially established as a target in Paris in 2015 after a push by developing nations at a previous COP, to bring attention to the fact that global warming does not impact all nations equally. For context, it has taken the world more than a century to warm a little more than 1 degree C, according to NASA.

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WoodMac: Emerging Solar Markets to Come of Age in 2020s

GreenTechMedia

‘Floatovoltaics’ and ‘agrivoltaics’ will allow investors in solar PV to compete for a wider array of opportunities than ever before. Finally, economy-wide net zero emissions targets will be on the agenda at the UNFCCC’s 26th Conference of Parties (COP) held in the UK later this year.

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Following COP26 it is clearer than ever that businesses must lead the repair of our planet

Business Green

A significant feature of COP was businesses joining with activists to demand faster progress. There is a vast array of ways businesses can both show leadership and generate value. The talk of Glasgow being 'the last best chance' to avoid the worst consequences was always going to be overblown and that turned out to be the case.

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Banks take major step to turn climate commitments into action for global agriculture sector

EDF + Business

A major theme of this COP — the international climate change conference — is the urgent need to transition from commitments to action. This is essential to our success, as is a focused effort to serve a diverse array of banks and farmers. For example, in the U.S., national or global banks serve a very small proportion of U.S.

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Mapped: Big Ag’s Routes to Influence at COP28

DeSmogBlog

Oil and gas has dominated discussions at past COPs, which have focused on the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transport sectors to tackle dangerous levels of global warming. Big companies which have previously accessed COP in this way include JBS, which came in with the Brazilian delegation for COP27 in Egypt.

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