GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

‘Floatovoltaics’ and ‘agrivoltaics’ will allow investors in solar PV to compete for a wider array of opportunities than ever before. But a lack of investment in grid infrastructure can hold investors back. Floating solar and the like is poised to accelerate as well.

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COP Fossil fuels Government Africa 130

Grist

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

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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Climate change Cooling Global warming COP 127

EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A major theme of this COP — the international climate change conference — is the urgent need to transition from commitments to action. The finance sector must invest in climate-smart agriculture. To develop these investment strategies, they need strong scientific and economic information on climate-smart practices and land use changes.

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Agriculture Resilience Climate change COP 52

Business Green

JANUARY 3, 2022

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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COP Plastics Waste Waste 61

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

They will use their connections to network, lobby – and even raise investment. 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. This year will be different.

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COP Fossil fuels Agriculture Pollution 139

Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2022

With just weeks to go until world leaders meet in Sharm El Sheikh for the critical upcoming UN climate summit, it means Sunak will face an immediate test of his commitment to combatting climate change, with the UK set to officially hand over the reins of its COP Presidency to Egypt at COP27.

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Policy Politics Government COP 69

Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

For all the evidence the Paris Agreement has catalysed an era-defining array of clean tech innovations and a remarkable shift in public opinion, there have been baseless arguments that the entire COP process is an exercise in futility. There are many different ways to gauge the success or otherwise of a COP.

COP 101

COP Climate change Government Policy 101