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COP27: EU and Turkey enhance 2030 goals, as climate negotiations edge forward

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The first full negotiating texts are still not expected until later this evening, or potentially even tomorrow, according to Egypt's COP Presidency. Don't let anyone tell you, here or outside, that the EU is backtracking," Timmermans told COP27 delegates. Europe is staying the course. Russia's war against Ukraine will end.

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COP27: 10 things businesses have learnt from the Sharm El Sheikh Summit

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From Loss and Damage and just transitions to rows over fossil fuel phase outs and carbon markets, we take a look at some of the key lessons for businesses from COP27. BusinessGreen rounds up 10 of the key lessons from a Summit that delivered both major breakthroughs and deep disappointments.

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COP26 Climate Summit: From fossil fuels to forests - 10 things we learned in Glasgow

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BusinessGreen brings you an overview of the key business takeaways from the Glasgow Climate Summit. Here, we've picked out 10 key takeaways for business leaders from the Glasgow Climate Pact and COP26 Summit: 1. Fossil fuels get named and shamed.

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Global Briefing: Paris Olympics targets zero food waste and more plant based meals

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African green hydrogen plans, new coal-to-clean energy deals, and worsening climate impacts. Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet this week unveiled the catering strategy for the upcoming Olympic Games in the French capital, revealing a goal to halve the average carbon footprint of meals served during the Games.

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COP27: 'Grumpy' talks press on as US and China signal deeper climate cooperation

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On almost all of the key issues - ramping up climate finance for developing nations, doubling adaptation finance, agreeing a new loss and damage fund to support countries suffering the fallout from climate impacts, establishing certain rules governing global carbon markets, and ensuring ambitious language around the 1.5C

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Time waits for no planet

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Trying to calculate whether its worth buying a new annual rail pass when at least one week a month is set to be wiped out by strikes for the foreseeable? Despairing that global carbon emissions are back at record levels, deadly heatwaves are the new normal, and Michael Gove just went ahead and approved a new coal mine regardless ?

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Global Briefing: South Korea proposes plan to slash emissions 40 per cent by 2030

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South Korean decarbonisation plans, Irish hydrogen ambitions, and NATO targets net zero in this week's round up of green business news from around the world. South Korea this week signalled that it is set to strengthen its interim emission reduction targets ahead of the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow this autumn.