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

DeSmogBlog

In 2015, nearly 200 countries agreed to “Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C C above pre-industrial levels , recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change”.

COP 91
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Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'

GreenBiz

Danone, founded more than a century ago and famously declared an asset of national importance by the French government in 2005, has long prided itself on being a purpose-led business. And by definition, a commodity has no value or very limited value.

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Danone's Eric Soubeiran on regenerative farming and fixing the 'broken' food system

Business Green

Danone, which was founded more than a century ago and was famously declared an asset of national importance by the French government in 2005, has long prided itself on being a purpose-led business. And by definition, a commodity has no value or very limited value.

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Danone’s Eric Soubeiran: ‘The food system is broken’

AGreenLiving

Danone, founded more than a century ago and famously declared an asset of national importance by the French government in 2005, has long prided itself on being a purpose-led business. And by definition, a commodity has no value or very limited value.

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The World’s Top 10 Carbon Dioxide Emitters

R-Squared Energy

About 200 countries are presently convened for the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 25 in Madrid. The Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP) is tasked with making sure the agreements under the Paris Climate Accord are met. The Kyoto Protocol went into effect in 2005. and EU declined.

Carbon 78
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How forestry conservation is sustaining both the climate and livelihoods in the Congo

Business Green

At the UN's recent COP 26, over 140 world leaders promised to end deforestation by 2030, pledging over $19bn to do so. Put in place by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2005, it works by giving financial value to emission reductions from avoided deforestation. To limit the global temperature rise to 1.5

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Keeping 1.5C alive: Is COP26 on track to deliver on its goals?

Business Green

Global energy shortages and a recent spike in oil prices to a three-year high above $80 a barrel, have dimmed hopes that governments will announce bold new plans to rapidly ditch fossil fuels at the October 31st to November 12th summit. above pre-industrial times by 2100 based on existing policies. warming target remains within reach.