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Defend Our Future Goes Abroad

Defend Our Future

For many years, young people were left out of formal negotiations and workshops at COP, but that changed with the creation of the Conference of Youth (COY) in 2005 and YOUNGO, the official children and youth constituency of UNFCCC in 2009. This statement is both functional and symbolic.

COP 52
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Big Meat and Dairy Delegates Triple at COP28

DeSmogBlog

With greater scrutiny over emissions from meat and dairy companies, it is not surprising they are stepping up their game to head off any COP outcome that might hinder their operations,” Ben Lilliston, from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy told DeSmog. Pesticide company Syngenta’s Foundation came with Ukraine.

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The Glasgow Climate Pact: What does it mean for Canada’s climate policy?

Clean Energy Canada

However, much work remains: coal still accounts for at least one-third of global electricity generation, and, in spite of the clear link between coal burning and higher temperatures, its use has increased in 2021 as economies reopened and energy demand shot up. Finance is shifting away from fossil fuels .

Policy 95
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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

A decade later, in 2005 and 2007, EU heads of government would confirm this path. Table from the 2005 article Article 2 of the UNFCCC: Historical Origins, Recent Interpretations, by Michael Oppenheimer and Annie Petsonk. It ended without much of a story, with the parties being called to the COP the following year.

COP 95
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Is America Halfway to a Zero-Carbon Grid?

GreenTechMedia

In 2005, it looked like heat-trapping gases from power plants were only going up. What will it take for the Biden team to stitch it back together before COP negotiations this fall? That year, the EIA put out a projection: CO2 emissions from power plants would steadily rise every year, thanks to the incumbency of coal and gas.

Carbon 130
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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.

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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.