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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

Some commentators in the sustainability sphere report a dawning realisation that climate change can no longer be simply “solved”, in the sense of it being possible to slow it down to a degree that will allow our civilization to continue in a more or less recognisable form. A fair COP? Drought in Kenya.

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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

Some commentators in the sustainability sphere report a dawning realisation that climate change can no longer be simply “solved”, in the sense of it being possible to slow it down to a degree that will allow our civilization to continue in a more or less recognisable form. A fair COP? Drought in Kenya.

COP 130
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Next Prime Minister to face legal requirement to beef up Net Zero Strategy

Business Green

Ruling on a case brought by Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth, and the Good Law Project, Mr Justice Holgate agreed the strategy lacked sufficient explanation or quantification as to how the decarbonisation plans set out in the Net Zero Strategy published last autumn would achieve emissions targets for the 2030s and beyond.

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'2020 is a turning point': Top corporates urge Boris Johnson to accelerate climate action

Business Green

As the UK readies for the upcoming COP26 Summit in Glasgow in November, the Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change urge government to deliver ambitious net zero strategy. This should include widespread engagement on the health, economic and environmental co-benefits of cutting food waste and changes in diet.".

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Sustainable Business Went Mainstream in 2021

Andrew Winston

A few months later, corporate giants also spoke out against state laws meant to restrict voting. Global climate meeting falls short. trillion to invest in climate action (clean technologies) and sustainable development (e.g., I never would have imagined companies picking sides — they want influence in both parties.

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

DeSmogBlog

C above pre-industrial levels , recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change”. It was at COP21, where the Paris Agreement , the most important climate pact to date, was enshrined. Everything had changed forever. That paragraph, in article 2, paragraph 2.a.,

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Net Zero Finance: Is green finally going mainstream?

Business Green

Climate change and the net zero transition pose huge risks to the financial system unless action is taken, but they also offer massive business opportunities. And by COP in Glasgow we will look to have those types of commitments across the financial sector, right into the private banking sector as well.". It's a net zero COP.