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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

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degrees C cap on average warming that governments pledged to aim for when they signed the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement to avoid dangerous climate change. Launched in 2018 with the Canadian and UK Governments, GPAP is now helping countries across ASEAN and West Africa to tackle ocean plastic waste. Pull Quote.

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Closing the 'G20 ambition gap': Why the world's major economies must act now to secure a 1.5C future

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In 2015, the world committed to cutting those to arrest global temperature rises at 1.5C. For good measure we chucked in two more - Egypt and the United Arab Emirates; hosts of the next two COP climate summits. One of them - China - has also made, looks on track to over-deliver , and is making big investments in clean technologies.

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Keeping 1.5C alive: What to expect from a critical autumn for the net zero mission?

Business Green

The government has promised a raft of hotly-anticipated plans and policies in the coming months, including the Heat and Buildings Strategy, Food Strategy White Paper, Treasury Net Zero Review, and an overarching Net Zero Strategy, all of which should help unlock billions of pounds of green investment. Nobody has got the full picture in a COP.

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Collective interest should spur us to deliver at COP27

Business Green

In 2015, countries came together and formed the Paris Agreement. Though policy choices could reduce this figure, and I would add that it includes investments with long term benefits. Internationally, the coal power pipeline has reduced over 75 percent since 2015. Sustainable investments have now reached 4 trillion dollars.

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We want to deliver a green recovery in partnership with business and finance

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Because finance and investment are the lifeblood of net zero projects - and we can only meet this challenge together. I know the drive to deliver a return on investment and the search for growth areas in the economy. Experience working in the private sector. And you will be welcomed and right to do so.

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

Business Green

The first full negotiating texts are still not expected until later this evening, or potentially even tomorrow, according to Egypt's COP Presidency. But we are hoping that everyone will rise to the occasion by the end of COP, and realise that while the national interest is very important, something greater than that is at stake.

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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

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degrees C cap on average warming that governments pledged to aim for when they signed the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement to avoid dangerous climate change. Launched in 2018 with the Canadian and UK Governments, GPAP is now helping countries across ASEAN and West Africa to tackle ocean plastic waste.