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Biogas trade association hosts side event at COP26, exploring short-lived climate pollutants

Envirotec Magazine

In its application, submitted in partnership with the Kenya Climate Change Working Group (KCCWG), WBA highlighted the importance of tackling short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), in particular methane and black carbon, to achieve the Paris Agreement targets “to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5°C,

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Company leadership at COP 26, and what’s next in this Decisive Decade

EDF + Business

Countries came to the 26 th Conference of the Parties in Glasgow, Scotland to try to close the gap between what they pledged in Paris in 2015 and where we need to be to secure a climate stable future. Their march forward to address climate is a key factor in encouraging countries to step up their ambition, as they did in this year at COP.

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COP27: The most important meeting in human history?

Business Green

Is the COP27 Summit that kicks off in Sharm El Sheikh this weekend the most important COP meeting yet, and therefore one of the most critical gatherings in the entire history of humanity? It is, by the admission of the Egyptian hosts, an "implementation COP". If COPs did not exist you would need to invent them.

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Observers reflect on a disappointing COP26

Envirotec Magazine

COP26 concluded on 13 November amidst widespread disappointment from environmental commentators about a lack of significant progress on the promises made in Paris in 2015 – even disbelief at a failure to commit to fulfilling many of those past promises. COP president Alok Sharma described it as “a fragile win”. degrees alive.

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COP27: A quick guide to common terms

Business Green

This is the global temperature rise above pre-industrial levels targeted by the 2015 Paris Agreement. The curbing of emissions to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane in the environment. Conference of the Parties (COP). SLCPs include black carbon, methane, and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

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Climate Policy at 30: Glasgow Climate Pact.

Energy and Cleantech Council

Each year since 1995, with the exception of 2020, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) has hosted a Conference of Parties (COP), where members of the UNFCCC negotiate issues relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other matters relating to climate change. UNFCCC began convening COPs in 1995.

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Canada must stop treating its Big Oil as some sacred cow

Clean Energy Canada

This is the first COP where participants found themselves face-to-face with the reality of breaching the 1.5 C warming limit that was the central aspiration of the 2015 Paris Agreement. COP28, the world’s foremost climate conference, is known for spawning tension and frustration, but this recent one seemed especially fraught.