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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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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. Carbon capture. What can be done with the captured CO2?

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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). Short-lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs). Anthropogenic.

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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.

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The future of fossil fuels could be decided in Dubai

The Verge: Energy

They want the biggest, heaviest-polluting nations to do something about it. The biggest international deal yet to tackle climate change came out of COP21 in 2015, when countries brokered the landmark Paris Agreement. That’s especially true for the world’s biggest polluters, which are the US and China by far.

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'Climate breakdown has already begun': Green figures react to IPCC's landmark climate warning

Business Green

Without deep carbon pollution cuts now, the 1.5-degree We already know what's needed to secure a safer future: from saying no to polluting fossil fuels like the Cambo oil field, to restoring the natural world, protecting forests and meeting financial promises to support people on the frontline of the climate crisis.