GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Wed, 10/07/2020 - 02:01. Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. Energy and Clean Growth minister also served as COP President for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference. New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix. Elsa Wenzel. Who's news.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

Very sad that that the role I was offered by @BorisJohnson last year has now been rescinded as Whitehall "can't cope" with an Indy cop unit. Wishing the cop team every blessing in the climate recovery emergency. — COP26President (@Cop26President) January 31, 2020.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2022

However, the mood at the conference remains downbeat as progress on key issues of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) continue at a sluggish pace amid widespread disagreement on issues such as finance, subsidy reform and nature risk reporting. Without it then you would say we have not had a successful COP," he said."

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2021

He was detained most recently during protests in September 2020 and also spent a night in a cell as part of XR demonstrations in October 2019. But given that the UK has the COP presidency this year, we could be setting a good example for other governments to follow. That makes the government's emissions targets a sham," he said.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

But the paper said a "civil war" has broken out between senior ministers over how best to enact the potentially controversial policy, with the government yet to decide which products would be targeted by the planned carbon border tariff. per cent to 0.5 per cent of GDP on the upcoming international climate summit.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

That, in our view, is legally fatal to the [policy] in its present form. The consequence of our decision is that the government will now have the opportunity to reconsider the ANPS [National Policy Statement] in accordance with the clear statutory requirements that Parliament has imposed.". It's his chance to shine on the world stage.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2020

The two-day Petersberg Climate Dialogue has long been a key event in the annual climate diplomacy calendar, with environment ministers from around 30 countries typically coming together to thrash out priorities and preparations for the following United Nations COP climate summit.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

We are committed to holding COP 26 in Glasgow, but the Scottish government needs to work with us to make sure this is a successful summit, which showcases the UK as a world leader in tackling climate change and represents value for the UK taxpayer," he was quoted as saying. — COP26 (@COP26) February 12, 2020. and is where the ??

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

Every year since its inception the Climate Change Committee (CCC) offers its verdict on the UK's progress against its climate goals, providing an overview of the country's decarbonisation to date, its latest economic and emissions projections, and the state of the policy landscape. So the government is playing a pretty high stakes game here.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

That, in our view, is legally fatal to the [policy] in its present form. — Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) February 27, 2020. — Rebecca Long-Bailey (@RLong_Bailey) February 27, 2020. — Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) February 27, 2020. It is certainly far from the end of the matter, however.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As the crucial biodiversity talks enter their final week, diplomats assembled in Montreal continue to debate the wording of the various clauses of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) as they look to finalise a global treaty to reverse the destruction of nature around the world by 2030.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Together, they will work to finalise a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). million people came together and urged governments to adopt policies now to reverse nature loss before the end of the decade. The will from many in the business community is there, it must now be matched with political action.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Dig into the 14 October summary from the UK COP Presidency and there's cautious optimism that a set of deals to stop countries cheating on climate could land in Glasgow. In short, it would entail regular UN-run assessments to see what capitals are up to, how badly they're being hit by impacts, and how successful various policies are.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

” Our analysis focused on the three years spanning from October 2020 to October 2023, a period when calls for the media , public relations and advertising companies to cut their commercial ties with fossil fuel clients have increased amid growing awareness of the role industry messaging has played in slowing climate action. .”

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Business and policy leaders reflect on the major wins from the Glasgow Summit, what needs to happen next, and why COPs could look and feel difficult from now on. goal established by the Paris Agreement, after all, and developed nations failed to meet their $100bn climate target - set in 2009 for 2020 - ahead of the conference.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2020

Has anyone ever faced a shorter political honeymoon? million barrels a day in 2020, down around 90,000 barrels a day from 2019, although under a pessimistic scenario global demand could fall by 730,000 barrels a day in 2020. The IEA is now predicting global oil demand will fall to 99.9

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

As is the European Commission, according to its First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, who declared in the Petersberg Dialogue that the EU should show leadership across the climate change agenda "…by sticking to the agenda as though a COP would take place in November this year.". More twists in this virus. So - job done?

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Every policy, law, regulation, study, analysis, proposal or action that has the climate crisis in mind is built on the basis of those two figures: 1.5 Like a chicken and egg dilemma, who came up with these goals first, politics or science? Political Origins of 2°C. That paragraph, in article 2, paragraph 2.a.,

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

In the UK, we did this on 23 March 2020 and we also launched a series of major policy initiatives to support businesses and individuals through the pandemic. I know the role finance can play in delivering this change, having worked in corporate finance myself for over 15 years before I came into politics.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

They added: “These pavilions are here to greenwash national reputations, all the while providing latitude for their fossil fuel partners to continue business as usual, polluting politics and planet, and doing their level worst to sink hopes of keeping temperature rise at 1.5C.”. billion in 2020 alone, £66 million of which was coal mining.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Indeed, in one of its recent reports, Chatham House makes the case that such factors could, ultimately, displace people, disrupt markets, undermine political stability, and exacerbate conflict. Though policy choices could reduce this figure, and I would add that it includes investments with long term benefits.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Yet given so much economic activity ground to a halt as the coronavirus pandemic struck, the world is now almost two years into the 2020s and worryingly little 'action' has really taken place. But actually the NDC process doesn't require that we wait for COP - countries can act unilaterally on their own pathways.".

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 7, 2020

New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald’s, Netflix Elsa Wenzel Wed, 10/07/2020 – 02:01 Heading into fall, this batch of career updates from the worlds of sustainability and business is somewhat top-heavy. Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

As you know, I'm now devoting all of my time and energies to the role of COP President-designate whilst continuing as a full member of the UK government cabinet. 2020 saw record temperatures. 2020 saw record temperatures. By the end of 2020 net zero was firmly established as the law. We saw fires raging across the world.

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 17, 2020

In a Time article Justin Worland says that from where we stand today 2020 may seem like the year "an unknown virus spun out of control, killed hundreds of thousands and altered the way we live day to day," but in the future we may see 2020 as "the year we decided to keep driving off the climate cliff–or to take the last exit."

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In 2020, Aramco removed adverts in which it boasted that it was “powering a more sustainable future”, after dozens of complaints to the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The firm even flew Kwarteng around the country on his two day trip, giving the company the chance to lobby the minister then in charge of UK energy policy.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

It is highly likely the row over phasing down or phasing out coal power will return in the coming years and the debate at future COPs will no doubt be extended to address oil and gas. Research published by Climate Action Tracker warned the sum total of policies and actions being taken by governments would deliver roughly 2.4C

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

Lending high-level economic and political credence to that growing public clamour for action, the work of Chris Stark and his small team at the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in driving the issue up the agenda should not be forgotten. Suddenly, barely days into 2020, a new paradigm began to take shape. That's the biggest risk.".

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2021

At the G7 welcome progress on mandatory carbon reporting rules for corporates and an end of overseas coal financing was offset by the reluctance of the US and Japan to set a firm coal power phase out date and provide a policy boost to electric vehicle transition, and overshadowed by a row over sausage imports to Northern Ireland.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Green business groups and campaigners welcome higher 2030 emissions reduction goal, but call for ambitious policy and funding to put the UK on a net zero pathway as soon as possible. We now need the policies in place to achieve this target, if we're going to lead and inspire the whole world to meet the ambition of the Paris Agreement.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

After a marathon 48 hours of pre-Summit talks, the agenda for the official negotiations was confirmed yesterday and in an early breakthrough for developing economies Loss and Damage was included on the agenda for a COP Summit for the first time. But the US provided just $7.6bn in climate funding.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2021

"It's going to be an ongoing conversation," she says of the questions around how the government intends to deliver a covid-secure international event at a time when the pace of vaccine roll outs globally varies massively, "but absolutely the intention and the focus is on being able to deliver an in person COP.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

During 2020, 81 per cent of a globally-representative selection of sustainable indexes outperformed their parent benchmarks, according to Fink. 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.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

I worked for the United Nations for several years as a law and policy adviser and have been involved in international negotiations. President Joe Biden, and their representatives will gather to demonstrate their political commitment to slowing climate change. What is COP26? staff and other experts. The U.S. ,

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GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2021

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — the folks who organize the annual COP events — defines “climate-related risks” as those: …created by a range of hazards. Policy & Politics. That’s huge, in and of itself. Climate Change. Featured Column. Two Steps Forward. Sponsored Article.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

While there are important issues to be negotiated by political leaders and diplomats at COP26, panellists stressed the aim of the summit is not to hammer out a fresh global deal. Its stated aim is to collectively slash methane emissions across all sectors by 30 per cent between 2020 and 2030.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 2, 2021

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — the folks who organize the annual COP events — defines “climate-related risks” as those: …created by a range of hazards. Today, it is part of many companies’ toolkit as they seek to understand the impacts of climate change on their business and society. That’s huge, in and of itself.

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