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Glasgow Climate Pact: Green economy reacts to final COP26 agreement

Business Green

"I also want particularly to thank COP President Alok Sharma who has worked incredibly hard to bring countries together. But today's agreement is a big step forward and, critically, we have the first ever international agreement to phase down coal and a roadmap to limit global warming to 1.5 and coal is in the text.

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'Cautious optimism': Hopes remain high for 1.5C focus as COP26 talks spill into weekend

Business Green

global warming pathway are to be kept alive. In snap analysis published yesterday, the IEA said it had calculated the impacts of the net zero pledges and emissions targets announced in recent days, and concluded that if national climate pledges are delivered as promised, the planet could potentially limit warming to 1.8C

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Mapped: Big Ag’s Routes to Influence at COP28

DeSmogBlog

Oil and gas has dominated discussions at past COPs, which have focused on the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transport sectors to tackle dangerous levels of global warming. These attendees come to COPs as “observers” to the talks, with the hope of influencing discussions from the outside.

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Collective interest should spur us to deliver at COP27

Business Green

Around the world, 2021 saw troops mobilise, violence erupt, and relations between old friends and allies strained. That report concluded that we have already reached average global warming of 1.1 Yet every country at COP has agreed to phase-down coal power. We held meetings in person ahead of COP, despite the pandemic.

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

Business Green

There must be no new coal plants built after 2021. With the world on the brink of irreversible harm, every fraction of a degree of warming matters to limit the dangers of climate change. It is clear that keeping global warming to 1.5°C Without deep carbon pollution cuts now, the 1.5-degree No one is safe.

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What is COP26? Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit

Renewable Energy World

It was the first time the majority of nations formally recognized the need to control greenhouse gas emissions , which cause global warming that drives climate change. That agreement set the goal of limiting global warming to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F), and preferably to 1.5 31 through Nov. degrees Celsius.

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COP26: Nations set out climate demands as crunch Glasgow talks step-up a gear

Business Green

US re-joins High Ambition Coalition, as snap analysis suggests commitments made in Glasgow could bring global warming trajectories down below 2C for the first time. warming pathway. Nick Mabey, co-founder and CEO of climate think tank E3G, said the HAC grouping "makes the political weather at COP".

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