Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Build resilience of vulnerable communities against the here and now impacts of climate change. And make good on the $100 billion climate finance commitment to support developing countries. "We I also want particularly to thank COP President Alok Sharma who has worked incredibly hard to bring countries together.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Fossil fuels are everywhere at this COP except in the decisions being negotiated by governments,” Nikki Reisch, the director of climate and energy at the Center for International Environmental Law, wrote to DeSmog from Glasgow. AlOtaibi is registered as a senior consultant on climate change for Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years. (If

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. Methane (CH4) has a higher global warming potential than CO 2 , such that 1 tonne of CH 4 is equivalent to 21 tonnes of CO 2 over a 100-year time period.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

COP26 President Alok Sharma's speech urging international cooperation on climate as he lays out UK Presidency's priorities for the year ahead. Around the world, 2021 saw troops mobilise, violence erupt, and relations between old friends and allies strained. In short, climate is a space where national and global interests align.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

These agri-giants will be rubbing shoulders with over 80,000 participants – the highest attendance of any climate conference – which these days comes with increased media fanfare and activity, including protests, side events, drinks and dinners happening in and around the main event. This year will be different.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Data published late last week by the influential agency indicates the global economy used energy two per cent more efficiently in 2022 than it did in 2021, marking a step change in global efforts to consume energy more carefully after years of flat-lining progress. of global warming.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

In 2015, nearly 200 countries agreed to “Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C C above pre-industrial levels , recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change”.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

"We recall our collective commitment to hold the global average temperature increase well below 2C and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5C Without more ambitious climate commitment and actions from these countries in particular, green groups warn COP26 will be seen as a failure. — Alok Sharma (@AlokSharma_RDG) July 25, 2021.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The UK is among a host of wealthier nations which have yet to stump up their "fair share" of funding to help developing countries decarbonise their economies and contend with the worsening impacts of climate change, despite a long-held pledge that they would collectively provide $100bn a year in climate funding by 2020.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

.” – UNFCCC , What is the United Nations Framework on Climate Change? Although this level was not defined by the convention, the aim was to allow ecosystems and society to adapt naturally to climate change, which means slowing global warming down. 30 years later came COP 26 (2021) – held in Glasgow.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

There are a lot of major oil companies that tend to fill headlines when talking about climate change – BP, Shell, Chevron – any of the ‘big six’ public oil companies. A Guardian investigation found that one in five ads served on search results around climate change were placed by oil firms.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Yet while that very broad assessment certainly remains true, today's intervention from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was always going to be a little different. This report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a litany of broken climate promises. on the table. And it is damning.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Today the world's leading climate scientists delivered the clearest picture yet of the scale of the climate crisis that is already unfolding, as well as the likely impacts of further temperature rises over the course of century. There must be no new coal plants built after 2021. Without deep carbon pollution cuts now, the 1.5-degree

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The UN estimates that the use of coal, which is the single largest contributor to global warming, needs to fall 79 per cent worldwide by 2030 compared to 2019 levels in order for Paris Agreement targets to be met. New coal plants are incompatible with the international Paris climate agreement," she said.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 9, 2023

“I just don’t see most countries, and certainly not the vulnerable countries, being willing to support the COP president on this because it is a direct threat to their survival,” Figueres said. We continue to work with international partners to maintain stability in global energy markets and boost our energy security.”

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, said: "We have proven we can reduce our emissions and create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the process - uniting businesses, academics, NGOs and local communities in a common goal to go further and faster to tackle climate change.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

An 'ambitious' new 2030 emissions reduction target, a 2030 phase out date for fossil fuel vehicles, and a major home energy retrofit programme are all on the Climate Coalition's short list, along with a raft of wider proposals designed to accelerate emissions reductions efforts over the coming decade.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Over two weeks in November, world leaders and national negotiators will meet in Scotland to discuss what to do about climate change. 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.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2021

UN climate chief Patricia Espinosa today proclaimed that "success is entirely possible" in Glasgow, as the long-delayed COP26 UN Climate Summit kicked off on a cautiously-optimistic note amid a flurry of fresh commitments from the likes of Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Deforestation and forest degradation are the second leading causes of global warming, responsible for about 15 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. To limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 At the UN's recent COP 26, over 140 world leaders promised to end deforestation by 2030, pledging over $19bn to do so.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2021

With the status of the Glasgow Summit up in the air, Alok Sharma has set out his 'wish list' for crucial Paris Agreement climate negotiations in 2021. As such, this year the formal pre-COP talks are tentatively scheduled for June, and Sharma's letter argues they should now take place virtually.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Meanwhile, at least two of the five have expressed doubt about climate science in the past. McKinley (R-WV) who in 2016 — just a year after the Paris Agreement was negotiated at COP21 to limit global warming to 2°C (3.6°F) We want a seat at that climate table. This includes David B. Graves, McKinley, and Curtis, Reps.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The Glasgow Climate Summit is unlikely to bring the world into line with the Paris Agreement's goals, but there is growing optimism it can deliver a lot more than 'blah, blah, blah'. Global carbon emissions fell by a record 5.8 alive', despite widespread scepticism amongst environmental activists.

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