DeSmogBlog

JUNE 9, 2023

UK fossil fuel imports from authoritarian petrostates surged to £19.3 Petrostates are countries that are economically heavily dependent on fossil fuel production. billion in 2022. billion on fossil fuel imports from the year beginning February 2022. billion in fossil fuels from Qatar, £3.4

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

But while the COP27 Presidency may insist the talks are advancing as planned, the mood among many of the delegates in the COP complex remains dour, with a growing expectation the fraught negotiations will continue deep into the weekend. "I don't think we have anything to worry about," he said. "I I hope I'm not wrong".

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

In his first major speech since the close of UN Climate Summit this afternoon, Sharma is to urge countries to meet the various climate commitments they made last autumn, as he sets out the priorities for the UK's COP Presidency year, which runs until the start of the COP27 Climate Summit in Egypt next November.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The charity criticised the leaders of these nations for continuing to support "mega-rich" polluting companies that are often big supporters of their political campaigns. But it is not just in climate hotspots where the severe effects of climate change are already leading to humanitarian and economic disasters.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It also noted the decision to end fossil fuel production was an "inherently political" decision that would have to be made by the Secretary of State on the basis of a number of considerations outside of the committee's official climate-focused remit.

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2022

Although Labor has refused to back a phase out of coal use or block the opening of new coal mines in Australia - which remains one of the world's biggest exporters of the carbon-intensive fossil fuel - the party has promised to adopt more ambitious emissions targets and turn the nation into a global renewable energy 'superpower'.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Green business leaders will be hoping Sunak reaffirms his commitment to the UK's net zero target and provide markets with much-needed policy clarity to support the net zero transition following weeks of political turmoil, policy U-turns and economic upheaval. — Conservative Environment Network (@CEN_HQ) October 24, 2022.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Fossil fuels get named and shamed. For the first time in 25 years of UN climate talks, coal and fossil fuel subsidies have been singled out in an official document. Here, we've picked out 10 key takeaways for business leaders from the Glasgow Climate Pact and COP26 Summit: 1.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. They include the North American Meat Institute (NAMI), a powerful group representing large meat producers in the US, which in 2022 was still questioning on its website whether climate change was caused by humans. The files also detail collaborations planned for the event itself.

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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. Crucially, it signalled the fossil fuel economy is coming to a close - albeit a slower one than is needed, with its explicit targetting of fossil fuel subsidies and coal power.

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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. It calls on countries to phase-down unabated coal power and phase-out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Even in the context of an eventful past five years, it is fair to say 2022 was another rollercoaster. And then, somewhere along the way, 2022 also found time for two major UN COP summits - one on climate change, the other on biodiversity - both of which proved momentous in different ways.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

Banks are also making more money from loans and underwriting to clean energy than to fossil fuels. One memorable headline read, “ Morgan Stanley Doubles Down on ESG Despite the Politics.” For example, Mexico has been making renewables projects much harder and pushing fossil fuels. Great news all around.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In the year following Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the UK imported £3.4 billion worth of fossil fuels from Saudi Arabia. DeSmog has today revealed that the US-based advertising giant McCann, part of the Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), is putting itself forward to continue working for this fossil fuel giant.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

What are the big priorities for COP? Of course, that’s all assuming it goes ahead, and the UK government haven’t ruled out the possibility of a postponement until Spring 2022. This “would level the playing field,” she said, “and it would be a massive result if we got that done at COP.”. Where are the main challenges?

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

Delivered in Her Majesty's absence by Prince Charles, the speech set out the government's legislative agenda and broad political priorities for the coming year, and contained myriad references to economic growth, levelling up, supporting Ukraine's war effort, and tackling rising living costs.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

The third in a trilogy of reports over the past year or so, today's - dubbed Climate Change 2022: The Mitigation of Climate Change - was particularly highly anticipated due to its focus on solutions to the aforementioned crisis the world currently faces, in terms of technologies, policies, nature-based measures and finances.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As such, in 2022 81% of S&P 500 companies reported their own emissions (scope 1), and the emissions of the electricity they bought (scope 2). From Rio to Glasgow: The political recognition of our climate crisis increases On the 9th of May, 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Change (UNFCCC) was adopted.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As ever, scores of leading thinkers and influential organisations in business, finance, economics, academia, science, politics and civil society have offered their views on the IPCC's latest findings today, and here BusinessGreen pulls some of the most insightful. — Alok Sharma (@AlokSharma_RDG) February 28, 2022. 2/2) [link].

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Leaders of the world's biggest economies have today signalled their continued support for an ambitious outcome from the tense on-going climate negotiations at the COP27 Summit, emphasising their support for capping global warming at 1.5C, ramping up climate finance, cutting back on coal power, and phasing out fossil fuel subsidies.

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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. And the UK government's actual record is sending a different signal.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 18, 2022

Unlike fossil fuels, we don’t want to stop using steel and cement; we need these materials more than ever. This position is open until filled, with an initial application deadline of 5PM PT on Friday, June 17, 2022. Heavy industry is the foundation of modern society – literally. C-aligned trajectory. .

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

warming limit, phasing down coal and phasing out fossil fuel subsidies - there are scant signs of noteworthy progress. — Simon Stiell (@simonstiell) November 14, 2022. We must now shift gears and complement the technical discussions with more political, high-level engagement.".

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

Fortescue unveiled a green ammonia dual-fuel ship at COP. The current Haber Bosch process relies on fossil fuels (~ 70% natural gas, 30% coal) and emits 2.4 The former Secretary of State brought gravitas, political experience, and influence to a position typically filled by diplomats.      U.S.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

"I help politicians, and I have a lot of time for them, but I'm a little bit of a political orphan.". Paul Polman is ruminating on whether, after a long and distinguished career in business, venture capital, and sustainability campaigning, he would ever consider moving into politics. — Paul Polman (@PaulPolman) September 5, 2022.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2022

They should also be reporting their climate political activity," the Rhode Island Democrat said at the GreenBiz VERGE Net Zero virtual event on Tuesday. The senator's call reflects a growing disdain over the gap between corporations' decarbonization commitments and their support for political candidates undermining climate action.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 22, 2023

  Predictions Will climate tech venture / growth funding increase? ($) In 2022 total funding was $40B, in 2023 (as of end-November) the total is $28B. I don't think we'll get back to 2022 levels just yet, but the urgency is increasing and I think the number and commitment level of funders will go up next year.

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