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A Guide to Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing to COP28

DeSmogBlog

The phrases laid out below will also be in the back pockets of lobbyists, who doubled in number year on year in 2022 as an analysis by DeSmog revealed , and are expected to show up in force in 2023. Nature-based solutions” is one of the only phrases linked to agriculture to be mentioned in the COP cover text.

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Climate policy momentum builds as US and EU embark on clean energy 'race to the top'

Business Green

Of the 117 new developments tracked during the period, it concluded 89 had sufficient credibility to be included in the assessment, with 68 supporting a global warming pathway of around 1.8C, while 20 indicated even greater ambition, and just two signalled a decrease in ambition.

Policy 92
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'Turning point': Has Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered a new era of energy efficiency?

Business Green

IEA predicts major gains on energy efficiency in 2022 in response to energy crisis, but BloombergNEF warns current clean energy policies still put world on track for a 2.6C per cent as the Covid pandemic slowed the pace of building and factory upgrades.

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The Glasgow Climate Pact: What does it mean for Canada’s climate policy?

Clean Energy Canada

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. of warming.

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Keeping 1.5C alive: Is COP26 on track to deliver on its goals?

Business Green

The COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow next month is likely to fall short of putting the world on track to avert dangerous levels of global warming, but diplomats and analysts are cautiously optimistic it could deliver several breakthroughs and broadly deliver on the UK hosts' stated goal of 'keeping 1.5C

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Collective interest should spur us to deliver at COP27

Business Green

That report concluded that we have already reached average global warming of 1.1 I have travelled on a prototype hydrogen bus in India. For example, 34 countries and five public finance institutions committed to stop international support for the fossil fuel energy sector by the end of 2022. degree limit within reach.