2022 COP Methane Resilience 
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Overall the analysis of the delegates list by DeSmog shows that the total number of people representing the interests of agribusiness has more than doubled since 2022 to reach 340. This number is up from just 10 in 2022. Pesticide firms also turned out in high numbers this year, jumping by 30 percent compared to 2022.
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Meat emits around a third of global emissions of methane, and action to cut this greenhouse gas has been identified by the UN and world leaders as the quickest route to slowing global heating. Nature-based solutions” is one of the only phrases linked to agriculture to be mentioned in the COP cover text.
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Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Progress did seem to be forthcoming on cutting methane emissions, with more than 100 countries (although not China) – committing to a 30% reduction by 2030 compared to the 2030 baseline. COP president Alok Sharma described it as “a fragile win”. What can be done with the captured CO2? degrees alive.
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. Scientists say that unless swift action is taken, methane from agriculture alone will take us beyond a 1.5C
Business Green
JANUARY 24, 2022
The UK remains COP President until next November, when it will hand the baton over to Egypt, which is set host the COP27 Summit at the Red Sea beach resort of Sharm-el Sheikh. Indeed, there is no shortage of world-changing points of action for Sharma's COP team to be getting on with over the coming months.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
Build resilience of vulnerable communities against the here and now impacts of climate change. I also want particularly to thank COP President Alok Sharma who has worked incredibly hard to bring countries together. Greenwashing is the new climate denial, and we have seen too much at play in this COP. Phase out coal.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
On the sidelines of the conference, meanwhile, 23 countries made new commitments to phase out coal, 25 countries and five financial institutions committed to stop public financing for most fossil fuel projects by the end of 2022, and a handful of countries joined a landmark alliance that aims to end all new oil and gas projects.
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