EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I attended this COP, my first, to learn more about how businesses can accelerate the transition to net zero and to share the findings of a new report, published today, that is a step-by-step playbook for companies to use to turn net zero pledges into progress. Progress worth celebrating.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

COP28 Climate Summit President Sultan Ahmed al Jaber has called for a tripling of clean energy generation by 2030 and a doubling of low-carbon hydrogen capacity by 2030, as he used his first address since being appointed to lead this year's global climate talks to promise a "COP of action". target within reach. "We

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

When the Prime Minister stood alongside our national treasure David Attenborough to launch the COP26 climate conference, there was a sense that we really were going to 'get net Zero done' by 2050. With the world watching ahead of COP we cannot afford a COP-out on low carbon.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Alliance, which was launched at COP28, has the companies aligning themselves with the COP28 action agenda objective of fast-tracking a just and orderly energy transition and committing to advancing electrification, renewables ready grids and clean energy deployment in line with 2030 goals and a net zero future by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

By 2050, under its Energy Strategy 2050 , the UAE aims to increase clean energy to 50% of its total energy mix, and reduce the carbon footprint of power generation by 70%. COP 28 – the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference – will be hosted in Dubai this November and December.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

India – the world’s fourth largest CO2 emitter (after China, the US, and the EU) – did set a net zero target for the first time, scheduled for 2070 (compared to 2060 for China, and 2050 for the EU and US), and also pledged to get 50% of its energy from renewables by 2030. COP president Alok Sharma described it as “a fragile win”.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Regardless of how interesting face-to-face meetings with heads of state may be, their speeches still are nothing more than empty words as they follow one another to the podium during the first formal plenary session at COP climate talks. This year is no different from past COP climate summits. What do we need for a successful COP?

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Obsessing over the conventional talking points – whether or not we should cut emissions by 2050 or 2030 and so on – or what we might term “mitigation”, is no longer going to cut it, they say. A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read. It’s time to pivot to a response that prioritises adaptation.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Obsessing over the conventional talking points – whether or not we should cut emissions by 2050 or 2030 and so on – or what we might term “mitigation”, is no longer going to cut it, they say. A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read. It’s time to pivot to a response that prioritises adaptation.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

AI as an ally of energy transition DNV forecasts $12tn into grid and renewables in US and Canada by 2050 Looking ahead to 2024, we anticipate: Concrete policy commitments for clean energy deployment In 2024, countries will promulgate specific plans and targets to accelerate policy momentum and achieve the ambitious targets set at COP 28.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

There is no legitimacy in a COP president promoting gas and oil alongside false solutions like CCS”, said David Tong, global industry campaign manager at Oil Change International (OCI), who is attending COP27. Newly elected Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has called for the 2024 COP to be held in the Amazon.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The first few days of COP have ushered in a wave of major announcements and funding pledges. Al Jaber as Chairman of Alterra, and also host of COP28, has already stirred controversy due to his role as President of ADNOC and rumored intention to broker fossil fuel deals during COP. A well-Time(d) profile on Sultan Al Jaber leading COP.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

Al Jaber has served as the UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change since 2010, and has participated at 10 previous UN COP Summits. It was also the first country in the Gulf region to ratify the Paris Agreement and adopt a net zero by 2050 target. The COP President designate has been instrumental on many of these issues.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

From 2020 to 2050, oil and gas must decrease by 67% and 54%, respectively. NOC Opportunities at COP28 In addition to broader discussions at COP 28, climate science makes the importance of NOCs undeniable. The UAE isn’t the first oil-rich nation to host a COP.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Continuing current rates of environmental degredation will result in costs of at least £368bn a year, the WWF's Global Futures report calculates, leading to total losses of £8tr by 2050. The study also estimates economic costs arising from the loss of specific ecosystem services.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

"Unleashing innovation and growing new sources of finance, such as through the Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund, are fundamental for delivering nature recovery and developing nature-based solutions to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.".

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

It is calling on the pensions industry to commit to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, and for the government to require through the forthcoming Pension Schemes Bill that all pension funds report on their emissions projections to 2050 and their alignment with the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

By September this year, Guterres said all businesses, cities, regions, and financial institutions that have pledged to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 should present their transition plans "with credible and ambitious targets for 2025 and 2030", as recommended by the UN net zero expert group appointed by the secretary-general last year.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

degrees Fahrenheit) warming target by the end of the decade and surpass the 2 degrees C target by 2050. degrees C target was initially established as a target in Paris in 2015 after a push by developing nations at a previous COP, to bring attention to the fact that global warming does not impact all nations equally. degrees Celsius (2.7

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

.” The UK government has already adopted a firm 2035 deadline for a 78% emissions cut, and this autumn it is due to publish its strategy on cutting UK emissions to zero overall by 2050. He added that the report “added to the urgency and importance of making this COP a turning point… the alarm bells couldn’t be clearer or louder.”.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2022

While the world is at a decisive cross-road in its journey to tackle the climate crisis, reaching net zero by 2050 and limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 °C, C, India under the visionary leadership of Honourable Prime Minister Shri.

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The IPCC recently conducted a study into the combined effects of all the agreed targets of the countries taking part in the ongoing COP talks. Attempting to maintain business as usual (which is the only type of solution that will be debated at COP 26) will only make things worse. Whatever does come out of COP won’t be enough.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

Part of the government’s path to net zero by 2050, today’s measures will create and support 80,000 UK jobs over the next 30 years whilst cutting emissions by two-thirds in just 15 years. We’ve largely got the technologies needed but must find ways to deploy them before UK businesses slip too far behind key competitors.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A COP is the biggest global negotiation: 196 countries with very different agendas, very different political backgrounds; fraught with mistrust, with false rumours; highly technical and highly political - and alongside that a massive trade fair," explained Betts. Nobody has got the full picture in a COP. This is the risk of COP.".

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2022

to a carbon free economy by 2050, experts at Bloomberg and Princeton estimate that the US will have to build enough solar and wind farms to fill an area roughly five times the size of South Dakota. Finally, there was a lot of discussion at ClimateWeek and UNGA about the “other” COP – COP15, which is convening in December in Montreal.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

Very sad that that the role I was offered by @BorisJohnson last year has now been rescinded as Whitehall "can't cope" with an Indy cop unit. Wishing the cop team every blessing in the climate recovery emergency. A shame we haven't had one Climate cabinet meeting since we formed.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Anyone who remembers the start of 2020 will recall a time when there was to be a climate COP in the UK in November. So long ago was that pre-Covid time, that the COP would have finished by now. The UK has a legal commitment to decarbonise to reach net zero by 2050.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

However, France, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, and Finland - all of which signed a Declaration on Zero Emission Shipping by 2050 at COP26 - did not endorse the resolution, despite advocating for the goal in principle on the conference floor. If the recent COP kept 1.5 This is unacceptable.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This is the first COP where participants found themselves face-to-face with the reality of breaching the 1.5 It’s a sign of things to come: Jobs modelling from Clean Energy Canada shows that there will be 700,000 more energy jobs in a net-zero 2050, with growth in clean energy employment outpacing the decline in fossil fuels.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This Conference of Parties (COP) was highly anticipated as a critical inflection point where our economies and societies set forth on an ambitious and clearly defined path to decarbonize by 2050 and keep warming below 1.5 degrees C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change — or continue with the status quo.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

To engender real change, conversations around COP need to be lifted out from the mechanics of the conference. Targets set for 2030 or 2050 feel too abstract and distant - the challenge for companies is to show what they are doing now, demonstrate progress and maintain momentum throughout.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

It makes clear that most companies will need to cut at least 90-95 per cent of their internal emissions by 2050 to achieve net zero, in addition to setting near-term targets. The standard seeks to create a common understanding of net-zero in a corporate context, and guides companies in setting net zero targets. °C trajectory.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The two per cent improvement is a welcome acceleration compared to underpowered improvements seen in recent years, but achieving climate goals by 2050 calls for a four per cent improvement annually this decade, according to the IEA's net zero scenario. gigatonnes of CO2 per year, meaning that emissions would fall by just 29 per cent by 2050.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

From global leadership in putting climate on the agenda, the passing of the Climate Change Act in 2008, to last year's legislation setting a 2050 deadline to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions, the UK has shown powerful, high-level commitment in addressing the climate challenge.".

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Banks representing over 40% of global banking assets have already committed to aligning their portfolios with net zero emissions by 2050. A major theme of this COP — the international climate change conference — is the urgent need to transition from commitments to action.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The Hydroliner will go on to visit a number of companies working on hydrogen-related solutions on its journey to COP26, as pressure to produce hydrogen fuelled appliances increases, in an effort to achieve net zero by 2050. The environmentally friendly vehicle takes just eight minutes to refuel and has a range of up to 250 miles.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The COP presidency provides us with a unique position, an opportunity, to move the debate forward and to accelerate global progress," he said. "By Sturge said any policy and market reforms enacted in the UK would be closely watched by other nations as the country gears up to host the crucial talks in Glasgow.

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