Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Royal College of Psychiatrists and Jesuits in Britain become latest groups joining growing movement to remove their financial interests in fossil fuels. COP 26 in Glasgow can be the right moment," he said. "We

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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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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The European Union has clearly laid out its position: Climate neutrality, the Council of the EU stated last month, will require “a global phase-out of unabated fossil fuels and a peak in their consumption in this decade.” We’re going into a COP where this is going to be a big topic, and we don’t really have a definition for it.”

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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. More often than not CCS is used to pretend that the burning of fossil fuels can be carried out cleanly.

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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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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

From 2020 to 2050, oil and gas must decrease by 67% and 54%, respectively. This implies a reduction in fossil fuel-related infrastructure, notably a halt in new exploration and early retirement of the most polluting fields. They each face unique challenges – and not all have equally deep pockets.

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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 The final wording of the COP28 agreement – which required consensus among all nations and the chair – codified a commitment to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems. But all was not lost.

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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. If he does not step down as CEO, it will be tantamount to a full scale capture of the UN climate talks by a petrostate national oil company and its associated fossil fuel lobbyists.

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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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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As is always the case at COP Summits multiple issues remain unresolved, but the battle between the various opposing camps looks to set to boil down to a fierce row over how, and indeed whether, the final version of the Global Stocktake should reference the future of fossil fuels. All of this is demonstrably true.

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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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Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

The document sets out G7 countries' ambition to deliver near-zero carbon electricity grids by 2035, citing the need to respond to climate scientists' calls for a drastic reduction in fossil fuel demand so as to stabilise global temperatures. We also have the G7's first coal phase-out goal and endorsement of the Glasgow Breakthroughs.".

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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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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Sean Gallup/Getty Images Tens of thousands of negotiators, activists, and corporate execs have descended upon Dubai to wrangle over the future of fossil fuels. The future of fossil fuels Let’s start with some backstory on COP28. Greenhouse gas emissions come from extracting and burning fossil fuels, of course.

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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. of warming.

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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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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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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The first few days of COP have ushered in a wave of major announcements and funding pledges. The appointment of Sultan Dr. 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.

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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

MARCH 24, 2021

But Ministers insist end to financial support for overseas fossil fuel energy projects, £16bn transition plan for North Sea, and climate compatibility test for new projects can put UK on track to net zero emissions. We will not leave oil and gas workers behind in the United Kingdom's irreversible shift away from fossil fuels.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Reclaim Finance publishes scathing assessment of various financial sector alliances – including UN-backed Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance - arguing groups are failing to act fast enough to curb investment in fossil fuels.

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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 on fossil fuel imports from the year beginning February 2022. billion on fossil fuel imports from the year beginning February 2022.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

G20 agrees to submit enhanced Paris Agreement plans ahead of COP26, but fails to agree coal power and fossil fuel subsidy phase outs. Under the Paris Agreement, signatories are expected to ramp up their national climate pledges every five years in order to help limit temperature rise to 1.5C goal without the leadership of the G20.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The Glasgow Climate Pact is clear: we are moving away from fossil fuels. Ultimately, COP26 has made coal - and fossil fuels more generally - an even less attractive investment proposition than they were before the start of the summit. The boardroom perspective: at COP26, private sector commitments reached a critical mass.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

All four companies have "ambitious and credible climate action plans" to drive down their emissions in line with climate science, and will "support the delivery of a successful and ambitious COP next November", the government said today.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Yet 636 lobbyists for the fossil fuel industry are conspicuously present at this year’s crucial COP27 climate talks, according to an analysis of the delegates to COP27, compiled jointly by the NGOs Global Witness, Corporate Accountability, and Corporate Europe Observatory. So much for the “African COP.”

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The Task Force put out a statement yesterday calling for “responsible investment” in the UK’s oil and gas industry, which it said would “play a vital role in helping the UK to achieve net zero by 2050” by avoiding the import of higher-emission oil and liquified natural gas (LNG) from abroad. As the COP host, the U.K.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance side event sees France join calls for stronger language on phasing down the use of fossil fuels in COP cover agreement. The group also announced $10m of funding to help developing nations transition away from fossil fuels. It may be a tactical game, but it's a good game," she said. "We

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

The UK has a dire green skills shortage, one that threatens to sink our bid to become zero carbon by 2050. Today there are only 950 accredited heat pump installers, compared to 96,000 installers of fossil fuel systems, primarily gas boilers. It's an inspiring success story that should be centre-stage at COP.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 3, 2019

degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent from 2010 levels, by 2030. Political will to stop subsidies on fossil fuels”, or to shift taxation from income to carbon, “taxing pollution instead of people.” And the fossil fuel industry is not alone.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The problem is particularly acute in the home heating market, where the prohibitive costs of low carbon heating systems and higher levies on electricity use encourages most consumers to stick with the "high carbon status quo" of fossil fuel boilers, it said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Its profile has grown over the past year as governments, particularly in Europe, have looked to find ways to boost their energy independence and curb soaring energy bills in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent fossil fuel supply crunch. However, unabated coal, oil and gas would still emit 24.6

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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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Meanwhile, key decisions over controversial Cumbrian coal mines and North Sea oil and gas projects are also likely to be made before the end of 2021, providing a clear test of how serious the government is about the transition away from fossil fuels. Nobody has got the full picture in a COP. This is the risk of COP.".

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

She also espoused continuing support for the EU Green Deal and a bloc-wide commitment and plan to reach net zero emissions by 2050. And then there's fossil fuel production - most of which, across the world, is state-owned and therefore has hands directly on the levers of power. More twists in this virus. So - job done?

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

The bank, the UK's largest financier of fossil fuels, has announced it plans to stop financing thermal coal mining by 2030 in OECD countries, before exiting thermal coal altogether five years later. Campaign group Market Forces said the plan was "so weak" that it would make the bank's net zero by 2050 target impossible. "If

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