DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Worse still, it has now emerged from new undercover reporting that Saudi Arabia is operating a so-called ‘Oil Sustainability Programme’ (OSP) designed to artificially increase demand for oil across Africa and Asia.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. The North American Meat Institute will host a side event at the US COP pavilion on December 11, the summit’s Agriculture Day, for example. Just seven percent are based in Africa. The files also detail collaborations planned for the event itself.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Mohamed Adow, director of think tank Power Shift Africa said the achievement came after three decades of appeals for help from climate impacted nations. "To The text on energy was weakened but is at least in. This COP caused deep frustrations but it wasn't for nothing," she said. "It warming target.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

The International Energy Agency has estimated that $13.5tr of public and private investment in the global energy sector alone will be required between 2015 and 2030 to meet the Paris Agreement targets. Supporting energy intensive industries as they move to low-carbon techniques. clean transport. nature based solutions.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Last year we saw devastating floods across Asia and Europe. The International Energy Agency has estimated that about 30 million new workers are needed by 2030 to meet increased demand in the clean economy. Yet every country at COP has agreed to phase-down coal power. We held meetings in person ahead of COP, despite the pandemic.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 7, 2020

It’s not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you’ll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As such, the COP Presidency should presumably welcome mounting calls for a new era of public-private cooperation on the financial packages that can help developing and emerging economies wean themselves off fossil fuels. of warming.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2021

As such, the UK government is said to be working on plans for a new multibillion-pound green development bank that could both directly fund low carbon infrastructure projects across Asia, Africa, and South America, and underwrite private investment. The voice of vulnerable countries is really important at COPs," he explained.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The final statement from this week's meeting of G20 countries - which include the US, China, EU, UK, Brazil, India, South Africa, Japan Korea, and Indonesia, among others - promises a "steadfast" commitment to delivering on the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change, with Russia the only G20 member not to officially back the communique.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It notes that extreme weather events and sea level rise around the world has caused havoc with urban energy and transportation systems, as well as property and critical infrastrucutre, and calls for policymakers to work with all stakeholders to scale solutions that can make cities more resilient in a warming world.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 8, 2024

Campaigners and climate scientists had hoped the summit – which was billed as a “Food COP” due to its focus on farming – would see governments agree to ambitious action to transform food systems in line with the goals of the Paris climate agreement. Burr added that COPs provided an opportunity for U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

This COP has taken an important step towards justice. We need to drastically reduce emissions now - and this is an issue this COP did not address. And the energy text, weakend, in the final minutes. But they were ignored by the Egyptian COP Presidency. Ambition to keep the 1.5 But let's be clear. degrees was weak.

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Business Green

APRIL 2, 2020

In truth, since the full scale of Covid-19's impact on Europe, East Asia and North America started becoming clear, the decision to postpone this year's United Nations climate change summit into next year has only been a matter of time. But they will be back as soon as Covid-19 allows and COP replacement dates start being bandied around.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Global energy shortages and a recent spike in oil prices to a three-year high above $80 a barrel, have dimmed hopes that governments will announce bold new plans to rapidly ditch fossil fuels at the October 31st to November 12th summit. With just a few days to go until COP26 kicks off, her pessimism is widely shared. No one likes to say 1.5C

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

There was also a string of announcements focused on Asia, with Bloomberg reporting this morning that the finishing touches were being put on a "just energy transition partnership" akin to the deal brokered for South Africa at COP26 that would aim to help Indonesia transition off coal power.

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