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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix

GreenBiz

Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. From Amsterdam, Gellert oversaw the company in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for nearly six years, working before that at outdoor gear maker Black Diamond. Who's news. The former U.K. On the move.

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Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28

DeSmogBlog

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. Past marketing drives run by the AHDB include the £3.5-million

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We want to deliver a green recovery in partnership with business and finance

Business Green

Countries across the globe have taken the extraordinary measures to shut down large swathes of their economies in order to combat the coronavirus public health emergency. In January this year, I helped launch East Africa's first ‘green bond' on the Nairobi securities exchange, followed by its dual listing on the London Stock Exchange.

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COP15: Why business is in the spotlight as debates around nature funding intensify

Business Green

And for its part, the UK announced the launch of a new programme designed to tackle the destruction of nature and biodiversity across sub-Saharan Africa, South-East Asia and South Asia. As such, it is impossible to underestimate the importance of money to the Montreal talks.

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald’s, Netflix

AGreenLiving

Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. From Amsterdam, Gellert oversaw the company in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for nearly six years, working before that at outdoor gear maker Black Diamond. The former U.K.

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Could COP27 trigger a new era of partnerships to rev up the global energy transition?

Business Green

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.

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'Grave and mounting threat': IPCC again raises alarm that climate impacts are proving worse than feared

Business Green

The scientific evidence is unequivocal: climate change is a threat to human wellbeing and the health of the planet," said Pörtner. Blagojevic said the UK had a responsibility as COP president to push the international community to respond to the report's warnings. The report confirms global temperatures are currently 1.1C