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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

GreenBiz

Despite the reductions in air travel and the global economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, climate change sadly has not slowed down this past year. degrees C cap on average warming that governments pledged to aim for when they signed the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement to avoid dangerous climate change. Pull Quote.

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Banking on the stability of nature

Business Green

Climate change and the loss of nature are two intersecting crises that face the global economy. This nine-month climate-biodiversity season kicks off with the opening of Biodiversity COP15 from 11th October, moves to the COP26 climate summit later in the month and completes with the second part of COP15 in May 2022.

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From ClimateWeek to COP27, COP15, and Beyond: Notes on the Road Ahead

Planet Pulse

First and foremost, there will be a much stronger focus on climate adaptation , rather than solely on mitigation. Today, 90% of climate finance is focused on mitigation – stopping the sources of climate change at their origin, rather than adapting to their effects. They are nearly-perfect mirror images.).

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Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28

DeSmogBlog

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. Leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda that calls for governments and industry to work together to find new solutions to climate change–driven food insecurity. The files also detail collaborations planned for the event itself.

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Gas sensor network provides early wildfire detection

Envirotec Magazine

Dryad is now working on ten proof-of-concept deployments with forest owners in the US, Europe, Australia, Indonesia and Africa. With the completion of our Silvanet architecture and device designs, we are on track to achieve our mission of digitizing forests, and combatting wildfires and climate change, by helping to protect the natural world.”

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COP26 postponed: The reaction

Business Green

All the reaction from politicians, green business, academia, NGOs and think tanks on the momentous decision to postpone this year's critical UN climate change summit. Tackling climate change requires strong, global and ambitious action. Soon, economies will restart.

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'Climate action is finally coming home on African soil': COP27 closes with historic deal on climate Loss and Damage

Business Green

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 To quote the Three Lions England football song, after 30 years of hurt, climate action is finally coming home on African soil here in Egypt," he said.

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