Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Building on the foundations of past conferences, especially Paris, to create a zero-carbon economy which will benefit our children and grandchildren. ??. In my first fortnight as COP President, I have been listening to those who have done this before. ?? In Glasgow, the world must ramp up momentum towards a zero-carbon economy.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In mid-December, Vietnam will reveal its just energy transition partnership using public money to leverage private investment, following on from South Africa and Indonesia, and with a cab rank of other countries wanting something similar. That requires more and better diplomacy, not less. The relationship with India is critical.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

billion to turn North Africa into a regional natural gas hub, and $830 million in oil projects over the next two years, the analysis found. IBM, also a sponsor, works with pesticide and fertiliser companies to promote “carbon farming” – a carbon offsetting technique that generates carbon credits for storing carbon in soils.

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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. Near-term commitments include 6 GW of clean energy in India alongside considerations for wind and solar in Africa and rural electrification in Latin America. Happy Monday!    And happy COPing to those on the ground in Dubai!

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2022

Part of the world’s largest series of energy sector events spread across North America, Europe, Australia, Africa & South East Asia, this even brings together over 200 exhibitors and 8000 qualified professionals from the entire value chain of the global power generation, transmission and distribution under one roof.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

These include the risk of weak offtaker finances leading to power purchase agreement renegotiations (as in South Africa and India) and rock-bottom auction prices (mostly in Gulf Cooperation Council countries) setting unrealistically low price expectations from governments in more challenging markets.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Only two of the 35 stalls lauding countries’ green credentials at the COP26 UN climate summit mention the need to cut fossil fuel production — the chief cause of the carbon emissions driving climate change. . South Africa, Australia, UK, and Germany. South Africa struck a deal on Tuesday for £6.2

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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. According to the African Development Bank, Africa has received less than 5.5% For example, to fully transition the U.S. degrees Celsius.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2022

pathway, the new fund did highlight renewed international collaboration and prove that the COP process can work to find consensus. No one leaving this year's COP can deny that collaboration is key to finding solutions to tackle the climate crisis. International collaboration. Business engagement. Knowledge sharing.

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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. This affects the elite athletes as well as all the kids and anyone else who wants to enjoy the pleasure of skiing or skating.”

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. Several of these arguments reference the idea that grazing livestock can help maintain healthy soils which can store carbon.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2022

At COP26 an $8.5bn agreement just transition deal was brokered between South Africa and a host of industrialised economy governments. Sharma is hoping further such deals could be announced at COP27 with other large emerging economies, but significant financial backing is required to enable such transition programmes.

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2022

Which in turn means, amongst other things, phasing out coal, ending sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles, halting and reversing deforestation, stopping extracting and producing oil and gas, and protecting the planet's natural systems that store carbon, reflect heat, and regulate atmospheric and ocean currents.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Key impacts include loss of natural coastal and flooding protection, disappearance of natural carbon storage sinks, and steep rises in prices of key commodities. The study also estimates economic costs arising from the loss of specific ecosystem services.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

EU energy emissions fall, Rwanda gets its first mini-grid, and Brazil preps a COP bid. EU carbon emissions from energy use have fallen five per cent over the past three months compared with the same period in 2021, according to a new analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) for Carbon Brief.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

Dryad is now working on ten proof-of-concept deployments with forest owners in the US, Europe, Australia, Indonesia and Africa. A commercial business with sustainability and tech for good at its core, Dryad was set up in 2020 with a mission to digitize the forest and help protect and regrow the world’s largest carbon sinks.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The appeals underscored how for many nations, the success of the Sharm El Sheikh Summit depends on its ability to deliver real progress towards the launch of a dedicated funding mechanism for Loss and Damage, after the contentious issue made it on to a COP agenda for the first time this year.

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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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Put a price on carbon. I also want particularly to thank COP President Alok Sharma who has worked incredibly hard to bring countries together. Despite the Covid-19 crisis, we have accelerated action, the COP has responded to the IPCC's call to close the gap towards 1.5, Phase out coal. degrees. "I and coal is in the text.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

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. Energy and Clean Growth minister also served as COP President for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference. He's at the helm of Patagonia Works, the parent company.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Machine learning, AI, automation and other solutions can slash firms' carbon emissions and energy usage while boosting their productivity, writes IBM's Ana Paula Assis. Rania Al Mashat, Egypt's minister for international cooperation, recently said : "For us, what we want this COP[27] to be about is moving from pledges to implementation.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Launched in 2018 with the Canadian and UK Governments, GPAP is now helping countries across ASEAN and West Africa to tackle ocean plastic waste. by 2030, and committed to supporting actions such as mapping technology and carbon finance worth billions of dollars. Pull Quote.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

A separate analysis just yesterday from a group of leading climate scientists warned global emissions were once again rising fast in the wake of the year of Covid-related lockdowns and as such the remaining carbon budget for keeping temperature increases below 1.5C COP26Glasgow is in danger of drowning the UNFCCC in announcement blitz.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

From Loss and Damage and just transitions to rows over fossil fuel phase outs and carbon markets, we take a look at some of the key lessons for businesses from COP27. Like the World Cup that kicked off within hours of the gavel coming down in Sharm El Sheikh, COPs provide a regular temperature check for global geopolitics.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The previous timetable for updating NDCs would have meant they would only have been improved once or maybe twice before the available carbon budget for 1.5C Having recognised the desirability of achieving 1.5C of warming was completely burned through. trajectory. The counter to all of this is that 1.5C is barely alive.

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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 This COP caused deep frustrations but it wasn't for nothing," she said. "It The agreement was hailed by activists and developing countries as a major breakthrough. warming target.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2022

As such, it had been widely expected that the next appointment would come from a developing economy in Africa or Asia. Specifically, the groups want to see a share of revenues generated through the sale of carbon credits earmarked for climate adaptation projects.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

But we've also seen pictures of lions and elephants enjoying the warmth of unused tarmac roads in South Africa's Kruger National park, watched clips of curious deer wandering suburban streets, and heard that giant pandas in Hong Kong's zoo have rediscovered passion for one another in the absence of their usual visitors. Just imagine that.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

Italian Minister for the Environment, Land and Sea Protection, Sergio Costa: "Whilst we have decided to postpone COP26, including the Pre-COP and ‘Youth for the Climate' event, we remain fully committed to meeting the challenge of climate change. Tackling climate change requires strong, global and ambitious action.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2022

For companies and institutions that have made investments in nature-based solutions and/or buying carbon offsets part of their climate strategy, valuing Indigenous people's contributions means investing in their organizations and projects, and paying a fair price for offsets. "We We have the solutions already.". A rip-off of a price.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

UN Secretary General and COP Presidency warn progress on funding for addressing climate-related damage is critical to success of pivotal climate talks kicking off this Sunday. That is the best guarantee for this COP process to survive and achieve its objective.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The first full negotiating texts are still not expected until later this evening, or potentially even tomorrow, according to Egypt's COP Presidency. But we are hoping that everyone will rise to the occasion by the end of COP, and realise that while the national interest is very important, something greater than that is at stake.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Building the first fully-deployed carbon capture storage cluster by the mid-2020s. Supporting energy intensive industries as they move to low-carbon techniques. Today, nearly half a million people across our country are employed in the low carbon economy and its supply chains. And many of them require private finance to deliver.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

But this potential problem has to be set against the fact that the global carbon budget is being burnt through so quickly that the world may have had just one more cycle of improved NDCs to be submitted in 2025 before 1.5C Future COPs will re-open this debate and seek to extend it to gas and oil. would be truly dead and buried.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Actions and ambitions towards de-carbonization have also increased. The International Labour Organisation has projected that, in the transition to a low-carbon economy, some sectors could see four times more jobs created than there are lost. Yet every country at COP has agreed to phase-down coal power.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2020

Other former COP Presidents, such as Laurent Fabius. COP26 can be a moment where the world comes together to ramp up momentum towards a climate-resilient, zero-carbon economy. So, we want all countries to submit more ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions, committing to further cuts in carbon emissions by 2030.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Scaling up climate finance has been one of my top priorities as COP President," he said. However, Mohamed Adow, director of Nairobi-based think tank Power Shift Africa and a veteran observer of UN climate talks, slammed the announcement as "utterly shameful". Now, I think it can be done. It's going to be very, very tough, this summit.

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