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Tortuous progress: Key takeaways from COP28

Envirotec Magazine

December’s COP28 event in Dubai took place against a backdrop of global emissions continuing to rise at a rate of 1.5% Commentators were concerned about the decisive role seemingly prepared for carbon removal technologies. Fossil fuels were mentioned for the first time in a COP text two years ago, at COP26 in Glasgow.

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Glasgow Climate Pact: Green economy reacts to final COP26 agreement

Business Green

"I also want particularly to thank COP President Alok Sharma who has worked incredibly hard to bring countries together. But today's agreement is a big step forward and, critically, we have the first ever international agreement to phase down coal and a roadmap to limit global warming to 1.5 and coal is in the text.

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Mapped: Big Ag’s Routes to Influence at COP28

DeSmogBlog

Oil and gas has dominated discussions at past COPs, which have focused on the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transport sectors to tackle dangerous levels of global warming. These attendees come to COPs as “observers” to the talks, with the hope of influencing discussions from the outside.

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Collective interest should spur us to deliver at COP27

Business Green

That report concluded that we have already reached average global warming of 1.1 And the global race to supply the technologies and solutions a net-zero world needs is on. 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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COP27: Sunak declares climate action 'right thing to do', but absence of fresh pledges mars start of Summit

Business Green

And, echoing the demands of many developing nations, Guterres stressed that progress on Loss and Damage - a thorny issue surrounding new forms funding for climate vulnerable nations facing the brunt of global warming impacts - should serve as a "litmus test" for the success of COP27 as a whole. It is a moral imperative.

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COP27: Alok Sharma urges ministers to defend 1.5C target as fears of backsliding build

Business Green

alive or this will be the COP where we lose 1.5C," he said. You need to work out how you want future generations to look upon this COP and each of us individually as countries. alive" by "undertaking rapid, deep and sustained cuts" in greenhouse gas emissions. goal, arguing that "every fraction of a degree matters".

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COP26 is over, now what? Here's what it could mean for business

Business Green

In November, I had the privilege to represent Schneider Electric at the UN's Conference of Parties (COP) on climate change in Glasgow. This COP was unlike the previous 25 iterations, in that it took place during a global pandemic. degree Celsius warming trajectory. One aim of the conference was to 'keep 1.5

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