Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Domestic Climate Policy Gets Real. Nearly $370b in tax credits, clean energy incentives, and investments in green innovation are intended to dramatically accelerate domestic decarbonization in sectors from energy to manufacturing. According to the African Development Bank, Africa has received less than 5.5% degrees Celsius.

Carbon-negative 98

Carbon-negative COP Climate change Biodiversity 98

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2022

The event will host energy ecosystem stakeholders to unpack the industry’s priorities including its strategic roadmaps, visionary reforms, low cost capital investments and breakthrough technologies for building India’s long term self-reliance in energy.

Building Energy Monitoring 118

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy 118

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.

Solar Energy Monitor 350

Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Startups 350

Business Green

MAY 23, 2022

It comprises 19 nations - Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America - and the European Union. The G20 also accounts for 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Fossil fuels 49

Fossil fuels COP Africa Investment 49

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The government has promised a raft of hotly-anticipated plans and policies in the coming months, including the Heat and Buildings Strategy, Food Strategy White Paper, Treasury Net Zero Review, and an overarching Net Zero Strategy, all of which should help unlock billions of pounds of green investment. This is the risk of COP.".

COP 40

COP Fossil fuels Government Politics 40

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Of the two exceptions, Denmark and South Africa, the first did not mention Denmark’s role as the largest oil producer in the European Union, while South Africa’s stall was sponsored by the country’s top coal companies. South Africa, Australia, UK, and Germany. South Africa struck a deal on Tuesday for £6.2

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Africa Climate change Pollution 98

Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

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, Greenwashing is the new climate denial, and we have seen too much at play in this COP.

Fossil fuels 81

Fossil fuels COP Global warming Politics 81

Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

"We need urgent, global leadership and immediate action to change the way we use land, to invest in the restoration of nature, to cut emissions and critically to stop destroying forests for food production," said Katie White, executive director of advocacy and campaigns at WWF.

Biodiversity 88

Biodiversity Agriculture South America COP 88

Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

EU energy emissions fall, Rwanda gets its first mini-grid, and Brazil preps a COP bid. The rules are set to be folowed by a wider policy push to accelerate the development of solar projects on empty land by motorways and railways. Brazil to offer to host future COP. French Senate approves solar car park legislation.

COP 36

COP Resilience Asia Natural gas 36

Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Carbon markets are set to be one of the key issues at the upcoming COP climate talks, with negotiators tasked with finalising the rules for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which aims to create a framework for countries and companies to meet their climate goals by trading carbon credits.

Carbon 49

Carbon Sustainability Government COP 49

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. These companies are stepping up their game because the exposure they are facing is stepping up,” says Jennifer Jacquet, Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Miami. “It Just seven percent are based in Africa.

Agriculture 143

Agriculture Methane Climate change Government 143

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

They will use their connections to network, lobby – and even raise investment. 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. This year will be different.

COP 136

COP Fossil fuels Agriculture Pollution 136

Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

In the UK, we did this on 23 March 2020 and we also launched a series of major policy initiatives to support businesses and individuals through the pandemic. Because finance and investment are the lifeblood of net zero projects - and we can only meet this challenge together. Experience working in the private sector.

Investment 54

Investment Resilience Africa South America 54

Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2022

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. And we want to highlight what are the practical policies and practices, the processes that can actually push the pledges [into action], to bridge that gap.".

Technology 40

Technology Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 40

Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

It was, as ever a highly eventful fortnight, characterised by shifting politics, surging levels of green investment, and escalating fears the climate impacts could be approaching catastrophic 'tipping points'. Even the US and China managed to broker something of a détente on matters of climate policy over the past few weeks.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels COP Methane Government 36

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.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Climate change Africa COP 36

Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

There are (admittedly optimistic) reasons to think that if current plans are expanded and translated into near term policy measures the world could soon find itself on a 1.8C It is also worth noting that many of the NDCs do not capture the decarbonisation plans being pursued by corporates and other actors. trajectory. A visual guide.

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels COP Carbon Pollution 101

Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

And he urged political leaders to wield their power as stakeholders of multinational development banks to demand urgent delivery of the investments and assistance needed to expand renewable energy and climate resilient infrastructure in developing countries. Demand that these banks become fit-for-purpose," Guterres urged.

Sea level rise 36

Sea level rise Politics Resilience Climate change 36

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. The EU showing it is committed to deliver and reduce more of our greenhouse gas emissions is a positive sign," said Sven Harmeling, international climate policy expert at CAN Europe.

Fossil fuels 40

Fossil fuels COP Europe Climate change 40

Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Though policy choices could reduce this figure, and I would add that it includes investments with long term benefits. An explanation for this was set out clearly in a letter last week from Larry Fink, to the Chief Executives of companies in which Blackrock invests. Sustainable investments have now reached 4 trillion dollars.

Climate change 44

Climate change COP Fossil fuels Investment 44

Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Consequently, the Glasgow Climate Pact points to a new approach whereby NDCs become living documents to be updated annually as new policies and targets are adopted - policies and targets that will hopefully reflect the rapid pace at which clean technologies and public engagement is evolving. would be truly dead and buried.

Fossil fuels 98

Fossil fuels Government COP Policy 98

Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

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. The summit has seen record attendance from companies and financial institutions. limit has galvanised climate plans at companies.

Biodiversity 36

Biodiversity Asia Policy Government 36

Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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. goal, arguing that "every fraction of a degree matters". We'll either leave Egypt having kept 1.5C It is really up to us to decide.".

COP 72

COP Politics Investment Global warming 72

AGreenLiving

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.

Solar Energy Monitor 28

Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Startups 28

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

“Improving the efficiency of fertilizer is an industry talking point,” Ben Lilliston, director of rural strategies and climate change at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), told DeSmog. These agribusiness interests have had a notable presence at previous UN COP summits, and COP27 is no exception.

Agriculture 89

Agriculture Africa Government Soil 89

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. The countries where these polluting assets are located are under significant pressure to phase down these polluting assets.

Africa 36

Africa Energy Energy Fossil fuels 36

Grist

JANUARY 17, 2021

The announcement at the One Planet summit, which also saw pledges to invest billions of pounds in the Great Green Wall in Africa and the launch of a new sustainable finance charter called the Terra Carta by Prince Charles, was met with scepticism from some campaigners. So as co-host of the next Climate Cop, the U.K.

Biodiversity 137

Biodiversity Agriculture Climate change COP 137

Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The landmark $8bn-plus agreement with South Africa to support a just transition away from coal power also provides an exciting template for how emerging economies can be provided with support as they attempt to move onto cleaner development pathways. Polluters have been put on notice. temperature target stands tall.

Fossil fuels 67

Fossil fuels Business Energy Monitoring Methane Building Energy Monitoring 67

Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

And there in lies the rub for policymakers, businesses and investors: more ambition and speed is urgently needed, but investing in adaptation efforts works and will help reduce intensifying risks and economic costs, if done correctly, the report suggests. Tangible progress in this area must be a key outcome of COP27 in Egypt.

Climate change 67

Climate change Resilience Fossil fuels Government 67

Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

There's no point investing in EVs and running them on clean electricity if the vehicles themselves are constructed out of aluminium coming from coal-fired electricity in China.". The company's aluminium is, after all, produced by minerals mined in the Caribbean and West Africa and refined in Ireland. "At

Carbon 67

Carbon Government Sustainability Investment 67

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.

COP 51

COP Government South America Investment 51

Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

All nations, especially the G20 and other major emitters, need to join the net zero emissions coalition and reinforce their commitments with credible, concrete and enhanced Nationally Determined Contributions and policies before COP26 in Glasgow. "We We need immediate action on energy. Without deep carbon pollution cuts now, the 1.5-degree

Sea level rise 82

Sea level rise Climate change Fossil fuels Government 82

Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

While NYCW has been around for more than a decade , this year the vibe of ~10x the participants and well-curated mini-conferences alongside official UN programming felt almost like a Davos or a mini-COP (which, depending on your take on the efficacy and impact of COP, could be a good or bad thing). in Europe).

COP 65

COP Fossil fuels Climate change Sustainability 65

Business Green

APRIL 21, 2021

Speculation is continuing to mount over whether the two high profile summits will be able to proceed as planned, given the worsening coronavirus waves currently afflicting parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America.

Earth Day 74

Earth Day South America Politics COP 74

Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Other governments now need to isolate the Saudi delegation if they want this COP to succeed for everyone, not just fossil fuel interests.". However, seasoned observers noted that pretty much all of the 25 previous COP Summits have run over in pursuit of a compromise agreement, sometimes by days.

Demand 63

Demand Fossil fuels COP Government 63

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. Developed countries must make good on the existing US $100bn per year pledge to support low income countries to deliver carbon-cutting policies and increase resilience to climate impacts.

Fossil fuels 40

Fossil fuels Climate change COP Global warming 40

Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

As COP26 hosts, the UK government had been working with current COP President Chile, the EU, and a raft of developing countries all of whom want to see a significant ratcheting up of national climate goals to co-ordinate a wave of strengthened NDC submissions in the run up to the Glasgow Summit in November.

Carbon-neutral 76

Carbon-neutral Government Carbon Resilience 76