Climate Tech VC
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Maybe it was the offer of warm sun in December, but this year’s COP drew 100K attendees, almost double the size of COP15 in Paris. Climate tech played its biggest role ever at COP this year. The oil & gas COP. This was the COP of the climate and O&G juxtaposition. The greenwashing was unavoidable.
Business Green
JANUARY 16, 2023
COP28 Climate Summit President Sultan Ahmed al Jaber has called for a tripling of clean energy generation by 2030 and a doubling of low-carbon hydrogen capacity by 2030, as he used his first address since being appointed to lead this year's global climate talks to promise a "COP of action". target within reach. "We
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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. Scientists say that unless swift action is taken, methane from agriculture alone will take us beyond a 1.5C
Climate Tech VC
DECEMBER 4, 2023
The first few days of COP have ushered in a wave of major announcements and funding pledges. Countries and companies have also kicked off pledges to triple investments in renewables and nuclear, drive down methane emissions, and commit loss and damage funds. The highs and the lows Empowering the Global South.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
The findings further fuelled the cautiously optimistic mood that has built up during the first week of talks at COP26, which has seen a raft of new net zero pledges from emerging economies and a series of global deals to increase flows of climate finance, better protect forests, accelerate clean tech deployment, and curb methane emissions.
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.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
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. Those frustrations were further amplified by the Egyptian Presidency's management of the talks, which saw the timetable slip badly, even by COP standards.
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