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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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Revealed: Two Thirds of Online Posts from Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’

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The simple fact is that they are not reducing their polluting activities by the significant amount required to limit the worst impacts of global warming.”. However, 13 percent of Shell’s posts focussed specifically on renewable energies such as wind, solar, and hydropower.

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IRENA: Global renewables capacity grows a record 9.6 per cent

Business Green

Renewables capacity in Europe and North America grew by 57.3GW and 29.1GW, respectively, while Africa added 2.7GW of capacity, delivering a marginal year-on-year increase. Although hydropower continues to account for the largest share of total renewables capacity with 1,250GW, solar and wind continued to dominate new generating capacity. "The

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Global Briefing: China emissions on track to peak by mid 2020s

Business Green

Both the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats have also pledged to step up climate action in line with the European Union's climate goals and the Paris agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 °C per cent, in addition to the contribution of hydropower, helped the renewable power reach its record share.

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How forestry conservation is sustaining both the climate and livelihoods in the Congo

Business Green

Deforestation and forest degradation are the second leading causes of global warming, responsible for about 15 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. Nonetheless, it regularly finishes near the bottom in the UN's global human development index, and about two thirds of Congolese live in poverty. The DRC is at a crossroads.