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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping. Ahead of the latest crucial round of talks this week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), green groups are warning proposals are "an empty shell" that will have a negligible impact on the sector's emissions. Cecilia Keating. Tue, 10/20/2020 - 00:15.

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy. Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. Just imagine what 2° or 3° or 4° will look like, and how much it will cost. Last week, a subcommittee of the U.S.

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Climate Sceptic Goes Unchallenged on BBC’s Today Programme

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The BBC’s flagship current affairs show this week has hosted a climate sceptic with links to the gas sector without declaring the guest’s professional ties, DeSmog can reveal. Research by DeSmog shows that Porter has a track record of publicly casting doubt on established science on human-caused climate change.

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PepsiCo CSO on embedding sustainability into 'day-to-day business'

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The latter commitment is one touted by members of The Climate Pledge, orchestrated by Amazon and Global Optimism, although PepsiCo isn’t a member of that campaign as of this writing. Did that experience influence the final shape of the climate goals? What should we watch for? Photo courtesy of PepsiCo.

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'Cautious optimism': Hopes remain high for 1.5C focus as COP26 talks spill into weekend

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The wave of fresh climate commitments and net zero targets announced by world leaders in Glasgow this week could well have edged the planet onto a warming pathway that is just about compatible with the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). of warming by the end of the century.

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Green recovery or bust? Six green things we learnt from the Budget (and a lot of things we didn't)

Business Green

Would Rishi Sunak deliver the sweeping net zero financial plan and green stimulus measures that businesses, campaigners, economists, and scientists broadly agree are urgently needed to meet statutory climate goals? Tech development is top of the net zero agenda. BusinessGreen explores some of the key takeaways.

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy

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How the climate crisis will crash the economy Joel Makower Mon, 09/14/2020 – 02:11 The chickens are coming home to roost. Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. Last week, a subcommittee of the U.S.