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Michael Gove declares UK has a 'moral responsibility' to lead global Green Industrial Revolution

Business Green

Asked if he would like the job of COP26 President, Gove said "I am very happy with the job that I have and I think there are many, many, many, many talented people who could do the job of COP President better than I could".

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A Guide to Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing to COP28

DeSmogBlog

All these methods work to improve the soil, reduce air and water pollution, cut emissions, and boost biodiversity. Nature-based solutions” is one of the only phrases linked to agriculture to be mentioned in the COP cover text. We can expect a similar turnout at this year’s COP, too.

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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

GreenBiz

It is no surprise then that the World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2021 identifies climate action failure, extreme weather and biodiversity loss, alongside infectious diseases, as the top global risks for the next decade in terms of impact and likelihood. As with COVID-19, perhaps so with climate? Pull Quote.

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The problem with COP26

Low Impact

The IPCC recently conducted a study into the combined effects of all the agreed targets of the countries taking part in the ongoing COP talks. Attempting to maintain business as usual (which is the only type of solution that will be debated at COP 26) will only make things worse. Whatever does come out of COP won’t be enough.

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The UK's short and long term climate plans must invest in nature

Business Green

Anyone who remembers the start of 2020 will recall a time when there was to be a climate COP in the UK in November. So long ago was that pre-Covid time, that the COP would have finished by now. Of course, that parallel universe doesn't exist and instead, due to the impacts of the pandemic, we're now a year out from COP26.

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Urgency and consistency must be the watchwords for UK climate action in 2020

Business Green

October's Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) summit in China will review the Aichi targets which seek to halt and reverse the catastrophic loss of nature and wildlife that our species is driving across the planet. And then November will see Glasgow host the COP climate change summit, taking place five years on from the historic Paris Agreement.

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Next Prime Minister to face legal requirement to beef up Net Zero Strategy

Business Green

The Strategy was also criticised for failing to provide sufficient detail on how the government planned to tackle emissions from certain sectors, such as farming and land use and aviation.