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The Best Option for Airlines to Shrink Their Carbon Footprint

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The International Civil Aviation Organization anticipates that in 2020, global international aviation emissions will be 70 percent greater than in 2005. ” In addition to airlines, many large corporations have been making bold climate commitments. That’s no small task. Emissions from the sector are rising rapidly.

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Big Meat and Dairy Delegates Triple at COP28

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With greater scrutiny over emissions from meat and dairy companies, it is not surprising they are stepping up their game to head off any COP outcome that might hinder their operations,” Ben Lilliston, from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy told DeSmog. Outspoken meat lobby groups are also on the ground in Dubai.

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

DeSmogBlog

However, a 2020 assessment of regenerative agriculture from the World Resources Institute (WRI) found that while good for the environment, it has “limited potential” to mitigate climate change. Nature-based solutions” is one of the only phrases linked to agriculture to be mentioned in the COP cover text.

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Election of Union Leader Who Called for COP26 to be Ditched ‘Not Ideal’, Say Campaigners

DeSmogBlog

GMB is the third largest union in the UK, with some 620,000 members covering work across a range of industry sectors, including oil and gas, aviation and manufacturing, as well as the public sector. The best thing government could do for Glasgow is to ditch hosting the COP and instead invest the money in dealing with the state of the city.”.

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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

GreenBiz

Despite the reductions in air travel and the global economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, climate change sadly has not slowed down this past year. degrees C cap on average warming that governments pledged to aim for when they signed the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement to avoid dangerous climate change. 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. I wouldn’t be as impolite, of course, as to call what’s coming at COP26 an ‘ avalanche of climate b t ’, but here’s how I would put it. Whatever does come out of COP won’t be enough.

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Heathrow expansion decision ruled illegal: The green economy reacts

Business Green

Green businesses, politicians, and environmental groups react to Court of Appeal's momentous ruling against a third Heathrow runway on climate change grounds. Heathrow has taken a lead in getting the UK aviation sector to commit to a plan to get to Net Zero emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris Accord.