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The State of Green Business report 2021

Sustainability Consulting

companies and 80% of major global companies will face moderate physical risk due to wildfires, water shortages, and sea level rises by 2050. With so much heavy lifting needed by the corporate sector to alter the current climate trajectory, here are the 10 ten trends to watch for in 2021. Nearly 95% of major U.S.

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

Business Green

And then November will see Glasgow host the COP climate change summit, taking place five years on from the historic Paris Agreement. With the UK holding the COP presidency, top of the agenda will be to encourage countries to ratchet-up climate ambition to get us closer to 1.5C It's time to act.

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The IPCC Synthesis Report: Ten key takeaways for business

Business Green

It provides a steer on the solutions and services that policymakers have - nominally at least - pledged to support as part of their response to the climate crisis, and it provides a helpful summary of the various ways climate change will impact the ecosystems, infrastructure, and workers all businesses rely on.

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Climate change is creating security threats around the world - and militaries are responding

Business Green

But in the context of one of the world's biggest security issues - climate change - threats and adaptations are evolving at pace. In summer 2021, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change raised the threat level posed by climate change to a ' code red for humanity'. Carbon bootprints.

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'An atlas of human suffering': Top figures react to IPPC's latest climate warning

Business Green

Thousands of the world's leading climate scientists, after over three years of work, today delivered yet another landmark report on the state of the climate and ecological emergency the world now faces. Today's IPCC report is an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership.

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May 2021 Cleantech Roundup: How Oil and Gas Companies Will Tackle Climate | Electric Trucks =…

Clean Energy Trust

Oil and Gas Majors Receive New Marching Orders It was a big month for how oil and gas companies approach climate change. First, in a landmark ruling, Dutch courts ordered Shell to cut emissions 45% by 2030, in order to be consistent with the Paris Climate Accords. degrees celsius.

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? US clean investment cleans up with $239bn #187

Climate Tech VC

Emerging climate technologies (ECT) – clean hydrogen, carbon management, and sustainable aviation fuels – experienced the highest Q4 growth at $4.3B, a 10X jump relative to Q4’22. Total 2023 investment was up 133% compared to the prior year. Energy & industry.