Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Some commentators in the sustainability sphere report a dawning realisation that climate change can no longer be simply “solved”, in the sense of it being possible to slow it down to a degree that will allow our civilization to continue in a more or less recognisable form. A fair COP?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Climate change and the loss of nature are two intersecting crises that face the global economy. This nine-month climate-biodiversity season kicks off with the opening of Biodiversity COP15 from 11th October, moves to the COP26 climate summit later in the month and completes with the second part of COP15 in May 2022.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

UN approves UK and Italian request for high profile Summit to be postponed by a full year, as co-hosts announce new 'Friends of COP' advisory board. While we rightly focus on fighting the immediate crisis of the Coronavirus, we must not lose sight of the huge challenges of climate change," he said in a statement.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

To tackle the environmental challenges we face from climate change and biodiversity loss, it is crucial that domestic natural environment projects are able to attract private investment alongside support from the public sector," said Environment Minister Rebecca Pow.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As with the last summit, the risk continues to be that greenwashing leaves governments with “a vision that tinkers around the edges,”rather than a transformative one that creates food systems that are resilient and restore ecosystems,” as Shefali Sharma, director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), warned at COP27.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

One of the most important is our commitment to tackling climate change. We have worked together to drive climate action across the international community. And at this critical moment in the fight against climate change, we want to build on this collaboration. We have shared ambition, expertise and innovation.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Adjusting to current or expected effects of climate change, such as building defences to protect against rising sea-levels, to reduce risk or benefit from opportunities where possible. The Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Biodiversity. Black carbon.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

All the reaction from politicians, green business, academia, NGOs and think tanks on the momentous decision to postpone this year's critical UN climate change summit. In the meantime, we continue to support and to urge nations to significantly boost climate ambition in line with the Paris Agreement.".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Business leaders and environmental campaigners hail the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework as a major - if flawed - breakthrough for nature protection efforts. BusinessGreen rounds up the initial reaction to the historic new accord.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

Tony Juniper reflects on the outcome of the COP15 Biodiversity Summit and what is now needed to deliver on the agreement signed by governments in Montreal. nJanuary is a time for new beginnings and new resolutions to drive self-improvement, and that applies to nations just as much as individuals.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

It is a once-in-a-decade opportunity for the world's governments to sign a global agreement for nature, similar in significance to the Paris Agreement on climate change. Currently, there is a very real risk that key decisions on this will be postponed to a subsequent COP, and COP15 will result in only minimal agreement.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2020

Businesses must continue to make the case for climate ambition and stand against regulatory rollbacks, argues Verisk Maplecroft's Will Nichols. And among the many reasons listed for why global environmental and climate change efforts are currently falling short, a "worldwide pandemic" was a notable absentee.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. Leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda that calls for governments and industry to work together to find new solutions to climate change–driven food insecurity. The files also detail collaborations planned for the event itself.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

As such, he ruled the government had failed to meet its obligations under Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA) and ordered Ministers to update the plan and present it to Parliament by April 2023. This landmark ruling is a huge victory for climate justice and government transparency. We need to look at the plan.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2020

I would like to thank the Secretary-General for the great leadership he has shown in tackling climate change. Other former COP Presidents, such as Laurent Fabius. Other former COP Presidents, such as Laurent Fabius. Encouragingly, there has been a strong level of agreement that we must act now to tackle climate change.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Simply put, we cannot achieve the Paris Agreement's global climate goals to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C °C without harnessing the power of NbS for both climate mitigation and resilience. Deforestation and land-use emissions currently account for about one quarter of global emissions. °C mark.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

UN climate change chief Simon Stiell similarly reiterated calls for governments to now come forward with more ambitious national climate action plans, known as Nationally Determined Contributions in the UN jargon. This COP caused deep frustrations but it wasn't for nothing," she said. "It

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Acknowledging Indigenous people's critical role in tackling the climate and biodiversity crises may have become the norm in climate circles, but these communities still aren’t being paid for it. Too many Malcolms in the middle. We have ways that work.".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here, BusinessGreen rounds up some of the reaction from across the green econmy: Labour's Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said: "[The Chancellor] is failing to tackle another huge issue of the day - adapting to climate change. Adapting to climate change presents opportunities - more Jobs, lower bills and cleaner air.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

The UN Climate Change Conference is only a few months away, and to say that expectations are high would be an understatement. What are the big priorities for COP? She believed good progress was being made on Adaptation (the effort to secure protection for habitats and communities against the effects of climate change).

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The agreement includes a number of environmental clauses, with Chapter 22 of the FTA published yesterday reaffirming the UK and Australia's commitment to protecting biodiversity and achieving the climate goals contained in the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

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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Business Green

MARCH 19, 2021

Chinese hosts of crucial COP15 Biodiversity Summit announce new October date, lining up a crunch autumn for global efforts to avert environmental disaster. This week, we set out that tackling climate change will be our number one priority on the international stage in the decade ahead," he said.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Those who contributed least to the climate crisis are reaping the whirlwind sewn by others, and many are blindsided by impacts for which they have no warning or means of preparation. That's why this first agreements with Ecuador is so significant. And we can bequeath our children a greener planet, and a more prosperous future.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Before Boris Johnson's government imploded the Climate Change Committee issued a sobering update detailing how on numerous key fronts the UK was off track to meet its medium and long-term emissions goals. Where do you stand on farming subsidy reforms and what is your strategy for restoring nature?

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

It was a contrast of opportunities and challenges confronting cities around the world highlighted at the Daring Cities forum’s final session on October 28, the culmination of three weeks, 400 speakers and 200 hours of dialogue and knowledge exchange. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Industry Voice: Schneider Electric's Amy Haddon ponders whether the UN Climate Change Summit delivered on businesses' hopes. In November, I had the privilege to represent Schneider Electric at the UN's Conference of Parties (COP) on climate change in Glasgow. The GCP was not a total loss, however.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In short, the COP26 Climate Summit was historic in that it did not shy away from naming the fossil fuel problem and should hopefully send a powerful signal to the market that the era of oil, gas, and coal is coming to a close. Climate Change Committee CEO Chris Stark noted in a briefing this morning that the 1.5C

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

I heard someone call COP26 the "business COP" I couldn't find any official reference of that sort, but I'm inclined to agree. Over the weekend, Saturday was 'Nature Day' at COP. That in itself is noteworthy: It's the first time preserving nature and biodiversity has been explicitly singled out as a critical climate issue.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Today the world's leading climate scientists delivered the clearest picture yet of the scale of the climate crisis that is already unfolding, as well as the likely impacts of further temperature rises over the course of century. Everything we need to avoid the exponential impacts of climate change is doable.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

An 'ambitious' new 2030 emissions reduction target, a 2030 phase out date for fossil fuel vehicles, and a major home energy retrofit programme are all on the Climate Coalition's short list, along with a raft of wider proposals designed to accelerate emissions reductions efforts over the coming decade.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

While NYCW has been around for more than a decade , this year the vibe of ~10x the participants and well-curated mini-conferences alongside official UN programming felt almost like a Davos or a mini-COP (which, depending on your take on the efficacy and impact of COP, could be a good or bad thing). The government is in full support.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Climate change and the net zero transition pose huge risks to the financial system unless action is taken, but they also offer massive business opportunities. While the transition will inevitably be complex and difficult, it is essential to building a more resilient economy that benefits more people.". It's a net zero COP.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

The government said resheduling the "vital" summit would allow more time for necessary preparations to take place, and that it would continue to work with all involved "to increase climate ambition, build resilience, and lower emissions". Soon, economies will restart," she added.

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Andrew Winston

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Climate change will get worse. 2023 has been declared the hottest year on record , and in terms of climate impacts, there’s no going back. Climate chaos will continue to bring us major wildfires, extreme floods and storms, heat waves and droughts, and more. This is mostly about physics, not prophecy.

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