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Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28

DeSmogBlog

Documents seen by DeSmog and the Guardian show that the meat industry is poised to “tell its story and tell it well” in the lead up and during the Dubai conference, which comes on the heels of the world’s hottest ever year. Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP.

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IPCC climate report: capitalism is unsustainable

Low Impact

The document also acknowledges that there is little chance of further economic growth.”. The environment has also suffered, in the form of pollution, deforestation, biodiversity reduction, and now, climate change. The report also “confirms that… greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must peak in at most four years.

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G7 nations pledge to deliver near-zero carbon electricity grids by 2035

Business Green

In a communique published at the close of a three-day Energy and Environment Ministerial meeting in Berlin this week, the world's largest economies set out their priorities for tackling the intersecting climate, biodiversity, and pollution crises, and responding to the disruption to energy markets wrought by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Voluntary carbon markets can boost sustainable development in host countries, report argues

Business Green

Carbon markets are set to be one of the key issues at the upcoming COP climate talks, with negotiators tasked with finalising the rules for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which aims to create a framework for countries and companies to meet their climate goals by trading carbon credits.

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COP15 Reaction: 'The message to the private sector is clear'

Business Green

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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'Our final offer': EU proposes Loss and Damage compromise to break deadlocked COP27 negotiations

Business Green

Meanwhile, a late night meeting between US climate envoy John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua has fuelled hopes the two world's largest polluters are poised to announce a fresh collaboration on climate change, in the wake of their leaders' meeting at the G20 this week.

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Preparing for COP26

Envirotec Magazine

What are the big priorities for COP? Finance will obviously be the enabling factor in making the kind of transition that is required, so it’s a problem if accounting systems continue to act as if nature is “free to use”, a key issue pinpointed earlier this year by The Dasgupta Review , hailed at the time as a landmark document.