Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

But despite an interminable number of husting events and countless miles of column inches, the policy platform of the new administration remains remarkably opaque on a host of critical economic and environmental issues. What's in the energy support package, and who is going to pay for it?

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

It follows a separate communiqué on environmental issues last week, which saw the G20 agree to common objectives on biodiversity, natural capital, more efficient use of resources and sustainable finance. are much lower than at 2C," states.

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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. A six week period this autumn could go a long way to determining humanities prospects over the next century and beyond.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

On top of that, the land plays host to much of the planet's biodiversity, providing incalculable benefits to humanity and the global economy, starting with the pollination that underpins the global food system. Essentially, without biodiversity, we would not exist, let alone develop". Cristiana Pa?ca

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

Scientists tell us that we’ve pushed the planet beyond its ability to support us in critical areas such as availability of water, biodiversity, and, of course, carbon emissions. The UK retreated on some climate policies , like delaying a ban on combustion engines in cars to 2035.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In November, I had the privilege to represent Schneider Electric at the UN's Conference of Parties (COP) on climate change in Glasgow. This COP was unlike the previous 25 iterations, in that it took place during a global pandemic. Biodiversity and nature-based solutions. In reality, the current pledges align more closely to 2.7

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

COP talks each year are often fraught and progress remains far too slow, as today's IPCC report on escalating climate impacts will testify. Yet in the six years since its birth, the Paris Agreement has undoubtedly transformed policy, investment, and economic thinking. The US left the treaty altogether briefly.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

As the government gears up to unveil its 10 point green recovery plan this autumn, an alliance of more than 70 civil society groups have set out which net zero policies they think should make the cut. But will the government deliver the scale of investment and detailed policy frameworks required to unlock real progress?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

History was made this morning in a conference room in Montreal, after world governments adopted the most ambitious international commitment on biodiversity conservation ever seen, pledging to protect 30 per cent of the Earth by the end of the decade. Unlike the World Cup, there isn't just one winner at COP15," she said.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The Guardian also reported this morning that the UN is keen to see the Biodiversity COP in China, which has also been postponed from its original autumn 2020 date, precede COP26. The Chinese government is currently understood to be exploring new dates for the Summit in the first half of 2021.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

And despite recent indications that it will review its overseas coal financing policy, Japan remains a major funder of coal capacity abroad, currently financing 24.7GW of coal power outside its borders. And in China, the report paints a particularly worrying picture for global climate efforts.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2022

COP15 Biodiversity Summit reportedly facing further delays. The COP15 Biodiversity Summit that was slated to take place in Kunming, China in May could be delayed for a fourth time, according to reports in the New Scientist. China unveils plan for giant Gobi Desert renewables projects, plots new carbon-saving policies.

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