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? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Nick Robins is professor in practice for sustainable finance at LSE’s Grantham Research Institute, and Dr Ma Jun is special advisor to the governor of the People’s Bank of China. The same process is now starting for biodiversity. Climate change and the loss of nature are two intersecting crises that face the global economy.

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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

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. The co-hosts also yesterday announced that they have expanded the team of senior figures working on the Summit with the appointment of a new "Friends of COP" advisory board.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2022

COP15 must culminate in a pact that sets a clear direction of travel for business committed to building a sustainable economy, writes Capitals' Coalition's Mark Gough. Together, they will work to finalise a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Biodiversity underpins human health, wealth, happiness, and identity.

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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. Andy Howard, Global Head of Sustainable Investment at Schroders, said: "The outcome of CBD COP15 should make financial regulators sit up and listen.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2020

COP26 President steps up calls for 'clean, inclusive and resilient recovery' that delivers on the goals of the Paris Agreement, as polling reveals huge support for accelerate climate action. We will work together to ensure that the linked challenges of public health, climate change and biodiversity are addressed.".

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Eric Soubeiran, the company's vice president of nature and water cycle, explained that weaning the company off intensive farming is at the core of its new sustainability mission. If you really want to do sustainability well in a company, you need to know your business well," Soubeiran said.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Biodiversity. It can either be used to reduce carbon emissions or promote ways in which to adapt, mitigate and build resilience to the effects of climate change. Conference of the Parties (COP). COP is the decision-making body responsible for monitoring and reviewing implementation of the UNFCCC. Black carbon.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. Rodgers defends meat-eating as sustainable and has spoken against measures to curb its consumption in rich countries. The North American Meat Institute will host a side event at the US COP pavilion on December 11, the summit’s Agriculture Day, for example.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

°C without harnessing the power of NbS for both climate mitigation and resilience. Companies need to both work towards science-based targets aligned with halving global emissions by 2030 and invest in protecting, restoring and sustainably managing lands and oceans. Are there risks?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Subscribe to get sustainability food news in your inbox every Thursday. In my eyes, that certainly doesn't merit a big COP announcement. Grasslands, shrublands, peatlands and other carbon and biodiversity-rich ecosystems are also being plowed up too. This article originally appeared as part of our Food Weekly newsletter.

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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. The idea is to help create self-sustaining communities that thrive on their own terms, Pineda said. A rip-off of a price.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2020

Other former COP Presidents, such as Laurent Fabius. It will devastate nature and biodiversity. COP26 can be a moment where the world comes together to ramp up momentum towards a climate-resilient, zero-carbon economy. First, adaptation and resilience. Civil society organisations. Corporate leaders and finance executives.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It's hard to think of a greater dereliction of our responsibility as COP hosts.". UK Green Building Council CEO Julie Hirigoyen said: "With the COP 26 conference just days away, the Chancellor's announcements felt like they were from a different planet and a different time. "This wasn't just a failure to address the climate emergency.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

What are the big priorities for COP? But progress was still lacking on Resilience and Energy Transition. Clearly it will be a major achievement for the UK government if the UK can hold a successful COP, so one can only assume the will is there to try to bring it off. Where are the main challenges? Nature and finance.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

Eric Soubeiran, the company's vice-president of nature and water cycle, explains that weaning the company off intensive farming is at the core of its new sustainability mission. If you really want to do sustainability well in a company, you need to know your business well," Soubeiran says.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This COP must agree on a clear, timebound roadmap reflective of the scale and urgency of the challenge, and that roadmap must deliver effective institutional arrangements for financing.". That's why this first agreements with Ecuador is so significant.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

How long would it be sustained if, as feared, gas prices remain high for months, if not years, to come? But with the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Montreal fast approaching this winter and the government's sweeping farming subsidy reforms continuing to advance, Truss will soon have to stake out her position.

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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. In reality, the current pledges align more closely to 2.7 Bottom Line for Business.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

But more positively, while the gap between adaptation and resilience efforts currently being undertaken, and what is required to safeguard society and ecosystems, remains considerable, such efforts can in fact be very effective, the report suggests. Inaction is a foolish business risk no company can afford.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

It is highly likely the row over phasing down or phasing out coal power will return in the coming years and the debate at future COPs will no doubt be extended to address oil and gas. If there's one theme that really comes out loud and clear from this COP, it is about money," said former Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd.

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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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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

Eric Soubeiran, the company’s vice president of nature and water cycle, explained that weaning the company off intensive farming is at the core of its new sustainability mission. “If you really want to do sustainability well in a company, you need to know your business well,” Soubeiran said. .

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Policymakers, activists, investors, founders, and corporate sustainability teams alike descended upon NYC, where we were on the ground geeking out at climate “ Burning Man ” to workshop and network on this burning planet. It’s tough to truly prepare for NY Climate Week. The government is in full support.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

During 2020, 81 per cent of a globally-representative selection of sustainable indexes outperformed their parent benchmarks, according to Fink. 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. The trailblazers.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The UK will only be successful in galvanising global climate action ahead of COP 26 if it gets its own house in order," said Clara Goldsmith, campaigns director of the Climate Coalition. The 10 point plan set out today should serve "litmus test" for the government commitment's to net zero.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Sensible and forward-looking businesses know they need to act now to change the way they do business and more and more governments are putting in place the plans and actions to deliver a resilient, net zero economy. We know that these investments will drive sustainable improvements in growth, prosperity and living standards around the world.

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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". It is not the first time a COP summit has faced major logistical difficulties.

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Andrew Winston

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Last year was volatile, and so was everything around corporate sustainability. With the caveat that we’re in a time of chaos (which makes prediction especially challenging), here’s my take for leaders on what will come from the sustainability landscape this year. Check out some discussion about it on LinkedIn here.]

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