Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Put a price on carbon. I also want particularly to thank COP President Alok Sharma who has worked incredibly hard to bring countries together. But today's agreement is a big step forward and, critically, we have the first ever international agreement to phase down coal and a roadmap to limit global warming to 1.5

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

global warming pathway are to be kept alive. In snap analysis published yesterday, the IEA said it had calculated the impacts of the net zero pledges and emissions targets announced in recent days, and concluded that if national climate pledges are delivered as promised, the planet could potentially limit warming to 1.8C

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

of warming. (If If longer-term net-zero pledges are achieved, which is less certain at this point, global warming could be contained to 1.8C.) On top of this, 46 countries signed up to the Global Coal to Clean Power Transition Statement to phase out coal in the 2030s (for rich countries) and 2040s (for developing ones).

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The documents, which were produced by the industry-funded Global Meat Alliance (GMA), emphasise the meat lobby’s desire to promote “our scientific evidence” at the summit, which will run from November 30 through to December 12. Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 19, 2023

This story was originally published by The Energy Mix Weekender , and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate crisis. Smithsonian Magazine has a small snapshot of what’s been going on as temperatures rise.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Fossil fuels are everywhere at this COP except in the decisions being negotiated by governments,” Nikki Reisch, the director of climate and energy at the Center for International Environmental Law, wrote to DeSmog from Glasgow. The oil-heavy delegations raise questions about the government’s intentions in Glasgow.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Anger is building over the failure to secure much-needed commitments towards phasing out unabated fossil fuels and tackling near-term emissions as part of the final agreement brokered at COP27 over the weekend, with critics warning the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C are hanging by the thinnest of threads.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

It calculates that the world can stay on track for 1.77C of warming and achieve net zero emissions by 2050 through the rapid deployment of clean power generation, electrification, and - to a lesser extent - carbon capture and storage (CCS) and hydrogen technologies. of global warming.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

But Sharma insisted the Energy Security Strategy could see the UK secure 95 per cent of its power from low carbon sources by 2030. But principally I learned that though this international system - the COP process - is imperfect and unwieldy, it can work," he added. "It It can deliver.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

Yesterday's communiqué agrees to "phase-out and rationalise, over the medium term, inefficient fossil fuel subsidies", and makes no direct reference to coal power, instead calling for investment in carbon capture and similar technologies to abate the emissions of fossil fuels. goal without the leadership of the G20.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Second, that inaction or delayed action on climate will create immense risks and costs,and populations across the world demand leaders to respond - and to respond now. That report concluded that we have already reached average global warming of 1.1 Actions and ambitions towards de-carbonization have also increased.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Nordhaus published an article in the American Economic Review entitled Can We Control Carbon Dioxide? For the first time, it proposed encompassing all the gases that cause global warming in a single indicator. Even so, it was a major breakthrough as the first COP to mention the temperature goals we are all familiar with today.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

And, echoing the demands of many developing nations, Guterres stressed that progress on Loss and Damage - a thorny issue surrounding new forms funding for climate vulnerable nations facing the brunt of global warming impacts - should serve as a "litmus test" for the success of COP27 as a whole.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The findings highlight how human-induced climate change, alongside deforestation, pollution and land use change, is hampering nature's ability to provide services essential to human life, such as coastal protection, food supply or climate regulation through the capture and storage of carbon from the atmosphere. The facts are undeniable.

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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. degree Celsius warming trajectory. One aim of the conference was to 'keep 1.5

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

And so today's report's conclusion that while the scale of the challenge is monumental - the world must peak emissions by 2025, before halving them by 2030 - it also encouragingly makes clear that the world already has all of the tools it needs to achieve these aims, in order to keep the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

As one of the world's most carbon-intensive energy sources, putting an end to coal power as soon as possible is widely seen as critical to keeping global climate goals within reach. New coal plants are incompatible with the international Paris climate agreement," she said.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Business and Energy Secretary and COP26 President Alok Sharma said: "Tackling climate change is the one of the most urgent shared endeavours of our lifetimes, demanding bold action from every nation to prevent catastrophic global warming. Leadership demands consistency. This is important progress but not sufficient.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Without deep carbon pollution cuts now, the 1.5-degree I am asking corporate leaders to support a minimum international carbon price and align their portfolios with the Paris Agreement. The public and private sector must work together to ensure a just and rapid transformation to a net zero global economy.

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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. A 2030 carbon target in line with 1.5C And will Ministers deliver on all of the 10 key focus areas proposed by the civil society groups?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

If designed well and properly adhered to, global treaties have a lot going for them. COP talks each year are often fraught and progress remains far too slow, as today's IPCC report on escalating climate impacts will testify. The Paris Agreement on climate change, signed into life in 2015, may not be perfect.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Scientists have made clear that global emissions cuts of 45 per cent by 2030 are needed to stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C, yet UN analysis suggests that present national commitments would see emissions rise by 16 per cent by the end of the decade, compared to 2010. could be burned through in just 11 years. "The

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

When well managed the land helps regulate water and air quality, sequester and store carbon, and minimise flood and soil erosion risks. At the same time, keeping global warming to well below 2C can be achieved only by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors including land and food.". SDG 15 to the rescue?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

US re-joins High Ambition Coalition, as snap analysis suggests commitments made in Glasgow could bring global warming trajectories down below 2C for the first time. warming pathway. Nick Mabey, co-founder and CEO of climate think tank E3G, said the HAC grouping "makes the political weather at COP".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

This COP has taken an important step towards justice. We need to drastically reduce emissions now - and this is an issue this COP did not address. In the end they were pulled back from the precipice by the concerted effort of developing countries standing firm and by climate activists' demands for the blockers to step up.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The fact that only 24 new or updated climate plans were submitted since COP 26 is disappointing. Achieving global climate targets, the report notes, will require substantial increases in climate finance, in addition to a phase-out of underwriting and subsidising of many carbon-intensive industries by financial players and governments.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 27, 2023

While the summit reaffirmed the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, C, a stark assessment revealed that current emission reduction pledges put the world on course for warming of 2.9°C. COP president Sultan Al-Jaber, head of the UAE’s state oil company, faced accusations of using his position to promote fossil fuels.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The fact that only 24 new or updated climate plans were submitted since COP 26 is disappointing. Achieving global climate targets, the report notes, will require substantial increases in climate finance, in addition to a phase-out of underwriting and subsidising of many carbon-intensive industries by financial players and governments.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Oliver Griffith explains how a Wildlife Works Carbon forest conservation project is helping to both protect the environment while also sustaining local livelihoods in the Democratic Republic of Congo. To limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 By the time we landed, there were hundreds of people. The results are encouraging.

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R-Squared Energy

DECEMBER 6, 2019

About 200 countries are presently convened for the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP 25 in Madrid. The Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP) is tasked with making sure the agreements under the Paris Climate Accord are met. degrees above if possible. and EU declined. A key driver in the U.S.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow next month is likely to fall short of putting the world on track to avert dangerous levels of global warming, but diplomats and analysts are cautiously optimistic it could deliver several breakthroughs and broadly deliver on the UK hosts' stated goal of 'keeping 1.5C goal within grasp.

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