Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

After another full year of global warming events, from droughts to floods, the 196 countries represented in Sharm El-Sheikh failed to achieve even the basics: changing the Glasgow agreement to incorporate measures for combating climate change and reducing fossil fuel use.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

By the end of November Christmas baubles will be in the shops once more (well they'll probably there much earlier than that, but you get the idea), and the verdict will be delivered on the UK's handling of the vitally important COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow.

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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Inclusion, local action and indigenous wisdom were at the forefront… nearly every conversation I participated in drove the point home that the answers and the action are with the communities most impacted by climate change and we all have much to learn,” wrote Managing Director of Portfolio Danya Hakeem. “In

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2020

The move also came on the same day as a global poll revealed an overwhelming majority of people believe climate change is as serious a crisis as Covid-19 and support the delivery of green economic recovery plans. The world needs to see more ambition to tackle the climate crisis," he said. "It

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A scientific paper published in the peer review Journal, Aquatic Conservation says that measures to address climate change and reach the Paris Agreement will not succeed unless the ocean is taken into account. We need to simultaneously address climate change impacts and reduce all cumulative direct and indirect stressors.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 30, 2021

A year of climate conversation and action in 2021 culminated in two intense weeks of negotiations at COP26, with many feeling a renewed sense of hope and belief for the decades ahead as the summit came to a close. 2021 was an eventful year for the climate change agenda - can 2022 top it?

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

The event will bring together heads of state and government, ministers, heads of international organisations, multilateral banks, and civil soviety groups, among others.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

At the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow this week, BusinessGreen caught up with the former world F1 champion shortly after his appearance at an event to mark the UN Sports for Climate Action initiative, which called on sports bodies, organisations and clubs to target net zero emissions by 2040. That in itself gives a lot of hope.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2020

They also suggested that the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, known as the Biodiversity COP, that China is due to host in October and the COP26 UN Climate Summit that the UK is due to host in Glasgow in November could provide effective crucibles for such co-operation. "The

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

We have new appointments at Defra, MHCLG and BEIS, with the COP presidency going, somewhat unexpectedly, to Alok Sharma. Yet exciting as it is, focussing on the personalities at top can often miss more subtle, yet important changes beneath; reshaping the context in which they operate.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

DAC can also be installed on non-arable land and in any climate, so more countries could potentially participate. CCUS was the focus of more than 30 events at COP26, covering areas like policy, business, and social and technical challenges. COP president Alok Sharma described it as “a fragile win”. degrees alive.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 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? Drought in Kenya.

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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? Drought in Kenya.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Each has an internal brand studio that creates advertising content for fossil fuel majors that range from podcasts to newsletters, videos, and advertorials, and some allow fossil fuel companies to sponsor their events. “People are reading about it in the news, that’s what shapes their understanding. .

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2020

Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry into the UK's foreign diplomacy efforts around environmental issues, with a particular focus on preparations for the crucial COP26 UN climate change summit that is set to take place in Glasgow later this year.

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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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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

Anybody who’s watched the news over the past month will know that the effects of climate change are becoming too pressing to ignore. It sounds like the start of a disaster movie, but this is real life, just one month’s notable events in 2021. Of all the COP series so far, this one is undoubtedly the most important in history.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2021

Commitment to help protect land and ocean ecosystems that are critical to combating climate change will be announced by Prime Minister at today's One Planet Summit. The Prime Minister will make the announcement at the One Planet Summit this afternoon, a virtual event convened by the French government.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2023

The approach must be a core part of the UK’s defence against flooding and climate change, he said. Sir James Bevan said: The warning signs of the climate crisis are stark – and sadly devastating flooding is likely to become a more familiar sight over the next century. What is it?

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Agribusiness delegates attending the climate talks at the Sharm el-Sheikh resort include the head of a U.S. meat lobby group that until recently claimed the extent of man-made climate change was “unknown”, as well as influential trade groups that have lobbied against climate action, DeSmog’s analysis found.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Government says events are designed to 'put a spotlight on how all parts of society and the global economy drives ambitious climate action’. Programmes announced by world leaders could range from boosting tree-planting and climate finance commitments, to pledging to divest from coal, the govenrment said.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The COP26 summit - which is being co-hosted by the UK and Italy - is seen as a critical event for securing more ambitious progress towards the Paris Agreement goal of limiting average temperature rise to 1.5C This issue cannot continue to be deferred, COP after COP after COP. or well below 2C.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Ahead of COP 26, many of the UK's biggest companies have today warned Boris Johnson he has a 'limited window' to show genuine climate leadership. We need to see strong UK leadership built on a foundation of credible domestic action to carry the COP to a successful outcome.". The case for action is urgent, and stark.".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

To grasp the opportunities of net zero and deliver a successful climate change summit in Glasgow, the government must come forward with ambitious policies in 2020, argues the REA's Nina Skorupska. The goings-on behind the scenes of COP 26, or kack thereof, have been well documented over the past few weeks.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

Ahead of next week's Net Zero Nature Summit, Sarah McDonald, vice president of sustainability at GSK Consumer Healthcare, reveals how the company is collaborating on a call to action to ensure climate and health strategies are better aligned. We hope that you'll join us.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is preparing to kick off the second annual London Climate Action Week from next week with a stark warning for business and political leaders to step up efforts to tackle the looming "climate emergency". We must keep momentum and focus on the transition to a net-zero world," she added. "We

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2021

The UK and UN took another step towards delivering this autumn's COP26 Climate Summit in person today, as the official UN portal for registering delegates to the event was opened to participants. Whether the global north, or the global south, we all share one planet and are facing the challenge of climate change together.".

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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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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The United Arab Emirates has been criticised for promoting oil and gas as a clean source of energy, and for backing “false solutions” such as carbon capture technology, at the UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt, ahead of hosting the event next year. There’s no such thing as ‘responsible’ oil drilling.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The former Energy and Climate Change Minister had been slated to serve as COP26 President after playing a critical role in securing hosting duties for the UK. Specifically, she's calling for business to be given a more official role at future UN climate talks. "If It is a one-year thing, it only lasts as long as a COP.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Despite the reductions in air travel and the global economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, climate change sadly has not slowed down this past year. degrees C cap on average warming that governments pledged to aim for when they signed the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement to avoid dangerous climate change. Pull Quote.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 19, 2023

Jennie King, head of climate research and response at the non-profit Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) think tank, which led the Intelligence Unit, said the events of 2022 had “turbocharged a global ecosystem of disinformation”. This research shows that climate disinformation isn’t going away and, in fact, it’s getting worse.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The COP27 Presidency has today launched a new global plan that aims to mobilise state and non-state actors behind a shared set of climate adaptation goals for 2030 that span food and agriculture, water and nature, coasts and oceans, infrastructure, and human livelihoods.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2021

Alok Sharma intent on holding 'most inclusive COP ever' in Glasgow, but it is not UK's gift alone to make in-person event happen. This is what makes the next United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow, COP 26, so critical. The COP that signals the end of polluting vehicles. The COP that tackles methane.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The climate vulnerable hotspots - which the charity defined as those with the highest number of UN appeals driven by extreme weather events - have suffered a 123 per cent increase in acute hunger since 2016. The report found that the countries in the climate hotspots were collectively responsible for just 0.13

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

It's normal for an event of this magnitude to have contingency measures," they told the paper. "We COP Summits typically bring together upwards of 30,000 ministers, diplomats, officials, journalists, and campaigners from around the world, creating huge logistical and security challenges. It's vital that COP is a success.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

It comes despite Sunak's promise to prioritise environmental issues as Prime Minister on the steps of Downing Street earlier this week, and is likely to ruffle feathers on the global stage given UK will still holds the COP Presidency until it passes on the baton to Egypt at the summit.

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