What is COP? Here’s a practical explainer
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Everything you need to know about attending COP (this year, or any other): What it is, how to get access, what actually happens, and more.
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GreenBiz
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Everything you need to know about attending COP (this year, or any other): What it is, how to get access, what actually happens, and more.
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 25, 2021
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Climate Tech VC
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Maybe it was the offer of warm sun in December, but this year’s COP drew 100K attendees, almost double the size of COP15 in Paris. Climate tech played its biggest role ever at COP this year. The oil & gas COP. This was the COP of the climate and O&G juxtaposition. The greenwashing was unavoidable.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
It’s a chaotic, confounding circus pilloried by many as a waste of time and resources, and a needless exercise that changes little. But we keep coming back.
Energy Transition
OCTOBER 31, 2023
The debate over the UAE’s chairmanship (and in particular, the chairman himself) has been louder than talk of the topics on the table at this year’s COP. How is the UAE positioning.
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 3, 2023
COP host says abandoning fossil fuels will send us back to caves, Exxon flies in to boost CCS, NZ does a back flip on oil and gas exploration, and Forrest's green ammonia push blocked at the port. The post Fossil fuel giants play home ground advantage as climate COP despairs about 1.5°C C appeared first on RenewEconomy.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
For the first time food, agriculture and food systems have taken center stage at the global negotiations.
Terra Infirma
DECEMBER 11, 2023
While we in the West derided COP President’s Sultan Al Jaber’s outburst about going back to living in caves, in the Middle East that ain’t too far from the truth. The post Cop out? If/when the oil economy fades, so will the wealth and power of the region.
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 2, 2023
The post Australia signs up to COP pledge to triple renewables by 2030, double efficiency appeared first on RenewEconomy. Australia and 117 other countries sign pledge at COP28 to triple renewables by 2030 and double energy efficiency.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
For the first time food, agriculture and food systems have taken center stage at the global negotiations.
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Astonishingly, in the 30 year history of the UN COP climate negotiations, renewables have never gotten a mention. The post All over bar the shouting: Fossil fuels finally named and shamed by COP as climate culprit appeared first on RenewEconomy. Now they are acknowledged as central to the switch from fossil fuels.
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 13, 2023
The post “Read the text:” Bowen’s warning to fossil fuel industry as COP finally embraces transition appeared first on RenewEconomy. Bowen says COP28 agreement is a "big deal", with a clear warning to fossil fuels that the world is committed to transition to clean energy. But will it be quick enough?
Energy Central
DECEMBER 13, 2023
Success, or another COP Flop? After a marathon overtime session, the United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP28 - concluded. It is being hailed as the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era. Sadly, that is a delusional statement.
Renew Economy
JANUARY 17, 2023
Some solar farms are losing half of their output due to grid congestion, as renewable cop the brunt of curtailment and markets fail to provide correct signals to storage. The post Solar farm output cut by half as renewables cop brunt of grid congestion appeared first on RenewEconomy.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
Amid a controversial climate summit, a baker's dozen of initiatives that will affect the private sector for years to come.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
COP26 is showcasing private-sector solutions at a time when policymakers are at loggerheads.
BloombergNEF
DECEMBER 20, 2023
The post Not Quite a COP-Out in Dubai appeared first on BloombergNEF. Away from the wrangling in Dubai, some policymakers make some progress on implementing some of the programs needed to achieve the Paris goals.
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 1, 2023
ImpactAlpha’s Amy Cortese speaks with Full Cycle’s Stephan Nicoleau at the start of COP 28 to hear what he’s expecting – and hoping. The post All eyes on Dubai as COP 28 begins with Stephan Nicoleau appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Energy Central
DECEMBER 15, 2023
At this year’s COP, the 28th meeting of the world’s nations and parties interested in addressing climate change, the fossil fuel industry had a prominent seat at the table. Considering the final COP-issued statement, the fossil fuel industry, particularly oil and gas, saved itself for another.
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 20, 2021
As COP26 beckons, the United States is being held hostage. Is there hope?
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
It needs to stand up and be counted at the Nature COP in Montreal. The post Nature crisis and extinctions: Why Australia needs to stand up at the “Other COP” appeared first on RenewEconomy. Australia continues to have one of the highest rates of species decline among OECD countries.
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 5, 2023
The post ImpactAlpha Open: COP watch + blending finance for the Global Goals appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Hi there, Agents of Impact! Welcome to the latest ImpactAlpha Open, our free weekly roundup of essential reads and exclusive opportunities across impact investing.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
The end of the fossil fuel era appeared to have come a significant step closer with the signing of a joint commitment to phase out coal on day four of the COP summit (4 November). A coal power station in Canock, Staffordshire (image credit: Catherine Poh Huay Tan , CC BY 2.0
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Beyond our beautiful coastal shores lies a deadly threat: ocean acidification.
Energy Central
DECEMBER 8, 2023
We’re half way through the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP-28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and so it’s a convenient time to assess developments.
Energy Central
DECEMBER 26, 2023
A few days ago, I posted at this blog my personal take on what happened at COP-28 in Dubai (and what didn’t happen). Feedback from readers indicates that some people found my assessment helpful and realistic, but it’s conceivable that some found it insufficiently enthusiastic.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
What is the 1.5-degree degree equivalent for nature?
Energy Central
DECEMBER 13, 2023
As the world convenes at COP 28 in the UAE, culminating in a historic agreement to transition away from fossil fuels, the role of electricity grids in the energy transition has never been more pivotal.
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
The post Australia praised for methane reductions, but should be prepared for uncomfortable COP appeared first on RenewEconomy. Coal mines will help Australia meet a COP26 methane pledge but developing countries are gearing up to make loss and damage the cause de jour of COP27.
Terra Infirma
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
The post Good COP, Bad COP? It’s not perfect, but life never is perfect, and I’m a big believer in perfection being the enemy of success. But there’s no escaping the fact that the hard work starts now. appeared first on Terra Infirma.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Should priority be given to financing local startups or is it more worthwhile to ensure the necessary solutions are quickly adapted for the rest of the world?
Renew Economy
JUNE 8, 2023
Delegates struggle to fund common ground in preparatory talks ahead of the main COP climate negotiations to be held in fossil exporting giant UAE later this year. The post “Poison that’s killing us all”: Bonn climate talks try to prevent failure at gas-fired COP appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Energy Central
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Sharma was the president of the Glasgow Cop in 2021, and he was clearly frustrated with the events of the last two weeks in Egypt. and especially the final text outcome adopted at the Cop 27 meeting.
The Guardian: Energy
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Cop28 starts today in Dubai and its already shrouded in controversy. So what can leaders agree that will make a change to the planet? And in the UK how far away are we from a greener economy? The Guardian’s John Harris is joined by Green MP Caroline Lucas and former Conservative energy minister Chris Skidmore Continue reading.
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 7, 2022
The post Net-zero extinctions: New EPA to play “tough cop” on emissions – but not all of them appeared first on RenewEconomy. Labor promises "no new extinctions" with tight new environment standards and an independent federal Environment Protection Agency. But not everyone's convinced.
Energy Central
DECEMBER 18, 2023
If you’ve been reading newspapers, checking your email, listening to the radio, or watching television, you’ve probably learned that the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP-28) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in Dubai, U.A.E.,
Business Green
DECEMBER 5, 2023
VIEW FROM THE COP: Corporate Leaders Group director Beverley Cornaby reflects on a busy first week at the climate talks, and what it all means for green business
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
What does a COP26 win look like for investors? It's not just blah, blah, blah.
GreenBiz
MAY 17, 2022
An ambitious and implementable international agreement on nature will help set the direction for corporate action.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 24, 2023
How the UN food system summit stocktaking moment set the stage for food systems at COP 28.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Let the United Nations process play out, but let's also work on a separate, bold "grand bargain."
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Plus, good cop and bad cop developments ahead of the COP26 climate negotiations.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
COP 27 started with the announcement of a plan to end deforestation in the soy, palm oil and beef but experts think it's without backbone or bite.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 5, 2019
There’s a new tide of global awareness rising about the critical role of our oceans in climate mitigation and adaptation.
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