What is COP? Here’s a practical explainer
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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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OCTOBER 25, 2021
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How COP27 became the food systems COP
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
For the first time food, agriculture and food systems have taken center stage at the global negotiations.
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13 big deals that made COP26 the ‘Business COP’
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.
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How COP 27 became the food systems COP
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
For the first time food, agriculture and food systems have taken center stage at the global negotiations.
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The business of COP is business
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
COP26 is showcasing private-sector solutions at a time when policymakers are at loggerheads.
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Climate, biodiversity and the ‘other COP’
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
What is the 1.5-degree degree equivalent for nature?
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A ‘Cop of peace’? How can authoritarian, human rights-trashing Azerbaijan possibly host that? | Greta Thunberg
The Guardian: Energy
NOVEMBER 10, 2024
Cop meetings have proven to be greenwashing conferences that legitimise countries’ failures to ensure a livable world and future and have also allowed authoritarian regimes like Azerbaijan and the two previous hosts – the United Arab Emirates and Egypt – to continue violating human rights.
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How COP fails — by proxy
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 20, 2021
As COP26 beckons, the United States is being held hostage. Is there hope?
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We’re going to need a bigger boat: Climate strategy beyond COP
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Let the United Nations process play out, but let's also work on a separate, bold "grand bargain."
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Episode 289: How to be a 'climate positive' business
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Plus, good cop and bad cop developments ahead of the COP26 climate negotiations.
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What happened at the biodiversity COP, and why it matters to business
GreenBiz
MAY 17, 2022
An ambitious and implementable international agreement on nature will help set the direction for corporate action.
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Episode 295: The ecocide dialogue, net zero reckoning
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 3, 2021
Plus, what corporate sustainability teams should know about the Article 6 negotiations at COP 26.
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Companies, investors, climate and COP
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
What does a COP26 win look like for investors? It's not just blah, blah, blah.
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Priorities for Success at the Biodiversity COP
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 21, 2024
The world has a strategic plan to reverse global biodiversity loss. We must follow through by working with each other to address the critical issues and build a new relationship with nature.
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COP25: Diving into the first Blue COP
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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3 developments for food companies from the pre-COP28 UN meeting
GreenBiz
AUGUST 24, 2023
How the UN food system summit stocktaking moment set the stage for food systems at COP 28.
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COP 27 Dispatch: New thinking required for ecological transition in Global South
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?
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A deforestation roadmap that leaves a lot to be desired
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.
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Bridging the nature-finance gap
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 31, 2025
By Samantha Willis, Biodiversity Consultant at Ramboll In a significant step towards global nature recovery, bridging the Nature-Finance gap was at the heart of negotiations during the recent extended COP 16 session, which concluded in Rome on the 27th February. Samantha Willis of Ramboll.
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Generators fill their pockets again, pushing grid prices to new highs and leaving renewables to cop the blame
Renew Economy
JULY 30, 2024
The post Generators fill their pockets again, pushing grid prices to new highs and leaving renewables to cop the blame appeared first on RenewEconomy. Wholesale electricity prices hit a new landmark on Tuesday night when all five state grids had prices pushed above $15,000 a megawatt hour (MWh) at the time. Greed is the new black.
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Episode 293: Circularity and COP, lessons from Amazon
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Plus, former President Barack Obama has a message for young climate activists.
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Fossil fuel giants play home ground advantage as climate COP despairs about 1.5°C
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.
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Australia signs up to COP pledge to triple renewables by 2030, double efficiency
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.
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Bowen tips another $91m into industrial emissions abatement, but coal grant cops flack
Renew Economy
JULY 11, 2024
The post Bowen tips another $91m into industrial emissions abatement, but coal grant cops flack appeared first on RenewEconomy. An Australia-first demonstration of coal pollution abatement technology is one of the biggest winners of federal funding to help cut industrial emissions.
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Cop out? Hard truths in Dubai…
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.
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Digital technologies for conservation and climate action: Solution or COP out?
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 21, 2022
There's an emerging debate over the value of techno-centric solutions.
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“The end of the fossil fuel era” may be in sight following COP pledge
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
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Solar farm output cut by half as renewables cop brunt of grid congestion
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.
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The UAE’s unconventional COP
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.
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All over bar the shouting: Fossil fuels finally named and shamed by COP as climate culprit
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.
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Cop29 CEO filmed agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at climate summit
The Guardian: Energy
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
The recording has amplified calls by campaigners who want the fossil fuel industry and its lobbyists to be banned from future Cop talks. Continue reading.
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Temperatures are rising — your voice should too
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 19, 2019
After COP 25's conversations, it's time for action.
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Australia’s bid to host climate COP for first time on hold as fossil lobby ups the ante at fractious Baku talks
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
Australia's bid to host UN climate talks for first time stalled at fractious Baku COP, and may not happen at all if Labor loses power. The post Australia’s bid to host climate COP for first time on hold as fossil lobby ups the ante at fractious Baku talks appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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“Tough cop on the beat,” or new plod enforcing old “broken laws”? Labor’s EPA gets a grilling
Renew Economy
MAY 28, 2024
The post “Tough cop on the beat,” or new plod enforcing old “broken laws”? Legislation to set up Australia’s first national environment protection agency promises strong new powers and penalties to protect the natural environment. Critics are not so sure.
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Liz Truss Book Calls for Climate Laws to be Abolished and Boasts of Effort to Cancel UK COP Summit
DeSmogBlog
APRIL 18, 2024
Truss writes that “we should cancel” the United Nations annual COP climate summit, and falsely claims that electric vehicles are worse for the environment than those powered by fossil fuels. “In Truss writes that “we should cancel the COP gravy train”. It features the same instincts of collectivism and authoritarianism.”
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Nature crisis and extinctions: Why Australia needs to stand up at the “Other COP”
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.
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“Read the text:” Bowen’s warning to fossil fuel industry as COP finally embraces transition
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?
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? Good COP, Bad COP
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.
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Australia praised for methane reductions, but should be prepared for uncomfortable COP
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.
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Why are people still flying to climate conferences by private jet?
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2023
This is an extraordinary statistic, especially as fewer world leaders attended that COP, as many were busy at a G20 summit in Bali. We also compared the carbon footprints for the past three COPs to help see where the conferences could be located in order to dissuade attendees from using private jets, unless absolutely essential for security.
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Hydrogen double decker heads to COP
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
What is said to be the world’s first hydrogen powered double decker bus stopped off at the Baxi factory in Bamber Bridge, on its way to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.
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Net-zero extinctions: New EPA to play “tough cop” on emissions – but not all of them
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.
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RenewableUK CEO and former COP President call for bold leadership on offshore wind
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 19, 2024
Speaking at the opening session of RenewableUK’s Global Offshore Wind 2024 conference and exhibition at Manchester Central, RenewableUK’s Chief Executive Dan McGrail has called for the sector to put the troubles of recent years behind it. gigawatts a year ago to 75GW today.
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