Low Impact

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The IPCC recently conducted a study into the combined effects of all the agreed targets of the countries taking part in the ongoing COP talks. Attempting to maintain business as usual (which is the only type of solution that will be debated at COP 26) will only make things worse. Whatever does come out of COP won’t be enough.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

We should not accept any corporate diversions at the UN Climate talks but we should definitely be talking about dismantling the fossil fuel industry.”. “There are some exciting-looking events in the Green Zone, but the sheer number of corporate-friendly sideshows sends the wrong message,” continued Tully. “We

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

If such a definition for 'net zero' were to be adopted widely, it could blow a hole in chances of limiting temperature rise to well below 2C by the end of the century, critics asserted. It's a net zero COP. That's the objective. That's the expectation.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Inconsistencies in the definition of deforestation: The roadmap uses different meanings of eliminating deforestation throughout. In my eyes, that certainly doesn't merit a big COP announcement. The roadmap's definitions also bring up a geography question. It limits action to forests and peatlands for palm oil.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Oil and gas has dominated discussions at past COPs, which have focused on the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transport sectors to tackle dangerous levels of global warming. Big companies which have previously accessed COP in this way include JBS, which came in with the Brazilian delegation for COP27 in Egypt.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As is always the case at COP Summits multiple issues remain unresolved, but the battle between the various opposing camps looks to set to boil down to a fierce row over how, and indeed whether, the final version of the Global Stocktake should reference the future of fossil fuels. All of this is demonstrably true.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 19, 2023

It is also calling on governments and multilateral bodies to implement a “unified definition” of climate mis-and disinformation within UN key institutions. The CAAD coalition is advocating for immediate steps to be taken by tech companies to stem the flow of climate delayism and “junk science”.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Carbon markets are set to be one of the key issues at the upcoming COP climate talks, with negotiators tasked with finalising the rules for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which aims to create a framework for countries and companies to meet their climate goals by trading carbon credits.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

UN Secretary General and COP Presidency warn progress on funding for addressing climate-related damage is critical to success of pivotal climate talks kicking off this Sunday. That is the best guarantee for this COP process to survive and achieve its objective.".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 30, 2021

So the big question will be how we take that forward and in 2022 we'll really test the strength of the commitments from the COP and what comes next, both for the UK and around the world. Countries will be looking towards global superpowers such as China and the US to see the steps they take to get new agreements moving.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The awards fall just as another controversially chosen oil state, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), plays host to international climate talks, COP 28 , at which the UAE was revealed as planning to use the opportunity to make more oil and gas deals.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

There was definitely some spin and duplication of effort going on, but the vast majority of the announcements point to how decarbonisation efforts can be drastically accelerated. From tackling deforestation to curbing methane emissions, the various multilateral commitments are focused on areas where they can have real impact.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

And then November will see Glasgow host the COP climate change summit, taking place five years on from the historic Paris Agreement. With the UK holding the COP presidency, top of the agenda will be to encourage countries to ratchet-up climate ambition to get us closer to 1.5C

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

As is the European Commission, according to its First Vice-President Frans Timmermans, who declared in the Petersberg Dialogue that the EU should show leadership across the climate change agenda "…by sticking to the agenda as though a COP would take place in November this year.". More twists in this virus. So - job done?

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

And secondly, setting clear standards and definitions around what investments are in line with net zero. Firstly, improving disclosures so that investors have a better understanding of the climate risks or opportunities of their investments. Progress is being made on both these fronts.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

I’ve definitely copped a lot of criticism for it [working with Shell],” he said, yet adding that Shell offered him, “a younger person”, the opportunity to “feel represented” and “build more trust” in their so-called “nature based solutions”.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Future COPs will re-open this debate and seek to extend it to gas and oil. If COPs did not exist you would have to invent them. Phase out or down is semantics, but the recognition is there that fossil fuels are the problem. The Paris Agreement was hailed as the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel age.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

And ahead of COP, we want to see investors take crucial actions, such as setting a target for net zero and publishing a clear transition plan on how to achieve this. Projects in Mexico and China, for example, helped harmonise national definitions of green bonds with global ones. Our UK Pact programme has been part of this.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As such, news this week the world's seven largest economies have agreed to club together to establish greater cooperation and dialogue on climate change, the net zero transition, and the decarbonising heavy industry should be widely welcomed. "Its

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The revelations come as world leaders prepare to head to Dubai for the UN’s annual climate summit, known as COP, to agree on ways to cut further catastrophic temperature rise. But the definitions on what constitutes routine flaring are open to interpretation,” added Balcombe.

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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. What is less clear is who owns the responsibility for the development of these definitions and frameworks.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2021

While the UK now has a carbon price, at £50 per tonne, the UK ETS remains in a temporary format and lacks definition, they warn. The UK co-hosting COP 26 in November highlights the necessity of ongoing climate and energy co-operation with the EU and its member states," he said.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

And by definition, a commodity has no value or very limited value. The coalition, launched by Danone at last year's UN COP climate conference, counts consumer goods heavyweights L'Oréal, Google, McCain, Walmart, Kellogg, Nestlé and Unilever.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As fears of a 'COP flop' get an airing, the battle to define what constitutes a successful Glasgow Summit is hotting up. The lesson of COPs past is that having to stand for hours in queues for security or being unable to easily find halfway decent food inevitably leads to frayed tempers. COP26 is having its first major wobble.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The Treasury will quibble with this definition of a subsidy, but about £10bn-worth is covered by the subsidy definition used by those left-wing economic radicals, the IMF. In fact, the UK's tax regime makes it the most profitable country in the world for oil and gas companies to develop big projects.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

Finally, he reminded Ministers and officials from around the world that nations must commit to net zero emissions by 2050 and submit more ambitious national climate plans before COP-26 next year.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2021

But for all the flurry of net zero activity among such financial heavyweights, there is no clear definition or roadmap for delivering on these ambitious goals. Asset owners would therefore be wise to get ahead of the curve and begin planning their net zero journey right away.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

And by definition, a commodity has no value or very limited value. The coalition, which was launched by Danone at last year's UN COP climate conference, counts consumer goods heavyweights l'Oréal, Google, McCain, Walmart, Kellogg, Nestlé, and Unilever.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

The definition of what can be called a 'low carbon aluminium' will come as a result of a collaboration with various participants of the market, especially the customers and investment community.". "The steps made by the LME is only the beginning of the journey and more needs to be done," he says.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

And by definition, a commodity has no value or very limited value. The coalition, launched by Danone at last year’s UN COP climate conference, counts consumer goods heavyweights L’Oréal, Google, McCain, Walmart, Kellogg, Nestlé and Unilever.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2021

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — the folks who organize the annual COP events — defines “climate-related risks” as those: …created by a range of hazards. It’s time to update that definition to include sudden, dramatic swings among judges and juries.

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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. But we also wanted to take a definitive steps forward. "We But they were ignored by the Egyptian COP Presidency. Ambition to keep the 1.5 But let's be clear.

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Bendell’s definition is: the uneven ending of normal life, meaning the normal modes of sustenance, shelter, security, pleasure, identity and meaning. What it definitely is too late for is maintaining the status quo. In fact, what does ‘collapse’ even mean? Things are going to change.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

At COP and the year after, its going to be a really good opportunity to really dial up this level of public engagement and make sure that people understand what is at stake," she said. "I That's where we need business to be really actively talking to government about how to do things, because they definitely don't know how to do it.".

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) - the folks who organise the annual COP events - defines "climate-related risks" as those: ". It's time to update that definition to include sudden, dramatic swings among judges and juries. created by a range of hazards.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 2, 2021

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — the folks who organize the annual COP events — defines “climate-related risks” as those: …created by a range of hazards. It’s time to update that definition to include sudden, dramatic swings among judges and juries.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

But overnight the FT reported one Whitehall official as saying "nothing is definite yet but from my vantage point I would bet on it being cancelled pretty soon". Given this is an evolving situation we are keeping the situation under careful review and are in frequent contact with the UN, Chile (as current COP president) and other partners.".

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