Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Bank of England (BoE) is facing pressure from MPs and campaigners to take urgent action to clean up its investments before the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, amid fears that vast sums of public money invested in high-carbon industries could damage the UK's international reputation and derail its climate goals.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2023

. - by Stuart Stone ( @sstone26 ) COP28: Hopes of fossil fuel 'phase out' hit by revelations of Saudi plan to boost oil demand Investigations reveal how Saudi Arabia is working on controversial plan to 'hook' developing economies on oil and gas. -

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

Al Jaber has served as the UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change since 2010, and has participated at 10 previous UN COP Summits. He was also the founding CEO of the UAE's Masdar clean tech investment arm, and as CEO of ADNOC has instigated a $15bn decarbonisation strategy at the oil and gas giant. There is no other path forward.".

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

remains viable will require total commitment to a range of far-reaching measures, including full fossil fuel phase-out, massive investment in nature, transformation of global food systems, and carbon removal on a massive scale.” Fossil fuels were mentioned for the first time in a COP text two years ago, at COP26 in Glasgow.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This is the first COP where participants found themselves face-to-face with the reality of breaching the 1.5 To anyone paying attention to global oil and gas demand future forecasts, even under existing policies , the COP28 agreement should not be a surprise. But they must not come at the cost of investing in the future economy.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2020

Chile was forced to give up hosting the COP 25 United Nations Climate Change Conference in December after cost-of-living protests that started in the capital, Santiago, in October spread to other cities. COP 25 was ultimately held in Spain. The protests would “only delay some investments," van den Hurk Mir said.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 10, 2021

billion annual investment. That spend would be around 20% lower than what was invested across all of the country’s generation resources between 2015 and 2019. . Most of the new transmission buildout is projected to be driven by a near doubling of electricity demand between 2020 and 2030. .

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2022

The event will host energy ecosystem stakeholders to unpack the industry’s priorities including its strategic roadmaps, visionary reforms, low cost capital investments and breakthrough technologies for building India’s long term self-reliance in energy. As a large developing economy with over 1.3

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Moreover, governments need to grasp that a decision not to invest in the grid, is a decision to build more expensive capacity, such as nuclear and biomass.” The platform is set for user beta release at the COP 28 summit.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The 30×30 target is a leading international commitment that the UK spear-headed at COP-15. It is vital that all political parties commit to a rapid programme of investment and expansion for important wildlife habitats and protected sites.”

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

COP27 partner Hassan Allam Holding , one of the largest privately owned corporations in Egypt, has announced plans to invest $17.1 The predominance of fossil fuel sponsorship at COP27 cuts a stark contrast with demands from countries facing an existential threat from climate change for urgent action to cut emissions.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sophie Punte from the We Mean Business Coalition sets out the top demands from business leaders at the Glasgow Climate Summit. Businesses have a stake in the COP outcomes for three main reasons - let me explain. They are already investing in decarbonisation. This is because business is demanding clearer policies.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Companies must both cut emissions and significantly increase investment in nature-based solutions if global climate goals are to be reached, writes Maria Mendiluce, CEO, We Mean Business. And critical voices are trying to amplify limitations and risks associated with NbS to argue that it should be decarbonization instead of investment in NbS.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Nearly $370b in tax credits, clean energy incentives, and investments in green innovation are intended to dramatically accelerate domestic decarbonization in sectors from energy to manufacturing. Finally, there was a lot of discussion at ClimateWeek and UNGA about the “other” COP – COP15, which is convening in December in Montreal.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The government needs to dramatically step up efforts to reverse biodiversity loss, and trading or investing in commodities that drive deforestation should be made illegal, MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) have demanded today. This should include moving to deforestation-free supply chains.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 11, 2021

The catasrophic tar sands extraction and fracking industries have subsided for the moment, with the fall in demand and price of oil, but they’ll be back once they’re profitable again. It looks as though, in a corporate-dominated, growth economy, no fossil fuels are going to be left unburnt. The post £3.3

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

I also want particularly to thank COP President Alok Sharma who has worked incredibly hard to bring countries together. Despite the Covid-19 crisis, we have accelerated action, the COP has responded to the IPCC's call to close the gap towards 1.5, Greenwashing is the new climate denial, and we have seen too much at play in this COP.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

Before investing in a given carbon offset program, you need to ensure the scheme is robust and verified to the highest international standards. Since these standards were developed, the demand for carbon offsets has increased over the years. Assuming energy demand does not change, this reduces the amount of carbon dioxide emitted.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

Contractors would not risk investing in the workers to undertake the scheme, having had their fingers burned by previous schemes such as the Green New Deal. In contrast, serious, steady, stable investment would help meet our carbon targets and generate employment. Demand will grow and grow."

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Business Green

JANUARY 3, 2022

A significant feature of COP was businesses joining with activists to demand faster progress. Not only do consumers and employees increasingly demand the organisations they engage with do the right thing, but the cost of decarbonising business has rapidly come down.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The consortium said it is also in the process of finalising engineering and technology choices for the full-scale 100MW plant with a view to reaching a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the facility in 2023. The site at Ain Sokhna has been selected as it is in the Suez Canal Economic Zone providing it with access to global shipping lanes.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This Conference of Parties (COP) was highly anticipated as a critical inflection point where our economies and societies set forth on an ambitious and clearly defined path to decarbonize by 2050 and keep warming below 1.5 degrees C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change — or continue with the status quo.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

The document sets out G7 countries' ambition to deliver near-zero carbon electricity grids by 2035, citing the need to respond to climate scientists' calls for a drastic reduction in fossil fuel demand so as to stabilise global temperatures.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The government has promised a raft of hotly-anticipated plans and policies in the coming months, including the Heat and Buildings Strategy, Food Strategy White Paper, Treasury Net Zero Review, and an overarching Net Zero Strategy, all of which should help unlock billions of pounds of green investment. Nobody has got the full picture in a COP.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Another COP is coming - the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference. In addition, there is growing dismay, and anger in many quarters, that the unmet promises of past COPs, especially in providing finance to those that are suffering loss and damage from climate change, are going to make COP27 even more challenging.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 31, 2020

At that time, supply and demand looked reasonably balanced. But oil production has expanded so much in recent years, we suddenly found supply way in front of demand as people have stopped moving about. So, I would only invest new money into the energy sector with the utmost caution. Advice for Investors.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

It marks the next chapter for the Breakthrough Agenda, which was launched by the UK COP Presidency and the Race to Zero campaign at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow last year and aims to bring together governments committed to driving the uptake of technologies and solutions that can help decarbonise emissions intensive sectors.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2020

The two-day Petersberg Climate Dialogue has long been a key event in the annual climate calendar, with environment ministers from around 30 countries typically coming together to thrash out priorities and preparations for the following United Nations COP climate summit.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

It gained support from the French government during COP-21 in Paris in December 2015. Since our first space mission in 1994, we have continued to significantly invest in R&D in collaboration with French and European Space agencies to ensure that our IR detector designs for space achieve even more far-reaching performance.

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Business Green

AUGUST 20, 2021

XR is demanding "crisis talks" with the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor Rishi Sunak, COP26 President-designate Alok Sharma, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng and Environment Secretary George Eustice, on climate action and the upcoming UN summit in Glasgow. We will occupy spaces in London, whether it be buildings or roads.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

British diplomats, the UK COP presidency team and Ministers would have been in a whirl of frenetic influencing activity globally (we hope) to drive up ambition, and drive out those new nationally-determined contributions (NDCs) from all the parties to the Paris Agreement. But it is only a start.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The gas crunch gripping Europe is directly caused by volatile international gas markets that expose the UK to demand surges in Asia and political manipulation by Putin. However, fossil fuel enthusiasts are actually suggesting the opposite, by demanding that the UK should revisit its unsuccessful dalliance with fracking for shale gas.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2021

Among its various demands, Extinction Rebellion is calling on the government introduce an immediate ban on new fossil fuel investments, arguing the move would help the world stay within the Paris Agreement's 1.5 But given that the UK has the COP presidency this year, we could be setting a good example for other governments to follow.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

We’re going into a COP where this is going to be a big topic, and we don’t really have a definition for it.” But under this disguise, then what happens is that investment in fossil fuels is promoted even when it’s not sensible.” Credit: ABLF (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

Responsible businesses invest in opportunities that enable individuals to take action easily - and see the results. To engender real change, conversations around COP need to be lifted out from the mechanics of the conference. At BCW, we believe this is where business can make a difference.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

However, much work remains: coal still accounts for at least one-third of global electricity generation, and, in spite of the clear link between coal burning and higher temperatures, its use has increased in 2021 as economies reopened and energy demand shot up. Finance is shifting away from fossil fuels .

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2022

Today more than ever, substantial investments are needed to ensure that the world is on track towards a resilient, inclusive, and sustainable transition despite the setbacks caused by Covid-19. How can we best channel the flow of investments to have the greatest global impact as we strive to achieve the SDGs by 2030?

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