GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

Dozens of studies document the racial disparity in environmental impacts, and I've linked to a number of those below. Are disproportionately exposed to toxic air pollution from the fossil fuel industry. A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help. The impacts are also real.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

From the Global Team American PR Firm Edelman Enabled Oil Baron Al Jaber’s Ascension to Lead COP28 Climate Conference By Cartie Werthman In 2023 we returned to our roots and investigated the ongoing relationship between the fossil fuel industry and advertising and public relations firms. Department of Justice that shed light on a $6.4

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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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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Documents seen by DeSmog and the Guardian show that the meat industry is poised to “tell its story and tell it well” in the lead up and during the Dubai conference, which comes on the heels of the world’s hottest ever year. Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

“With greater scrutiny over emissions from meat and dairy companies, it is not surprising they are stepping up their game to head off any COP outcome that might hinder their operations,” Ben Lilliston, from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy told DeSmog. Meat isn’t the only industry under the spotlight.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

The government is failing to back up its climate commitments with credible action, with almost all its green policy efforts marred by uncertainty, delay, and a insufficient engagement with the public about the scale of changes ahead, and time rapidly running out for Ministers to get the UK's net zero agenda on track.

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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

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Research body argues government must fix 'uneven' decarbonisation policies that continue to drive customers towards high carbon activities. Stable and enduring policies that cover all key emitting economic sectors and reward investment and innovation in reducing emissions will be needed," he said.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This is hardly the COP figure the Prime Minister wants to read.”. The document specified the support applies to hydronic heat pumps (air-to-water or ground-to-water), because these are able to supply hot water, and therefore can be used to completely decarbonize a property. district heating), hydrogen, hybrid heat pumps, and bioenergy.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

It would be easy at this point to simply list the litany of policy failures and the paucity of political leadership documented by the CCC's almost satirically titled progress report. Of course, arguing all that is needed is 'political will' is something of a cop out.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Documents released this morning strongly suggest significant dividing lines remain on a raft of key issues, including climate finance and adaptation funding, loss and damage, carbon markets, language around the phasing down of fossil fuels, and much more besides.

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LA CleanTech Incubator

JUNE 5, 2020

Dozens of studies document the racial disparity in environmental impacts, and I've linked to a number of those below. Are disproportionately exposed to toxic air pollution from the fossil fuel industry. A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help. The impacts are also real.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The first full negotiating texts are still not expected until later this evening, or potentially even tomorrow, according to Egypt's COP Presidency. The EU showing it is committed to deliver and reduce more of our greenhouse gas emissions is a positive sign," said Sven Harmeling, international climate policy expert at CAN Europe.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Consequently, the Glasgow Climate Pact points to a new approach whereby NDCs become living documents to be updated annually as new policies and targets are adopted - policies and targets that will hopefully reflect the rapid pace at which clean technologies and public engagement is evolving. would be truly dead and buried.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Giving evidence at multiple select committees yesterday , Sharma was grilled by MPs on recent government policies designed to ramp up domestic oil and gas extraction, including proposals to lift the ban on fracking in England and hand out 100 licenses for new offshore oil and gas drilling.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Fossil fuels get named and shamed. For the first time in 25 years of UN climate talks, coal and fossil fuel subsidies have been singled out in an official document. Research published by Climate Action Tracker warned the sum total of policies and actions being taken by governments would deliver roughly 2.4C

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

These announcements may generate headlines but assessing their true worth is hugely difficult, especially at speed during a COP meeting. My priority for Thursday 11 November will be to bring matters together and resolve final outstanding issues, leaving time for document preparation.". — Mohamed Adow (@mohadow) November 4, 2021.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

Clearly, such issues are top of the government's list of priorities, as documents accompanying the speech published today conceded that "the fiscal outlook remains uncertain which is why we must continue with our work to repair the public finances and return them to a sustainable path". Public Order Bill.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2020

Pressure grows on the government to ramp up net zero policies and diplomatic efforts ahead of COP26. Before we host the world at COP 26 in November, the UK must get its house in order, and go further and faster to reach net zero as soon as possible," the letter states. "In There is no time for delay.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2021

The Strategy, although still lacking details on policy and financial support in certain areas - more of that is now expected in another related policy document next year - envisages hydrogen supporting 9,000 jobs and attracting £4bn investment by 2030, rising to 100,000 jobs by 2050 in an industry potentially worh £13bn.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 5, 2020

” Dozens of studies document the racial disparity in environmental impacts, and I’ve linked to a number of those below. Are disproportionately exposed to toxic air pollution from the fossil fuel industry. “A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

What are the big priorities for COP? Alice Bordini Staden, who works on climate finance and policy with National Trust – Europe’s biggest conservation charity – said she thought it was going to go ahead, but likely in a hybrid format. Where are the main challenges? How do you fix the gap?”

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 5, 2020

” Dozens of studies document the racial disparity in environmental impacts, and I’ve linked to a number of those below. Are disproportionately exposed to toxic air pollution from the fossil fuel industry. “A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

My question to my fellow world leaders this afternoon, as we enter the last hours of COP, is: Will you help us do that? As we move into the final stages of the summit, a lot more commitment and action is needed if this is to be a successful COP," said Kiran Sura, sustainability and climate change expert at consulting giant PwC.

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 17, 2020

China has begun drafting its next five year plan (FYP), this top-level policy blueprint has been called, "one of the most important documents on the planet" for global sustainability. We will also need to distribute resources equitably, eneact policies to reduce economic inequality and preserve natural resources.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As current events make all too clear, our continued reliance on fossil fuels makes the global economy and energy security vulnerable to geopolitical shocks and crises. Continued dependence on fossil fuels will cost lives. Failing to adapt to this crisis will cost lives.

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Grist

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Things got dicey over the last couple of days, with world leaders hashing out the final text of the first global stocktake — a document assessing progress toward the Paris Agreement goals, and outlining measures countries will need to take to meet them. ” The agreement stops one step short of that.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2022

A spokesperson for the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the UN body behind the COP15 summit, told New Scientist : "The COP [conference of the parties] bureau, at its last meeting, discussed that the UN Biodiversity Conference could be moved to the third quarter. Saudi Arabia inks deal for 1GW of new renewables projects.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

As the COP27 Summit nears its halfway point, attention has inevitably turned to the draft 'cover decision' text and what provisions the document will set out to help deliver a new mechanism for Loss and Damage funding, mobilise increasing levels of climate finance, and drive decarbonisation efforts worldwide.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

Japan is one of a small handful of countries to already submit an updated NDC, but the document sparked an angry response from campaigners and thinly veiled criticism from leading diplomats after Tokyo declined to upgrade its existing emissions goals. We are dealing with global public goods that we must protect and enhance.".

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Mosaic

DECEMBER 27, 2022

But this year Congress finally passed serious legislation—the Inflation Reduction Act—that allocates hundreds of billions of dollars to the task of transforming the nation so that it burns far less fossil fuel. Or is it simply too big a task, especially in the face of ongoing opposition from the fossil-fuel industry? “So

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CleanTechnica

JANUARY 7, 2020

It seems like a lifetime ago when at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, I watched more than 100 heads of state and government queue to sign the original documents of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Biodiversity Convention and Agenda 21. Negotiations had been tough, and some leaders were more enthusiastic than others.

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