Business Green

MARCH 8, 2021

Women often don't have the same access to other resources - such as education, information, land and credit - that would help them respond to a changing climate. It also impacts girls' education, as after natural disasters, girls are often the first to drop out of school to help their families.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

VIDEO: Leading scientist, policy advisor and author talks to BusinessGreen's James Murray about her new book on everyday climate actions, the challenges of COP negotiations, and the links between climate change and human rights.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2021

The former Conservative politicians, who led delegations to previous UN COPs during their respective tenures at the helm of UK climate policy, made the demand in an open letter published in the Times this morning to mark International Women's Day. "We

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

There will also be an event where education and climate change ministers from around the world will discuss the importance of education in creating climate positive futures with young people.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Polestar has long been campaigning for greater transparency on climate impacts across the automotive sector, arguing that this is key to driving up consumer interest in greener transport, enabling them to "make quick and educated decisions when buying a car".

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

That may include price incentives or capping, education programmes or the introduction of new materials. To engender real change, conversations around COP need to be lifted out from the mechanics of the conference. Companies should look at how they can drive change through their products and services, partnerships and communities.

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LA CleanTech Incubator

JUNE 5, 2020

A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help. All of the other issues that we see, from health disparities to educational disparities, the root of that is racism and economic discrimination.". In this way, the story of George Floyd is symbolic of many struggles in the black community. .

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

He’s also co-founder of Beyond Benign , an effort to integrate sustainability principles into K-12 chemistry education. Energy and Clean Growth minister also served as COP President for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference. The former U.K.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

While there was a lot of media buzz recently about the activists that could not - or, understandably, would not - participate in this year's COP, the voices of the most important are missing at nearly all important decision fora. It's not just a COP issue, it's a power issue. And he's not idly standing by.

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Defend Our Future

DECEMBER 16, 2019

They highlighted the nuances of youth perspective and discussed topics such as climate finance, energy, environment, indigenous knowledge, education, local action, and so on. The youth organizations and advocates at COP worked through formal channels to check the international negotiations and national commitments for climate goals.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The general consensus amongst seasoned observers of both Whitehall and the UN's COP talks is that there is time to deliver the successful summit that the UK and the wider world so desperately needs, but it has been an disappointing and chaotic start to proceedings and the clock is ticking. But you can't do that at a COP.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

Fewer than 10 of the UK's 192 further education colleges deliver courses in renewable energy, underlining a shortage of instructors and trainers. It's an inspiring success story that should be centre-stage at COP. Yet the government is expecting 600,000 heat pumps to be installed each year by 2028.

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Grist

JUNE 21, 2023

She has worked with educators, postal workers, auto workers, and railroad workers, just to name a few. Now, she coordinates with workers and unions to organize at the intersection of climate justice and workers’ rights.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

MyClimate offers an extensive and diverse portfolio of carbon offset schemes, many of which focus on community education, working to improve the livelihoods of local communities while simultaneously tackling our climate crisis. Thus, these projects can make entire regions more sustainable, while empowering and educating people out of poverty.

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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”. “I

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 5, 2020

“A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help. All of the other issues that we see, from health disparities to educational disparities, the root of that is racism and economic discrimination.” “Economics are a huge part of it. There’s not a pipeline issue.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

"We are off track for the Fourth Carbon Budget, we are off track for the Fifth Carbon Budget, and we are off track for the 2030 emissions target, which we submitted to the UN in December - and that is not a great place to be for the UK as COP President," he said. "So So the government is playing a pretty high stakes game here.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Indigenous contributions were officially acknowledged at COP26 in November, where for the first time in COP history, their leaders found themselves drawn into the inner circle of decision-making. The pay, split among 133 community members, amounted to about $40 each. "By

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 5, 2020

“A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help. All of the other issues that we see, from health disparities to educational disparities, the root of that is racism and economic discrimination.” “Economics are a huge part of it. There’s not a pipeline issue.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We must also ensure that the transition to a green economy is a just transition – one that recognizes the need to care for the future of negatively impacted workers, in terms of new jobs, lifelong education, and social safety nets. If we want change, we must be that change. We are all in this together. Subscribe in a reader

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

How long since the Paris COP? Would Glasgow be able to rise to the Paris COP, or was that doomed to be a peak that never comes again? My COP-dazed mind wandered back. Even more downbeat, an expert whispered that success would simply be ensuring Glasgow is not the end of the Climate process dream altogether, the last COP.

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Business Green

JULY 12, 2021

Alongside the new net zero emissions target, it pledges to recycle half of all waste by 2025, place sustainability "at the heart of the student education experience", and establish the UK's most biodiverse campus, with half of the universities' land dedicated to nature.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 7, 2020

He’s also co-founder of Beyond Benign , an effort to integrate sustainability principles into K-12 chemistry education. Energy and Clean Growth minister also served as COP President for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference. The former U.K.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

billion into American universities over the past decade, making the kingdom one of the nation’s top contributors to the country’s higher education. The firm is among several major oil companies that have collectively given tens of millions in finance to UK universities in recent years. Saudi Arabia has poured $2.5

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The answer, even if it sounds like a cop out, is at its root a simple one: each of us must do what we can and should probably focus on what we are good at. As awareness of climate change and its impacts grows, a question frequently asked by many is: what can I do to help?

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Grist

DECEMBER 13, 2023

For advocates on the ground at COP fighting for certain outcomes, the agreements generated are just the beginning. We asked four advocates who have been involved in the conference in different ways for their reflections on the COP process and the work ahead. “That’s one thing that I do like about COP.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

on the final decision text, and also of seeking to strip references to human rights, gender, youth and indigenous peoples from talks on education and empowerment. Other governments now need to isolate the Saudi delegation if they want this COP to succeed for everyone, not just fossil fuel interests.".

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 10, 2019

That elevates climate from one siloed department and mainstreams climate issues across health, transport, education, defense and the all-powerful Treasury. will host the UN’s COP 26 climate talks. In October there was confirmation that the Cabinet will begin holding a committee meeting dedicated to climate change.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Moreover, the people that depend on it are getting access to health, education, food security, and sustainable livelihoods. At the UN's recent COP 26, over 140 world leaders promised to end deforestation by 2030, pledging over $19bn to do so. Large swathes of the world's second largest remaining tropical forest are being protected.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The caucus has a stated mission “to educate Republican members of Congress on climate policies and legislation that are in line with conservative values.” E&E News has reported that Curtis “plans at COP to work across the aisle with his frequent legislative collaborator, Rep. at decarbonising power generation.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

playing a crucial role along with the EU, China and Japan, could not be more important in the run-up to COP 26. Climate justice/just transition: Awareness of the disparate impacts of climate — mainly hitting communities of color and those with less formal education — means that environmental justice should come to the forefront.

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Mosaic

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Parish runs a company, Mosaic, that has raised half a billion dollars in financing to become one of the largest lenders to solar projects in the country; it is one of the companies, along with Airbnb and the real-estate broker Redfin, that last month joined the White House to announce plans for educating homeowners on how to access I.R.A.

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Andrew Winston

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A few times a year — around Earth Day in April, the week of the United Nations General Assembly meetings in September, and the global COP meeting in December — we always see a flood of commitment statements about climate and many more issues. Partnerships to tackle sustainability issues at scale will grow.

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