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At COP28, Family Farmers Who Feed the World Went Unheard

DeSmogBlog

Farmers’ associations like La Via Campesina , which lobbies on behalf of smallholders, have been drowned out by the powerful conglomerates which make up ‘Big Ag’. Yes, digital tools like crop monitoring can help farmers become more efficient. Put simply, they are the bulwark against global hunger, yet they have received just 0.3

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California Coastal Commission Concurs With BOEM’s Consistency Determination for Morro Bay WEA

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

In the first half of 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has moved swiftly toward the first offshore wind lease sales in California , currently anticipated to occur in the fall. BOEM has identified a total of five proposed leases across two areas — the Humboldt Wind Energy Area (WEA) and the Morro Bay WEA.

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COP27: A quick guide to common terms

Business Green

Those markets can be either regulated (reflecting laws requiring companies to secure credits in proportion to their emissions) or voluntary (where buyers choose to acquire credits generated by carbon-reducing activities). Conference of the Parties (COP). Energy transition. Carbon sequestration. Glasgow Climate Pact.

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Queen's Speech: At a glance guide to the government's green legislation plans

Business Green

Planned legislation covering energy, transport, and a clamp down on environmental protests was unveiled in today's Queen Speech. Energy Security Bill.

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COP27: Unshackling the demand for renewables

Business Green

Powers, vice president for global cleantech and renewables at Schneider Electric, who explores how public-private sector collaboration can help unshackle the surging demand for renewable energy. I think a lot of the feedback that you hear from any of the COPs is we're not doing enough and we're not doing it fast enough.

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Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'

GreenBiz

Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an "enterprise à mission," a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law. 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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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

Every policy, law, regulation, study, analysis, proposal or action that has the climate crisis in mind is built on the basis of those two figures: 1.5 Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Even so, it was a major breakthrough as the first COP to mention the temperature goals we are all familiar with today.

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