Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2022

Narendra Modi’s clarion call for becoming ‘AatmaNirbhar’ in energy sector, DISTRIBUTECH India 2022, together with POWERGEN India and Indian Utility Week, India’s leading Energy Business Platforms, will be organised from 12th-14th October 2022 in New Delhi, India. ABOUT DISTRIBUTECH INDIA.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I attended this COP, my first, to learn more about how businesses can accelerate the transition to net zero and to share the findings of a new report, published today, that is a step-by-step playbook for companies to use to turn net zero pledges into progress. Progress worth celebrating. A new roadmap for the “Decisive Decade”.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Thus far we have not really laid the groundwork for the difficult balancing acts that will go into the diplomacy of the COP. What we will be bringing to the COP table as our ambition will be critically dissected by all these cats whilst they are being herded.

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The UN COP events promises large sums of money to meet those goals; finance is very important but we also need innovation, creativity, and new methods. There is a dire need for creativity and innovation to mitigate climate changes.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

The event will bring together heads of state and government, ministers, heads of international organisations, multilateral banks, and civil soviety groups, among others. Gold Standard and Swedish Energy Agency partner in bid to boost carbon offset integrity.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

December’s COP28 event in Dubai took place against a backdrop of global emissions continuing to rise at a rate of 1.5% Fossil fuels were mentioned for the first time in a COP text two years ago, at COP26 in Glasgow. Commentators were concerned about the decisive role seemingly prepared for carbon removal technologies.

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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In a variety of conversations it became clear to me that to some degree, regardless the outcome of COP negotiations, undrilled oil will soon become stranded assets,” Director of Innovation, Mobility & Innovation Gabriel Scheer shared. At the end of the day, as Dawn wrote in FastCompan y, “The real value of COP is what comes next.”

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altenergymag

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

There's good news in plenty from All-Energy, the UK's largest renewable and low carbon energy exhibition and conference and the co-located Dcarbonise, which focuses on low carbon heat, energy efficiency, and low carbon transport.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The global energy landscape is on the cusp of transformational changes as the migration to clean power gathers pace. With world leaders about to gather in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the COP 28 climate summit, the transition to green energy will be one of the key topics on the agenda.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

These range from the promise of proposed solutions such as carbon capture and “renewable biogas,” to the role the industry claims to be playing in the energy transition, despite its persistently low investments in anything other than increased fossil fuel production. and Europe.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

India – the world’s fourth largest CO2 emitter (after China, the US, and the EU) – did set a net zero target for the first time, scheduled for 2070 (compared to 2060 for China, and 2050 for the EU and US), and also pledged to get 50% of its energy from renewables by 2030. COP president Alok Sharma described it as “a fragile win”.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The United Arab Emirates has been criticised for promoting oil and gas as a clean source of energy, and for backing “false solutions” such as carbon capture technology, at the UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt, ahead of hosting the event next year. Fossil fuels are driving both the climate and energy crises,” Kennerley said. “We

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The first few days of COP have ushered in a wave of major announcements and funding pledges. In new funds, energy transition infrastructure is bringing in the big bucks with Brookfield's record-breaking $28B infra fund and Antin's $1.2B Happy Monday!    And happy COPing to those on the ground in Dubai!

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, the equivalent of a year’s average rainfall fell in just three days in Zhengzhou, China, drowning commuters trapped on the subway system and leading to a mass evacuation event involving 200,000 people. Of all the COP series so far, this one is undoubtedly the most important in history.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2020

Announced on Friday, the probe will examine how the government conducts green diplomacy, and how closely it works with other government departments - including the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and Defra - on climate and environmental issues affecting both the UK and the rest of the world, the Committee said.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. The GMA declined to offer a formal comment, however a spokesperson told DeSmog in an email that the group works to “simplify and distil public information” around international events which are “often dominated by an anti-meat narrative”.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2021

Former energy and climate change ministers Amber Rudd and Claire O'Neill have urged the government to insist upon equal gender representation from all country negotiating teams attending the COP26 Climate Summit this autumn. At the 2019 Bonn COP there were 27 delegations with no women, the highest it has been in 12 years," they wrote.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This list includes some of the world’s most destructive companies, and they should only be included at COP with extreme caution,” she told DeSmog. Dubbed “Africa’s COP”, this year’s conference has put farming in the spotlight and its dedicated ‘adaptation and agriculture’ day was a historic first.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The former Energy and Climate Change Minister had been slated to serve as COP26 President after playing a critical role in securing hosting duties for the UK. It is a one-year thing, it only lasts as long as a COP. Claire O'Neill was originally scheduled to have a very different COP26 to the one she's currently experiencing.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Government says events are designed to 'put a spotlight on how all parts of society and the global economy drives ambitious climate action’. Themes to be tackled over the two-week period include climate adaptation, finance, the clean energy transition, nature and land use, gender, and youth.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sponsors also include Cairo-based Afreximbank, which plans to finance new oil and gas projects through the creation of a multi-billion dollar “energy bank”, and Mashreq, the oldest private bank in the United Arab Emirates, which refinances oil and gas projects. Corporate Europe Observatory and Corporate Accountability are calling for the U.N.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The goings-on behind the scenes of COP 26, or kack thereof, have been well documented over the past few weeks. But despite the worrying progress of COP planning, all is far from being lost. With the new President in place COP will hopefully be back on track, allowing everyone to continue speculating what the conference will look like.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Financial Times reported that officials from the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have opened talks with the ExCel London conference venue in East London, sparking speculation that the government could yet make a shock decision to relocate the high profile UN Summit. We are pretty committed to Scotland.".

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2021

The UK will commit at least £3bn to climate change solutions that protect and restore nature over the next five years and launch a new push to support green energy projects in developing countries, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce later today.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 19, 2023

Jennie King, head of climate research and response at the non-profit Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) think tank, which led the Intelligence Unit, said the events of 2022 had “turbocharged a global ecosystem of disinformation”. production of fossil gas and oil, citing nationalist arguments around ‘energy security’.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Last week he gave his thoughts on the key challenges, opportunities, knowns and unknowns of these final weeks leading up to the Summit at the launch event for BusinessGreen 's upcoming Net Zero Festival - although he was compelled to concede that the negotiations process underpinning the Paris Agreement can be somewhat, well, chaotic. "A

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

Postponing COP26 was the right decision, but attention must now turn towards creating foundations for success at talks next year, argues Good Energy CEO Juliet Davenport. In fact, it barely made the news amid the slew of major sporting events and meetings which have been put on hold. No ideas, thoughts, or plans are off the table.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Specifically, the UK presidency of COP26 wants to see these institutions mobilise increased investment through a series of Just Energy Transition Partnerships that can support developing countries transition away from coal to renewable energy.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The UN Conference of the Parties (COP) climate summits convene world leaders and delegates and draws significant media attention. Egypt, as this year’s host country for the summit, has hired Hill+Knowlton Strategies to help organize the event and lead on global communications.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The heads of the United Nations and the International Energy Agency have said no new fossil fuel projects can proceed if the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 The country’s events programme does not contain the words “fossil fuel” – or coal, oil and gas. degree C temperature limit is to be met. This includes £1.5

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

Applications are now open for volunteers interested in taking part in the COP26, the pivotal climate conference set to take place in Glasgow this autumn that is being billed as one of the biggest global events the UK has ever hosted. This is an exciting opportunity to volunteer in Glasgow and help us all tackle climate change.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

At a side event at the COP27 Climate Summit today, countries representing more than half of global GDP will set out a number of sector-specific 'Priority Actions' designed to make emissions-intensive industries more sustainable whilst cutting energy costs and boosting food security.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

In a statement this afternoon, the former Bank of England Governor conceded that "avoided emissions do not count" towards science-based net zero targets, despite previously appearing to suggest that Brookfield's significant holdings in renewable energy effectively cancelled out its fossil fuels assets and secured it "net zero" status.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

These agri-giants will be rubbing shoulders with over 80,000 participants – the highest attendance of any climate conference – which these days comes with increased media fanfare and activity, including protests, side events, drinks and dinners happening in and around the main event. This year will be different.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

It comes despite Sunak's promise to prioritise environmental issues as Prime Minister on the steps of Downing Street earlier this week, and is likely to ruffle feathers on the global stage given UK will still holds the COP Presidency until it passes on the baton to Egypt at the summit.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Clutch of energy and banking firms are first partners for crucial UN climate summit, as major undersea cable project is announced. Ministers have already faced criticism from some environmental campaigners for engaging with consultancies and carbon intensive businesses with an interest in the fossil fuel economy as they prepare for COP26.

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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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