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

MAY 19, 2021

Ahead of next week's Net Zero Nature Summit, Sarah McDonald, vice president of sustainability at GSK Consumer Healthcare, reveals how the company is collaborating on a call to action to ensure climate and health strategies are better aligned. Sarah McDonald is vice president of sustainability at GSK Consumer Healthcare.

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Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2020

The net zero strategy unveiled by BP earlier today has received plaudits from a number of unusual suspects, with Greenpeace, sustainable shareholder group Follow This, think tank Carbon Tracker, and UK envoys to the forthcoming COP26 climate conference all lining up to praise the sweeping new plan. It also has pace.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Speaking to BusinessGreen from a busy conference floor on Wednesday afternoon, O'Neill admits to being "little bit relieved" that she's at the conference in her new role as climate and energy lead for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and not as chair of the talks. "In In a way I feel quite liberated," she says.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

UN approves UK and Italian request for high profile Summit to be postponed by a full year, as co-hosts announce new 'Friends of COP' advisory board. The co-hosts also yesterday announced that they have expanded the team of senior figures working on the Summit with the appointment of a new "Friends of COP" advisory board.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2022

Management consulting giant has been appointed as the latest major partner for the global climate event due to be hosted in Sharm-el-Sheikh this autumn. Through the Race to Zero and Race to Resilience coalitions, cities, states, regions, and businesses are working together to build a safer, more resilient future powered by clean energy.

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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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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

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. Since a microgrid can operate during outages, it reinforces grid resilience and help mitigate disturbances. It can aid in grid control, monitoring and restoration.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2022

"Against the backdrop of ongoing global energy security challenges, organisations like the IMF and World Bank must do all they can to help developing countries move further and faster in tackling climate change, to support resilient economies powered by clean, renewable energy systems," he said.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2021

Alok Sharma intent on holding 'most inclusive COP ever' in Glasgow, but it is not UK's gift alone to make in-person event happen. This is what makes the next United Nations Climate Conference in Glasgow, COP 26, so critical. If we are serious about 1.5C, Glasgow must be the COP that consigns coal power to history," he said.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

How can we radically collaborate to make the right choices – and the right investment decisions – to mobilize global markets and accelerate the establishment of a sustainable, low-carbon economy? About the authors: James Viray , Global Leader – Sustainability. James has been working on sustainable development for 20 years.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

All four companies have "ambitious and credible climate action plans" to drive down their emissions in line with climate science, and will "support the delivery of a successful and ambitious COP next November", the government said today.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2021

Speech from Energy and Clean Growth Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan - International Champion on Adaptation and Resilience for COP26 - marking International Women's Day, at event organised by COP26 presidency in partnership with Chatham House. Their insights and experiences are invaluable if we are to find the right solutions.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2020

COP26 President steps up calls for 'clean, inclusive and resilient recovery' that delivers on the goals of the Paris Agreement, as polling reveals huge support for accelerate climate action. More ambition on adaptation and resilience, more ambition on mitigation, and more ambition on support to vulnerable countries.

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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 diplomacy 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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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The climate vulnerable hotspots - which the charity defined as those with the highest number of UN appeals driven by extreme weather events - have suffered a 123 per cent increase in acute hunger since 2016. We cannot fix the climate crisis without fixing the systemic inequalities in our food and energy systems.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

It is up to all of us to sustain our lodestar of keeping 1.5 Build resilience of vulnerable communities against the here and now impacts of climate change. I also want particularly to thank COP President Alok Sharma who has worked incredibly hard to bring countries together. Phase out coal. Put a price on carbon. degrees. "I

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

During a packed event at Chatham House where he unveiled the UK Presidency's priorities for the year ahead, the Cabinet Minister said the collective spirit that helped to forge the Glasgow Climate Pact in November was now needed to ensure the climate promises made at the conference are honoured. remained "weak".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Subscribe to get sustainability food news in your inbox every Thursday. In my eyes, that certainly doesn't merit a big COP announcement. Any company with serious sustainability ambitions needs to also stop these practices, but the roadmap doesn't go there. Check out VERGE Net Zero , a free online event, Dec.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The appeals underscored how for many nations, the success of the Sharm El Sheikh Summit depends on its ability to deliver real progress towards the launch of a dedicated funding mechanism for Loss and Damage, after the contentious issue made it on to a COP agenda for the first time this year.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2020

Other former COP Presidents, such as Laurent Fabius. These events will put human life at risk. billion people have been affected by disasters, 90 per cent of which have been caused by weather and climate related events. First, adaptation and resilience. Civil society organisations. The risk of crops failing will increase.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2020

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 This is a pivotal year for the planet as we raise our ambition on emissions reductions and build an economy resilient to climate change," a government statement added.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 13, 2022

23 event hosted by the international Indigenous rights organisation as part of Climate Week NYC. "We 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. We have the solutions already.".

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2021

The UK has singled out adapatation and resilience as a critical priority for the COP26 Climate Summit it will co-host in Glasgow this autumn, amid calls for the government to use its platform to significantly increase the flow of cash to help poorer nations adapt to escalating climate impacts.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Good afternoon everyone and thank you to the London Stock Exchange for organising this event. BlackRock found that in the first quarter of 2020, during the pandemic, 94 per cent of a set of sustainable funds outperformed their non-sustainable counterparts. adaptation and resilience. clean transport.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

But the CCC warns there is little evidence enough action is being taken to support and encourage sustainable transport options coming out of the pandemic so as to lock-in greener behavioural changes for the long-term. There is a limited window to change behaviours," the report states. "We

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Guterres said at least $100 billion dollars must be made available to developing countries for mitigation and adaptation and to take into account their “legitimate expectations to have the resources necessary to build resilience and for disaster response and recovery.” A path of resolve, of sustainable solutions. Ice caps are melting.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

What are the big priorities for COP? But progress was still lacking on Resilience and Energy Transition. Clearly it will be a major achievement for the UK government if the UK can hold a successful COP, so one can only assume the will is there to try to bring it off. Where are the main challenges? Nature and finance.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

But despite an interminable number of husting events and countless miles of column inches, the policy platform of the new administration remains remarkably opaque on a host of critical economic and environmental issues. How long would it be sustained if, as feared, gas prices remain high for months, if not years, to come?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In November, I had the privilege to represent Schneider Electric at the UN's Conference of Parties (COP) on climate change in Glasgow. This COP was unlike the previous 25 iterations, in that it took place during a global pandemic. In reality, the current pledges align more closely to 2.7 Bottom Line for Business.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Now almost a year on, it is just 23 days to COP27, the end of the UK's COP Presidency, and the end of my time as COP President. The reality is that these events are becoming increasingly connected. And so today, from the vantage point of the ending of my time as COP President, I want to take stock of where we are.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Healthy ecosystems are more resilient to climate change and provide life-critical services such as food and clean water," said IPCC Working Group II co-chair Hans-Otto Pörtner. "By Climate resilience will become impossible in some regions if temperature rise exceeds 2C, the report warns.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

I heard someone call COP26 the "business COP" I couldn't find any official reference of that sort, but I'm inclined to agree. Over the weekend, Saturday was 'Nature Day' at COP. Seemingly tepid stuff — particularly at a global event where the phrase "last best chance to save the planet" seems to be uttered roughly 24/7.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

But more positively, while the gap between adaptation and resilience efforts currently being undertaken, and what is required to safeguard society and ecosystems, remains considerable, such efforts can in fact be very effective, the report suggests. Oil and gas giants - and their underwriters - are also on notice.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Policymakers, activists, investors, founders, and corporate sustainability teams alike descended upon NYC, where we were on the ground geeking out at climate “ Burning Man ” to workshop and network on this burning planet. It’s tough to truly prepare for NY Climate Week. But it’s not a conference. FOMO abounds.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Since the convention’s establishment, the countries involved meet annually during the Conference of the Parties (COP). COP is a supreme decision-making body that aims to promote the effective application of the convention. 30 years later came COP 26 (2021) – held in Glasgow. C) within reach.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

It is a narrative that senior government officials, including those from the United States and the European Union , leaned into over the weekend at various agriculture-focused events at or on the sidelines of COP27, the annual United Nations climate negotiations, held this year in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. “We Credit: Stella Levantesi.

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