COP Fossil fuels Methane Packaging 
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 8, 2023
Meat and dairy firms in particular are coming under increasing scrutiny due to pollution from livestock, which emits around a third of the global output of methane, a short-lived greenhouse gas identified as the quickest route to slowing global heating. Meat isn’t the only industry under the spotlight.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
From tackling deforestation to curbing methane emissions, the various multilateral commitments are focused on areas where they can have real impact. A precedent is being set with a new loss and damage framework taking shape and the first, albeit modest, funding packages being announced. The fossil fuel problem is being named.
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Business Green
NOVEMBER 19, 2022
If approved, the package would be widely regarded as a major breakthrough that could deliver significant new funding for the most climate vulnerable nations. as the key target for the Paris Agreement and reiterates last year's promise to deliver a "phasing down" of unabated coal power and a "phasing out" of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
But group of petrostates resist calls to phase down fossil fuels and accelerate decarbonisation efforts. The so-called High Ambition Coalition of nations argued the draft text should include a commitment to phase down all fossil fuels and clearer commitments to accelerate the roll out of renewables.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
From Loss and Damage and just transitions to rows over fossil fuel phase outs and carbon markets, we take a look at some of the key lessons for businesses from COP27. Like the World Cup that kicked off within hours of the gavel coming down in Sharm El Sheikh, COPs provide a regular temperature check for global geopolitics.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Boris Johnson has stressed that "COP simply must succeed", as he reiterated calls for major economies to ramp up their climate commitments ahead of COP26 and step up to the plate with promised funding to help vulnerable nations deal with the growing impacts of global warming. Getting it all done by COP, six out of 10.
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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