Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The 30×30 target is a leading international commitment that the UK spear-headed at COP-15. The charities are also urging members of the public to add their name to demands for stronger nature recovery action from all political parties at: [link] Notes [1] The Freedom of Information response from Defra can be found here.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

To make matters worse, inequities in health care result in black communities paying almost twice as much in premiums and out-of-pocket expenses. . A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help. "We Economics are a huge part of it. Manifestation 3: Myopic clean energy equity programs .

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Next spring, government envoys are convening at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) in Kunming, China, to negotiate new global biodiversity goals for the coming decades within the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Continuous declines in biodiversity pose a major threat to human health and wellbeing.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read. Her work with an NGO on the Pacific island of Vanuatu has made her mindful of what might seem an incommensurable cultural and psychological gulf between indigenous groups and the formalities that perhaps hold sway in a modern, western-dominated forum like COP.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read. Her work with an NGO on the Pacific island of Vanuatu has made her mindful of what might seem an incommensurable cultural and psychological gulf between indigenous groups and the formalities that perhaps hold sway in a modern, western-dominated forum like COP.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

With greater scrutiny over emissions from meat and dairy companies, it is not surprising they are stepping up their game to head off any COP outcome that might hinder their operations,” Ben Lilliston, from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy told DeSmog. Pesticide company Syngenta’s Foundation came with Ukraine.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Published ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP-15) that begins on 11 October, the report also outlines how investments in biodiversity contribute to gender equity, women and youth empowerment, and nutrition.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The lights on the tree change from green to white when air pollution levels exceed the World Health Organisation's (WHO) target annual average limit of 5μg/m3 of particulate matter, in a bid to make drivers more aware of the environmental impact of their cars.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

Al Jaber has served as the UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change since 2010, and has participated at 10 previous UN COP Summits. Rachel Kyte, Dean at Tufts University, Fletcher School and a former advisor to the World Bank, said the UAE's position as one of the world's leading petrostates meant the "incoming COP president has a dilemma".

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth. The firm says it is now gearing up to secure Series A funding, spurred on by being named as a finalist in Greenbackers’ 26 for COP 26 program, which connects startups with climate-focused investors.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Bottom trawling; dredging; offshore oil and gas exploration; sewage releases and nitrogen run offs are all permitted to continue and we threaten the ocean with new activities such as deep sea mining which will wreak unknown damage in an area of the ocean that is known to be important for carbon storage and overall ocean health and function.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for alternative arrangements for preliminary climate negotiations in the run up to November's crucial COP26 global climate summit, arguing upcoming talks will "need to take place virtually" due to health, safety and logistics concerns spurred by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

The new campaign will be stewarded by the UK and Chile as incoming and outgoing COP presidents, respectively. Meanwhile, just this week a breakthrough study from the University of Oxford noted that high levels of private sector ESG performance positively impacts the health of national economies.

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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. The question after that is for the UN and other stakeholders to determine if we need stricter rules for who is in the room and around the table at these COPs,” he said.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

Italian Minister for the Environment, Land and Sea Protection, Sergio Costa: "Whilst we have decided to postpone COP26, including the Pre-COP and ‘Youth for the Climate' event, we remain fully committed to meeting the challenge of climate change. Tackling climate change requires strong, global and ambitious action.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

The new campaign will be stewarded by the UK and Chile as incoming and outgoing COP presidents, respectively. Meanwhile, just this week a breakthrough study from the University of Oxford noted that high levels of private sector ESG performance positively impacts the health of national economies.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Anyone who remembers the start of 2020 will recall a time when there was to be a climate COP in the UK in November. So long ago was that pre-Covid time, that the COP would have finished by now. During a worldwide public health emergency, nature is in crisis.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

COP 26 in Glasgow can be the right moment," he said. "We Dr Eleanor Cooke, part of a group of doctors and College members which had campaigned for the organisation to ditch fossil fuels, welcomed today's announcement, which she said was particularly pertinent "given the profound impacts of climate change on mental health". "We

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Low Impact

AUGUST 11, 2021

The Covid-19 health and economic crisis could make this situation even worse as governments decide on whether to spend trillions on rescue packages for fossil fuel and high-carbon industries as well as on stimulus packages to re-start their economies. This is driving up carbon emissions. The post £3.3

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

We’re going into a COP where this is going to be a big topic, and we don’t really have a definition for it.” Al Jaber, center, claims the oil and gas industry is “central to the solution” of climate action, despite the fact that fossil fuels are a major threat to climate health. Credit: ABLF (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Having officially taken the reins of the COP Presidency in Glasgow, Alok Sharma and his diplomatic team are now tasked with steering global climate discussions over the next year ahead of COP27 in Egypt, and the CCC today urged the UK to lead by example with ambitious climate efforts at home. of warming by the end of the century.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

In addition, the COP26 team emphasised that organisers remain intent on holding the summit in person in Glasgow, as originally planned, but noted that the "health and wellbeing of all involved" would be "at the centre" of planning decisions.

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LA CleanTech Incubator

JUNE 5, 2020

To make matters worse, inequities in health care result in black communities paying almost twice as much in premiums and out-of-pocket expenses. . A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help. "We Economics are a huge part of it. Manifestation 3: Myopic clean energy equity programs .

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Nature is crucial for our survival, our mental health, and also our economy, argues WWF's Gareth Redmond-King. Part of my coping package involves nature and its positive impact on my mental health. We have a necessary, and understandable delay to the next climate COP, which was due to take place in November, in Glasgow.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Biodiversity underpins human health, wealth, happiness, and identity. Recognising their critical dependence on the health of the natural world and the power of biodiversity to help them deliver their climate targets and commitments, these companies have sent a clear signal to heads of state and negotiators.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

"The decision by the Bureau was based on the need to ensure not only full inclusion and participation, but the well-being and safety of all involved under the current travel restrictions and guidelines from local German health authorities in relation to the global health crisis around COVID-19," the UNFCCC said in a statement.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2020

They added that while COP26 and the Pre-COP and Youth4Climate events that had been due to be staged in Italy this summer had been postponed until next year, it remained crucial that governments use the coming months to strengthen their decarbonisation plans.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

As we recover from Covid-19, we can't replace one health emergency with another - we need to come out of this crisis embracing a new normal which puts tackling the climate emergency at the heart of everything we do.". The climate emergency remains one of the biggest threats we face," he added. "As

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

British diplomats, the UK COP presidency team and Ministers would have been in a whirl of frenetic influencing activity globally (we hope) to drive up ambition, and drive out those new nationally-determined contributions (NDCs) from all the parties to the Paris Agreement. But these are not normal times, and the COP has been delayed by a year.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. Energy and Clean Growth minister also served as COP President for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference. Who's news. The former U.K.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. The North American Meat Institute will host a side event at the US COP pavilion on December 11, the summit’s Agriculture Day, for example. Past marketing drives run by the AHDB include the £3.5-million The files also detail collaborations planned for the event itself.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Having spent the past few days defending their position, this screeching u-turn will do little to convince the public that the health of our rivers, rather than the health of Conservative polling, is at the forefront of ministers' minds.".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Carbon markets are set to be one of the key issues at the upcoming COP climate talks, with negotiators tasked with finalising the rules for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which aims to create a framework for countries and companies to meet their climate goals by trading carbon credits.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

They are helping people in fuel poverty and many others enjoy more comfortable homes, lower fuel bills and better health. It's an inspiring success story that should be centre-stage at COP. Right now, in that very city, scores of apprentices supported by Warmworks - another retrofit and heating pioneer - are hard at work.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

In Canada last month almost 200 countries at COP 15 agreed a set of landmark pledges that will resonate not just through 2023, but to the end of the decade and beyond to the middle of the 21st century. nJanuary is a time for new beginnings and new resolutions to drive self-improvement, and that applies to nations just as much as individuals.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

Next year, as the UK takes on the COP Presidency, the government must play a leading role in setting a global example for green recovery. We remain in the middle of a global health crisis. Finally, we must share our learnings around the world.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

On one hand it will give the UK government more time to organise this crucial event away from the immediate concerns of handling a public health crisis. The sudden dismissal of Claire O'Neill as COP president in January, a former climate minister and strong advocate for the talks coming to Britain, was a poor sign of government intent.

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