Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Beyond these intense negotiations lies a much-broader field of activity, not least to bring the financial system into line with a net zero, nature positive and resilient future. We know that the decline in biodiversity is occurring at unprecedented rates, posing severe risks for macroeconomic health. per cent and 6.5

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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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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

MARCH 8, 2020

This should include widespread engagement on the health, economic and environmental co-benefits of cutting food waste and changes in diet.". Business's role in encouraging creativity and innovation to support transformation is evident, and CLG intends to redouble our efforts to support the delivery of a climate neutral economy.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The plan promised to deploy a combination of policy interventions and funding to accelerate the UK development of offshore wind, green hydrogen, nuclear power, electric vehicles, public and active transport, green aviation and shipping, energy efficiency, carbon capture and storage, natural carbon sinks, and clean tech innovation and green finance.

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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

JANUARY 30, 2022

We are within a decade of the deadline for achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), yet significant challenges still lie ahead, and progress is being hampered by the most severe global health pandemic of our age. A new way of looking at the global financial structure is urgent and inevitable.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 19, 2023

added resilient building consultant and former Passive House Canada board chair Deborah Byrne. They need to be innovative and carefully thought out. “A very different psychology kicks in, one our brains would normally discount/reject. But one that is much more useful, if alarming.” This is the year future records will be set against.”

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

On the bright side, however, the crisis has underlined the resilience of Danone's direct sourcing model, he says, which minimized supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic. You showed evidence that finance can change the world. It is on us, boards and CEOs, CFOs to engage finance on what matters.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. Lisa Williams , former chief product officer, becomes head of innovation, design and merchandising. Energy and Clean Growth minister also served as COP President for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

Every single sector has to leave no stone unturned in terms of innovation, motivation, and playing its part.". Now we have the date for COP, we'd very much like the industry to be seen as one of the leading sectors as we come towards COP," Symons says. "I Whereas with the net zero target, there is really nowhere to hide.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

While the world’s top fertilizer producers report record profits and farmers worldwide face ongoing price spikes for chemical inputs, the agrochemical industry is touting innovation and increased efficiency as its solution to the economic and environmental impacts of its products. Vilsack said the U.S.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

While NYCW has been around for more than a decade , this year the vibe of ~10x the participants and well-curated mini-conferences alongside official UN programming felt almost like a Davos or a mini-COP (which, depending on your take on the efficacy and impact of COP, could be a good or bad thing).

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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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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 18, 2022

But we need them to be cleaner in order to ensure community health and safety and to get industrial emissions on a 1.5 Our compensation package provides staff with financial security through a living wage and health insurance. From steel and cement to paper, glass and more, these globally traded goods are essential to modern life.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

On the bright side, however, the crisis has underlined the resilience of Danone's direct sourcing model, he says, which minimised supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic. You showed evidence that finance can change the world. It is on us, boards and CEOs, CFOs to engage finance on what matters.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

On the bright side, however, the crisis has underlined the resilience of Danone’s direct sourcing model, he says, which minimized supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic. “You showed evidence that finance can change the world. It is on us, boards and CEOs, CFOs to engage finance on what matters.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

It's vital the UK shows action at home and leadership abroad to bring other countries with us in making ambitious climate change commitments in the lead up to COP 26 in Glasgow. As host of COP 26, it sends an important signal to other countries around the world that are currently considering their own commitments.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Inclusive and green economies, prosperity, cleaner air and better health are possible for all if we respond to this crisis with solidarity and courage. Every government should now be focused on the investments and innovation required to reach net zero emissions as quickly as possible. The solutions are clear.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

This COP has taken an important step towards justice. We need to drastically reduce emissions now - and this is an issue this COP did not address. Developed countries must make good on the existing US $100bn per year pledge to support low income countries to deliver carbon-cutting policies and increase resilience to climate impacts.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Clean technologies are changing the energy and automotive industries beyond recognition; the global innovation pipeline suggests aviation, buildings, shipping, steel, and agricultural industries will soon follow their lead. Over 90 per cent of the global economy is committed to achieving net zero emissions within three or four decades.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

2020 has exposed the serious holes in the safety net, not least access to health care. Innovations such as the tax-deferred "401(j)" accounts proposed by Al Gore to allow employees to save for lifelong learning also would be a good step. While there are multiple reasons for this problem, three topics deserve to be made a priority.

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