Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

It was, as ever a highly eventful fortnight, characterised by shifting politics, surging levels of green investment, and escalating fears the climate impacts could be approaching catastrophic 'tipping points'. Once an idea enters the vernacular at COP Summits the chance of it being eventually adopted increases dramatically.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

All over the world not nearly enough is being done to enhance climate resilience, leaving communities and economies exposed. A precedent is being set with a new loss and damage framework taking shape and the first, albeit modest, funding packages being announced. But at the same time there has been progress. is barely alive.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The Global Biodiversity Framework is set to provide the political certainty that all large businesses and financial institutions will be required to assess and disclose risks and impacts on nature. The package is by no means flawless but this is not the end. Today's outcome demonstrates that position can forge global progress.

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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. COP26 can be a moment where the world comes together to ramp up momentum towards a climate-resilient, zero-carbon economy. At COP26, the world must seek to agree a package which takes forward the Paris Agreement and powers the UN climate process onwards. Second, nature.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2020

Has anyone ever faced a shorter political honeymoon? With the government's commitment to achieving Net Zero by 2050 we can see that there is political will, however, this needs to be backed up by policy for the renewable energy and clean technology sector.".

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

Lending high-level economic and political credence to that growing public clamour for action, the work of Chris Stark and his small team at the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in driving the issue up the agenda should not be forgotten. Suddenly, barely days into 2020, a new paradigm began to take shape. Building back better.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2020

Dave Pearson, director of Star Renewable Energy, blasted the policy as a "clear error of judgement" that would be a "major national embarrassment in the run up to COP 26", referring to the UN climate conference set to be hosted by the UK in November 2021. It therefore provides a framework for ensuring installation and product standards.".

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

And more sustainable approaches to procurement should be welcomed by businesses and consumers, who Barker predicts will be more concerned with resilience and sustainability in the wake of the pandemic. "In But the political spin cycle moves even quicker and quicker and I have had my go. limit outlined in the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2021

To do that, the West needs to come up with a meaningful package of support that includes some pretty serious amounts of money. The voice of vulnerable countries is really important at COPs," he explained. Repurposing some existing development aid simply isn't going to cut it.".

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 18, 2022

In the last year we’ve seen increasing recognition of the importance of steel decarbonization, with net-zero announcements from five of the six largest steel companies in the world, new government initiatives flowing from COP 26 and a range of new studies proposing technical and policy pathways. We take time to unplug and recharge.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

As such, the COP Presidency should presumably welcome mounting calls for a new era of public-private cooperation on the financial packages that can help developing and emerging economies wean themselves off fossil fuels.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

John Howard has just won an election through a combination of populism, misinformation, and the stoking of anti-immigrant feeling, providing a cynicism-soaked playbook that dominates anglosphere politics to this day. The conversation drifts towards politics and fear. Growing numbers of political and business leaders get this.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

With plenty of personal animus in the mix and professional reputations at stake the ousted President of COP26 was always going to demand a full explanation for the political hit job that unfurled late on Friday afternoon while the country's attention was fixated upon Brexit celebrations/commiserations.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

Given this is an evolving situation we are keeping the situation under careful review and are in frequent contact with the UN, Chile (as current COP president) and other partners.". "We continue to work towards hosting the event in Glasgow in November, which is eight months away," she said.

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