The UAE’s unconventional COP
Energy Transition
OCTOBER 31, 2023
The debate over the UAE’s chairmanship (and in particular, the chairman himself) has been louder than talk of the topics on the table at this year’s COP. How is the UAE positioning.
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Not my COP of Tea
Business Green
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
To be sure, the agreement is a powerful symbol of the direction of COP - the poorer nations of the Global South, who contribute only insignificantly to global carbon emissions, suffer the most violently from the impact of climate change and have been demanding climate justice for thirty years.
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Event - 2020 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15)
Green Market Oracle
DECEMBER 29, 2019
The 2020 Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) will take place on October 5, 2020 in Kunming, Yunnan, China. It is also anticipated that the final decision on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework will be taken, together with decisions on related topics including capacity building and resource mobilization.
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Looking Ahead to COP: Climate Week Takeaways for Food & Agriculture
EDF + Business
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Collaboration is critical Reducing supply chain emissions requires partnering with farmers and other supply chain partners to deliver incentives, technical support, and education to transition to more climate-smart production practices.
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All-Energy/Dcarbonise 2024 launches calls for speakers and academic posters
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 6, 2023
The call for academic posters is also open and covers all topics that come under the banner of the All-Energy and Dcarbonise conference (see www.all-energy.co.uk/conference24 Timed neatly midway between COPs, the new Glasgow Climate Week will be a staging post and focal point for our shared progress towards our net zero goals.” “We
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COP Spotlight: F1 star turned clean tech champion Nico Rosberg
Business Green
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
Nico Rosberg: I'm energised to be here, because it's incredible how much intention there is on this topic. Because 15 years' ago, a COP would not have been like that. BusinessGreen : What does COP26 mean to you? All the world's leading decision-makers are here. That in itself gives a lot of hope.
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Global standard for biodiversity impacts moves a step closer
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Against this backdrop, and on the eve of the UN Biodiversity COP, I’m pleased that our proposal for a major update to the GRI Biodiversity Topic Standard is available for public comment.
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COP25: Diving into the first Blue COP
Business Green
DECEMBER 6, 2019
The topic may have flown under the radar for years, but COP25 is trying to push ocean health - and why it matters for businesses - up the global agenda.
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Fossil Fuel Friendly Daily Mail Firm Handed £500k Government Contract to Run UK COP28 Events
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Why choose a company which works so closely with the oil industry to work at COP? All 37 comment pieces written on environmental topics were anti-green – they undermined net zero targets, mocked environmental protests, or underplayed the impacts of climate change. This year’s COP summit has already been marred by controversy.
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Fossil Fuels Can Go Extinct — If We Take our Climate Anxieties Seriously
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 13, 2023
It’s been been happening in communities across the world, where climate anxiety is becoming a hot topic of mainstream conversation*. To face these facts is to understand that COPs will continue to badly fail us until a popular mobilisation ends the ‘outsourcing’ of our future to huge meetings of powerless diplomats.
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Observers reflect on a disappointing COP26
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
While it is believed that nature already removes around half the CO2 humans release into the atmosphere, solutions such as DAC remove more atmospheric carbon for the same land area, using “100 times less land and 200 times less water than biological CO2 removal solutions”, according to IDTechX’s recent report on the topic. degrees alive.
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DeSmog Remembers Ross Gelbspan, Who Inspired Our Founding
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 4, 2024
. “In the DeSmogBlog’s first outing, Ross joined the fledgling team at COP 11 in Montreal in 2005 and during that visit, he said — with what now must be credited as touching naivety — that he thought we were late to the party.
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A Guide to Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing to COP28
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Regenerative Agriculture Often accompanied with: carbon storage, no till, crop rotation With host country the UAE spearheading a new “Regenerative Landscapes” project in close partnership with the likes of Pepsico, Nestlé and fertilizer giant Yara, the term “ regenerative agriculture ” is likely to be a hot topic at COP28.
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The scientist who warned the US about climate change says it’s worse than we thought. Again.
Grist
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
degrees C target was initially established as a target in Paris in 2015 after a push by developing nations at a previous COP, to bring attention to the fact that global warming does not impact all nations equally. For context, it has taken the world more than a century to warm a little more than 1 degree C, according to NASA.
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'Eco-awakening': WWF study reveals huge rise in consumer demand for sustainable products
Business Green
MAY 18, 2021
A similar trend was seen in the press, with online news articles about biodiversity and nature loss growing 19 per cent worldwide over the past five years, while in the UK the figure more than doubled, rising by 105 per cent, with over 570,000 articles on nature-related topics published in 2020.
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A global forum to catalyse India’s clean energy transition
Smart Energy International
AUGUST 24, 2022
As a part of the national statement delivered at the 26 Conference of the Parties (COP 26) in Glasgow in November 2021, the Prime Minister announced the landmark commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2070.
From ClimateWeek to COP27, COP15, and Beyond: Notes on the Road Ahead
Planet Pulse
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Across dozens of meetings, key elements in an invigorated climate and sustainable development agenda reappeared as consistent topics of conversation – and they are sure to be taken up in other critical global meetings later this year. Here are my four key takeaways: U.S. Domestic Climate Policy Gets Real. degrees Celsius.
How racism manifests itself in clean energy
GreenBiz
JUNE 5, 2020
A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help. In this way, the story of George Floyd is symbolic of many struggles in the black community. . We have to remove the repercussions for constructive criticism around programs that don't address racial equity. "A There's not a pipeline issue.
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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit
GreenBiz
JANUARY 25, 2021
Encouragingly, the official climate COP 26 hosted by the UK in Glasgow in November seems to be leaning in this direction. Pull Quote. The key for 2021 will be to supersize the good examples of these kinds of efforts and bring them together to help shape a decade of unprecedented partnership and action to 2030. Climate Change.
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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 7, 2020
Energy and Clean Growth minister also served as COP President for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) welcomes Managing Director for Climate and Energy Claire O’Neill. The former U.K. Leadership. Collective Insight. Names in the News. Sponsored Article.
What business needs from COP26 to deliver on global climate goals
Business Green
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Businesses have a stake in the COP outcomes for three main reasons - let me explain. What do businesses want to see from the governments that's being discussed at COP? Why we're really at the COP with the businesses we work with is to call for an increase ambition to achieve the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5ºC.
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What COP26 means for climate technology innovation
Elemental Excelerator
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
This Conference of Parties (COP) was highly anticipated as a critical inflection point where our economies and societies set forth on an ambitious and clearly defined path to decarbonize by 2050 and keep warming below 1.5 degrees C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change — or continue with the status quo.
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Smart grids vital to green energy drive
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. The global energy landscape is on the cusp of transformational changes as the migration to clean power gathers pace.
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'Knife's edge': Strained COP27 climate talks go into overtime
Business Green
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
But while the COP27 Presidency may insist the talks are advancing as planned, the mood among many of the delegates in the COP complex remains dour, with a growing expectation the fraught negotiations will continue deep into the weekend. "I don't think we have anything to worry about," he said. "I I hope I'm not wrong".
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Young People Make Their Calls for Climate Action Heard at COP25
Defend Our Future
DECEMBER 16, 2019
They highlighted the nuances of youth perspective and discussed topics such as climate finance, energy, environment, indigenous knowledge, education, local action, and so on. The youth organizations and advocates at COP worked through formal channels to check the international negotiations and national commitments for climate goals.
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Connections, coffee, and campaigns: What businesses get from a COP
Business Green
DECEMBER 27, 2022
Croucher, who has attended biodiversity COPs since the 2000s, said the Montreal meeting set a new precedent for business presence, involvement, and interest. As a former oil and gas executive, Croucher understands the motivations of companies who attend COPs for defensive reasons. "I There's been a complete shift," he said.
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Washington State Department of Commerce: Washington Energy Delegation to Chile
CleanTech Alliance
AUGUST 30, 2019
Santiago, Chile | November 18-22 TBD Washington State is planning to lead a delegation to Santiago prior to COP-25. The delegation will include State government representatives and, ideally, 5-10 companies.
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As climate change threatens cultural treasures, museums get creative to conserve both energy and artifacts
Grist
MARCH 27, 2024
From tiny mom-and-pop museums dedicated to niche topics to massive institutions like The Met and The Smithsonian, museums are widely viewed as some of the most trustworthy sources of information, and also as trusted stewards of cultural artifacts. .” dedicated to the climate crisis.
UK Climate Minister Pulls Out of Event with Climate Science Deniers
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 14, 2022
This government, which still holds the COP Presidency, continues to share the stage with individuals and organisations that are undermining national and global attempts to tackle the climate crisis, despite UK citizens being shown to be committed to more urgent action”, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer told DeSmog. BEIS Back-and-Forth.
How racism manifests in clean energy
LA CleanTech Incubator
JUNE 5, 2020
A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help. In this way, the story of George Floyd is symbolic of many struggles in the black community. . We have to remove the repercussions for constructive criticism around programs that don't address racial equity. "A There's not a pipeline issue.
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To save nature, governments must give companies clarity at COP15
Business Green
DECEMBER 15, 2022
Currently, there is a very real risk that key decisions on this will be postponed to a subsequent COP, and COP15 will result in only minimal agreement. However, the majority of companies disclosing through CDP are still largely prioritising climate over other environmental topics.
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At COP28, the Road to Climate Action Is Paved with Big Oil Loophole Language
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.” Romain Ioualalen, global policy campaign manager, Oil Change International “The absence of a commonly agreed definition means that every country has a different understanding of what that means,” Ioualalen told DeSmog.
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Media Brief: COP26 and the implications for Canada
Clean Energy Canada
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
This media brief summarizes some of the key topics associated with the 26th Conference of the Parties held in Glasgow, U.K., As part of its COP presidency, the U.K. until November 12, with a particular focus on relevancy for Canada. CLIMATE TARGETS. is keeping track of countries’ climate finance commitments. CARBON MARKETS.
Non-combustible commitments? The Heat and Buildings Strategy unpacked
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 26, 2021
This is the first such strategy to appear since 2013, and the repeated delays presaging its appearance possibly owe something to the topic’s sensitive nature. This is hardly the COP figure the Prime Minister wants to read.”. billion commitment to support decarbonizing heat and buildings. “For
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December 2021 Cleantech Roundup: Year in Review
Clean Energy Trust
JANUARY 28, 2022
While the year has had a lot of news, there were few major topics that showed up over several months: 1. The development of the infrastructure, services and support to enable the rapid electrification of transportation 2. Leadership from corporations to be committed first customers for products that can decarbonize the economy 3.
'Nothing short of critical': Fraught G20 climate talks intensify pressure for progress ahead of COP26
Business Green
JULY 26, 2021
Topics up for discussion at the meetings - at which major emitters such as the US and China are in attendance - include mobilising climate finance, scaling up adaptation efforts, and finalising the 'rulebook' for the Paris Agreement, particularly on Article Six which governs carbon markets, according to the UK government.
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Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'
GreenBiz
JULY 20, 2020
The coalition, launched by Danone at last year's UN COP climate conference, counts consumer goods heavyweights L'Oréal, Google, McCain, Walmart, Kellogg, Nestlé and Unilever. It's a very interesting topic and creates a positive spin on sustainability.". But biodiversity is about more: More choice, more taste, more experience.
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'We are the behaviour change industry': Freuds' Arlo Brady on how the comms industry can be a force for environmental good
Business Green
APRIL 28, 2021
All of these topics are incredibly complicated.". Greenwash is a massive issue, and I predict an avalanche in the next six months in the lead up and around COP," he says. The media is probably on red alert for it. I suspect quite a few businesses will be made an example of. I hope so.".
Reuters, New York Times Top List of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Media Enablers
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Presided over by Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber , the head of Abu Dhabi’s state oil company, Adnoc, it is the most industry-influenced COP yet.
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What does success look like for COP26?
Business Green
OCTOBER 21, 2021
As fears of a 'COP flop' get an airing, the battle to define what constitutes a successful Glasgow Summit is hotting up. The lesson of COPs past is that having to stand for hours in queues for security or being unable to easily find halfway decent food inevitably leads to frayed tempers. COP26 is having its first major wobble.
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COP26 is over, now what? Here's what it could mean for business
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. COP is and remains, fundamentally, a policy event. Bottom Line for Business.
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How racism manifests itself in clean energy
AGreenLiving
JUNE 5, 2020
“A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help. Topics Energy & Climate Equity & Inclusion Featured Column Power Points Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere) Off Duration 0 Sponsored Article Off. There never was.
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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit
AGreenLiving
JANUARY 25, 2021
Encouragingly, the official climate COP 26 hosted by the UK in Glasgow in November seems to be leaning in this direction. Topics Climate Change Corporate Strategy Featured in featured block (1 article with image touted on the front page or elsewhere) Off Duration 0 Sponsored Article Off.
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'A tactical game, but a good one': At COP27 support grows for India's fossil fuel phase down proposal
Business Green
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance side event sees France join calls for stronger language on phasing down the use of fossil fuels in COP cover agreement. BOGA's announcements come amid growing criticism and concern around the presence of oil and gas executives at this year's COP climate talks.
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