DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

These family-owned and often impoverished producers each manage only a few hectares of land, but they provide a third of the world’s food and up to 80 percent of food in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Put simply, they are the bulwark against global hunger, yet they have received just 0.3 percent of climate finance.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2021

The Prince of Wales has today launched a new initiative geared at fast tracking finance for improving water services in water-stressed regions in Africa and South East Asia. As we head into the crucial climate negotiations at COP in Glasgow later this year, this work will show that practical solutions to the water and climate crisis exist.".

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2020

Chile was forced to give up hosting the COP 25 United Nations Climate Change Conference in December after cost-of-living protests that started in the capital, Santiago, in October spread to other cities. COP 25 was ultimately held in Spain. Violent clashes with police left 29 dead.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

COP28 Climate Summit President Sultan Ahmed al Jaber has called for a tripling of clean energy generation by 2030 and a doubling of low-carbon hydrogen capacity by 2030, as he used his first address since being appointed to lead this year's global climate talks to promise a "COP of action". target within reach. "We

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Fossil fuel PR agencies show up at events like the COP in order to delay progress by claiming their clients are somehow essential and responsible companies.” A senior Azeri COP executive was secretly filmed as he appeared to use his role to set up meetings to explore possible fossil fuel deals. appeared first on DeSmog.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Water shortages and a decline in pollinators will affect agricultural production levels, trade, and food prices across Eastern and Western Africa, central Asia and parts of South America, the study predicts. The study also estimates economic costs arising from the loss of specific ecosystem services.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

For example Africa and Asia are seen as becoming net exporters of clean electricity with their export revenue offsetting the increased system costs, while the greatest savings are seen in North America with interconnectors between the US and Canada. The platform is set for user beta release at the COP 28 summit.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2022

"I trust that you will lend your full support and cooperation to Mr. Thiaw and the secretariat during this transition and you may rest assured of the secretariat's continued commitment to provide high quality support to you as we prepare for COP 27 in Sharm el-Sheikh in November," Espinosa wrote.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Tripling the world’s renewable energy production to 11,000 GW by 2030, coupled with doubling energy efficiency, is the most impactful action to rapidly decarbonize this decade, as highlighted in the pre-COP report by the GRA, the COP28 Presidency and IRENA.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

My last physical, and absolutely brilliant visit to New Zealand, was in 2016 when I was Minister for Asia and the Pacific in our Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In addition to raising ambition, the UK's COP Presidency will focus efforts on 5 areas which need particular attention to achieve our goals. degree target.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The gas crunch gripping Europe is directly caused by volatile international gas markets that expose the UK to demand surges in Asia and political manipulation by Putin. The IPCC recently confirmed the gas to be a major climate threat , and the US and EU have pledged in the run-up to COP to curb emissions of methane by 30 per cent by 2030.

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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. The files also detail collaborations planned for the event itself. Scoones explains that this can lead to unhelpful discussions.

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2020

With travel bans in place across Europe, the US and Asia, airlines forced to cancel flights, and citizens in major economies including France, the US, and China either advised or forced to keep social contact to a minimum, huge swathes of the global economy are now heading into a state of lockdown.

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Eco-Business

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Airlines came under scrutiny for suspect green claims this year, as did net zero targets, sustainability-linked loans and the UN-led COP process. Australia led the Asia Pacific region for penalising firms for greenwashing with fines.

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Business Green

JANUARY 15, 2023

I think a lot of the feedback that you hear from any of the COPs is we're not doing enough and we're not doing it fast enough. And I do believe that summits like COP help to crystallize our efforts toward a more balanced relationship with the natural world. Has COP changed your perspective on what Schneider could do?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

EU energy emissions fall, Rwanda gets its first mini-grid, and Brazil preps a COP bid. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) this week joined with partners at the COP27 Climate Summit in Sharm El Sheikh to announce plans to mobilise more than $200m through to 2025 to build water and sanitation resilience and security in Asia and the Pacific.

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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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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

This COP caused deep frustrations but it wasn't for nothing," she said. "It Writing on Twitter, Tan Copsey at consultancy Climate Nexus, said: "The fossil fuel lobby and friendly countries have made their presence felt at COP, but it's clear momentum is still only going in one direction - towards a clean energy economy.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Worse still, it has now emerged from new undercover reporting that Saudi Arabia is operating a so-called ‘Oil Sustainability Programme’ (OSP) designed to artificially increase demand for oil across Africa and Asia.

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Energy Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Photo: Disha Yadav/ Unsplash For many climate advocates preparing for this year’s COP29 in Baku, it might be a surprise to learn that a different annual Conference of Parties (COP) just wrapped in Cali, Columbia. Convene joint biodiversity-climate COPs. Conserve carbon stocks and sinks. Restore degraded lands.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Blagojevic said the UK had a responsibility as COP president to push the international community to respond to the report's warnings. Hoesung Lee, chair of the IPCC, said the findings were a "dire warning" about the consequences of inaction on climate change.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

Last year we saw devastating floods across Asia and Europe. I thank all the CEOs and business owners, from the FTSE 100 to the SMEs, whose firms came forward with commitments, as well as our COP partners, some of whom are here with us today. Yet every country at COP has agreed to phase-down coal power. degree limit within reach.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

And ahead of COP, we want to see investors take crucial actions, such as setting a target for net zero and publishing a clear transition plan on how to achieve this. So your contribution will be absolutely central to a successful COP26 summit next year. And this will be underpinned by scenario analyses and of course, methodology reviews.

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Business Green

JUNE 9, 2022

As such, it had been widely expected that the next appointment would come from a developing economy in Africa or Asia. Of the five UNFCCC executive secretaries to date three have been from Europe and two from Latin America. The online application form also notes that submissions from women would be especially welcome.

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Eco-Business

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As COP 28 approaches, Southeast Asia policymakers see the need for climate adaptation as well as mitigation. But there is an urgent need to encourage multiple sources of finance in this arena.

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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. of warming.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

And for its part, the UK announced the launch of a new programme designed to tackle the destruction of nature and biodiversity across sub-Saharan Africa, South-East Asia and South Asia. The summit has seen record attendance from companies and financial institutions.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Chantelle Ludski is serving as the North America and Asia Pacific COO for the Anthesis Group sustainability consultancy. Energy and Clean Growth minister also served as COP President for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference. Thought for Food announced Melissa Ong as its Southeast Asia CEO. The former U.K.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2023

In addition to moves in the US and EU, the assessment considered the new Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) deals agreed between a coalition of industrialised nations and Indonesia and Vietnam, which are set to funnel investment into clean energy infrastructure in Asia.

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Business Green

APRIL 2, 2020

In truth, since the full scale of Covid-19's impact on Europe, East Asia and North America started becoming clear, the decision to postpone this year's United Nations climate change summit into next year has only been a matter of time. But they will be back as soon as Covid-19 allows and COP replacement dates start being bandied around.

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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. But they were ignored by the Egyptian COP Presidency. Ambition to keep the 1.5 degree limit alive and pull humanity back from the climate cliff. But let's be clear.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2021

As such, the UK government is said to be working on plans for a new multibillion-pound green development bank that could both directly fund low carbon infrastructure projects across Asia, Africa, and South America, and underwrite private investment. The voice of vulnerable countries is really important at COPs," he explained.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2021

Speculation is continuing to mount over whether the two high profile summits will be able to proceed as planned, given the worsening coronavirus waves currently afflicting parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Delegates cross-pollinated conservation ideas at the biodiversity COP last week in Colombia. SunCable receives approval for a PowerLink project to transmit solar energy from Australia to Asia via subsea cable. Terraset purchased $3m of carbon removal – that’s over 5,000 tons of CO2! Out without a bang. Ready to rumble.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

degrees, the phase down of unabated coal power, and the phase out of fossil subsidies, alongside the need for progress on loss and damage at COP27 will invigorate the COP process in Sharm El-Sheikh," she said. "Holding the line on 1.5

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

While the total number has dropped compared to the record highs at COP28, the figures show that climate COPs continue to be a top priority for businesses working in agriculture, a sector that accounts for up to one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Food systems experts have also called for reforms.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The announcement was one of the biggest at COP, with splashy headlines , press releases and quotes about protecting nature, but many experts and activists were sceptical, citing the 2014 deal that had failed to slow deforestation at all. With these and other efforts, Asia is on track to get to zero deforestation by 2030.

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