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Colombia to host hybrid Biodiversity PreCOP. The Kunming Summit has been postponed repeatedly in response to the coronavirus crisis, further fuelling fears that governments are not doing enough to enhance biodiversity protection, despite the world missing nearly all the targets it set at the Aichi Summit over a decade ago.
remains viable will require total commitment to a range of far-reaching measures, including full fossil fuel phase-out, massive investment in nature, transformation of global food systems, and carbon removal on a massive scale.” Fossil fuels were mentioned for the first time in a COP text two years ago, at COP26 in Glasgow.
All these methods work to improve the soil, reduce air and water pollution, cut emissions, and boost biodiversity. Nature-based solutions” is one of the only phrases linked to agriculture to be mentioned in the COP cover text. We can expect a similar turnout at this year’s COP, too.
This will also be the first African COP in several years, and Egypt has promised to champion African interests, which perfectly encapsulates the issues raised above. For example, in June, Germany announced plans to restart coal-fired powerplants , in an effort to save its reserves of naturalgas. Toward a Global Deal for Nature.
Biodiversity. Conference of the Parties (COP). COP is the decision-making body responsible for monitoring and reviewing implementation of the UNFCCC. A greenhouse gas which is impacting climate change. Efforts to reduce or prevent greenhouse gas emissions. But they help reduce economy-wide total emissions.
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. In reality, the current pledges align more closely to 2.7 Bottom Line for Business.
Other objectives include phasing out coal use and generating solutions that preserve, restore or regenerate natural carbon sinks, such as forests. Another challenge that has derailed past COPs is agreeing on implementing a carbon trading system outlined in the Paris Agreement. Courtesy: Johannes Plenio /Unsplash.
The line between molecules and electrons is getting (even) blurrier The divide between molecules (naturalgas) and electrons (renewable electricity) is fading. CERAWeek is now as much a power conference as it is an oil and gas gathering, with AI and data centers dominating discussions. Image via Sightline Climate.
Amid all the chaos, we almost forgot it’s COP this week.) With the climate community already skeptical of this year’s COP, the election results only further diminish the credibility and leverage of the US delegation. Happy Monday! Hope you got some R&R after a wild week.
Credit: Michal Busko / Alamy Polluting industries new front against nature protection Hazel Healy, UK editor-in-chief: In 2024 I travelled to the UN biodiversity talks in Colombia , with DeSmog reporter Rachel Sherrington. The COP29 entrance in Baku, Azerbaijan. My takeaway?
It seems like a lifetime ago when at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, I watched more than 100 heads of state and government queue to sign the original documents of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Biodiversity Convention and Agenda 21. Negotiations had been tough, and some leaders were more enthusiastic than others.
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