Terra Infirma

DECEMBER 11, 2023

While we in the West derided COP President’s Sultan Al Jaber’s outburst about going back to living in caves, in the Middle East that ain’t too far from the truth. But like CAZ guy, they’re going to have to face up to the fact that change is gonna come, sooner or later. The post Cop out?

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

What is said to be the world’s first hydrogen powered double decker bus stopped off at the Baxi factory in Bamber Bridge, on its way to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A scientific paper published in the peer review Journal, Aquatic Conservation says that measures to address climate change and reach the Paris Agreement will not succeed unless the ocean is taken into account. We need to simultaneously address climate change impacts and reduce all cumulative direct and indirect stressors.

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The Guardian: Energy

JULY 26, 2024

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 27, 2021

The UK has been accused of shutting out activists who hail from countries “battered” by extreme weather events from the upcoming UN climate summit, with campaigners warning it could be “the most exclusionary COP ever”. Updated 27/08/2021 to include statement from the government’s COP26 team.

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Energy Central

MAY 15, 2024

Isn’t that surprising that the word ‘fossil fuel’ appeared just once in COP 18 held at Qatar in 2012 as against 46 times of the COP28 report where governments agreed to transition away from all fossil fuels.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 10, 2019

This year’s United Nations Climate Change Summit (COP25) opened in Madrid against a backdrop of mounting urgency. s climate science body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has issued two special reports raising stark warnings of the risks climate change poses to food security and the oceans. .

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 11, 2023

There is a dire need for creativity and innovation to mitigate climate changes. The UN COP events promises large sums of money to meet those goals; finance is very important but we also need innovation, creativity, and new methods.

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Success, or another COP Flop? After a marathon overtime session, the United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP28 - concluded. It is being hailed as the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era. Sadly, that is a delusional statement.

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Grist

MARCH 27, 2024

But climate control represents a particularly bedeviling problem, since more energy use contributes to climate change, which in turn causes greater temperature extremes that necessitate even more energy use to maintain a controlled indoor environment (sometimes known as the “doom loop” of AC ).

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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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Energy Central

DECEMBER 15, 2023

At this year’s COP, the 28th meeting of the world’s nations and parties interested in addressing climate change, the fossil fuel industry had a prominent seat at the table. Considering the final COP-issued statement, the fossil fuel industry, particularly oil and gas, saved itself for another.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Without green investments such as these projects, there will be a gaping hole in Government plans for Carbon Net Zero, which would be hugely embarrassing, as the UK is hosting the COP 26 Global Climate Change Conference at the end of 2021.”.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Australia’s climate minister says summit must aim to keep 1.5C goal alive so Pacific countries are not ‘swallowed by the seas’ The Australian climate change minister, Chris Bowen, has told nearly 200 countries at the Cop28 summit that the use of fossil fuels in energy systems must end.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 23, 2021

The film aims to depict the unique features, habitats and activities of different forests whilst highlighting the impact of the climate emergency on the world’s forests and their importance for mitigating global warming and supporting life.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 30, 2021

A year of climate conversation and action in 2021 culminated in two intense weeks of negotiations at COP26, with many feeling a renewed sense of hope and belief for the decades ahead as the summit came to a close. 2021 was an eventful year for the climate change agenda - can 2022 top it? EVs will continue to go mainstream.

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GatesNotes

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Before the last major COP meeting, innovation was barely on the climate agenda. This year it will take center stage.

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 8, 2023

We’re half way through the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP-28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and so it’s a convenient time to assess developments.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Some commentators in the sustainability sphere report a dawning realisation that climate change can no longer be simply “solved”, in the sense of it being possible to slow it down to a degree that will allow our civilization to continue in a more or less recognisable form. A fair COP? Drought in Kenya.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Some commentators in the sustainability sphere report a dawning realisation that climate change can no longer be simply “solved”, in the sense of it being possible to slow it down to a degree that will allow our civilization to continue in a more or less recognisable form. A fair COP? Drought in Kenya.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Despite the reductions in air travel and the global economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, climate change sadly has not slowed down this past year. degrees C cap on average warming that governments pledged to aim for when they signed the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement to avoid dangerous climate change. Pull Quote.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The Institute for Sustainable Communities , which advances equitable community solutions to climate change, has appointed Deeohn Ferris as president and CEO. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) welcomes Managing Director for Climate and Energy Claire O’Neill. Advocating. The former U.K.

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2020

They also suggested that the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, known as the Biodiversity COP, that China is due to host in October and the COP26 UN Climate Summit that the UK is due to host in Glasgow in November could provide effective crucibles for such co-operation. "The

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

While offsets are often seen as a cop-out for industries that don’t want to tackle their own pollution, airlines are clearly uniquely limited in their climate pollution mitigation options. They’d be combating climate change, living up to their promises, and helping farmers and communities across the world.

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Terra Infirma

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The underwhelming final results of the COP26 climate change conference reminded me of the old joke: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb? One, but the light bulb has to want to change. Sustainability is all about change management and change management is all about psychology.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 26, 2022

Robert Cardillo , Planet Federal’s Chief Strategist and Chairman of the Board, was joined by Christine Urbanowicz , Senior Spatial Geospatial Data Scientist, USAID , Kathleen White , Program Director of Climate Change, DoD OSD ODASD (E&ER), U.S. We are in the midst of a climate crisis. “I’m Planet’s Perspective.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2021

Questions around the long-term carbon-storage capacity of forests and soils remain, as a forest might be logged, devastated by fire or altered by climate change. Offsetting is a cop-out,” said Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar CEO. “By

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Every year the world’s leaders gather for the UN climate change conference, and after a year of record temperatures, this year’s summit has been called the most vital yet. As Cop28 begins in Dubai, Ian Sample hears from Guardian environment editor and resident Cop expert Fiona Harvey.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2023

The approach must be a core part of the UK’s defence against flooding and climate change, he said. ” “By harnessing the power of nature alongside our traditional flood defences, we can not only help keep communities safer, but also create wildlife havens and tackle the climate emergency.” What is it?

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Energy Central

DECEMBER 18, 2023

If you’ve been reading newspapers, checking your email, listening to the radio, or watching television, you’ve probably learned that the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP-28) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in Dubai, U.A.E.,

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

We have new appointments at Defra, MHCLG and BEIS, with the COP presidency going, somewhat unexpectedly, to Alok Sharma. Yet exciting as it is, focussing on the personalities at top can often miss more subtle, yet important changes beneath; reshaping the context in which they operate.

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The City Fix

DECEMBER 21, 2021

For the building and construction sector, COP26 in Glasgow marked a crucial moment to bring consensus around systemic change in the industry. It was the first time in COP history that the Built Environment had a dedicated day, alongside Cities. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Because 15 years' ago, a COP would not have been like that. They would not have had all the world leaders gathered here, with all the business leaders - all the most powerful people on the planet - so that's a big change. Is the sporting world doing enough on climate change? That in itself gives a lot of hope.

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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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Low Impact

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The Systems Change Alliance share our view at Lowimpact.org that the climate change problem can’t be solved within the current economic system, which requires and generates perpetual growth and wealth concentration.

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The Guardian: Energy

MAY 9, 2024

Even as the former head of the UN climate change convention that achieved the Paris agreement in 2015, I, like many, can succumb to believing in the worst possible outcome. I resonate with her feelings of despair.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

For these communities, climate change is existential. We can see this in Indonesia , where the government has fallen back on digital methods to compensate for underinvestment in adapting farming to climate change. Helping smallholders to adapt and respond to climate change is fundamental for climate justice.

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