DeSmogBlog

JULY 8, 2024

Meanwhile, 14 anti-net zero MPs were re-elected, including Labour MP Graham Stringer , who is on the board of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s main climate denial group, and Lee Anderson , who defected from the Tories to Reform UK earlier this year.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Graham Stuart MP was listed as a keynote speaker on Tuesday at the four-day Global Investment in Sustainable Development conference in London, hosted by the CC Forum, a company which touts itself as the “green Davos”. climate science denial activist. Climate Science Deniers. in a call and response chant of “Global warming is?”

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The UK organisers of the upcoming COP26 climate summit have come under fire for approving just two events that refer to fossil fuels, the primary driver of climate change, in a programme of public events happening alongside the main conference.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

However, a 2020 assessment of regenerative agriculture from the World Resources Institute (WRI) found that while good for the environment, it has “limited potential” to mitigate climate change. Nature-based solutions” is one of the only phrases linked to agriculture to be mentioned in the COP cover text.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

After another full year of global warming events, from droughts to floods, the 196 countries represented in Sharm El-Sheikh failed to achieve even the basics: changing the Glasgow agreement to incorporate measures for combating climate change and reducing fossil fuel use.

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The City Fix

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The need to set aggressive goals, backed by meaningful numbers, is an obvious starting point in the fight against climate change. It’s common knowledge that if global warming exceeds 1.5C, we face the prospect of everything from increasingly extreme weather. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

There are a lot of major oil companies that tend to fill headlines when talking about climate change – BP, Shell, Chevron – any of the ‘big six’ public oil companies. A Guardian investigation found that one in five ads served on search results around climate change were placed by oil firms.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The analysis, which was launched today at the COP27 Climate Summit in Sharm El Sheikh, was produced in collaboration with consultancy Systemiq and NGO RMI and will now inform how the IKEA Foundation deploys the new €600m of funding through to 2025.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

As one of the world's most carbon-intensive energy sources, putting an end to coal power as soon as possible is widely seen as critical to keeping global climate goals within reach. New coal plants are incompatible with the international Paris climate agreement," she said.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years. (If

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The documents, which were produced by the industry-funded Global Meat Alliance (GMA), emphasise the meat lobby’s desire to promote “our scientific evidence” at the summit, which will run from November 30 through to December 12. Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It’s hard to square that with her public messaging for the past couple of weeks that they suspected Minister Guilbeault would announce something during COP,” said Olszynski in an interview with DeSmog. Olszynski says Smith goes out of her way to avoid acknowledging the reality of climate change.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

Methane (CH4) has a higher global warming potential than CO 2 , such that 1 tonne of CH 4 is equivalent to 21 tonnes of CO 2 over a 100-year time period. For this reason, it’s in our best interest to lower CH4 emissions to tackle climate change. Carbon offset example: The Climate Trut’s Anaerobic Digester.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Countries agreed to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) and ideally 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F) as part of the 2015 Paris Agreement. The latest science shows that emissions will need to drop. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2021

In a speech on the outskirts of the Scottish city, the government Minister is set to urge world leaders to "pick the planet" by acting now to cap global temperature rises at 1.5C degrees, Glasgow must be the COP that consigns coal to history," Sharma is expected to say. "We and ditch the use of coal. "If If we are serious about 1.5

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Fossil fuels are everywhere at this COP except in the decisions being negotiated by governments,” Nikki Reisch, the director of climate and energy at the Center for International Environmental Law, wrote to DeSmog from Glasgow. AlOtaibi is registered as a senior consultant on climate change for Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Fresh analysis published this afternoon by the United Nations climate body the UNFCCC calculates the combined impact of 48 revised national emission reduction plans published in 2020, which together account for just under a third of global emissions.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

JANUARY 12, 2022

Each year since 1995, with the exception of 2020, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) has hosted a Conference of Parties (COP), where members of the UNFCCC negotiate issues relating to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other matters relating to climate change.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Climate Change Committee delivers its verdict on COP26, but will the UK government heed its advice for the coming 'crucial' year ahead? The next year is critical for climate action in the UK and internationally," said CCC chair Lord Deben. The UK must not walk away after COP26," said Deben.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Ahead of world leaders gathering in Egypt for the COP27 climate summit in November, here is an A-Z of common terms: 1.5°C. This is the global temperature rise above pre-industrial levels targeted by the 2015 Paris Agreement. The hope is that limiting global warming to 1. Finance that is used to tackle climate change.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

And then there are the big picture climate threats that poorly managed land can rapidly amplify. As the World Resources Institute points out, "land is critically important - both as a source of greenhouse gas emissions and as a climate change solution". SDG 15 to the rescue? "It

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Writing in a beautiful book called The Future We Choose , architects of the Paris Agreement Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac describe a future in 2050 where we have made the right choices and kept global warming to 1.5C. Gareth Redmond-King is head of climate change at WWF UK. But it will still happen.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

"We recall our collective commitment to hold the global average temperature increase well below 2C and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5C Without more ambitious climate commitment and actions from these countries in particular, green groups warn COP26 will be seen as a failure. are much lower than at 2C," states.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2022

It added it has previously been involved in partnerships with the World Economic Forum, UN High Level Climate Change Champions, successive COP presidencies, SBTi (Science Based Targets Initiative), CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, and First Movers Coalition.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

An 'ambitious' new 2030 emissions reduction target, a 2030 phase out date for fossil fuel vehicles, and a major home energy retrofit programme are all on the Climate Coalition's short list, along with a raft of wider proposals designed to accelerate emissions reductions efforts over the coming decade.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Additionally, the report warns that some trustees are concerned that acting on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and climate change matters may be contrary to their fiduciary duty. It stated divestment should only ever be a last resort where assets are unable to reduce their contribution to climate change.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

If designed well and properly adhered to, global treaties have a lot going for them. The Paris Agreement on climate change, signed into life in 2015, may not be perfect. COP talks each year are often fraught and progress remains far too slow, as today's IPCC report on escalating climate impacts will testify.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The pledge was framed by the UN and COP26 Presidency as a critical mechanism to encourage nations to ratchet up underpowered climate plans in order to give the world a fighting chance of capping average global temperature rise at 1.5C The fact that only 24 new or updated climate plans were submitted since COP 26 is disappointing.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Yet while that very broad assessment certainly remains true, today's intervention from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was always going to be a little different. This report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a litany of broken climate promises. on the table. And it is damning.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The pledge was framed by the UN and COP26 Presidency as a critical mechanism to encourage nations to ratchet up underpowered climate plans in order to give the world a fighting chance of capping average global temperature rise at 1.5C The fact that only 24 new or updated climate plans were submitted since COP 26 is disappointing.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Anger is building over the failure to secure much-needed commitments towards phasing out unabated fossil fuels and tackling near-term emissions as part of the final agreement brokered at COP27 over the weekend, with critics warning the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C are hanging by the thinnest of threads.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Documents released this morning strongly suggest significant dividing lines remain on a raft of key issues, including climate finance and adaptation funding, loss and damage, carbon markets, language around the phasing down of fossil fuels, and much more besides.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The moves came as the first glimpse of negotiating parties' positions was provided this morning, pointing to significant divergence between countries on a host of key issues - including climate finance, loss and damage, and the critical overarching 1.5C The future of humanity, without exaggeration, is at stake.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The UK is among a host of wealthier nations which have yet to stump up their "fair share" of funding to help developing countries decarbonise their economies and contend with the worsening impacts of climate change, despite a long-held pledge that they would collectively provide $100bn a year in climate funding by 2020.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "The UK's path to ending our contribution to climate change will be paved with well-paid jobs, billions in investment and thriving green industries - powering our green industrial revolution across the country. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up the reaction to the stategy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Or, to take the question the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) has sought to answer: what precise actions does the world need to take to limit global warming to 1.5C The US and EU are planning to launch a Global Methane Pledge at COP26 which has already won the backing of several other nations, including the UK.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Energy efficiency is essential for dealing with today's crisis, with its huge potential to help tackle the challenges of energy affordability, energy security and climate change.". of global warming. "Amid today's energy crisis, we are seeing signs that energy efficiency is once again being prioritised.

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