Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Statement from world leaders show climate action is firmly still on the international agenda, but how that plays out remains to be seen, writes ECIU's Richard Black. That means investing in industries and infrastructure that can turn the tide on climate change.". Steely determination. More twists in this virus. So - job done?

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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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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. Indeed, nothing short of economic systems change can save us now.

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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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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2021

Commitment to help protect land and ocean ecosystems that are critical to combating climate change will be announced by Prime Minister at today's One Planet Summit. He will address a session on Financing for Biodiversity, calling on others to mobilise public and private finance to support sustainable solutions to climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This claim comes as evidence mounts that major agribusiness polluters are using their sizeable economic and political clout to block environmental legislation worldwide – and as the emissions footprints of the largest meat and dairy firms’ continue to grow. Food and farming is both driving global heating and falling victim to its impacts.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 7, 2021

Smith, who won just over half of the 61,000 votes cast, has a history of outspoken comments about climate change and last year slammed the international UN climate conference now due to be held in Glasgow in November, saying “our priorities are all wrong”.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The landmark Paris climate agreement called for nations to keep global temperature increase to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius, with an aspiration of limiting it to 1.5 The benchmarks are supposed to stave off some of the worst effects of climate change. The question is, politically, what do countries do about this at COP28?”

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Former Energy Minister and COP26 President says progress has been made in recent months, but warns Ministers continue to underestimate need for intense focus on climate efforts in the lead up to crucial Glasgow Summit. Because it's not about the COP, it's about 'can you see the CO2 emissions curve start to inflect and go down?'".

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Climate change minister’s effort to convince Ankara to drop out underlines push for ‘Pacific Cop’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The climate change minister, Chris Bowen, made a whistle-stop visit to Turkey on Friday night in an attempt to reach a deal for Australia to host tens of thousands of people at a major UN climate (..)

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Calls for the financial system to wake up to the looming threat of climate change are growing louder by the day. Those calls have been coming most clearly from the Bank of England under Governor Mark Carney, who last week warned the treasury committee of global finance’s role in driving the climate crisis.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

UN approves UK and Italian request for high profile Summit to be postponed by a full year, as co-hosts announce new 'Friends of COP' advisory board. While we rightly focus on fighting the immediate crisis of the Coronavirus, we must not lose sight of the huge challenges of climate change," he said in a statement.

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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

To grasp the opportunities of net zero and deliver a successful climate change summit in Glasgow, the government must come forward with ambitious policies in 2020, argues the REA's Nina Skorupska. The goings-on behind the scenes of COP 26, or kack thereof, have been well documented over the past few weeks.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In tears, the British COP26 President Alok Sharma accepted, to avoid depriving the United Kingdom of the political success he had envisioned. This promise of financial support, amounting to $100bn per year, has been floated every year at recent COP conferences without that target ever having been reached.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

It makes you wonder if what is missing from the UK government's deeply flawed and badly underpowered pursuit of both its climate goals and levelling up agenda, is someone willing to take yesterday's 600 page tome from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) , drop it on a table with a satisfying thud, and declare "this is what we believe".

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

C above pre-industrial levels , recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change”. It was at COP21, where the Paris Agreement , the most important climate pact to date, was enshrined. Like a chicken and egg dilemma, who came up with these goals first, politics or science?

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

Ahead of London Climate Action Week, Mayor urges businesses and politicians to ensure momentum is maintained in run up to delayed COP26 Summit. The comments come amidst growing fears that the UK may struggle to submit its updated climate action plan to the UN by the end of this year, as agreed under the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

So how is the UK public feeling about COP26, climate change, and what the opportunity for business might be? Climate isn't the sole preserve of business, government and activists, but we could be forgiven for sometimes thinking it is. COP26 is fast approaching, yet it feels as distant and difficult to grasp as ever.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The climate vulnerable hotspots - which the charity defined as those with the highest number of UN appeals driven by extreme weather events - have suffered a 123 per cent increase in acute hunger since 2016. The report found that the countries in the climate hotspots were collectively responsible for just 0.13

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The government could yet relocate the COP26 Climate Summit to London, according to reports this morning, amid claims of spiralling costs and political rows over the current Glasgow venue. It's vital that COP is a success. It's a massive opportunity. We have a duty to do everything we can to make it a success.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 19, 2023

The coalition’s findings come nearly two years after a report by the UN’s climate science body, which found for the first time that “vested interests” were delaying efforts to tackle climate change. Climate denial tropes such as ‘climate actors are alarmist’ and ‘climate change is a hoax’ also featured.

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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

APRIL 26, 2020

The two-day Petersberg Climate Dialogue has long been a key event in the annual climate calendar, with environment ministers from around 30 countries typically coming together to thrash out priorities and preparations for the following United Nations COP climate summit.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

They reflect the interests, the conditions, the contradictions and the state of political will in the world today. They take important steps, but unfortunately the collective political will was not enough to overcome some deep contradictions. Build resilience of vulnerable communities against the here and now impacts of climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 22, 2024

That now is the time to get serious about adaptation and preparedness; because, as the world’s leading climate scientists admitted in droves with clear and honourable pain this month, our hopes for preventing or sufficiently mitigating dangerous climate change must now be admitted to have been dashed. Words are deeds.

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Energy Innovation

APRIL 1, 2021

Energy Innovation is extremely pleased to announce Mary Anne Hitt and Rekha Rao will join the firm’s Climate Imperative project, which aims to avoid the worst impacts of climate change through focused, effective policy design. plays a leadership role tackling the climate crisis at home.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

This means bridging the current political divide over outstanding issues related to finance, capacity building, technology transfer, transparency and especially Article Six. This issue cannot continue to be deferred, COP after COP after COP. We need a political decision," Guterres added. "We

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

O'Neill, a former Energy and Clean Growth Minister who stepped down from Parliament at the General Election last month, suggested the government "can't cope" with an independent COP26 unit and that there had been no dedicated climate change meetings within cabinet to date, despite Johnson's promise last year to begin chairing such meetings.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

As the UK readies for the upcoming COP26 Summit in Glasgow in November, the Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change urge government to deliver ambitious net zero strategy. This should include widespread engagement on the health, economic and environmental co-benefits of cutting food waste and changes in diet.".

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2019

climate negotiations. Big polluters and a surge of nationalism scuttled any meaning results from two intense weeks of U.N.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The former Energy and Climate Change Minister had been slated to serve as COP26 President after playing a critical role in securing hosting duties for the UK. Specifically, she's calling for business to be given a more official role at future UN climate talks. "If It is a one-year thing, it only lasts as long as a COP.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

The UN climate secretariat has confirmed it is to postpone the next round of preparatory talks for the crucial COP26 Climate Summit, rescheduling the meeting for 2021 in order to give governments more time to tackle the on-going coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 is an exceptional challenge impacting the lives of billions," she said.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2023

This story was originally published by The Energy Mix , and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate crisis. The post Expert Panel Warns Journalists of Coordinated Climate Disinformation Campaigns appeared first on DeSmog.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2020

Businesses must continue to make the case for climate ambition and stand against regulatory rollbacks, argues Verisk Maplecroft's Will Nichols. And among the many reasons listed for why global environmental and climate change efforts are currently falling short, a "worldwide pandemic" was a notable absentee.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Green businesses, politicians, and environmental groups react to Court of Appeal's momentous ruling against a third Heathrow runway on climate change grounds. This judgment has exciting wider implications for keeping climate change at the heart of all planning decisions. The Court has said very clearly that was illegal.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. Leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda that calls for governments and industry to work together to find new solutions to climate change–driven food insecurity. The files also detail collaborations planned for the event itself.

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