GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2021

As COP26 beckons, the United States is being held hostage. Is there hope?

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COP 313

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

It’s a chaotic, confounding circus pilloried by many as a waste of time and resources, and a needless exercise that changes little. But we keep coming back.

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COP Waste Waste 243

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Beyond our beautiful coastal shores lies a deadly threat: ocean acidification.

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Ocean acidification COP 345

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Let the United Nations process play out, but let's also work on a separate, bold "grand bargain."

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COP 355

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Plus, good cop and bad cop developments ahead of the COP26 climate negotiations.

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COP 366

GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2022

An ambitious and implementable international agreement on nature will help set the direction for corporate action.

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COP Biodiversity 306

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Plus, what corporate sustainability teams should know about the Article 6 negotiations at COP 26.

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COP Sustainability 349

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

What does a COP26 win look like for investors? It's not just blah, blah, blah.

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COP 212

GreenBiz

AUGUST 24, 2023

How the UN food system summit stocktaking moment set the stage for food systems at COP 28.

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COP 332

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 5, 2019

There’s a new tide of global awareness rising about the critical role of our oceans in climate mitigation and adaptation.

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COP 210

NRDC onEarth

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The world has a strategic plan to reverse global biodiversity loss. We must follow through by working with each other to address the critical issues and build a new relationship with nature.

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Biodiversity COP 210

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Should priority be given to financing local startups or is it more worthwhile to ensure the necessary solutions are quickly adapted for the rest of the world?

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COP Startups 277

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

COP 27 started with the announcement of a plan to end deforestation in the soy, palm oil and beef but experts think it's without backbone or bite.

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COP 326

Renew Economy

DECEMBER 3, 2023

COP host says abandoning fossil fuels will send us back to caves, Exxon flies in to boost CCS, NZ does a back flip on oil and gas exploration, and Forrest's green ammonia push blocked at the port. The post Fossil fuel giants play home ground advantage as climate COP despairs about 1.5°C C appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Fossil fuels COP Government 140

Renew Economy

JULY 30, 2024

The post Generators fill their pockets again, pushing grid prices to new highs and leaving renewables to cop the blame appeared first on RenewEconomy. Wholesale electricity prices hit a new landmark on Tuesday night when all five state grids had prices pushed above $15,000 a megawatt hour (MWh) at the time. Greed is the new black.

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COP Electricity Policy 145

Renew Economy

JULY 11, 2024

The post Bowen tips another $91m into industrial emissions abatement, but coal grant cops flack appeared first on RenewEconomy. An Australia-first demonstration of coal pollution abatement technology is one of the biggest winners of federal funding to help cut industrial emissions.

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COP Pollution Technology Policy 128

GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Plus, former President Barack Obama has a message for young climate activists.

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COP 212

Renew Economy

DECEMBER 2, 2023

The post Australia signs up to COP pledge to triple renewables by 2030, double efficiency appeared first on RenewEconomy. Australia and 117 other countries sign pledge at COP28 to triple renewables by 2030 and double energy efficiency.

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COP Energy Energy 138

Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Australia's bid to host UN climate talks for first time stalled at fractious Baku COP, and may not happen at all if Labor loses power. The post Australia’s bid to host climate COP for first time on hold as fossil lobby ups the ante at fractious Baku talks appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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COP Policy 118

Renew Economy

JANUARY 17, 2023

Some solar farms are losing half of their output due to grid congestion, as renewable cop the brunt of curtailment and markets fail to provide correct signals to storage. The post Solar farm output cut by half as renewables cop brunt of grid congestion appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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COP Government 126

Renew Economy

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Astonishingly, in the 30 year history of the UN COP climate negotiations, renewables have never gotten a mention. The post All over bar the shouting: Fossil fuels finally named and shamed by COP as climate culprit appeared first on RenewEconomy. Now they are acknowledged as central to the switch from fossil fuels.

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Fossil fuels COP Government 128

Renew Economy

MAY 28, 2024

The post “Tough cop on the beat,” or new plod enforcing old “broken laws”? Legislation to set up Australia’s first national environment protection agency promises strong new powers and penalties to protect the natural environment. Critics are not so sure.

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COP Law Policy 122

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 21, 2022

There's an emerging debate over the value of techno-centric solutions.

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COP Technology 203

Renew Economy

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The post “Read the text:” Bowen’s warning to fossil fuel industry as COP finally embraces transition appeared first on RenewEconomy. Bowen says COP28 agreement is a "big deal", with a clear warning to fossil fuels that the world is committed to transition to clean energy. But will it be quick enough?

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Fossil fuels COP Energy Energy 124

Energy Transition

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The debate over the UAE’s chairmanship (and in particular, the chairman himself) has been louder than talk of the topics on the table at this year’s COP. How is the UAE positioning.

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COP Fossil fuels 90

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 19, 2019

After COP 25's conversations, it's time for action.

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COP Sustainability 198

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. The post Cop out? If/when the oil economy fades, so will the wealth and power of the region.

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COP Fossil fuels Electric vehicle Pollution 95

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

  Maybe it was the offer of warm sun in December, but this year’s COP drew 100K attendees, almost double the size of COP15 in Paris. Climate tech played its biggest role ever at COP this year. The oil & gas COP. This was the COP of the climate and O&G juxtaposition. The greenwashing was unavoidable.

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COP Fossil fuels Agriculture Resilience 72

The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Cop meetings have proven to be greenwashing conferences that legitimise countries’ failures to ensure a livable world and future and have also allowed authoritarian regimes like Azerbaijan and the two previous hosts – the United Arab Emirates and Egypt – to continue violating human rights.

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COP Fossil fuels Energy Energy 112

Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

It needs to stand up and be counted at the Nature COP in Montreal. The post Nature crisis and extinctions: Why Australia needs to stand up at the “Other COP” appeared first on RenewEconomy. Australia continues to have one of the highest rates of species decline among OECD countries.

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COP Government 98

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This is an extraordinary statistic, especially as fewer world leaders attended that COP, as many were busy at a G20 summit in Bali. We also compared the carbon footprints for the past three COPs to help see where the conferences could be located in order to dissuade attendees from using private jets, unless absolutely essential for security.

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COP Transportation Carbon Climate change 264

Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

The post Australia praised for methane reductions, but should be prepared for uncomfortable COP appeared first on RenewEconomy. Coal mines will help Australia meet a COP26 methane pledge but developing countries are gearing up to make loss and damage the cause de jour of COP27.

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COP Methane 98

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

Truss writes that “we should cancel” the United Nations annual COP climate summit, and falsely claims that electric vehicles are worse for the environment than those powered by fossil fuels. “In Truss writes that “we should cancel the COP gravy train”. It features the same instincts of collectivism and authoritarianism.”

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COP Law Fossil fuels Climate change 119

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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COP Hydrogen Climate change Carbon 130

Renew Economy

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The post Net-zero extinctions: New EPA to play “tough cop” on emissions – but not all of them appeared first on RenewEconomy. Labor promises "no new extinctions" with tight new environment standards and an independent federal Environment Protection Agency. But not everyone's convinced.

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COP Government 98

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 19, 2024

Speaking at the opening session of RenewableUK’s Global Offshore Wind 2024 conference and exhibition at Manchester Central, RenewableUK’s Chief Executive Dan McGrail has called for the sector to put the troubles of recent years behind it. gigawatts a year ago to 75GW today.

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COP Investment Technology Innovation 147

GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2022

CDCs would be based on reported targets and progress in emissions reduction for annual assessment at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) to ensure that business action is recognized and held to account in the global fight for climate recovery.

COP 243

COP 243