DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Attendees are present from some of the world’s largest agribusiness firms – such as meatpacker JBS , fertiliser giant Nutrien, food giant Nestlé and pesticide firm Bayer – and powerful industry trade groups. Privileged Access to Negotiations Most corporations, lobby groups, and NGOs that attend the COP climate summits have “observer” status.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2020

Following a tumultuous start to the year for the planning of the COP26 Summit in Glasgow, the inquiry will also focus on the event's preparations and speak to other recent COP host countries in order to attempt "to learn from their experiences", the Committee said.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 8, 2024

Since January 2023, Rees-Mogg has presented his own show on GB News , which regularly broadcasts climate science denial. He currently works as a presenter for GB News, as does his wife and fellow Conservative politician Esther McVey , who was re-elected on Thursday.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

But the company is still taking money from oil and gas companies to place adverts in search results that present their industry as environmentally friendly, a report found. They shouldn’t be allowed to greenwash their image through their presence at COPs.”. Conflict of interest.

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Defend Our Future

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

For many years, young people were left out of formal negotiations and workshops at COP, but that changed with the creation of the Conference of Youth (COY) in 2005 and YOUNGO, the official children and youth constituency of UNFCCC in 2009. This statement is both functional and symbolic. Hear directly from the speakers on our Instagram!

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

Al Jaber has served as the UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change since 2010, and has participated at 10 previous UN COP Summits. As civil society we demand that Al Jaber does the right thing and either stand aside or step down.". This policy clarity echoes the findings of science and the increasing demands of public opinion.

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 13, 2021

In 2020, the energy sector got hit with the triple-whammy of a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, demand destruction as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, and perceptions that oil is about to give up its dominance to renewable energy and electric vehicles. Those factors combined to send the energy sector reeling in 2020.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Together, shipping and aviation contibute to more than five per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet emissions generated from international transport are not presently included in the UK's legally-binding target to achieve net zero emissioms by 2050.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

At present there are 44 countries with no plans to construct any new coal power plants, putting them in a position to join the 40 countries which have already pledged to stop building new facilities since 2015, a report by the climate NGOs calculates. New coal plants are incompatible with the international Paris climate agreement," she said.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The government needs to dramatically step up efforts to reverse biodiversity loss, and trading or investing in commodities that drive deforestation should be made illegal, MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) have demanded today.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. The North American Meat Institute will host a side event at the US COP pavilion on December 11, the summit’s Agriculture Day, for example. Typically, the talk is about demand side interventions, like you can get schools or, or individuals to give up meat,” she says.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The research has been published in the hope of informing a working meeting of the UN Convention of Biological Diversity early next month, the treaty through which countries come together to hold regular COP meetings aimed at delivering a global treaty to reverse biodiversity loss.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

The growing fears charging infrastructure and public and active transport networks are struggling to keep pace with soaring demand. The difficulty of arguing against new domestic energy projects at a time when energy security has suddenly become a real and present threat and there is a moral imperative to end imports of Russian fossil fuels.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

COP talks each year are often fraught and progress remains far too slow, as today's IPCC report on escalating climate impacts will testify. As close observers of global climate diplomacy have long argued, if the COP process and the Paris Agreement did not exist you would have to invent them. The US left the treaty altogether briefly.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

These announcements may generate headlines but assessing their true worth is hugely difficult, especially at speed during a COP meeting. My expectation is that very few issues remain open by the evening of Wednesday 10 November, when near-final texts will be presented," his update reads. "My warming trajectory. But while 1.5C

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

However, beyond the political row O'Neill's letter presents a litany of concerns over the preparations for the COP26 Summit. However, she alleged the team is "miles off track" to deliver the agenda. She also warns that poor relations between Number 10 and the Scottish government risk jeopardising the Summit. "You

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This is the first COP where participants found themselves face-to-face with the reality of breaching the 1.5 To anyone paying attention to global oil and gas demand future forecasts, even under existing policies , the COP28 agreement should not be a surprise. C warming limit that was the central aspiration of the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

JUNE 13, 2021

Business lobby group chief Tony Danker ramps up rhetoric demanding government deliver raft of missing net zero policy on heating, hydrogen and transport. Taking nothing less than unprecedented, unstoppable action in the next five months to ensure the legacy we sow in Glasgow far outlasts our leadership of COP.".

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R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 14, 2020

I generally make this prediction by looking at supply and demand trends, as well as inventory levels. In contrast, JP Morgan is projecting an oil market deficit this year of 200,000 BPD, because of OPEC production cuts and demand growth in emerging markets. I don’t believe prices will go much lower than they are presently in 2020.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Including a specific mention of methane in the final agreement has been a leading demand of parties such as the UK and EU over the past week. The COP decision must put the world on a path to phasing out all fossil fuels and an urgent, just transition to renewables.". as the key goal of the Paris Agreement.

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Energy Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Photo: Disha Yadav/ Unsplash For many climate advocates preparing for this year’s COP29 in Baku, it might be a surprise to learn that a different annual Conference of Parties (COP) just wrapped in Cali, Columbia. Climate change presents a growing threat to biodiversity. Convene joint biodiversity-climate COPs.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

For example, when social distancing regulations were at their most demanding, trips to train farmers on new practices and discuss investment and financing plans became logistically impossible.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

In a statement yesterday, he reiterated his calls for countries worldwide to commit to net zero by 2050, present more ambitious 2030 emissions reduction plans ahead of COP26, and to bring an end to fossil fuel subsidies and new coal power developments as soon as possible. "I goal without the leadership of the G20.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2020

And yet fears remain that these calls could yet be drowned out by the even more insistent demands for the Treasury to do whatever it takes to avoid the short term economic damage caused by the coronavirus crisis and related oil price slump. The IEA is now predicting global oil demand will fall to 99.9

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

As such, he ruled the government had failed to meet its obligations under Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA) and ordered Ministers to update the plan and present it to Parliament by April 2023.

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Business Green

AUGUST 17, 2021

As the countdown to COP 26 continues, hydrogen is an area where the UK can lead by example on the global stage, showcasing the value of strong partnerships between government and the private sector on the road to reducing emissions.".

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

But with greater climate ambition from the government the decarbonisation challenge becomes more demanding, which in turn requires deeper scrutiny of the UK's progress to date from its internationally-respected, independent climate advisory body. So the government is playing a pretty high stakes game here.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This means enhancing national determined contributions in 2020 under the Paris Agreement, presenting a carbon neutrality strategy for 2050, and embarking on the decarbonization of key sectors, particularly energy, industry, construction, and transport. Let us open our ears to the multitudes who are demanding change.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

COP27's focus this year circled similar essence, on holding organisations accountable to their commitments and demanding to see gradual, yet impactful change. As part of Arla's roadmap to reducing on-farm (scope three) emissions by 30 per cent, we have been pushed to critically breakdown these targets and show progress in the present.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

My question to my fellow world leaders this afternoon, as we enter the last hours of COP, is: Will you help us do that? There is still some way to go, but at present observers harbour cautious optimism that compromises over issues that have dogged UN climate talks for several years could finally be found in Glasgow this week.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

After a marathon 48 hours of pre-Summit talks, the agenda for the official negotiations was confirmed yesterday and in an early breakthrough for developing economies Loss and Damage was included on the agenda for a COP Summit for the first time.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

There's always a little bit of hype around the COP," Polman reflects. The present moment undoubtedly presents massive risks to the global economy and international climate efforts, with little sign geopolitical tensions and the global energy crisis will simmer down any time soon.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

The first Conference of the Parties (COP) summit to bring together countries that have endorsed the high seas deal is unlikely to occur for at least four or five years. From clean shipping technologies to ocean mapping solutions, enhanced protection of the high seas should significantly spur demand for a variety of sectors.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2022

With the final round of pre-COP preparatory talks wrapped up yesterday and negotiations set to officially launch tomorrow following this afternoon's opening ceremony, businesses around the world should be paying close attention to developments in Montreal. What makes this COP so special?

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2021

Meanwhile, the advertising sector has faced growing calls to stop taking work from high-carbon industries, with campaigners just this month accusing advertisers of plumping consumer demand for SUVs, cars that are hugely carbon intensive and are far bigger than buyers need in practice. The media is probably on red alert for it. I hope so.".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

And yet despite the huge clear and present threat to critical environments, every year the global economy puts ever more pressure on global ecosystems and biodiversity. Take urgent action to end poaching and trafficking of protected species of flora and fauna and address both demand and supply of illegal wildlife products.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Previous iterations of a potential final agreement at COP27 had also failed to set out clear demands for countries to come forward next year with stronger national climate plans, although the calls did end up being reflected in the final agreement that was gavelled through yesterday.

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