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”. We need a government that understands the actions needed to reach net zero.”. climate science denial activist.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Following through on an announcement made late last year, on November 4, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has released draft regulations aimed at capping greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector. Emissions vs. Production The Trudeau government announced they were working on a proposed emissions cap in December 2023.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The world's top diplomat used a speech today at the UN headquarters in New York City to deliver a characteristically stark warning of the impending climate and biodiversity crises facing the world, noting global warming risks "hurtling past" the 1.5C threshold without urgent action this decade.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The government-managed “Green Zone”, set to take place in the Glasgow Science Centre, will feature talks, films and performances, separate from the “Blue Zone” that will host the official United Nations negotiations. In 2018, 89 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions came from fossil fuels and industry.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In the wake of blazing heat, rising food insecurity and devastating floods, COP28 leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda for the conference, which will call for governments to work with industry to find new solutions. of the Paris Agreement, which would provide the structure for a global carbon credit market.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

"I also want particularly to thank COP President Alok Sharma who has worked incredibly hard to bring countries together. But today's agreement is a big step forward and, critically, we have the first ever international agreement to phase down coal and a roadmap to limit global warming to 1.5 and coal is in the text.

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2021

Government signals plan to hold in-person COP26 in Glasgow, as it trails details of Alok Sharma's speech this morning. 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 and ditch the use of coal. "If

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Report author Chris Littlecott, an associate director at E3G, said coal power was increasingly becoming economically unviable in many regions of the world, and urged governments to collectively state their intention to move from coal to clean energy ahead of the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow in November.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2022

For the first time, it proposed encompassing all the gases that cause global warming in a single indicator. “It was the most controversial and heated debate in the workshop,” recalls Rijsberman, now director of the Global Green Growth Institute. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. And so they fought.

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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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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

of warming. (If If longer-term net-zero pledges are achieved, which is less certain at this point, global warming could be contained to 1.8C.) Heavy industry and government work together. Several side deals at COP26 between governments and industry should help accelerate industrial decarbonization.

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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? Globally, the UK must continue to encourage stronger action on climate and insist on rapid emissions reductions and stronger adaptation through all diplomatic channels.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

MPs on Parliament's Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) have urged the government to lead a global push to align pension schemes with climate goals when it hosts world leaders in Glasgow next month for the COP26 UN climate summit. The Committee also said government policy must "prioritise good pension scheme stewardship over divestment".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The Sustainable Clothing Action Plan 2020 Commitment (SCAP) launched in 2012 with a goal of encouraging leading fashion brands, retailers, textile recycling companies, and governments, among other stakeholders, to work together to reduce the environmental impact of clothing in the UK.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In fact, the firm is one of the biggest spenders on gifts and hospitality for government officials of any major company, according to Global Witness. Most of the topics discussed between Kwarteng and Aramco officials, revealed only after a Freedom of Information request from the Guardian, were redacted by the government.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

As the government gears up to unveil its 10 point green recovery plan this autumn, an alliance of more than 70 civil society groups have set out which net zero policies they think should make the cut. The 10 point plan set out today should serve "litmus test" for the government commitment's to net zero.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

global warming pathway are to be kept alive. In snap analysis published yesterday, the IEA said it had calculated the impacts of the net zero pledges and emissions targets announced in recent days, and concluded that if national climate pledges are delivered as promised, the planet could potentially limit warming to 1.8C

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

If designed well and properly adhered to, global treaties have a lot going for them. COP talks each year are often fraught and progress remains far too slow, as today's IPCC report on escalating climate impacts will testify. It's really about designing a roadmap for governments to embark on the journey wherever they are currently.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

The public and private sector must work together to ensure a just and rapid transformation to a net zero global economy. "If I count on government leaders and all stakeholders to ensure COP26 is a success.". Governments must do all they can to prevent the 1.5C Nature is shouting at us and governments need to start listening. "We

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The world faces unavoidable and worsening climate hazards over the next two decades as global temperatures are driven up by human activity, with "irreversible impacts" on humans and ecosystems expected even if the global economy achieves the unprecedented feat of only marginally overshooting the 1.5C

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

The communiqué arrived yesterday as fresh research from scientists warned that four G20 countries - China, Russia, Brazil and Australia - all currently have climate policies in place in line with a catastrophic 5C of global warming, underscoring some of the deep divisions that will need overcoming to secure a positive outcome at COP26.

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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. "By

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 9, 2023

Government efforts to end the purchase of oil and gas from Russia have seemingly resulted in an upsurge in imports from other authoritarian regimes, including Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to data from the Office for National Statistics.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

In a speech in Glasgow to mark six months since the landmark UN Climate Summit, the COP26 President conceded the Kremlin's "illegal and brutal" war, rising inflation, and cost of living concerns had dominated the political and media agenda in 2022, but stressed that climate action must remain a top priority for governments around the world.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A UK government spokesperson said: "The UK is leading the world in tackling climate change, decarbonising our economy faster than any country in the G20, and helping over 90 per cent of the global economy set net zero targets during our COP26 Presidency - up from 30 per cent two years ago. "We 2/2) [link].

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 19, 2023

This story was originally published by The Energy Mix Weekender , and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate crisis. We must invest in the energy system of today as unpopular as it sounds,” declared BP CEO Bernard Looney.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The UK government last year pledged £11.6bn ($16.1bn) in climate finance between 2021 and 2025, but that would still see the UK falling short of its 'fair share' of the promised $100bn total, amounting to just 71 per cent of what the UK should be providing, according to the ODI.

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Business Green

AUGUST 24, 2022

In its role as a partner for the summit, BCG said it will support Egypt's COP27 Presidency by providing analytical capabilities and industry insights from its extensive experience helping companies, governments, and multilateral organisations accelerate their climate strategies.

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2022

Australia looks set to ditch its climate-laggard global status after voters strongly backed more ambitious green policies – but can the change in government help reignite global climate action, as geopolitical challenges escalate?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2022

COP26 President Alok Sharma has urged his own government to "explain and demonstrate" how opening up more of the North Sea for oil and gas drilling can be compatible with delivering on the UK's climate commitments. The government said they will seek local consent, let's see which communities come forward.".

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

That report concluded that we have already reached average global warming of 1.1 By contrast the OBR estimates that if we act now, the transition to net zero could add around 21 per cent of GDP to government debt by mid-century. degrees, that human activity is unequivocally to blame, and that we were on track to breach the 1.5

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Ramping up the energy efficiency of buildings, technology and industrial processes is seen to be a key solution for meeting climate goals by mid-century as the global population expands. Amid today's energy crisis, we are seeing signs that energy efficiency is once again being prioritised.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

And so today's report's conclusion that while the scale of the challenge is monumental - the world must peak emissions by 2025, before halving them by 2030 - it also encouragingly makes clear that the world already has all of the tools it needs to achieve these aims, in order to keep the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

COP Summits rarely, if ever, finish on time, but seasoned observers have warned the current talks appear to be badly behind schedule. The talks are now widely expected to run well beyond their scheduled close of Friday evening.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

BusinessGreen rounds up the best of the reaction from the low carbon economy to the government's flagship roadmap for achieving net zero emissions by 2050. While Labour has a bold climate investment pledge of £28bn extra each and every year to 2030, the government offers a tiny fraction of that.

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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

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

UNEP is among the group of official bodies that fear these impacts could create feedback loops, whereby a warming climate puts more pressure on terrestrial ecosystems, leading to more emissions, and in turn more warming. Land is already under growing human pressure and climate change is adding to these pressures," the agency states. "At

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