DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 27, 2021

The UK has been accused of shutting out activists who hail from countries “battered” by extreme weather events from the upcoming UN climate summit, with campaigners warning it could be “the most exclusionary COP ever”. She said: “Inequality is a root cause of the climate crisis and it also permeates important decision making spaces like COP.

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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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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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The Guardian: Energy

JULY 26, 2024

Energy secretary seeks to reestablish UK as a global leader on the climate crisis with meeting of Cop presidents Labour will honour a pledge of £11.6bn in overseas aid for the climate crisis, the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, told an unusual meeting of Cop presidents past and present on Friday, as he sought to reestablish the UK at the heart of international (..)

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Renew Economy

JUNE 8, 2023

Delegates struggle to fund common ground in preparatory talks ahead of the main COP climate negotiations to be held in fossil exporting giant UAE later this year. The post “Poison that’s killing us all”: Bonn climate talks try to prevent failure at gas-fired COP appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

A report published on 15 November examines the role shipping will play in transporting the green fuels necessary to meet global climate goals, identifying a yawning gap between announced government-led projects and what is required. But for us to invest, governments need far stronger policies to de-risk green hydrogen production.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Government records show that dmg events, which is owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), will be paid £545,000 for “commissioning and delivering pavilion and office space for the UK’s COP28 delegation taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)”. This year’s COP summit has already been marred by controversy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Business groups urge governments at upcoming COP16 Biodiversity Summit and COP29 Climate Summit to prioritise tackling looming global green skills gap

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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Australia's government isn’t so gauche as to deny climate change out loud at a COP meeting. But it does support fossil fuel expansion completely at odds with the science. The post The new face of old-fashioned climate change denial appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

UN climate chief says ‘torrents, not trickles’ of public and private finance needed to meet global challenge Governments must not try to pick loopholes in the global agreement to “transition away” from fossil fuels reached last December, the UN’s climate chief has said, as he called for “torrents” of cash for poorer countries to tackle the crisis.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

I feel ashamed and frustrated that our government doesn’t seem to grasp the urgency of the climate emergency, and we see it repeatedly rowing back on net zero targets and perfectly workable carbon-reduction initiatives.

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Canary Media

DECEMBER 12, 2023

With this bumpy year for nuclear coming to a close and the world’s energy stakeholders having just gathered for the most nuclear-focused COP meeting ever , it’s a good time to assess the state of atomic power in the U.S. Government pledges and consumer support for nuclear power in the U.S. have surged in recent…

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Al Jaber’s role is to act as “honest broker” for the 190-plus governments gathering at the global climate talks, charged with leading them to a successful conclusion.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Leaked documents suggest COP28 Presidency has used bilateral meetings with foreign governments to promote new fossil fuel deals with state-owned oil and gas giant

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I attended this COP, my first, to learn more about how businesses can accelerate the transition to net zero and to share the findings of a new report, published today, that is a step-by-step playbook for companies to use to turn net zero pledges into progress. Progress worth celebrating.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Thus far we have not really laid the groundwork for the difficult balancing acts that will go into the diplomacy of the COP. What we will be bringing to the COP table as our ambition will be critically dissected by all these cats whilst they are being herded. warming.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The annual COP summit allows negotiators and leaders across the globe to put in place commitments to address the climate crisis and assist the worst-hit countries. We have a situation where fossil fuel lobbyists are better represented at COP than delegates from the poorest countries, or indigenous peoples.”

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2024

UAE, Azerbaijan, and Brazil promise to deliver more ambitious national climate plans by early next year and urge other nations to follow suit

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Business Green

DECEMBER 27, 2022

"This is a multilateral institution, it brings together governments," Nele Marien, forest and biodiversity coordinator of Friends of the Earth international, told BusinessGreen. Governments should be here to ensure the wellbeing of all people; this is not about business coming together. There's been a complete shift," he said.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 26, 2022

Planet recently participated in a virtual discussion with US Government leaders focused on leveraging satellite data to improve climate resilience. Specifically in Africa, we’re looking at the horn of Africa and droughts and rainfall measures,” states Cervantes de Blois. “So Planet’s Perspective.

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Energy Central

MAY 15, 2024

Isn’t that surprising that the word ‘fossil fuel’ appeared just once in COP 18 held at Qatar in 2012 as against 46 times of the COP28 report where governments agreed to transition away from all fossil fuels.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

COP28 Climate Summit President Sultan Ahmed al Jaber has called for a tripling of clean energy generation by 2030 and a doubling of low-carbon hydrogen capacity by 2030, as he used his first address since being appointed to lead this year's global climate talks to promise a "COP of action". target within reach. "We

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The two countries are vying to host Cop31, and the Albanese government hopes Turkey will exit the race in time for an announcement before next week. Bowen visited the Turkish capital, Ankara, on the way to the Cop29 climate conference in the Azerbaijan capital, Baku. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading.

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Business Green

APRIL 19, 2024

BusinessGreen reports from Baku, where the Azerbaijan government is gearing up to host the next round of global climate talks this autumn

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2020

The UK and Chinese governments have hinted they remain keen to host this autumn's crucial UN Climate and Biodiversity Summits in the face of growing speculation both gatherings may have to be postponed due to the global coronavirus pandemic. It makes some sense to push back the timetable," he added. We will keep it under close review.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Former world racing champion speaks to BusinessGreen at sidelines of COP26 about sport, clean tech and the urgent need for governments to act on climate. Because 15 years' ago, a COP would not have been like that. No government has the attention of millions of followers in the way that sport has. That's awesome.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Financial Times reports the government is in talks with ExCel London about potentially moving the COP26 Summit to the capital. 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.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

The Budget on Wednesday will be the first real test of this government's commitment on climate and it needs to drive momentum in the decarbonisation of electricity, heat and transport or it will set us up for a failure on the world stage. With the world watching ahead of COP we cannot afford a COP-out on low carbon.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Ministers are facing calls to include international aviation and shipping emissions in its national climate goals, as the government prepares to set out its plans for meeting climate targets in the mid-2030s in the coming months.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The new Labour government has committed the UK to investing £22 billion in CCS over the next 25 years, claiming that it will help to create a “new era” of clean energy jobs. Unfortunately governments seem to be misguidedly buying into the hype despite the huge costs to the public purse and the risk that it will delay real climate action.”

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Is the COP27 Summit that kicks off in Sharm El Sheikh this weekend the most important COP meeting yet, and therefore one of the most critical gatherings in the entire history of humanity? But next week's Sharm El Sheikh Summit lacks the grand diplomatic goal that governments faced in Glasgow and Paris, or Copenhagen and Kyoto before that.

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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In a variety of conversations it became clear to me that to some degree, regardless the outcome of COP negotiations, undrilled oil will soon become stranded assets,” Director of Innovation, Mobility & Innovation Gabriel Scheer shared. At the end of the day, as Dawn wrote in FastCompan y, “The real value of COP is what comes next.”

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2021

Amber Rudd and Claire O'Neill have called on the government to take steps boost the number of women participating in the crucial COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow this year. At the 2019 Bonn COP there were 27 delegations with no women, the highest it has been in 12 years," they wrote. "At

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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. But it's not enough to release these strategies into the ether and hope that's enough. The pace of delivery must be relentless and speed of our progress intensifying all the time.".

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2020

Low Carbon Farming, Black Mountain and Zero Carbon Yorkshire have joined a campaign that calls on the government to revise its low carbon heat strategy to support the development of large-scale heat pumps, a sector they contend could help the UK drive a green recovery to the pandemic.

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Renew Economy

JULY 7, 2022

After successfully rehabilitating Australia's climate stance in Europe, Albanese hopes hosting a future COP will help mend relationships in the Pacific. The post Hosting UN climate talks could help mend Australia’s Pacific relationships, Albanese says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It comes just a day after the government published 1,200-word defence of its decision to vote against stricter legal controls on pumping raw sewage into rivers and seas.

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