DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

A landmark assessment from the World Health Organisation has also found that Big Food companies – including those from the meat and dairy sector – have used a range of tactics to derail European health policy, which it estimated has led to thousands of early deaths in the region.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. Energy and Clean Growth minister also served as COP President for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference. Who's news. The former U.K.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Next spring, government envoys are convening at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) in Kunming, China, to negotiate new global biodiversity goals for the coming decades within the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Continuous declines in biodiversity pose a major threat to human health and wellbeing.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Huge kudos to our shareholders after today's unanimous support of the change of Danone's by-laws to incorporate health, planet, people and inclusiveness objectives as part of our mission," Faber enthused. You showed evidence that finance can change the world. It is on us, boards and CEOs, CFOs to engage finance on what matters.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Nature-based solutions” is one of the only phrases linked to agriculture to be mentioned in the COP cover text. Other powerful advocates of GWP* include industry groups such as Beef + Lamb New Zealand , which is partnering with Aim4C at this year’s COP28 and has had representatives lobbying at past COPs.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read. Her work with an NGO on the Pacific island of Vanuatu has made her mindful of what might seem an incommensurable cultural and psychological gulf between indigenous groups and the formalities that perhaps hold sway in a modern, western-dominated forum like COP.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read. Her work with an NGO on the Pacific island of Vanuatu has made her mindful of what might seem an incommensurable cultural and psychological gulf between indigenous groups and the formalities that perhaps hold sway in a modern, western-dominated forum like COP.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Published ahead of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP-15) that begins on 11 October, the report also outlines how investments in biodiversity contribute to gender equity, women and youth empowerment, and nutrition.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The topic may have flown under the radar for years, but COP25 is trying to push ocean health - and why it matters for businesses - up the global agenda.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

With greater scrutiny over emissions from meat and dairy companies, it is not surprising they are stepping up their game to head off any COP outcome that might hinder their operations,” Ben Lilliston, from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy told DeSmog. Pesticide company Syngenta’s Foundation came with Ukraine.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 26, 2022

From a diplomacy perspective, the Department of State has been leveraging satellite data as a way to guide understanding soil content and rainfall in Africa prior to the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference ( COP 27 ) in Egypt later this year. Planet’s Perspective. We are in the midst of a climate crisis.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth. The firm says it is now gearing up to secure Series A funding, spurred on by being named as a finalist in Greenbackers’ 26 for COP 26 program, which connects startups with climate-focused investors.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The lights on the tree change from green to white when air pollution levels exceed the World Health Organisation's (WHO) target annual average limit of 5μg/m3 of particulate matter, in a bid to make drivers more aware of the environmental impact of their cars.

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LA CleanTech Incubator

JUNE 5, 2020

To make matters worse, inequities in health care result in black communities paying almost twice as much in premiums and out-of-pocket expenses. . A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help. "We Economics are a huge part of it. Manifestation 3: Myopic clean energy equity programs .

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Fossil fuels were mentioned for the first time in a COP text two years ago, at COP26 in Glasgow. Our climate, health and development goals remain unachievable as long as we are still produc- ing fossil fuels,” said McGivern. King continued: “Ensuring 1.5C

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

The new campaign will be stewarded by the UK and Chile as incoming and outgoing COP presidents, respectively. Meanwhile, just this week a breakthrough study from the University of Oxford noted that high levels of private sector ESG performance positively impacts the health of national economies.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

COP 26 in Glasgow can be the right moment," he said. "We Dr Eleanor Cooke, part of a group of doctors and College members which had campaigned for the organisation to ditch fossil fuels, welcomed today's announcement, which she said was particularly pertinent "given the profound impacts of climate change on mental health". "We

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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. Rachel Kyte, Dean at Tufts University, Fletcher School and a former advisor to the World Bank, said the UAE's position as one of the world's leading petrostates meant the "incoming COP president has a dilemma".

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Grist

JANUARY 17, 2021

So as co-host of the next Climate Cop, the U.K. On Monday, leaders from around the world met in person and virtually at the One Planet summit in Paris to discuss the biodiversity crisis, promoting agro-ecology and the relationship between human health and nature. As part of the HAC announcement , the U.K.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

In addition, the COP26 team emphasised that organisers remain intent on holding the summit in person in Glasgow, as originally planned, but noted that the "health and wellbeing of all involved" would be "at the centre" of planning decisions.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The UN Conference of the Parties (COP) climate summits convene world leaders and delegates and draws significant media attention. The question after that is for the UN and other stakeholders to determine if we need stricter rules for who is in the room and around the table at these COPs,” he said.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

Italian Minister for the Environment, Land and Sea Protection, Sergio Costa: "Whilst we have decided to postpone COP26, including the Pre-COP and ‘Youth for the Climate' event, we remain fully committed to meeting the challenge of climate change. Tackling climate change requires strong, global and ambitious action.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for alternative arrangements for preliminary climate negotiations in the run up to November's crucial COP26 global climate summit, arguing upcoming talks will "need to take place virtually" due to health, safety and logistics concerns spurred by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 11, 2021

The Covid-19 health and economic crisis could make this situation even worse as governments decide on whether to spend trillions on rescue packages for fossil fuel and high-carbon industries as well as on stimulus packages to re-start their economies. This is driving up carbon emissions. The post £3.3

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

As we recover from Covid-19, we can't replace one health emergency with another - we need to come out of this crisis embracing a new normal which puts tackling the climate emergency at the heart of everything we do.". The climate emergency remains one of the biggest threats we face," he added. "As

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

"The decision by the Bureau was based on the need to ensure not only full inclusion and participation, but the well-being and safety of all involved under the current travel restrictions and guidelines from local German health authorities in relation to the global health crisis around COVID-19," the UNFCCC said in a statement.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2020

They added that while COP26 and the Pre-COP and Youth4Climate events that had been due to be staged in Italy this summer had been postponed until next year, it remained crucial that governments use the coming months to strengthen their decarbonisation plans.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

As such, Guterres reiterated his call for coal to have "no place in COVID-19 recovery plans", arguing there was a compelling economic, health, and environmental case for governments to "choose the clean energy route".

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

The new campaign will be stewarded by the UK and Chile as incoming and outgoing COP presidents, respectively. Meanwhile, just this week a breakthrough study from the University of Oxford noted that high levels of private sector ESG performance positively impacts the health of national economies.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Nature is crucial for our survival, our mental health, and also our economy, argues WWF's Gareth Redmond-King. Part of my coping package involves nature and its positive impact on my mental health. We have a necessary, and understandable delay to the next climate COP, which was due to take place in November, in Glasgow.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

Next year, as the UK takes on the COP Presidency, the government must play a leading role in setting a global example for green recovery. We remain in the middle of a global health crisis. Finally, we must share our learnings around the world.

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Grist

MAY 15, 2024

“For me, intellectually, that always felt like a little bit of a cop-out,” said Jesse Nichols, a video producer at Grist. The scientists monitored the monkeys’ health through routine medical examinations like blood draws and CT scans, and also by equipping them with Fitbit-esque collars to monitor their physical activity.

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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. Past marketing drives run by the AHDB include the £3.5-million The files also detail collaborations planned for the event itself.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Having officially taken the reins of the COP Presidency in Glasgow, Alok Sharma and his diplomatic team are now tasked with steering global climate discussions over the next year ahead of COP27 in Egypt, and the CCC today urged the UK to lead by example with ambitious climate efforts at home. of warming by the end of the century.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

They are helping people in fuel poverty and many others enjoy more comfortable homes, lower fuel bills and better health. It's an inspiring success story that should be centre-stage at COP. Right now, in that very city, scores of apprentices supported by Warmworks - another retrofit and heating pioneer - are hard at work.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

This should include widespread engagement on the health, economic and environmental co-benefits of cutting food waste and changes in diet.". "This cannot continue if the UK is to reach net zero emissions - the public must be engaged.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

Now we have the date for COP, we'd very much like the industry to be seen as one of the leading sectors as we come towards COP," Symons says. "I I think Covid is building on that and making people think harder about the social resilience and public health side of some of this stuff.". he observes. he observes. "I

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