DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2024

As a result, the plans of companies analysed in the study fall short of tying the firms to transformative action, with the report’s co-authors concluding the firm’s plans lack “the ambition necessary to significantly reduce pollution, environmental degradation, emissions or even increase soil carbon sequestration”.

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A whopping 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide in the near term, nitrous oxide emissions account for 46% of GHG emissions from agricultural soils, largely from soil and nutrient management such as tillage and fertilizer application.

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Agriculture COP Methane Soil 59

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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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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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

They are coastal farmers in Senegal whose soil is being salinated by rising sea levels; they are maize and rice farmers in Nigeria facing extended dry spells and unpredictable rainfall; and they are fishers and pastoral farmers watching Lake Chad disappear before their eyes.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The companies participating in the appeal have collaborated to produce a limited-edition box of 26 beers made from surplus bread, which will raise funds for conservation and regenerative agriculture projects run by Rainforest Trust UK and Soil Heroes.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The emissions gap report is an annual assessment conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme and published in the lead-up to the United Nations climate conference, or COP, which is scheduled to begin at the end of this month in Dubai. Given the low likelihood that warming will be contained to 1.5

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

To quote the Three Lions England football song, after 30 years of hurt, climate action is finally coming home on African soil here in Egypt," he said. "At This COP caused deep frustrations but it wasn't for nothing," she said. "It The meeting was also set apart from previous COPs due to minimal activist presence around the Summit.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

IBM, also a sponsor, works with pesticide and fertiliser companies to promote “carbon farming” – a carbon offsetting technique that generates carbon credits for storing carbon in soils. They shouldn’t be allowed to greenwash their image through their presence at COPs.”. Conflict of interest.

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Fossil fuels Plastics COP Pollution 98

Low Impact

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The IPCC recently conducted a study into the combined effects of all the agreed targets of the countries taking part in the ongoing COP talks. Attempting to maintain business as usual (which is the only type of solution that will be debated at COP 26) will only make things worse. Whatever does come out of COP won’t be enough.

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COP Carbon-negative Climate change Carbon 113

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

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. This is the perfect basis for identifying bad air quality or early fire detection.”. Dryad previously received seed funding of €1.8m

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

Examples include forest sinks and soil carbon sequestration. Soil management: Projects attempt to preserve or increase the amount of carbon sequestration in the soil. Land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF) projects focus on maintaining natural diversity and ecosystems which act as carbon sinks.

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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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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. Several of these arguments reference the idea that grazing livestock can help maintain healthy soils which can store carbon.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The first few days of COP have ushered in a wave of major announcements and funding pledges. Al Jaber as Chairman of Alterra, and also host of COP28, has already stirred controversy due to his role as President of ADNOC and rumored intention to broker fossil fuel deals during COP. A well-Time(d) profile on Sultan Al Jaber leading COP.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2020

As such, the company is working with farmers worldwide to adopt a regenerative approach to farming that encourages healthier soil and ecosystems, better water stewardship, and a broader diversity of cultivated seeds and crops. That is why it's very important for us to have an opinion about the agriculture model we want.".

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Biodiversity Agriculture Business Energy Monitoring Carbon 96

Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Carbon markets are set to be one of the key issues at the upcoming COP climate talks, with negotiators tasked with finalising the rules for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which aims to create a framework for countries and companies to meet their climate goals by trading carbon credits.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

We have a necessary, and understandable delay to the next climate COP, which was due to take place in November, in Glasgow. Trees, wetlands, seagrasses, peatlands, mangrove forests, soils and oceans - they all, when tended, protected and expanded, can absorb carbon. We share this space, and we need to share it far, far better than now.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2021

You might well think the UK's green and pleasant land is a perfect ally in tackling climate change, able to soak carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it as carbon in the leaves, trunks and roots of our much-loved flora and in the soils beneath.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

I heard someone call COP26 the "business COP" I couldn't find any official reference of that sort, but I'm inclined to agree. Over the weekend, Saturday was 'Nature Day' at COP. But these are the things that undergird COP negotiations — decidedly unsexy stuff that is necessary but highly insufficient to meet the moment.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Conference of the Parties (COP). COP is the decision-making body responsible for monitoring and reviewing implementation of the UNFCCC. These include CO2 sequestration or removal, protection from soil erosion and flood risk, habitats for wildlife, pollination and spaces for recreation and wellbeing. Energy transition.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

When well managed the land helps regulate water and air quality, sequester and store carbon, and minimise flood and soil erosion risks. Soil erosion, wildfires, floods, monocultures, and pollution can all pose a serious threat to life and the viability of the economies and communities that are dependent on the land.

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Biodiversity Climate change Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability 82

Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2023

In Canada last month almost 200 countries at COP 15 agreed a set of landmark pledges that will resonate not just through 2023, but to the end of the decade and beyond to the middle of the 21st century. nJanuary is a time for new beginnings and new resolutions to drive self-improvement, and that applies to nations just as much as individuals.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 25, 2019

In the southern Polish city of Katowice last December, news coverage of the UN’s COP 24 meeting on climate change suddenly and dramatically surged, mostly thanks to a three-minute speech given by a Swedish teen activist with Asperger’s syndrome and the amplifying power of social media.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

It means that with just weeks to go until the G20 Summit in Italy and then COP26 in Glasgow, the latter of which in particular promises to be among the most important global summits ever held on British soil, the need for a 'decade of action' is more acute than ever, and there is less than a decade to deliver it.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The Summit promises to be the biggest political event held on British soil for decades, and is seen as a crucial pillar of the government's 'Global Britain' vision in the wake of Brexit earlier this year.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Yet it does nothing to address key questions about the underlying science of soil carbon sequestration, and whether carbon offsets are even an effective way to incentivize it. The Biden administration’s climate strategy includes investing in so-called nature-based solutions like storing carbon in soil. And why does the remainder not?

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

As such, the company is working with farmers worldwide to adopt a regenerative approach to farming that encourages healthier soil and ecosystems, better water stewardship and a broader diversity of cultivated seeds and crops. It is looking at the elephant in the room, and going after it piece by piece.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack said on Saturday at the COP27 session titled “Global Fertilizer Challenge: Announcing New Funding for Fertilizer Efficiency and Soil Health.”. These agribusiness interests have had a notable presence at previous UN COP summits, and COP27 is no exception. Vilsack said the U.S.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In November, I had the privilege to represent Schneider Electric at the UN's Conference of Parties (COP) on climate change in Glasgow. This COP was unlike the previous 25 iterations, in that it took place during a global pandemic. COP is and remains, fundamentally, a policy event. Bottom Line for Business.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Extraordinary isn't it - I've been hearing all about COP," the Queen appears to say. Others unlikely to make an appearance at what is set to be one of the largest and most important political events ever held on British soil include President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, India's Prime Minister Narenda Modi, and Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

While the total number has dropped compared to the record highs at COP28, the figures show that climate COPs continue to be a top priority for businesses working in agriculture, a sector that accounts for up to one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Food systems experts have also called for reforms.

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COP Agriculture Methane Fossil fuels 145

Low Impact

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Attempting to maintain business as usual (which is the only type of solution that will be debated at COP 26) will only make things worse. That in itself might push back the date of collapse, or mitigate its negative effects.

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Health Climate change COP Fossil fuels 143

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 6, 2025

Regenerative agriculture, particularly holistic grazing, promises an alternative to our current food system that incorporates livestock in a way that can regenerate depleted soils. The regenerative movement which does offer some benefits for soil health has also since been co-opted by the industrialized meat industry.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Do the next best thing and read our COP reflections.  Last COP featured the conference’s first nuclear-themed pavilion, and this year boasted eight. A fusion of world powers Scientists have also been chasing nuclear fusion for decades , but again COP could reflect a global paradigm shift. Happy Monday! 

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