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An authoratarian petrostate takes centre stage as COP29 host

Corporate Knights

At the close of every year, the conscience of the world goes on display at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. The NGO secretly filmed lnur Soltanov, the CEO of COP, discussing oil and gas deals ahead of the climate summit. In 2024, COP29 must dig itself out of a bigger hole.

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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

Coming at the end of what is going down as the hottest year on record, it was easy to feel that the annual meetings of signatories to the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), plus the circus of non-governmental organizations, lobbyists and negotiators that has grown up around them, have failed to deliver.

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The problem of 'greenwashing' and how we can work to normalise real change

Sustainability Matters

In 2003, a meeting of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative created the concept of ‘ESG’, or ‘environmental, social and corporate governance’. That’s exactly what greenwashing is. Punters want to be contributing to a proactive stance on climate change and making a positive impact on the environment.

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Survey Finds Global Concern About Climate Change at All-Time High

B the Change

2 in 3 People Say They Are Ready to Halve Their Consumption to Help Save the Planet A recent survey found that two in three people now say they are willing to reduce their consumption by half to avoid environmental damage and climate change. GlobeScan is part of the community of Certified B Corporations.