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Canada caught between climate obligations and dissent at home

Corporate Knights

Canada’s federal government is preparing to announce climate targets for 2035 as it faces both demands for more ambitious emission-reduction policies and major backlash against the measures it has already announced. The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the federal carbon levy in 2021.

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How Enterprises Can Facilitate the Journey to Net Zero

3BL Media

Based on the latest Future of Enterprises report, we take a closer look at what enterprises can do to reduce their environmental impact and facilitate the journey to net zero. The journey towards a net-zero future has only just begun, and we are truly running out of time. DESCRIPTION: By Sepideh Matinfar. Well, I am!

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Shoring Up the Grid for Extreme Weather and Climate Change

3BL Media

The threat of climate change is no longer a threat—it’s here and it’s impacting everyone. We realized that New Jersey's energy infrastructure needed extensive upgrades to withstand the effects of climate change, which has made severe storms more frequent and ferocious. Addressing climate change.

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Local Leaders and mayors call for power shift to meet net zero

Envirotec Magazine

A communiqué signed by UK mayors and local leaders calls for a ‘power shift’ from Whitehall so that local and regional authorities can deliver Net Zero. Local and regional leaders appeared at a public event in Birmingham on 13 July to make the case to Government for additional powers to tackle climate change.

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Australia Passes Law to Begin Mandatory Climate Reporting in 2025

ESG Today

The vote follows the approval of the bill in August by the Senate , and marks the last major legislative step to the passage of the new climate reporting requirements into law. I introduced this Bill to support communities across Australia on the transition to a net zero emissions economy.

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Canada ranks dead last among G7 on climate progress: Earth Index

Corporate Knights

Canada must make up for lost ground if it’s going to meet its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 45% from 2005 levels by 2030. The agriculture sector has seen emissions flatline since 2005, but a small GHG reduction in 2019 nudged it in the right direction. However, more needs to be done. So 2022 is a critical year.”.

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Aviation industry emissions are sky high - what is Canada doing about?

Corporate Knights

With Canada lagging far behind Europe and the United Kingdom in tackling carbon pollution from aviation, the country’s upcoming 10-year climate plan for the sector must be developed with public input and enforce a 30% emissions reduction target by 2030, climate advocates say.

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