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India Commits to 45% Emissions Intensity Reduction by 2030

ESG Today

NDCs are a major part of countries’ obligations under the Paris Agreement, outlining their interim commitments on the pathway to net zero. to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through forest and tree cover. to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through forest and tree cover.

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Commodity AND Security

Chris Hall

When global leaders gathered at COP26 last year, governments pledged ambitious 2030 emissions reduction targets to achieve net zero by 2050. Both launched in 2005 after the Kyoto Protocol, these systems led to the monetisation and commodification of carbon via the ‘cap-and-trade’ mechanism. The rise of the voluntary carbon market.

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ESG Explainer: China’s Climate Challenge

Chris Hall

This would put China within range of overachieving on its NDC non-fossil fuel targets, but it would be insufficient to meet the Paris Agreement 1.5C billion kilowatts by 2030. Independent analysts Climate Action Tracker estimate China’s emissions to have been 13.8 GtCO2e in 2020 and set to reach 13.2-14.5 limit for global warming.

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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

Furthermore, expansion to new sectors, faster cuts of the supply of allowances and other climate policies like EU’s fit-for-55 or COP26 adoption of Article 6 are pushing prices up. Offsetting is often hypocrisy, and it is swirling around at #COP26. People respond to incentives.” Offsetting is often a dangerous climate lie.

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The ESG Explainer: Advance Australia, Finally

Chris Hall

Australia adopted an economy-wide target of net zero emissions by 2050 in the run-up to COP26. Its interim target is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2030. The country says based on 2021 emissions projections it is on track to reduce emissions by up to 35% below 2005 levels by 2030.

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Is Missing 1.5°C the End of the World?

Chris Hall

C as possible, experts say. The IPR forecasts that climate policies put in place since COP26 set the world on a 1.8°C The most damning report of all, the IPCC AR6 Synthesis report , confirmed policy action remains insufficient to achieve the commitments made under the Paris Agreement , with the world hurtling towards a 1.5°C

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Filling Canada’s Policy Void

Chris Hall

This March, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a sustainable business forum in Vancouver “things have changed” since the country signed up to the Paris Agreement on climate change. This year, Canada introduced its 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan , which aims to achieve 40-45% emissions reductions below 2005 levels by 2030.