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Canada caught between climate obligations and dissent at home

Corporate Knights

The Net Zero Advisory Body (NZAB) – a group appointed by Guilbeault to help the government find a credible path to net-zero – is proposing that Ottawa set a 2035 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by between 50% and 55% below 2005 levels, a 10% increase from the current federal target for 2030.

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Inogen Alliance Presents at COP29 in Azerbaijan

3BL Media

This SVA framework, designed to evaluate the effects of climate change on water resources—from supply chains to distribution networks—has been applied in over 800 locations globally. Abdel-Aziz is currently the co-chair of Sharm El Sheikh Mitigation Ambition and Implementation Work Program under the Paris Agreement.

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2022 Global 100 Press Release

Corporate Knights

According to analysis by S&P Capital IQ, the Corporate Knights Global 100 Index is the best performing global sustainability equity index since its inception in 2005 and is also ahead of its blue-chip benchmark. For example, cars must be fully electric now to qualify, whereas in prior years, hybrids were counted as clean. C, SBTi A+.

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New Sustainable Energy Factbook shows 2020 was ‘blockbuster’ year for renewables in America

Renewable Energy World

This fall in emissions (see Figure 1) is the most significant on record and puts the United States on track to meet its 2025 Paris Agreement commitment, though energy demand and emissions are expected to rebound with widespread vaccinations in 2021. emissions sank 9% to end 2020 20% below 2005 levels as result of the pandemic.

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4 Steps Your Company Can Take to Move Toward Net Zero

B the Change

Basically, net zero means that a company’s operations — including supply chain, products and services — are not increasing the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. The idea of net zero gained attention at the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate, with the goal for global emissions to reach net zero by 2050.

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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 The country also controls the global EV battery supply chain, including 80% of the world’s raw material refining and 60% of its battery component manufacturing.

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

Carlos Sanchez

Companies release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere due to their operations and supply chain. These higher prices of allowances are a key signal for companies to push for decarbonisation as demonstrated by the 35% emission reductions in installations covered by the ETS between 2005 and 2019.