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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

IMO member states are meeting this week for critical talks to discuss how the carbon-intensive shipping industry can be regulated to meet its 2030 climate target of reducing its carbon emissions intensity by 40 percent compared to 2008 levels. As the U.K. has a role to play in pushing for the highest possible ambition at this week's talks.

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Going green: The future of hydrogen energy

Renewable Energy World

This year’s COP26 summit is widely viewed as one of the last chances to fulfil the 2015 Paris climate agreement and ensure meaningful progress is made towards tackling our net zero targets and the climate emergency. He joined Logan Energy Limited in 2008 as Director of Operations and became Managing Director and CEO in 2012.

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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

The landmark Paris Agreement was forged in the corridors of COP21 back in 2015. According to a report by the London-based NGO Global Witness, 503 fossil fuel lobbyists attended the COP26 meeting in Glasgow in 2021. In 2008, Article 5.3 Now, a decade later, as global temperatures rise past the critical 1.5C

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COP27: Up Against the Clock on Carbon Trading

Chris Hall

Following the eleventh-hour agreement on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement at COP26 , it is hoped that COP27 will provide further momentum toward establishing a coherent and credible framework for carbon trading. . “A The final CCPs and assessment frameworks will be published by the end of this year. . “So

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ESG Explainer: China’s Climate Challenge

Chris Hall

At the same time, China is claiming the games are the first carbon-neutral Olympics, an achievement reached by a combination of retrofitting buildings from the 2008 summer games, renewable power and the use of non-internal combustion engine vehicles. billion kilowatts by 2030. GtCO2e in 2020 and set to reach 13.2-14.5