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COP29 Ends with Target to Triple Climate Finance to $300 Billion per Year

ESG Today

One of the key outcomes of the conference was an agreement on the creation of a New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG), aimed at aligning global financial flows with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, with nations agreeing that climate financing for developing nations should reach at least $1.3

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Is it time to scrap COP?

Corporate Knights

While the success or failure of COPs often boils down to the substance of final pledges agreed to by negotiators, some academics suggest that failures like the 2009 Copenhagen COP have led to successes like the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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Expectations Going Into COP28

3BL Media

Serving as a negotiator to the series of Climate Change COP events since COP21 (2015), where the Paris Agreement was adopted, Dr Abdel-Aziz provided the Alliance with exclusive insight into landmark developments and prospects this year. I've been participating since COP 21 when the adoption of the Paris Agreement took place.

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COP30 and the business of conservation

We Mean Business Coalition

It is when 190+ countries will come together to review their national climate plans and investments 10 years after adopting the Paris Agreement and amid intensifying climate impacts and geopolitical tensions. However, challenges remain in ensuring that conservation efforts persist alongside agricultural intensification.

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$650 million investment is the biggest so far in direct air capture

Envirotec Magazine

” Formed in 2009, Climeworks is a prominent pioneer of DAC technology and describes itself as the most advanced industry player, with the world’s largest direct air capture and storage plant launched in September 2021.

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Delivering pledges to net zero essential if Paris targets to be met, says IEMA

Envirotec Magazine

On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Climate, news that the recent spate of pledges from major economies could put the world on course to meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals are encouraging, said sustainability membership organisation IEMA – but only if those pledges are acted upon.

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How to Re-establish the UK’s Lead on Climate Change

Chris Hall

Back then, I wouldn’t have believed that we would come so far in international collaboration on climate change, such as the Paris Agreement,” he said. However, we still haven’t done enough and the effects of climate change are so much more dangerous than we thought.”