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Corporations promise to go deforestation-free – again

Corporate Knights

A laundry list of corporate pledges and climate solutions are on discussion boards here, and one message comes up again and again: there is no meeting Paris Agreement climate targets without halting forest loss. .

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UN Report Finds Global Climate Plans Insufficient to Hit 1.5 Degree Goal

ESG Today

Current climate plans from the 193 signatory nations to the Paris Agreement are insufficient to achieve the goal to limit warming to 1.5°C, by 2030, compared to 2010 levels, this marked a significant improvement over last year’s assessment of a 13.7% degrees Celsius world.”.

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Consumers Are Willing To Pay for Sustainability – Are Businesses Doing Their Part?

3BL Media

While consumer action is helpful, climate experts say the actions of businesses are far more important in reducing carbon emissions to meet the ambitious targets set by the Paris Agreement in 2016 (45% reduction by 2030 from 2010 levels and net zero by 2050).

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Technology not growing fast enough to decarbonize steel and cement industries by 2050

Envirotec Magazine

To meet zero-emission targets under the Paris Agreement, countries, cities, and industries are depending on new large-scale infrastructure for CO2 transport and storage, renewable electricity and green hydrogen. One slight problem: The quantities of steel and cement required for such projects.

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Cascale Expands Manufacturer Climate Action Program

3BL Media

Through its Decarbonization Program, Cascale’s objective is to cut global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the textile, apparel, and footwear industry by 45 percent from 2010 levels by 2030, with the ultimate goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. MCAP offers a robust framework, providing useful support and clear criteria.

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COP27 litmus test: Will wealthy countries finally pay for climate change loss and damage?

Corporate Knights

And thanks to a concerted program of distraction and delay by the developed world, it wasn’t until 18 years later, at COP16 in 2010, that the UNFCCC decided to formally “assess and address climate related loss and damage.”. But the AOSIS proposal went nowhere.

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IPCC issues final warning about ‘rapidly closing window of opportunity’

Corporate Knights

Between 2010 and 2019, the cost of wind turbines, solar panels, and lithium ion batteries fell 55%, 85%, and 85%, respectively, while solar deployment grew more than tenfold and electric vehicle use increased more than 100-fold. And that’s a very good message.” The dangers of overshooting 1.5°C