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What effect will the “Code Red” climate report have on COP26?

Renewable Energy World

Anybody who’s watched the news over the past month will know that the effects of climate change are becoming too pressing to ignore. Put together by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the comprehensive report confirms that “it is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, oceans, and land.”

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‘Urgent action’ needed if Scotland’s transport sector is to meet net zero targets, according to new report

Envirotec Magazine

The report further noted worrying transport and aviation trends – as outlined in the Committee on Climate Change progress report to the Scottish Government, published in December – including the total distance travelled by road vehicles in Scotland increasing steadily since 2011 at an average rate of 1.7 per cent per year.

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Mitigating Climate Change Due to Methane From Natural Gas

3BL Media

Methane is a primary component in natural gas and a contributor to climate change. Why is reducing methane emissions so important to climate change mitigation? This powerful warming effect causes experts to believe that cutting methane emissions is critical to mitigating climate change.

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A Dignity First Corporate Demand for Climate Action

Sustainable Round Table

To answer that question, in the final days of COP27, I published Dignity First Climate Leadership. The UN Human Rights Council unanimously approved the Ruggie Framework and subsequently endorsed the formalised United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) in 2011.”8

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The Current State of Play on Financing Loss and Damage

Chris Hall

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that even if the world rapidly decarbonises, greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere and current emissions trends will make some significant climate impacts unavoidable through 2040. Since 2000 , over four billion lives have been impacted and US$2.9

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Podcast: Beyond the Scope of Climate Pledges

3BL Media

Sumit, Jeannie, and Vincent discuss the actual impact of climate pledges post-COP26, the means to accelerate the energy transition, and how private-public partnerships are playing a key role in it. Collective climate action. The fight against climate change is too much for companies and governments to handle alone.

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Meet the 50 fastest-growing green companies in Canada

Corporate Knights

Last fall, an ambitious survey covering 10 countries found that 84% of young people aged 16 to 25 are at least “moderately worried” about climate change – and 59% are extremely worried. They don’t see the “adults” – in business or government – making any of the hard decisions required to avoid the climate crisis. Next Hydrogen.

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