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

Chris Hall

Former chair of the Committee on Climate Change Lord Deben believes the country can get back on track to net zero and regain its status as a global leader. When Glasgow hosted COP26 in 2021, bringing together 120 world leaders and more than 40,000 participants, the UK was seen as a world leader in the battle against climate change.

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Ottawa vows to bring in methane emissions regs. Alberta promises to never implement them.

Corporate Knights

billion in “avoided global damages”, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) said in a release. We’re seeing here the beginning of a global movement toward almost eliminating methane emissions from the oil and gas sector,” Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault told reporters in Dubai. “As

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From Farm to Shelf: Mondel?z International Targets Net Zero Across the Value Chain By 2050

3BL Media

The net-zero target aligns with the company’s signing on to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Race to Net Zero initiative, which intends to mobilize businesses, governments and investors to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 in line with the Paris Climate Agreement’s goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5

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7 Companies Leading the Net Zero Energy Revolution

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Last year marked a global shift in corporations adopting low-carbon and net-zero pledges as experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference , COP26, declared that the climate crisis is at a critical inflection point. SOURCE: Antea Group. C commitment and 7,126 companies have joined the Race to Zero.

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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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Making the UK’s net zero target real: Professional services firm comments on progress

Envirotec Magazine

“With the UK hosting COP26 in Glasgow in 2020, the country’s actions will be under close scrutiny and there will be nowhere to hide if we fall short of doing our part,” said Kiran Sura of PwC. Between 2012 and 2016, peak coal phase-out years, the UK achieved an annual average rate of decarbonisation of 6.9%.

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CDL’s integrated sustainability report 2022 zeroes in on bolder decarbonisation targets 

Corporate Knights

Over S$34 million in energy savings from energy-efficient retrofitting and initiatives across all its commercial buildings from 2012 to 2021. As one of Singapore’s pioneers in real estate and green buildings, we have been proactively aligning our business with global and national goals to mitigate the negative impact of climate change.

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