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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. . Still more companies joined the New York Declaration on Forests in 2014. There are 1.6

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1.5°C “Goalposts” Must Not Be Moved Post-COP28

Chris Hall

C temperature increase are moved it could jeopardise investor attempts to reach Paris Agreement targets. C world has already had significant impacts including droughts and wildfires. “At COP26 the message was let’s keep 1.5°C Speakers at a Morningstar COP28 media roundtable stressed if the “goalposts” of a 1.5°C

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Amazon’s massive renewable energy portfolio just got a lot bigger

Renewable Energy World

“Significant investments in renewable energy globally are an important step in delivering on The Climate Pledge, our commitment to reach net-zero carbon by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement.". At COP26, the world agreed we needed bigger and bolder ambitions around global carbon reduction from all sectors. "The

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

International cooperation is the goal of the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) and despite being dismissed as a failure, the final agreement at COP26 emphasized the importance of nature and ecosystems, including protecting forests and biodiversity. At COP26 the world took a step back from fossil fuels for the first time.