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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

The landmark Paris Agreement was forged in the corridors of COP21 back in 2015. They could have an amazing impact on accelerating decarbonization, but theyve decided not to do it. According to a report by the London-based NGO Global Witness, 503 fossil fuel lobbyists attended the COP26 meeting in Glasgow in 2021.

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Bond Investors Can Help Hold Companies Accountable Post COP26

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: The United Nations Glasgow Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, concluded in November with 200 nations signing the Glasgow Climate Pact (GCP), an agreement that could accelerate climate action and drive big carbon cuts. COP26 Reflects Increased Drive for Climate Action . SOURCE: AllianceBernstein. The problem?

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How Green Methanol Can Help Decarbonize the Chemical Industry

Sphera

Decarbonization progress has not kept pace to achieve targets set by the 2015 Paris Agreement, and last November, at COP26 in Glasgow, nations pledged to adjust their CO2 emissions targets by 2030 in an effort to realign with the goal of net zero by 2050. Methanol as a Cornerstone of Decarbonization.

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COP26: Companies need certainty on climate progress with robust rules for the Global Stocktake

We Mean Business Coalition

Many of the major announcements unveiled by governments and the private sector so far at COP26 demonstrate that progress is underway. There is potential for this to be ironed out at COP26. . COP26 must deliver robust rules on the Global Stocktake in 2023. . COP26 LIVE BLOG: ALL IN FOR 1.5ºC. C, according to?

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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. Production costs. To achieve that goal, three quarters of our electricity will need to be sourced from clean energy.

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Mitigating Climate Change Due to Methane From Natural Gas

3BL Media

are both signatories to the Global Methane Pledge (GMP), an initiative launched at COP26 in 2021, through which countries commit to taking voluntary action to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030, relative to a 2020 baseline. Voluntary efforts Canada and the U.S. Created in November 2020, OGMP 2.0 Read more

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From Net Zero to Net Positive

Sustainable Round Table

This work is being done even as some highlight the abuses of the “Net Zero” framework that was developed in the years preceding the IPCC’s 2015 Paris Climate Agreement that focused world attention on the need for global Net Zero Emissions by 2050. C, actions UN Secretary Antonio Guterres called “immoral” and “suicidal.”.