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How to Engage With Suppliers to Join the 1.5°C Journey

3BL Media

Nearly three months after COP26, and six years after the Paris Agreement of 2015, why has so little happened to combat climate change, and how can businesses take action? We have just closed the doors behind COP26, yet another gathering of the big players of the world. In light of the newly launched 1.5°C Read the 1.5°C

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Concrete actions to increase the sustainability of food and land still missing from COP26 climate pledges 

Sustainable Development Network

A new report by SDSN’s Food, Environment, Land and Development (FELD) Action Tracker explores the extent to which key countries include transformations of food and land systems—necessary to meet both climate and Sustainable Development Goals—in their Nationally Determined Contributions submitted before COP26. To stay below 1.5°C

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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. By Bill Ireland, Logan Energy.

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Energy-Saving Water Technologies Could Bring the World Closer to Net Zero

3BL Media

During the recent COP26 climate negotiations , water as a mitigation tool received more attention than it had at previous talks. The city of Portland, Oregon, has used in-pipe units since 2015, saving enough energy to power several hundred homes. The fact is, however, that water also can play a powerful role in climate mitigation.

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Stockholm +50: Five Things You Need to Know

3BL Media

There was a lot of media attention around COP26 last year where world leaders gathered to continue the work to uphold the actions promised by the Paris Agreement, 2015. Now, 50 years after that Stockholm meeting, it’s time to reflect: have we done as much as we could have? Why is Stockholm +50 important? What is Stockholm +50?

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COP27 Initiatives Boost Deforestation Efforts

Chris Hall

Brazil, which contains over 12% of the world’s forests, has seen 420 million hectares of forest destroyed since 1990 and ten million hectares a year cleared between 2015-2020 alone. A greater focus on due diligence legislation among importer countries would put pressure on supply chains to eliminate deforestation.

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European Commission launches proposals to reach 55% emissions reduction by 2030

Sustainable Development Network

Moreover, the package comes at a crucial time with a few months to go before the world heads into a new round of climate diplomacy at COP26 in Glasgow. One of the key points of debate at COP26 will revolve around the role of carbon removal by natural sinks in the calculation of ‘net’ carbon emissions. tCO₂ in 2015.

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