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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

GreenBiz

Global average temperatures are now about 1.2 degrees C cap on average warming that governments pledged to aim for when they signed the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement to avoid dangerous climate change. In the Arctic, temperatures are rising at twice the global rate. degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

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Accelerating Climate Action

3BL Media

This year, the company was represented by a team of leaders, including Scott Tew, vice president of Sustainability; Jose La Loggia, president of Commercial HVAC EMEA; Helen Walter-Terrinoni, director of global climate policy; and Adnan Javed, general manager of Commercial HVAC for the Middle East. Is the agreement perfect? Of course not.

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How European Climate Policy Can Bolster Energy Efficiency Measures

3BL Media

We’re on a pathway to global warming of more than double the 1.5°C C target set out under the Paris Agreement in 2015. Energy systems are, consequently, becoming more decentralized, digitized and decarbonized. The findings could scarcely be starker. EU regulators are responding to this challenge.

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HSBC, Standard Chartered, other Major Banks Exit SBTi

ESG Today

Founded in 2015, SBTi was formed as a collaboration between CDP, World Resources Institute (WRI), the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), with the goal to establish science-based environmental target setting as a standard corporate practice.

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Nasdaq Maintains a High Position in Chartis RiskTech100 Rankings

3BL Media

Anti-Financial Crime Market abuse, fraud, and money laundering is an enormous problem across the globe that costs trillions of dollars and contributes to systemic risks to the global economy. Significantly, ESG reporting is now being incorporated into formal accounting standards.

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Governments take note: science-based targets lead to faster emissions cuts, the right policy can cut them faster still

We Mean Business Coalition

The initiative has grown exponentially since the first pioneers set targets back in 2015. According to the report , 2,253 companies with a combined market cap of one third of the global economy – a total of $38trn – are now working with the SBTi. . G7 – and indeed all governments – should take note.

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Adoption of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda

Sustainable Development Network

On July 13-16, 2015, member states convened in Addis Ababa for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development. The Action Agenda provides a strong foundation for aligning financing flows and policies with the post-2015 agenda, and includes concrete commitments. ▶ Remarks by Treasury Secretary Jacob J.