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To achieve net-zero, let’s agree on one definition of success

GreenBiz

Reaching the 2015 Paris Agreement goals requires bold action from all sectors and levels of our society. In this refreshed, robust definition, a strategy for “Net-Zero” greenhouse gas emissions can earn its capital letters if it is: Fully-scoped , Science-based , Paris Agreement-compliant and Cumulative.

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COP29 Ends with Target to Triple Climate Finance to $300 Billion per Year

ESG Today

One of the key outcomes of the conference was an agreement on the creation of a New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG), aimed at aligning global financial flows with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, with nations agreeing that climate financing for developing nations should reach at least $1.3

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Four reasons to be hopeful about the planned global plastics treaty

Corporate Knights

Instead, it envisages a treaty akin to the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, which addresses greenhouse gas emissions. There is no equivalent provision in the Paris agreement. The Paris agreement includes a similar request with regards to adapting to climate change. Existing plastic pollution.

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Who are the top PR firms greenwashing Big Oil at COP29?

Corporate Knights

The climate plans of both companies, like those of the majority of the fossil fuel industry, are incompatible with the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement between nations to keep global heating “well below” 2 degrees Celsius (3.6

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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future

GreenBiz

McKinsey & Company declared carbon neutrality in 2018 and has set emissions reductions in line with the Paris Agreement, including a 60 percent reduction in purchased energy by 2030 and by 90 percent by 2050. It committed to delivering up to $1 billion in pro bono consulting work for social impact projects between 2015 and 2025. (So

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Are lawyers and accountants doing enough on climate change?

GreenBiz

The study analyzed litigation, transactional and lobbying work conducted from 2015 to 2019. For the first time, those organizations have the opportunity to verify their emissions reduction plans against the goals of the Paris Agreement. supported $1.316 trillion in transactions for the fossil fuel industry.

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Biodiversity and Nature High on Davos 2025 Agenda

3BL Media

The WEF reports that since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, the financial sector has been investing in teams and systems to handle sustainability issues, and they can now adapt those resources to address biodiversity.