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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. Launched in 2015 by a group of Pacific Island nations, the initiative now has the official support of 13 national governments and the European Parliament. Now, a decade later, as global temperatures rise past the critical 1.5C Shes changed her mind.

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Amazon to buy bio jet fuel to lower air cargo emissions

GreenBiz

Amazon's plans to decarbonize its shipping supply chain isn't just focused on electrifying its delivery vans. are shipped by trucks, but a small and rapidly growing segment of goods are shipped by planes. . This air cargo is not only one of the fastest-growing shipping methods, it's also one of the most carbon-intensive.

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Amazon Australia delivers on 100% recyclable packaging

Sustainability Matters

Many items are now also shipped without additional Amazon packaging,such as nappies,toilet rollsand soft drinks,reducing unnecessary materials. The company encourages third parties to use alternativepackaging options.

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TrinaSolar

GreenBiz

Through global growth, Trina achieved its first major milestone of 1GW of quarterly shipped capacity in 2015. Founded in 1997, the company rapidly expanded beyond its origins in China to become a global leader in the renewable energy industry.

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Maersk Withdraws Board Member from ICS for Climate Change Reasons

3BL Media

One of the largest shipping groups in the world, A.P. The group withdrew its member, Maersk executive and board member Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, from International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), following an annual revision of trade association memberships. Tweet me: @Acre reports one of the largest shipping groups in the world, A.P.

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How Dell and Levi's envision the future of repair

GreenBiz

With that mindset, Dillinger led the design of Levi’s innovative Wellthread shirts, jackets and jeans, which launched in 2015. In 2011, it introduced the use of mushroom-based cushioning to ship servers. People will resonate with that far more than with a disposable, unrepairable, unresolvable product.".

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Canada’s LNG industry says it will reduce Asian emissions. Prove it.

Corporate Knights

They argue that this country could actually take credit for some of those Asian GHG reductions under Article 6 of the 2015 Paris climate treaty, which allows for bilateral emissions trading. Essentially, Article 6 has become a green fig leaf to greenwash LNG exports.