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Reversing Climate Change is Possible — But First, We Need to Democratise Climate Finance

James Militzer

MAY 31, 2024

You sigh with relief knowing that the world had accomplished something no one thought was possible: We’d turned back the clock on climate change. Much of the current conversation around climate change focuses on the obstacles that make the problem so difficult to solve.

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A new Swedish iron processing project could disrupt the global steel industry

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 17, 2020

However, the company’s plan to invest up to $46 billion over the next 15–20 years to expand into an emissions-free iron process being piloted in Northern Sweden is big news for Sweden, the global steel industry and future generations around the world. The steel industry contributes directly to 7% of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

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Global emissions from energy are flat. Now what ?

Edouard Stenger

MARCH 20, 2017

There are still reasons to cheer in our fight against climate change. According to the respected International Energy Agency’s new report, global greenhouse gases emissions from energy remained flat in 2016 while the global economy grew by 3.1 Global emissions from the energy sector stood at 32.1

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The road to nowhere? World Road Congress highlights conflicting challenges and an uncertain route to the future

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The impacts of the climate crisis, the war in Ukraine, a weak global economy, and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have revealed weaknesses and hindered progress towards the Goals. The warmest eight years have all been since 2015, with 2016, 2019 and 2020 constituting the top three.

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Ambitious partnerships on climate action are taking root and bearing fruit

GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Despite the reductions in air travel and the global economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, climate change sadly has not slowed down this past year. We have only until 2030 to get things on track for a net-zero and nature-positive economy — this should sharpen our minds for action. Climate Change.

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The world has consumed half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials since the Paris Agreement

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2022

The throwaway global economy is fuelling the climate crisis with more than half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials consumed since the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a report from impact organisation Circle Economy launched on 19 January. billion tonnes in 2016 but passed 100 billion in 2019 and is estimated at 101.4

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G7 leaders must show leadership in the race to competitive clean economies

We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 13, 2024

It’s a chance not merely to discuss but to initiate decisive action on climate change — an endeavour critical to the future health of our planet and economies. Climate change isn’t a distant threat, it’s a pressing challenge that demands urgent action.

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MSCI Moves to Innovate ESG and Climate Offering

Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Mattison has more than 20 years of sustainable finance experience and previously served as President of S&P Global’s Sustainable1 unit. He was CEO of climate analytics company Trucost from 2001 until it was acquired by S&P Global in 2016.

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Solutions at the Heart of COP22

Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The 22nd United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) successfully brought together climate experts, NGOs, and high-level government delegates to operationalize the Paris Agreement, which entered into force on November 4, 2016.

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What is the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi)?

Sphera

APRIL 21, 2022

In 2016 the earth’s average temperature was the warmest since recordkeeping began in 1880. The scientific community holds strongly recommends that the average global temperature increase must be limited to increase be limited to 1.5 °C C - 2° C compared to the pre-industrial era, to prevent the damaging effects of climate change.

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A Blueprint for Closing the SDG Financing Gap: How to Raise $290 Billion in 12 Months to Tackle the World’s Biggest Problems

James Militzer

APRIL 19, 2023

Today, a massive climate and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) financing gap still persists — and even after the SDGs and Paris Agreement laid out a critical role for the private sector in 2016, the subsequent years have brought only modest increases in private investment mobilization. trillion — up from $2.5 trillion pre-pandemic.

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Learning From a Global Pandemic to ‘recouple economic and social progress’ – A View from Nigeria (Part 2)

Sense and Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Ken Fullerton , a fellow 2017 Young Global Changer recently caught up with her to discuss a Nigerian perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic and more broadly how countries and the world can recouple economic and social progress’ coming out if this crisis (click here to read the first part of the interview).

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Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020

GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

The green groups behind the report have warned of an "alarming disconnect" between the global scientific consensus on climate change and the ongoing practices of the world's leading banks. The banking sector maintains that serious change is afoot. And yet, today's report comes within hours of the U.K.

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Little Things Make a Big Difference

Chris Hall

JUNE 23, 2023

These threats — such as commodity agriculture, climate change and overfishing — are specific to every land and seascape. But all forms of ecosystem degradation have one thing in common: When people hurt ecosystems, they also hurt economies, biodiversity and the climate. The economy suffered a loss of US$16 billion.

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World’s first high-level science initiative dedicated to the survival of the Amazon launches today

Sustainable Development Network

JULY 24, 2020

"The conservation of the Amazon is critical not only for the survival of the 35 million people and the thousands of species who live there, but for the planet,” said Santos, Nobel Peace Prize 2016 and former President of Colombia. Only science and the unique knowledge of indigenous communities can save our rainforest.

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State of Corporate Conservation 2023: The Journey Towards Nature Positivity

3BL Media

JULY 27, 2023

That loss would be a massive hit to the global economy. The framework sets out an ambitious pathway to reach the global vision of a world living in harmony with nature by 2050. In 2016, I attended COP13 as part of the WHC delegation of two people. I have to clarify that the U.S.

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Global Cleantech Jobs on the Rise

Sense and Sustainability

JULY 21, 2020

Propelled by reduced production costs and the looming threat of climate change, demand for renewable energy and efficiency is increasing across the globe. From 2016 to 2017, solar jobs grew by 24.5 percent higher than the equivalent jobs in 2016, indicating a gain of about 550,000 jobs. million jobs to the global economy.

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Degrowth and the Global Movement for Environmental Justice

EJOLT

AUGUST 23, 2016

This interview with Joan Martinez Alier and Federico Demaria, from the research team of the Environmental Science and Technology Institute (ICTA) of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) explains how a global movement for environmental justice has risen. They also make the connection with the global economy and the need for degrowth.

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Public Pension Plans Face up to Politicisation

Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Pension funds are confronted with immense pressures such as meeting their liabilities, managing deficits, navigating turbulent global economies, and coping with growing regulatory burdens. California’s proposed divestment laws addresses the systemic risk of climate change, he says. It can be an uneasy relationship.

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

JANUARY 4, 2022

Environmental successes are easily overlooked in a world ravaged by climate change, biodiversity loss, an ongoing global pandemic and attacks against democracy. The dystopian legacy of the former president is becoming increasingly clear to all but the willfully ignorant as is his politicization of climate change and COVID.

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