ESG Today

AUGUST 11, 2022

Luxury brand Burberry announced today that its climate goals have been approved by the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) as meeting the criteria to keep global warming to 1.5°C C in line with the Paris Agreement. C warming ambition, as required to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. Climate Strategy. Various climate change-related placards carried by protesters at the Global Climate Strike Rally and March in downtown San Francisco in September 2019. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4 BusinessGreen. Shutterstock.

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ESG Today

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Nakagawa joins Microsoft after serving in the Biden administration White House as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Climate and Energy on the National Security Council, where she played a leadership role on international and domestic climate initiatives, including working on the U.S.’

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 20, 2021

The r ecent report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change clearly outlines that climate change is widespread, intensifying, and ‘unequivocally’ caused by human activities. In order to prevent extreme heatwaves, rising sea levels, droughts, and other effects of climate change, urgent action must be taken.

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Sense and Sustainability

DECEMBER 8, 2021

and 1 degrees to spare if we are to meet the global targets outlined in the Paris Agreement. degree) to prevent catastrophic changes in the climatic system seems unlikely. As one of the most vulnerable nations to climate change, not surprisingly, adaptation is a priority.

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ESG Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The new indices each provide expertise via the Transition Pathway Initiative’s (TPI) dataset to assess companies’ readiness for the climate transition. FTSE Russell launched its initial TPI Climate Transition Index in 2020.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The report aims to increase transparency and inform priorities ahead of the COP28 climate summit, where countries will conclude the first ‘stocktake’ of global progress toward the Paris Agreement and deliver policy recommendations to encourage governments to ratchet up their climate plans.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In the two years since the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement , what progress has the world made on climate change? The primary outcomes of this year’s COP include: 1) the Paris Agreement Work Programme (PAWP); 2) the Talanoa Dialogue; and 3) the Pre-2020 action and ambition.

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3BL Media

MARCH 30, 2022

March 30, 2022 /3BL Media/ - New assessments released today by Climate Action 100+, the world’s largest investor engagement initiative on climate change, show some corporate climate progress against key climate indicators, but find much more action is urgently needed from focus companies to support global efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Disclosure and analysis mus t drive t he “ul t ima t e goal” of real-world change wi t hin companies , says David Russell, Chair of t he T ransi t ion Pa t hway Ini t ia t ive. The initiative does this by providing investors and other stakeholders with valuable information and insights into how companies are responding to climate change.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. If we lose that battle, the world will give up a lot of the gains that we’ve had and perhaps many we could have in areas like environment and climate change.".

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

This week has been an eye-opener for the dramatic and devastating effects caused by the climate crisis with record temperatures, raging fires and the inevitable deaths among the more vulnerable. The Clean Cooling Collaborative is an initiative of ClimateWorks Foundation which launched as the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (K-CEP) in 2017.

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3BL Media

JUNE 21, 2022

We are committed to combating climate change and empowering makers.". The 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking is based on 155 ESG factors in eight pillars: climate change, employee relations, environment, finance, governance, human rights, stakeholders and society and ESG performance.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The fight against climate change is a story half-written, and so far, big, powerful economies have mostly been the ones to tell it. That needs to change. Yet the goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement is to limit long-term temperature increases to well below 2 degrees—preferably 1.5 By Maria Teresa Zappia.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 2, 2019

of the Paris Agreement), to which several FABLE country teams are already contributing. of the Paris Agreement), to which several FABLE country teams are already contributing. The FABLE analyses will also assess international spillover effects to ensure that national pathways are consistent with global objectives.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 14, 2024

CA100+ was established in 2017 as an investor-led initiative aiming to collectively support the goals of the Paris Agreement by challenging the large corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters to take action on climate change.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Countries are obligated to report their greenhouse gas emissions to international bodies such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, but recent studies suggest that the current methods for calculating methane emissions rely on outdated and incomplete information and may not accurately represent actual emissions.

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Sustainable Development Network

APRIL 28, 2020

About FABLE In late 2017, SDSN and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) launched the Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land Use, and Energy (FABLE) Pathways Consortium to bring together leading research institutions forming more than 20 country and regional teams.

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Sense and Sustainability

JUNE 9, 2021

“Climate Action” is the thirteenth of the United Nations’ seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Climate action via implementation of the Paris Agreement is critical to the success of climate change mitigation, adaptation, and achieving other related SDGs. April 14 2017). Personal Interview.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has increased investor representation on its global steering committee, adding Phoenix Group Head of Stewardship Valeria Piani alongside five others to further expand its geographic experience and expertise.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

When the initiative launched at the end of 2017, just five of the focus companies had set net zero commitments. Going forward, the initiative aims to launch additional thematic projects, including fixed income engagement on climate change, the use of offsetting, and engagement strategies for state-owned companies in certain markets.

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Chris Hall

JULY 29, 2022

Given that ESG concerns are nudging towards the top of the agenda for all boards, it is no wonder that pension funds, as significant investors, have been tasked with upping their governance and disclosures in relation to climate-related risks. . one other metric which relates to climate change of the trustees’ choosing. .

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Renewables 2024 report, the IEA’s flagship annual publication on the sector, seems to find that the world is set to add more than 5,500 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable energy capacity between 2024 and 2030 – almost three times the increase seen between 2017 and 2023. times its 2022 level by 2030.

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 23, 2018

In late 2017, SDSN and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) launched the Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land Use and Energy (FABLE) Pathways Consortium to bring together leading research institutions which form more than 20 country and regional teams.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 30, 2023

But successful cases can catalyse substantial advancements in climate change policy, said Higham, citing the Urgenda Foundation v The State of the Netherlands case.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In late 2017, SDSN and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) launched the Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land Use and Energy (FABLE) Pathways Consortium. FABLE brings together leading research institutions from more than 20 country and regional teams. Source: Christine Daum-Farber and Nelson Farber for 3sat.

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Stanford Social Innovation

MARCH 30, 2022

Globally, the IPCC anticipates that CDR will play a critical role in achieving Paris Agreement targets, estimating billions of tons per year will need to be removed by midcentury to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. At present, however, the CDR market is still nascent. Here and Now.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 30, 2024

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Chris Hall

JUNE 30, 2023

Much of its £14 billion debt pile was built up under the ownership of Australian bank Macquarie, but its current investors – including Canada’s OMERS and the UK’s USS – have not seen a dividend since buying into the company in 2017. They’ve also agreed to fund an eight-year transformation programme to the tune of £1.5

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The Ocean Race measured microplastics in the last edition of the round-the-world Race in 2017-18 in a pioneering move that combined racing and science. The ocean plays a critically important role in climate regulation. Three of the samples (two from the Channel and one from the Mediterranean Sea) contained microfibres exclusively.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 30, 2023

Sachs and operates through offices in New York, Paris, and Kuala Lumpur. In 2017, the SDSN joined other organizations to form the Food and Land Use (FOLU) Coalition with a shared vision to help transform food and land use systems. Sachs depuis ses quartiers généraux à New York, Paris et Kuala Lumpur.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 31, 2022

The requirements stem from the 2017 recommendations of the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a forum set up in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, and specifically the board’s Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD). There will be a challenge to find the time and resources.”. Cabove pre-industrial levels.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Gas companies have been able to “regularly gain an audience with EU policymakers”, said Vivek Parekh, Climate Change Analyst at InfluenceMap. Investors have been more closely scrutinising companies’ climate-related lobbying activities. Behind closed doors. Ripple effect.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A glaring improvement on the 2015 Paris Agreement, which didn’t mention fossil fuels, the treaty resolution proposes a global plan to halt the expansion of hydrocarbon production and then phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible. This climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis. we need to call that out.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 14, 2020

December marks the five-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement — a turning point for the movement to limit dangerous climate change and environmental destruction. These leaders understood the direct linkage between climate change and financial risk. On the fifth anniversary of the TCFD, a call to action.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 19, 2024

Instead of training high school students for an industry that the world is transitioning away from, we need education on energy alternatives and ways of addressing climate change impacts. C, as agreed upon in the Paris Agreement , countries must reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions 45 per cent by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.

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Corporate Knights

MAY 27, 2024

During his two decades in Parliament, Poilievre voted in favor of the environment and climate action just 13 times, DeSmog calculates based on a comprehensive list detailing every House of Commons vote he’s made as a federal politician. But we don’t have a credible climate plan now from the Liberals.” Read the original story here.

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