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Bloomberg Publishes 2021 Impact Report

3BL Media

Report highlights Bloomberg’s work to mobilize the markets to fight climate change and its company-wide efforts to boost climate action in the lead up to COP26 Glasgow. This includes a 32% reduction in Scope 1+2 emissions (target: 80%) and a 77% 1 reduction in Scope 3 emissions (target: 20%) from a 2018 baseline. SOURCE: Bloomberg.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Campaigners maintain that stronger ambition is required given that the 2030 target the IMO is working towards — a 40 percent reduction in carbon-intensity emissions — is not aligned with the Paris Agreement in the first place. As the U.K. has a role to play in pushing for the highest possible ambition at this week's talks.

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Voluntary Carbon Market to Grow in 2022

Chris Hall

Though the VCM is made up of private sector actors and does not directly contribute to countries reaching their climate change mitigation goals under the Paris Agreement, it does indirectly contribute to overall higher climate change mitigation ambition,” said Refinitiv. “By Total issuances were 368Mt, up 65% on Q4 2020.

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Think Global, Act Local

Chris Hall

Alongside its many harrowing and destructive impacts, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has provided an unintentional boost to the aims of COP26. From Paris to Kunming. The 2015 Paris Agreement set a single goal, of keeping climate change to 2°C above pre-industrial levels, albeit modified in 2018 to 1.5°C Article 2.1.c

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Key Messages from the Zero Emissions Solutions Conference 

Sustainable Development Network

After successful events at COP22 , COP23 , COP24 , and COP25 , this year, SDSN virtually hosted the Zero Emissions Solutions Conference (ZESC) , formerly the “Low-Emissions Solutions Conference,” on the sidelines of COP26 from November 1-5, 2021. It can also improve the economic and financial stability and reduce inequality post-COVID.”

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Zero Waste vs. Climate Change: Why Waste Reduction Offers a Key Opportunity for Climate Action Through Private Enterprise

James Militzer

Celsius target adopted in the Paris Agreement. billion tonnes by 2050 – an increase of roughly 70% over the global total in 2018. Waste reduction and management, while not glamorous, are increasingly seen as low-hanging fruit as the world seeks climate solutions that can help keep global warming below the 1.5°

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The Adaptation Agenda: Preparing Investors for a 1.5°C+ World

Chris Hall

In the wake of COP26, and with the 27 th edition in sight, the latest IPCC assessment reports [1,2] starkly highlight the risks we are facing if we fail to curb greenhouse gases emissions. C objective of the Paris Agreement would of course significantly limit these impacts. With global surface temperatures already 1.1°C