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Observers reflect on a disappointing COP26

Envirotec Magazine

The COP26 Youth Climate Protest in Glasgow on 5 November (image credit: PMGphotog / Shutterstock.com). While COP25 in Madrid had seen the launch of many such schemes by big polluters like Shell, Total and BP, with COP26 we could now see these schemes taking a central place in the draft agreement. Carbon capture.

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Australia at COP28 Climate Diary

John Englart

I have attended four previous COPs (2015-2019) in person. For COP26 Glasgow in 2021 and COP27 Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt in 2022, I This is my digital diary of Australia at COP28 in Dubai.

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HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century

GreenBiz

Ben Caldecott, director of the Oxford sustainable finance program and COP26 strategy adviser for finance, hailed the announcement as a "big deal," noting that HSBC faced particular challenges due to its being more exposed to emerging markets than many of its peers.

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Meet the Climate Scientists Taking Arctic Icebergs-in-a-Bottle to Glastonbury

3BL Media

They’ve taken these bottles ( as well as a four-tonne melting iceberg from Greenland ) and set up camp (literally) at a handful of world events such as COP26 , the Davos World Economic Forum, and, in a matter of days, Glastonbury. Tell me more about the bottled water you took to COP26. That is a lot of meltwater.

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Updated climate commitments ahead of COP26 summit fall far short, but net zero pledges provide hope, says UNEP report

Envirotec Magazine

Released ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), the latest round of climate talks taking place in Glasgow, the report finds that net zero pledges could make a big difference. However, CO2 and non-CO2 emissions in 2021 are expected to rise again to a level only slightly lower than the record high in 2019. per cent in 2020.

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Ithaca, New York launches first city-wide electrification effort in the U.S.

Renewable Energy World

The project is in line with Ithaca's Green New Dea l, which the city approved in 2019 to address climate change, economic inequality, and racial injustice. "At

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Energy Forward - CEO Letter

3BL Media

The world has changed dramatically since Baker Hughes made its net-zero commitment in 2019. To date, we have achieved a 23% reduction in our Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions versus our 2019 base year, and we have expanded base year and annual value chain (Scope 3) emissions reporting. Principles.

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