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How these oil and gas players are undermining climate action in Canada

Corporate Knights

Climate Action Tracker, a research group that follows the progress made by the countries that generate about 85% of global emissions, considers the climate policies Canada has drafted thus far to be “highly insufficient.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping. Tue, 10/20/2020 - 00:15. Cecilia Keating. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas.

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An Increasing Sense of Urgency

Chris Hall

According to figures published by The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance in 2021, Japan’s total sustainably invested assets stood at US$42,874 billion in 2020, representing a more than fivefold increase from 2016. These long-held principles of sustainability have filtered down to the world of investment. Significant progress.

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Our Sustainable Development Report Card Has Arrived. Did We Pass? 

Sustainable Development Network

At the global level, the average SDG Index Score for 2020 decreased from the previous year for the first time: a decline driven to a large extent by increased poverty rates and unemployment following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Regarding climate change, the US is marked “critically insufficient” for 1.5°C

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State and regional governments lead on renewable electricity generation – new report

Envirotec Magazine

However, despite state and regional climate targets for 2020 being on track, the report projects a slowing rate of emissions reductions over the next decade. vi] Climate Analytics and NewClimate Institute (2019) Climate Action Tracker. California, U.S. Catalonia, U.S.

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ESG Explainer: China’s Climate Challenge

Chris Hall

Other binding targets include increasing the share of days with good air quality in cities up to 87.5% (from 87% in 2020) and increasing forest coverage to 24.1%. At the Leaders Climate Summit in April 2021, President Xi Jinping announced that China would control coal generation until 2025 when it will start to gradually phase it out.

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Climate policy advocacy is incredibly powerful, but businesses must do more

We Mean Business Coalition

But to build a business case for deep and long-term investments, drive scale and turn targets into concrete action, companies rely on governments to provide an enabling policy environment and level playing field. . C according to Climate Action Tracker. To keep the world on track for 1.5°C