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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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ESG Explainer: China’s Climate Challenge

Chris Hall

China’s 14 th Five Year Plan , which was approved in March 2021, targets a decline in energy and carbon intensity of 13.5% 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. billion kilowatts by 2030.

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

Sustainable Development Network

Regarding climate change, the US is marked “critically insufficient” for 1.5°C C Paris-agreement compatible climate action according to the November 2020, Climate Action Tracker. Yet the SDGs are something we have all agreed on. They are humanity’s goals for 2030.

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What is COP26? Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit

Renewable Energy World

12, 2021, after a one-year postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Why are world leaders so focused on climate change? Countries are required under the Paris Agreement to update their national climate action plans every five years, including at COP26. The world is not on track to meet the Paris goal.

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The ESG Explainer: Advance Australia, Finally

Chris Hall

The country says based on 2021 emissions projections it is on track to reduce emissions by up to 35% below 2005 levels by 2030. Climate Action Tracker (CAT) argues that Australia does not have a net zero target, arguing the federal government’s mid-century goal is not backed up by concrete commitments. billion in 2021.

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Climate in Motion

Chris Hall

Canadian Liberal MP Ryan Turnbull outlines the importance of building consensus to stimulate debate on environmental issues and accelerate climate-related policy. Canada has made slow progress on tackling climate change.