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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

Coming at the end of what is going down as the hottest year on record, it was easy to feel that the annual meetings of signatories to the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), plus the circus of non-governmental organizations, lobbyists and negotiators that has grown up around them, have failed to deliver.

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How to Re-establish the UK’s Lead on Climate Change

Chris Hall

Former chair of the Committee on Climate Change Lord Deben believes the country can get back on track to net zero and regain its status as a global leader. When Glasgow hosted COP26 in 2021, bringing together 120 world leaders and more than 40,000 participants, the UK was seen as a world leader in the battle against climate change.

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What does digital art have to do with sustainability?

GreenBiz

Wed, 05/05/2021 - 01:30. Minutes before midnight March 22, two art collectors got into a heated bidding war at a charity auction for a climate organization. Beyond raising funds, the foundation aimed to raise awareness about the potential for digital technologies to address climate change, as well as their potential negative impact.

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COP27 litmus test: Will wealthy countries finally pay for climate change loss and damage?

Corporate Knights

It first entered the climate justice lexicon back in 1992, during negotiations leading to the original United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), when the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) submitted a proposal for a financial mechanism to address loss and damage from sea level rise.

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The World Bank cooks up a recipe for a climate-friendly food system: Cut red meat subsidies

Corporate Knights

Animal farming alone is responsible for 19% of all emissions, according to a 2021 study (although estimates vary). In 2021, the Canadian government allocated $1.7 The World Bank released the paper while countries party to the Paris Agreement are working to update their climate plans.

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Is the Competition Bureau's probe into RBC's climate claims a warning to other banks?

Corporate Knights

“If the Competition Bureau’s inquiry confirms that RBC’s statements are misleading and false, RBC could be forced to stop advertising itself as supporting the principles of the Paris Agreement and aiming to achieve net-zero emissions targets by 2050.”. Whether they’re doing so and backing it up with action is a different issue.”.

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Amazon aims to clean up aviation

GreenBiz

Wed, 01/27/2021 - 02:00. And climate change remains a big one. . Amazon aims to clean up aviation. Katie Fehrenbacher. The aviation sector in a pandemic has 99 problems. The industry aims to build back better, aware that it's one of the few sectors that hasn't yet embraced electrification.

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