John Englart

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

It is published ahead of the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 28). This is the 14th Emissions Gap Report.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2023 Emissions Gap Report – aptly titled ‘Broken Record’ – clearly states that the world is a long way from limiting global warming to 1.5°C The ‘ 2023 LT-LEDS Synthesis Report ’ said that 97% of assessed LT-LEDS include adaptation-related information.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Thu, 01/05/2023 - 15:45. Despite two weeks of COP27 climate talks, few commitments were made by world leaders to put us on a path to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis. Passionate about science, SBTi and addressing climate change. Reflecting on COP27 and Rallying for SBTi. Type of Content.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 31, 2025

Nature loss exacerbates climate change, undermines food security and puts people and communities at risk. We must act fast to reverse biodiversity loss time is not on our side (WWF, 2023) The Rome meeting was the second bite of the cherry after talks broke down at COP16 in Cali last year.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Failure to focus on water-related issues risks derailing efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss. The UN has previously said that water and climate change are “inextricably linked”, with the latter “exacerbating” both water scarcity and water-related hazards, such as floods and droughts.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 16, 2023

The range of tools integrating physical and transition risks has expanded as a result, as has coverage of specific hazards.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Overlooked in most reports was HM Treasury’s conclusion that “any policy intervention from government to change fiduciary duty would be undesirable”, despite its acknowledgement of “a lack of clarity” around how the concept interacts with “sustainability and climate change considerations” among pension trustees.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

As of January 2023, green bonds had raised US$2.5 Also, the 2030 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework included a target to protect at least 30% of land and ocean globally by 2030 and in March 2023, the UN High Seas Treaty was agreed. trillion globally, according to the World Bank from a mere US$15 billion in 2013.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

This rebranding signals a sharpened focus on technologies and solutions that regenerate rather than deplete and that strengthen resilience, particularly for communities most impacted by climate change. Early-Stage Climate Investments Hold Strong: Within the climate tech space, early-stage investments have shown remarkable durability.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

C are far behind the “pace and scale” required, with experts calling for policymakers to close the global gap in climate action at COP28 later this month. Efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 4, 2023

As net zero strategies are taking shape and being implemented, governments , investors and companies are enlisting the natural world in the battle to combat the most catastrophic effects of climate change. There is reason for cautious optimism in 2023, as the conditions emerge to propel NbS up the agendas of stakeholders globally.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nevertheless, progress by the UNFCCC has been steady – a milestone was achieved at COP21 in Paris with the creation of the Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action, now the Global Climate Action Portal (GCAP), that highlights actions non-state actors are taking to address climate change.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Rising recognition of the vulnerabilities of EMDEs to climate change is increasing focus on scaling blended finance opportunities.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) was founded in June 2021 to provide a framework for corporations and financial institutions to assess, manage and report on their dependencies and impacts on nature beyond climate change. The TNFD formally launched its final recommendations on 18 September 2023.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

As negotiations unfolded at the Bonn Climate Change Conference earlier this month, the politicisation of an existential and global threat was clear to see. What made negotiators’ incremental progress even more frustrating was that the squabbling was underpinned by the realities of a rapidly warming planet.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 20, 2023

UN Climate Change’s NDC synthesis report found they would collectively only deliver a 5.3% C of climate change by 2100. Stronger wording might have been possible, but this was a big step in the right direction,” said Remco Fischer, Climate Lead, UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI).

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Nature does everything.” – the words of UNEP Executive Director Inger Anderson at Davos 2024 during a session exploring if the financial risks of climate change are under-priced. As a result, over 20,000 data points were collected since May 2023. This article first appeared in Forbes.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The ISSB’s climate and general sustainability standards, which were created to serve as a global baseline for reporting across jurisdictions, are expected to be finalised in early 2023. Target 15 will likely be realised through the TNFD framework , with the final version expected to be published September 2023. .

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Chris Hall

MAY 13, 2022

On the other side of the Atlantic, President Joe Biden’s administration has created new climate change units at agencies like the Treasury Department or the Federal Trade Commission to improve their efforts in regulating greenwashing. Science-aligned emissions reductions across all Scopes are fundamental to a credible climate strategy.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

“The alliance is doing exactly what it set out to do ,” Remco Fischer, Climate Lead at the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), told ESG Investor. Now that the rubber has hit the road, we are showing [how] promises have led to targets and targets have led to members taking action.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 22, 2025

Alongside climate change and pollution, overfishing is one of the biggest threats to our oceans yet the majority of the population is unaware of its meaning and implications. The first phase took place across 2023-24, supported by 35 investors representing US$6.5 trillion in combined assets.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

“However, mining will still be needed, no matter how efficient we become in closing that loop.” Rising material extraction has shrunk global circularity from 9.1% in 2018, to 8.6% in 2020, and now 7.2%

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2023

In March 2021, the Align project was also launched, led by the United Nation’s Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and funded by the European Commission.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 16, 2023

Many [investors] claim the true cost of climate change has not been priced in even now,” he says. LGIM’s Stansbury emphasises that, when it comes to tackling climate change, it’s best for investors to “prepare and plan – don’t predict”. C of global warming by 2100 – and between 2.4-2.6°C

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Vicki Bakshi, Climate Strategist at Columbia Threadneedle, outlines the key items on the agenda in Dubai and the predicted outcomes. Representatives from more than 200 governments will gather in the shadow of the Burj Khalifa from the 30 November for the 28th round of global climate change negotiations.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 10, 2025

Former UNEP FI head of risk David Carlin calls for a refocus on reducing carbon emissions at COP30 and doubles down on the concept of carbon markets. Despite international efforts to combat climate change, the EUs Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has confirmed 2024 as the hottest year on record.

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