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Banks flout net-zero targets to cash in on the next LNG boom

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Liquefied natural gas developers have expansion plans that could release 10 additional metric gigatons of climate pollution by 2030, and major banks and investors are enabling them to the tune of nearly $500 billion. In 2023 alone, 1,453 transactions were made between banks and LNG developers. above preindustrial levels.

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An authoratarian petrostate takes centre stage as COP29 host

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In 2024, COP29 must dig itself out of a bigger hole. Moreover, the UN’s visionary commitment to develop a more just, tolerant society as part of its Paris Agreement goals also looks shaky when it works with an authoritarian family dictatorship. Freedom House, a Washington, D.C.–based s score of 18/100).

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Meet the man most responsible for saving COP29 from irrelevancy

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But that’s the mandate of Simon Stiell, the former environment minister of Grenada who is now the United Nations’ climate chief – the man most responsible for achieving the Paris Agreement goal of limiting climate change to 1.5°C With little to no power to enforce compliance, Stiell has responsibility without authority.

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Ceres Welcomes Final Agreement at COP29 to Move the World Forward With Climate Action

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November 25, 2024 /3BL/ - Ceres President and CEO Mindy Lubber issued the following statement after COP29, as global negotiators at the climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, finalized an agreement to help keep the world on track to reduce pollution dangerously overheating the planet.

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Paris 2024: Setting New Standards in Sustainable and Inclusive Sport Events

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International Olympic Committee news The Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 have established new, and elevated existing, international standards in economic, social and environmental sustainability, which look set to transform the future of global sporting events. Paris 2024 is the first to benefit from these guidelines.

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KPMG at COP29 Agenda

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BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 13, 2024 /3BL/ - KPMG International invites you to be a part of a diverse range of sessions at COP29, which aim to facilitate meaningful exchanges on climate and sustainability issues. With sustainability and transparency at the forefront of the business landscape, the issue of greenwashing has emerged.

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Paris 2024: More Sustainable, More Useful, More Responsible

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“When the IOC put together the reforms of Olympic Agenda 2020, our ambition was to make the Games more sustainable, more responsible and useful for the host population,” said Tania Braga, IOC Head of Impact and Legacy, speaking at a joint IOC-Paris 2024 press briefing dedicated to sustainability and legacy.