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From Ambition to Action

Chris Hall

As countries begin the countdown to the 16 th UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP16) in Colombia later this year, the pressure is mounting on governments to develop ambitious – and credible – plans to halt or reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. It also recommended policy actions for risk mitigation.

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Five Reasons Your Company Needs A Climate Transition Action Plan

We Mean Business Coalition

Countries are starting to bend the curve of global greenhouse emissions downwards, according to the UN , and the latest International Energy Agency data suggests global emissions from energy may be starting to plateau. Emissions continue to rise despite the latest reports showing they need to be cut by 43% by 2030.

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3 Sustainability Leaders (That Are Saving The World)

Carlos Sanchez

Secretary General’s High-level Panel, he played a leading role in developing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) developing the business case for the 2030 agenda. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Christiana injected a unique sense of optimism that steered world leaders to reach the Paris Agreement in 2015.

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

We are bending the curve on Canada’s fight on pollution.” With the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and environmental groups all in agreement, he added, “getting rid of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies is now a common sense bottom line.” Given the persistent technical problems still facing CCS, that may not be likely.