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At COP27, Investors, Companies, and Policymakers Must Accelerate Urgent Action on the Climate and Water Crises To Cut Emissions in Half by 2030

3BL Media

For the next seven years, we must marshal our collective forces and bolster commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2030 to avoid more irreversible effects of this growing crisis. Co-hosted by AIGCC, CDP, Ceres, IGCC, IIGCC, PRI and UNEP FI. DESCRIPTION: COP27 provides a critical moment to build upon historic U.S.

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$29 Trillion Investor Coalition Urges Government Policies Including Mandatory Climate Reporting, Sectoral Transition Strategies

ESG Today

The investor statement sets out a series of key “Asks of Governments,” calling for key actions including enacting economy-wide public policies such as submitting 2030 and 2035 targets by 2025 that are aligned with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C, trillion in 2023, but notes that this still falls short of the estimated $4.8

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Guarding the Lifeline: Understanding the Importance of Source Water Vulnerability Assessment

3BL Media

The UN University estimates that by 2030, there will be a 40% gap between water demand and availability. In the meantime, 80% of the world’s wastewater is returned to the environment untreated (UNEP, 2016). Finally, the CDP has estimated that the cost of inaction on water risks is up to five times the cost of action.

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Investors Demand Comprehensive Plans at COP29

Chris Hall

Ambitious action The investor statement recommended measures including enacting economy-wide public policies to ensure that 2030 and 2035 targets in NDCs align with the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: GRI Publishes New Coal Standard

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including GRI, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, CDP, Diginex, Esgaia and Normative. . has launched a carbon calculator, developed with support from Google.org and available for free through the UN-backed SME Climate Hub.

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Investors’ Fight to Track Impact on Nature

Chris Hall

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. Consensus was reached on the GBF late last year, with governments agreeing to its 21 targets and ten milestones by 2030.

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UNFCCC Tightens the Screw on Net Zero

Chris Hall

Duke Energy also incorporated indirect emissions into its net zero target.