Corporate Knights

JANUARY 21, 2022

Civil society organizations are gearing up to hold financial industry players accountable on the lofty commitments they made at COP26 in November. The banks should adopt science-based targets for 2030 – aligned with the goal of limiting the average global temperature increase to 1.5°C

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3BL Media

MAY 16, 2024

KPMG published the Net Zero Readiness Index in 2021, 1 a few weeks before the COP26 UN climate change conference in Glasgow. The event resulted in 153 countries putting forward new emissions targets for 2030 and more than 90 percent of world economic output and global emissions being covered by net zero agreements.

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Sphera

APRIL 12, 2022

Decarbonization progress has not kept pace to achieve targets set by the 2015 Paris Agreement, and last November, at COP26 in Glasgow, nations pledged to adjust their CO2 emissions targets by 2030 in an effort to realign with the goal of net zero by 2050. Methanol as a Cornerstone of Decarbonization.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The City of Ithaca, New York has voted to electrify its entire building stock -- the first large-scale, city-wide decarbonization effort in the U.S. The City of Ithaca's goal is to reach carbon-neutrality community-wide by 2030. Follow @EngelsAngle. Ithaca's Common Council gave approval to Mayor Svante L.

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Corporate Knights

JANUARY 26, 2022

At the recent United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, diplomats from nearly 200 countries struck a major agreement to increase the fight against climate change — establishing a consensus that more must be done to protect the planet. “It It helps drive us to do more and to do better.”.

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3BL Media

JUNE 8, 2022

DESCRIPTION: As we look back to Earth Day 2022, and cap a month of focus on our planet, I am reminded of the COP26 collaboration ambitions and the clear message that industry has a critical, active role to play in in advancing action on climate change. by Chris Johnson. SOURCE: Nokia.

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ESG Today

MAY 22, 2023

The ISSB was launched in November 2021 at the COP26 climate conference, with the goal to develop IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, in order to provide a global baseline of disclosure requirements that can be used by jurisdictions on a standalone basis or incorporated into broader reporting frameworks.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Department of Energy to develop a national EV charging infrastructure blueprint to speaking at COP26 about numerous EPRI-led decarbonization research initiatives, it has been a whirlwind of a year. economy-wide carbon emissions by around 50 percent by 2030. Among EPRI’s highlights for the year: In April, the U.S.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Many of the major announcements unveiled by governments and the private sector so far at COP26 demonstrate that progress is underway. Gt of emissions reductions globally by 2030. There is potential for this to be ironed out at COP26. . COP26 must deliver robust rules on the Global Stocktake in 2023. . C, according to?

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 18, 2021

It comes at a time when there is high scrutiny of the country’s climate policies in the countdown to COP26 in Glasgow in November. New York announces initiatives to explore green hydrogen for decarbonization. By Kevin Ross, Editor-in-Chief of Enlit Europe and Power Engineering International.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

At last year’s COP26 climate conference, the U.K. government released a requirement for all listed companies, asset managers and regulated asset owners to publish climate transition plans by 2030. Nasdaq, along with a broad range of stakeholders, is helping to provide suggested steps towards climate progress and transparency.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

DNV’s fifth annual Energy Transition Outlook comes two months before COP26 , the climate summit of world leaders, in Glasgow. C threshold by 2030, with global energy-related emissions falling by only 9%. . At COP21, world leaders agreed to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 in pursuit of capping global warming to 1.5°C

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Efforts to secure global commitments to phase out fossil fuels in prior UN climate conferences have failed, with last year’s COP27 agreement only calling for an “increase in low-emission” energy and renewables, and COP26 including a pledge to “phase down” unabated coal use and inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 8, 2023

New Zealand has also set an aspirational goal to reach 100% renewable electricity by 2030. According to BlackRock, the fund marks the firm’s largest single country decarbonization-focused project to date. It is already doing that today.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

Such policies would also go a long way towards cutting emissions in half by 2030, keeping temperature rise to 1.5C The G7 Communique shows a patchwork approach that failed to live up to the promise made just a few months ago at COP26. and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change. .

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

They also will need new business models that support CO 2 reductions, such as the Cooperative Approaches defined at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Paris Agreement. The goal of the JCM is to reach a cumulative GHG emission reduction of 100 million tons of CO 2 e by 2030.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

To further assist the ASEAN region and ASEAN member states in boosting their decarbonization ambition, several partners have teamed up to create the ASEAN Green Future project. The project aims to demonstrate how sustainable, decarbonized economies offer enhanced economic development and more resilient futures for the region.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As part of the ‘20 actions for 2030’ as detailed by the programme, the prioritised one for them is to cut their carbon footprint by 50% by 2030 2. The aim is to restore up to 7,000 hectares of the Atlantic Forest by 2030 for biodiversity recovery, carbon removal and climate change mitigation. C without nature. 2 Baseline: 2019.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 29, 2021

C by 2030 in order to limit the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. South America has abundant clean energy resources available and a huge opportunity to decarbonize power grids, transport, and industry across the continent, as well as to bolster natural carbon sinks and biodiversity. Macroeconomics of decarbonization, Day 2.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 24, 2021

The project, announced as the UK prepares to host the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, will support almost 900 jobs in rural areas across Scotland during construction and will provide critical storage capacity needed to support a net-zero power system.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Since last year’s COP26, it feels like there has just been a barrage of bad news. For mitigation, the research is clear: ICT solutions can enable a reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions by up to 15 percent by 2030, while being responsible for only 1.4 Greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

This statement is the We Mean Business Coalition response to the Glasgow Climate Pact, agreed at COP26. . Ahead of COP26, more than 750 businesses, employing 10 million people globally and with US$2.7 The COP26 outcome highlights the importance of countries doing everything possible to stay within the 1.5 °C C alive, just.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 11, 2024

Global Goal on Adaptation: COP28 sets 2030 as a date for targets on water security, food security, ecosystem restoration, infrastructure, cultural heritage, and health. The text also included global targets for tripling renewable energy capacity globally and doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvement by 2030.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

These include the Ceres Ambition 2030 initiative to accelerate emissions reductions in the highest-emitting sectors and Climate Action 100+ to ensure the world’s largest corporate emitters take necessary climate. Wednesday, September 21: United Nations Climate Action: Race to Zero and Resilience Forum.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

COP26 focused the attention of governments and businesses on a key targe t: limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C by halving global emissions by 2030. At COP26, the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) launched the Net-Zero Standard , the first credible and independent assessment of corporate net-zero target setting.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

As delegates head home, these are the key lessons that business leaders can take from Cop26. While some saw Cop26 as a story of opposing voices inside and outside, I believe that the street and the boardroom are closer than they have ever been. Nature came to Cop26 like never before. The number of companies setting 1.5°C-aligned

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B the Change

JUNE 22, 2022

including many following the recent COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow?—?has An important early area of focus was engaging companies to adopt 2030 net zero commitments; through the BCCC, we engaged over 500 pacesetting companies who were willing to pledge to make these urgent commitments.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 27, 2022

Meanwhile, on climate, the science is clear: we need rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and if we act now, we have solutions across sectors to at least halve emissions by 2030.? ? . ? To achieve our climate goals, we urge the G7 to fully decarbonize their nations’ power systems by 2035. . Sincerely,? ? .

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 28, 2022

C by the end of this century Updated pledges since COP26 in Glasgow take less than one per cent off projected 2030 greenhouse gas emissions; 45 per cent is needed for limiting global warming to 1.5°C gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent, less than one per cent, off projected global emissions in 2030. C in place.

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3BL Media

JULY 25, 2023

Analysis from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) concludes that a 45% reduction in global methane emissions by 2030 is essential to limiting global warming to 1.5 The coalition aims to go further by 2030, reducing emissions by 60% to 75%. Why is reducing methane emissions so important to climate change mitigation?

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Jon Hale

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

End of Week Notes Another reason to redouble active ownership efforts The sense of optimism that permeated the first week of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow took a sobering turn this week as overall commitments appeared to fall short of the goal of limiting global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

We saw new highs of ambition within one of the hardest-to-decarbonize sectors, as Cemex, Holcim and Titan become the first cement companies to set 1.5°C-aligned First Movers Coalition members ETEX, General Motors, RMZ Corp Vattenfall together sent a strong demand signal by committing to using 10% near-zero cement and concrete by 2030.

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Sustainable Round Table

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Summit revolved around the theme, “ Providing Net Positive Global Leadership ,” and included two sessions on defining and decarbonizing global Scope 2 & 3 emissions, ending with a segment on corporate best practices in Scope 4 climate policy. C guidance and the need to reduce emissions 45% by 2030 globally.

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Sustainable Round Table

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Summit revolved around the theme, “ Providing Net Positive Global Leadership ,” and included two sessions on defining and decarbonizing global Scope 2 & 3 emissions, ending with a segment on corporate best practices in Scope 4 climate policy. C guidance and the need to reduce emissions 45% by 2030 globally.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 11, 2022

For instance, supporting “nature positive” projects like forest and mangrove restoration could offer 30% of emissions reductions needed by 2030 to limit warming to 1.5°C. And of course, during COP26 we saw more than 100 countries and 30 global financial institutions sign on to a commitment to stop forest loss and land degradation by 2030.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

After successful events at COP22 , COP23 , COP24 , and COP25 , this year, SDSN virtually hosted the Zero Emissions Solutions Conference (ZESC) , formerly the “Low-Emissions Solutions Conference,” on the sidelines of COP26 from November 1-5, 2021.

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Sustainable Round Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

They are also preparing for the impact of the 26 th Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. Working Group 1’s contribution to the Sixth Assessment Physical Science Basis report has been described as “Code Red” for humanity, and with less than 60 days until COP26, there has never been a better moment for bold leadership.

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