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More than 60% of anti-green Conservative MPs lost seats in UK election

Corporate Knights

Philip Davies Philip Davies, who lost his Shipley seat by more than 8,000 votes to Labour’s Anna Dixon, has a long record of opposing climate policies. Davies was one of only five MPs to vote against the UK’s Climate Change Act in 2008. Since leaving Downing Street – and in between giving paid speeches to U.S.

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Take Five: Guterres’ Stark Warning

Chris Hall

With much of Pakistan under water, it’s time to take more urgent action against the physical risks of climate change. This comes despite a commitment by signatories of the Glasgow Climate Pact to “revisit and strengthen” their NDCs before arriving in Sharm El Sheik. With NDCs unveiled before and at COP26 charting a path to 2.1°C

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Could the world really become net zero by 2040 ?

Edouard Stenger

This is the opinion of Nigel Topping who served as UN’s High-Level Climate Action Champion at the COP26 organized by the UK. I could dedicate another entire paragraph on decarbonizing our industry as cement and steel are massive contributors to climate change. So one could say he knows what he is talking about.

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Toast Ale Aims to Reduce Food Waste While Educating Consumers About the Global Problem

B the Change

More notably, all partners signed an open letter calling on world leaders to make concrete commitments to tackle the climate crisis at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). The latter is an opportunity to address climate change, because the food system itself is such a huge contributor.

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Take Five: No Mean Achievement 

Chris Hall

No mean achievement – This time last week we didn’t know whether there would even be a deal at COP27, let alone one dominated by an agreement to create a fund to pay loss and damages to countries suffering from the physical impacts of climate change.

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Sponsored content: Reuters flagship technology event to challenge business leaders to build a fairer, more advanced and sustainable society

Envirotec Magazine

Glenn Fogel, CEO, Booking Holdings and Booking.com. Reuters MOMENTUM follows the launch of Reuters IMPACT, which will mobilize global business leaders to deliver on climate action in October, ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). . • Ryan Lefers, Co-founder and CEO, Red Sea Farm. •

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Concerns Raised as Banks Map Own Path to Net Zero  

Chris Hall

The Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), which has 119 members and US$70 trillion in assets, has asserted its right not to follow toughened guidance issued by Race to Zero (RtZ), a campaign established by the UN to ensure non-state actors are taking science-led and ambitious action against climate change. .