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

Corporate Knights

The new guidelines detail the process and definitions behind the oil and gas subsidy phaseout. The definition covers initiatives that support fossil fuel consumption or activities, and funding that disproportionately benefits the fossil fuel sector. Carbon Capture Backed by Carbon Offsets?

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A Voluntary Distraction

Chris Hall

Kevin Conrad, Executive Director of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations, says compliance carbon markets offer more effective support to the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Global Stocktake is a key process established under the Paris Agreement scheduled to take place at COP28 in Dubai.

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All Systems go for Net Zero

Chris Hall

Now they must wait to see how signatories to the Paris Agreement act on the commitments outlined in the official response to the Global Stocktake, as well as multiple other pledges announced across the two weeks before that final text was signed, sealed and gavelled. C has not lessened; if anything, it has increased,” he says.

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TNFD Co-Chair Emphasises Climate-Nature Alignment

Chris Hall

The world is not decarbonising fast enough to limit global warming, he warned, adding that many companies are turning to carbon offsetting in a bid to meet their decarbonisation targets – which is an example of the interplay between climate and nature, Craig said. “Net zero cannot be achieved unless you are also nature positive.” .

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New framework for CO2 offsets could create "cowboy carbon markets," critics warn

Corporate Knights

Among the limited accomplishments of COP29 last week was the approval of a long-awaited and controversial global framework for carbon offsets. Others warned that the agreement doesn't fix big mistakes that carbon trading has made in the past. The shutdown is a sign that buyers and traders have cooled on carbon offsets.