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AI start-up aims to predict if the world can really avoid a long-term increase in global climate temperature

Envirotec Magazine

Supply chain emissions are on average 11 times higher than those produced by a corporation’s own direct activity, according to CDP. Most large company carbon emissions come from their supply chains and the SMEs in them. This includes setting a clearer decarbonisation trajectory, as well as identifying carbon emission data gaps by industry.

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The ESG Interview: Closing the Net Zero Reality Gap

Chris Hall

C warming target set in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, and there must be a “rapid acceleration of mitigation efforts after 2030” if there is any hope of limiting global temperature increases to 2°C. . He is disappointed more has not been achieved since the Paris Agreement. . “In

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Listen to the Science

Chris Hall

But SBTi’s status as the gold standard for companies serious about decarbonising in line with the Paris Agreement took a serious hit last month after a highly public spat between staff and executives. SBTi, a UK-registered charity, is a collaboration between the UN Global Compact and NGOs CDP, World Resources Institute and the WWF.

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COP27: Five things companies need to know after this year’s UN climate summit

We Mean Business Coalition

make greenwashing easier to detect and allow companies that are really delivering on climate action to stand out from the crowd. This will identify the actual emissions cuts that countries have made since the Paris Agreement was signed and allow us to accurately understand progress towards cutting emissions in half by 2030.

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What is the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi)?

Sphera

Reduction targets are “science-based” if they align with levels the scientific community deems necessary to meet the 1.5 - 2 °C temperature reduction target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. In the Paris Agreement, world governments committed to curbing global temperature rise to 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

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Corporate Climate Action: Progress at COP27

We Mean Business Coalition

government – the world’s largest purchaser – proposed that all federal contractors must set science-based targets and disclose their environmental impact through CDP, following in Norway’s recent footsteps. In a huge step forward for net zero economies and supply chains, the U.S.

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Finance Sector Net Zero Plans Must Respect Planetary Limits – SBTi

Chris Hall

It also said that FIs should transition and align all financing activities with net zero pathways that achieve Paris Agreement goals, with “no or low overshoot”, as well as align them with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Addressing greenwashing. Immediate action is already possible for short term science-based targets.