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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

They argue that, with the existing 2030 commitment already three-quarters met purely through the trend for slower speeds and bigger ships, there is a huge opportunity for the industry to raise its ambition at the informal meetings take place next week. Climate Change. Shipping & Logistics. Corporate Strategy. BusinessGreen.

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Climate leadership is now in Asia

Edouard Stenger

So, who is leading the fight against climate change ? Here are news information I collected today on the very subject. All this corroborates what I wrote at the beginning of the year on how India and China are going full speed against climate change. China, India and South Korea are. .

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The world has consumed half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials since the Paris Agreement

Envirotec Magazine

Circular economy solutions can have a huge impact on climate change because 70% of greenhouse gas emissions are related to production and use of products – from the buildings we live in and the transport we use, to the food we eat and the clothes we wear. World leaders committed to limit climate change to 1.5°C

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New Roadmap for “Drastic” Response to Global Stocktake

Chris Hall

C are far behind the “pace and scale” required, with experts calling for policymakers to close the global gap in climate action at COP28 later this month. Efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C

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COP26 left the world with a climate to-do list: Here are 5 things to watch for in 2022

Renewable Energy World

In the developed world, countries still have to internalize, politically, that bills are coming due – both at home and abroad – after decades of delaying action on climate change. The Climate Action Tracker estimates the global average temperature increase based on national policies. Join the list today.].

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ESG Explainer: China’s Climate Challenge

Chris Hall

At the Leaders Climate Summit in April 2021, President Xi Jinping announced that China would control coal generation until 2025 when it will start to gradually phase it out. Independent analysts Climate Action Tracker estimate China’s emissions to have been 13.8 GtCO2e in 2020 and set to reach 13.2-14.5

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SDSN Reflects on an Impactful 2021!

Sustainable Development Network

, hosted by Euroclima+ and presented their modelling results, as part of their collaboration with Argentina's government to develop its Long-Term Strategy on Energy and Climate Change 2020-2050. impressions on Twitter alone for #VYS2021.

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