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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

While the final shape of the proposals to be agreed by member states remains to be seen, Abbasov and ICS agreed that it was likely to not stray far from scenarios contained in the draft document.

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

Envirotec Magazine

World leaders committed to limit climate change to 1.5°C C a further 19-23 billion tonnes of annual emissions must be cut by 2030, Climate Action Tracker calculates.[1]. C at the COP26 summit in Glasgow. However, new pledges still leave the world on course for 2.4°C, C, and to meet 1.5°C

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Our Sustainable Development Report Card Has Arrived. Did We Pass? 

Sustainable Development Network

Regarding climate change, the US is marked “critically insufficient” for 1.5°C C Paris-agreement compatible climate action according to the November 2020, Climate Action Tracker. We must do better.