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

Envirotec Magazine

The throwaway global economy is fuelling the climate crisis with more than half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials consumed since the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a report from impact organisation Circle Economy launched on 19 January. World leaders committed to limit climate change to 1.5°C C, and to meet 1.5°C

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Climate leadership is now in Asia

Edouard Stenger

All this corroborates what I wrote at the beginning of the year on how India and China are going full speed against climate change. According to new findings from Climate Action Tracker , India and China are actually years ahead of their climate commitments.

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New Roadmap for “Drastic” Response to Global Stocktake

Chris Hall

The UNFCCC synthesis report recognises the need for systems transformation in a way that the Paris Agreement has “never articulated before”, according to Levin. This synthesis report follows the release of a technical report on the global stocktake in September, which outlined actionable climate solutions ready for implementation.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Campaigners maintain that stronger ambition is required given that the 2030 target the IMO is working towards — a 40 percent reduction in carbon-intensity emissions — is not aligned with the Paris Agreement in the first place.

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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.

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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 billion kilowatts by 2030. limit for global warming.

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What is COP26? Here’s how global climate negotiations work and what’s expected from the Glasgow summit

Renewable Energy World

Countries are required under the Paris Agreement to update their national climate action plans every five years, including at COP26. The Paris Agreement requires countries to report their NDCs, but it allows them leeway in determining how they reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Climate Action Tracker.

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