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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

Coming at the end of what is going down as the hottest year on record, it was easy to feel that the annual meetings of signatories to the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), plus the circus of non-governmental organizations, lobbyists and negotiators that has grown up around them, have failed to deliver.

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COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health

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Download the document. The 10 recommendations in the COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health propose a set of priority actions from the global health community to governments and policy makers, calling on them to act with urgency on the current climate and health crises.

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COP27: Breakthrough on Funding Repair of Climate Damage, Frustration on Fighting Climate Change

ESG Today

The clear highlight of the conference finale was the “Loss and damage” agreement, with developed nations committing to set up a fund that would pay for climate-change related damage in poorer, vulnerable countries. This is crucial moving forward because there can be no lasting action against climate change without climate justice.”.

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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. Climate Change. As the U.K. has a role to play in pushing for the highest possible ambition at this week's talks. Corporate Strategy.

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Mitigating Climate Change Due to Methane From Natural Gas

3BL Media

Methane is a primary component in natural gas and a contributor to climate change. Why is reducing methane emissions so important to climate change mitigation? This powerful warming effect causes experts to believe that cutting methane emissions is critical to mitigating climate change.

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The G20 Peoples’ Climate Vote 2021

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Download the document. The actions that G20 governments take to tackle the climate crisis will be critical to the future of the planet.

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Public Support for International Climate Action: September 2021

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Download the document. Summary: The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) will take place in Glasgow Scotland (UK) beginning on October 31, 2021.