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An authoratarian petrostate takes centre stage as COP29 host

Corporate Knights

At the close of every year, the conscience of the world goes on display at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference. Moreover, the UN’s visionary commitment to develop a more just, tolerant society as part of its Paris Agreement goals also looks shaky when it works with an authoritarian family dictatorship.

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SAP at COP28: Navigating Climate Change Together

3BL Media

The world is watching as tens of thousands of leaders gather for the 28 th UN Climate Change Conference ( COP28 ) at Expo City in Dubai, UAE, from November 30 to December 12. The primary goal is to negotiate agreements that will limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Yet, can these ambitious goals truly be achieved?

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Meet the man most responsible for saving COP29 from irrelevancy

Corporate Knights

But that’s the mandate of Simon Stiell, the former environment minister of Grenada who is now the United Nations’ climate chief – the man most responsible for achieving the Paris Agreement goal of limiting climate change to 1.5°C

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COP29 Ends with Target to Triple Climate Finance to $300 Billion per Year

ESG Today

Following two weeks of intensive negotiations, the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan ended with an agreement to triple climate change-related finance flows to developing nations to $300 billion annually over the next decade, and with significant progress towards the development of international carbon markets.

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How to Re-establish the UK’s Lead on Climate Change

Chris Hall

Former chair of the Committee on Climate Change Lord Deben believes the country can get back on track to net zero and regain its status as a global leader. When Glasgow hosted COP26 in 2021, bringing together 120 world leaders and more than 40,000 participants, the UK was seen as a world leader in the battle against climate change.

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Climate storytelling: Why Article 12 of the Paris Agreement could unlock everything

We Mean Business Coalition

That’s why I believe one of the most neglected clauses in the Paris Agreement might just be our best hope for planetary transformation. In arcane COP-speak – the Paris Agreement says communications is important to enable the rest of its own provisions.

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COP27 litmus test: Will wealthy countries finally pay for climate change loss and damage?

Corporate Knights

As COP27 opens in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, developing countries and climate justice leaders are urging a notoriously reluctant developed world to get serious about financing for loss and damage, with the immediate and long-term well-being of hundreds of millions hanging in the balance. “If The evolution of ‘loss and damage’.