ESG Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

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. It does not address the yawning gap between climate science, and our climate policies.”

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 26, 2021

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.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2023

A stark choice between climate stability and global devastation is the constant drumbeat from a landmark report released today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Already, “widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere , and biosphere have occurred,” the report says.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The historic provisions, arrived at after round-the-clock negotiations by climate ministers and other senior officials, appeared in the energy transition section of the 21-page document. “A Rich countries with historical responsibilities for the climate crisis, like the UK, needed to do much more.

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James Militzer

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Waste reduction and management, while not glamorous, are increasingly seen as low-hanging fruit as the world seeks climate solutions that can help keep global warming below the 1.5° Celsius target adopted in the Paris Agreement. The Overlapping Climate Impacts of Waste .

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Follow the science II As noted recently in this blog , countries have been slow to submit their updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. In its latest recommendations , the UKs Climate Change Committee (CCC) does not comment directly on the adequacy of these two documents.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

There also would be a pledge to ensure all financial flows are aligned with the Paris Agreement commitment to keep global warming to 1.5°C.”. In return, “countries would vow to peak global emissions before 2025 and phase down all fossil fuels—not just coal, which was spelled out in the Glasgow climate pact last year.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

The policy won’t affect money that has already gone out the door or commitments that have already been signed, there is no published calculation of the future subsidies that will now be foregone, and the documents provide no cost figures for 129 non-tax measures that could be shifted as a result of this week's announcement.

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We Mean Business Coalition

OCTOBER 11, 2024

This article was first published in Reuters Women have been a major force behind the most important milestones we have achieved on fighting climate change. When you look hard at climate progress, you can see the mark of women leaders. The climate space urgently needs more of the qualities that women leadership can bring.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This approach is often seen as necessary in the context of pressing systemic risks such as climate change. Long term resilience is also predicated on the effective management of climate, environmental, and social risks, meaning that our engagement plans have a large overlap with our equity peers.”

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Where our previous post provided an overview of the CSRD and who it affects, this piece focuses on the concept of 'double materiality', one of the most important changes to the reporting process under the new regulation. We explain what this means, why it's important, and how companies can prepare for it.

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 16, 2023

So, all of these things that we’re experiencing that are problematic as a result of climate change … are reduced if you can restore carbon to the soil,” Leeson said. The NFU considers it a threat to “treasured cultural landscapes” according to a consultation document submitted to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee.

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Chris Hall

JULY 12, 2023

MDBs have an important role to play in providing catalytic capital across a variety of projects globally to incentivise investment from the private sector. The group plans to accelerate institutional investment in EMDEs over the next three years.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This November, world leaders, climate activists, and business executives have been gathering in Sharm El-Sheikh for COP27, the UN’s annual Climate Change Conference. As with previous years, 2022’s conference has focused on implementing climate policies – with decarbonisation a key theme. degrees Celsius. degrees Celsius.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 26, 2024

Financial institutions should be legally required to align their activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement ahead of next year’s COP30, a senior UN figure said during London’s Climate Action Week. Under the Paris Agreement, countries must ratchet up their emissions reduction targets, known as NDCs, every five years.

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Chris Hall

JULY 4, 2024

London Climate Action Week marked the halfway point between the annual UN Climate Conferences – COP28 in the UAE last year, and COP29 in Azerbaijan this year. asked one panel moderator at the Climate Innovation Forum. You could argue that the energy transition has not even started,” lamented one Climate Week panellist.

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Capaccio Environmental

JANUARY 11, 2024

The 2023 United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP28) marked the first Global Stock take to assess progress toward the Paris Agreement since its ratification in 2015 at COP21. However, the document still provides insight into the direction of the climate action landscape of the coming decade. What’s Next?

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

To combat climate change and address environmental challenges, financial institutions have recognised the importance of directing funds towards sustainability. While financing climate solutions has gained traction, financing for nature remains relatively unexplored.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

Legacy European airlines continue to oppose the EU’s climate legislation, with companies like Air France KML leading the laggards, and low-cost airlines such as EasyJet and Ryanair driving support for climate policy application, according to a new report. . The tax would operate transitionally over ten years from 2023. .

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 2, 2019

By: Elena Crete, Climate & Energy Manager, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Climate change is one of the world’s most complicated challenges, and nations are scrambling to organize around a common goal while maintaining their own interests. But small island states and others pushed to “welcome” the findings.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

As global momentum builds behind transition planning, Mark Manning, Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, makes the case for a systemic response to the challenges of climate change. Arguably, we need to be thinking about transition planning as a system response to the challenges of climate change.”

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Jamal Srouji, Global Climate Programme Associate at the W orld Resources Institute, says the Global Stocktake is a chance to correct course on climate. This year is a critical moment for climate action. What is the purpose of the Global Stocktake? But the Global Stocktake is meant to go far beyond an assessment.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Countries are obligated to report their greenhouse gas emissions to international bodies such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, but recent studies suggest that the current methods for calculating methane emissions rely on outdated and incomplete information and may not accurately represent actual emissions.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Highlighting significant risks posed by the degradation of nature to the economy and financial system, the document proposes a new policy tool, based on the UK Climate Change Committee’s Net Zero Pathways , giving the private sector clarity and guidance on how it can contribute to national and global environmental targets. “Any

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As world leaders, negotiators, and thousands of representatives from NGOs, public and private organizations, youth movements, artists, and the media head home from Glasgow at the end of COP26, many will reflect on the outcomes of this 26th United Nations climate conference—the first big milestone since the 2015 Paris Agreement came into force.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 30, 2023

As the breadth of ESG risk exposure expands, climate litigation continues rise, according to research by the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute’s (GRI). Around two-thirds (1,557) of cases have been filed since the Paris Agreement was established in 2015.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 24, 2023

The investor-led project is working to develop a free, publicly available, independent tool that assesses countries on climate change and aims to improve investors’ understanding of the climate risks in their sovereign debt portfolios.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The development of the standard was led by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and IIGCC following an initial investor and company roundtable in November 2021 and took 18 months to develop, including a final consultation in May this year.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 22, 2022

Given the mixed track record of the finance sector in aligning with the goals of the Paris Agreement, its response to the increased pressure is seen as key test of major institutions’ ability to transition long-established business models. . At the same time, frameworks are being developed to provide detailed guidance to investors.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 29, 2021

From jobs to climate change to reducing health disparities, our needs are many and investments to meet those needs will require mobilizing significant resources. Major efforts are also needed to mitigate climate change and biodiversity loss (SDGs 12–15) in the US and abroad. We must do better.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A new paper from an independent group of climate experts emphasises “the critical importance of a comprehensive financial and regulatory ecosystem incentivising emissions reduction and removal, supported by a properly functioning carbon price.” An alternative approach to carbon pricing.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 17, 2023

In Interlaken, Switzerland, governments conducted the painstaking business of approving the key messages for policymakers of the latest Synthesis Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), aka the world’s foremost climate scientists. If all goes to plan, the key messages will be released Monday.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 30, 2023

Further, a recent report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University, showed that climate litigation is becoming an integral part of securing climate action and justice.

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Chris Hall

JULY 29, 2022

As the deadly toll of climate change is increasingly felt around the world, it’s more important than ever that we walk the walk. . Making good on a promise – Just as it’s important to reduce global CO2 levels to mitigate the effects of climate change, investors, companies and policymakers need to be paying attention to methane, too.

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Chris Hall

JULY 11, 2022

To be included in the taxonomy, gas-fired power or heat assets must have lifecycle emissions below 100 grams of CO2 per kilowatt hour or “meet a number of stringent conditions and obtain a construction permit by 2030”, according to the Commission’s Q&A document. Members of the Joint ECON/ENVI Committee previously objected to the DA. .

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 30, 2023

Sachs and operates through offices in New York, Paris, and Kuala Lumpur. SDSN’s ongoing analysis under the FELD Action Tracker and Catalyst, including the review of updated NDCs and other key documents submitted by state parties before COP28, and of relevant global initiatives, and other information related to FELD products; 4.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

“Investors have called for increased engagement with Asian corporates on the adoption of net zero transition strategies,” said Rebecca Mikula-Wright, CEO of Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC).

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