Corporate Knights

JUNE 24, 2024

Officials from the India Meteorological Department attributed the length of the unrelenting heat wave, ironically, to what is commonly seen as a marker of urban “development”: a boom in (heat-trapping) high-rises. Yet climate optimism springs eternal. Today, India has 461 million people living in urban centres.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 4, 2023

But this is “pocket money” compared to the US$44 trillion of global GDP dependent on well-functioning ecosystems, according to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Climate Finance Unit (CFU). Of course, opportunities for nature- and climate positive investments stretch far beyond forest borders. Beyond forest borders.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Transition plans should demonstrate alignment with 2030 decarbonisation targets, says UN Climate Envoy. In addition, institutions should have interim decarbonisation targets that are “consistent” with the 2030 target, set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , of reducing CO2 emissions by around 45% from 2010 levels.

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