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The urgent need to clean up transportation

GreenBiz

How COP26 can pave the way for equitable mobility decarbonization.

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Decarbonizing the built environment: Takeaways from COP26

McKinsey Sustainabilty

Here are the key takeaways from a roundtable discussion McKinsey hosted at the COP26 Climate Change Conference. How can the cement and construction industry achieve net zero by 2050?

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UAE Plans to Invest $54 Billion by 2030 to Meet Sustainable Energy Demand

ESG Today

It was also the first country in the Middle East to set a net zero goal, which it announced in 2021, ahead of the COP26 climate conference. Notably, however, ADNOC also recently accelerated its goal to increase hydrocarbon production capacity to 5 million barrels per day by 2027 from its previous 2030 target.

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Unilever sets out net-zero plans for shareholder vote

GreenBiz

In order to deliver its targets, Unilever said its priority was to decarbonize its use of heating and cooling, including removing HFCs — harmful greenhouse gas pollutants — from its refrigerants, having already achieve 100 percent renewable electricity across its business worldwide. Climate Summit later this year. It also has set up a $1.18

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas. degrees [of warming] we need to decarbonize by the mid-2030s," he explained. "To To achieve 2 degrees we need to decarbonize by mid-century. degrees [of warming] we need to decarbonize by the mid-2030s. Cecilia Keating. To achieve 1.5

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Holding Businesses to Account Now: Using CDCs to Address the Climate Emergency

GreenBiz

The private sector accounts for the majority of global emissions, but at present, business progress and delivery against decarbonization targets, ambitions and aims is not being captured.

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Ten Steps to Create a Successful Decarbonization Roadmap

3BL Media

Last year saw significant activity as governments, utilities, businesses and other entities zoned in on mitigating climate change by setting aggressive decarbonization goals in an effort to lower carbon emissions. Look for easy-to-decarbonize areas of your operations where you can make a difference right away. Accept uncertainty.