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

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The world has consumed half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials since the Paris Agreement

Envirotec Magazine

The throwaway global economy is fuelling the climate crisis with more than half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials consumed since the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a report from impact organisation Circle Economy launched on 19 January. C at the COP26 summit in Glasgow. billion last year. C, and to meet 1.5°C

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Sustainability trends 2023

Carlos Sanchez

As a result, 91% of the global economy and almost half of the 2,000 largest companies have net-zero pledges. Figure 4: Global CO2 emissions (fossil and land use) from the past three Global Carbon Budgets. At COP26 last year, we left with the feeling that businesses were committed to net zero.

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Despite the Headlines, 2021 Was A Year Full of Environmental Victories

Richard Matthews

International cooperation is the goal of the annual Conference of the Parties (COP) and despite being dismissed as a failure, the final agreement at COP26 emphasized the importance of nature and ecosystems, including protecting forests and biodiversity. At COP26 the world took a step back from fossil fuels for the first time.