Corporate Knights

JANUARY 27, 2022

Johan Rockström, who leads the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, has proposed a solution for the global economy to rapidly reduce carbon emissions, a “carbon law” that would cut emissions in half every decade (and would apply to cities, nations and industrial sectors). What is the right speed?

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Paul Dickinson, Founder Chair at CDP, said: “As the only global environmental disclosure platform, with over 18,700 companies worth half of global market capitalisation disclosing in 2022, CDP is uniquely positioned to scale the early adoption of the ISSB’s climate Standard across the global economy.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2021

These returns to landowners are only a portion of the much bigger value of the restoration economy, which includes valuable ecosystem benefits such as flood risk prevention, water filtration, and tourism, which come with creation of forests.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

C increase over pre-industrial temperatures was hanging by a thread at the end of COP26, subsequent economic and geopolitical events appear to have dealt a blow to those ambitions – at least in the short term. The sense of optimism at COP26 turned out to be short lived. “We Beast from the east.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The consequences of inaction are already being felt globally, with the world’s vulnerable most severely impacted. . Every fraction of a degree of global heating matters. In a global economy no-one will be unaffected when climate-related disasters hit. C goal within reach. C target within reach. ?.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Ceres, along with its partners, will call on investors, companies, and policymakers to build on the progress since COP26 and turn commitments into even more ambitious actions and implement bold policies in line with the scientific need to limit average temperature rise to no more than 1.5°C.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

DESCRIPTION: As the world continued to experience the direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including global supply chain disruptions, resource shortages, employment challenges and inflation – these have not been easy times. This tragic and terrible war, which we strongly condemn, unfortunately shows no signs of abating.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

This statement is the We Mean Business Coalition response to the Glasgow Climate Pact, agreed at COP26. . The Glasgow Climate Pact represents a vital step in our shared efforts to keep global warming to 1.5 °C Ahead of COP26, more than 750 businesses, employing 10 million people globally and with US$2.7

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In addition, nature’s contribution to the global economy could be worth $125 trillion annually. This is why governments at Cop26 in Glasgow must deliver three key outcomes that will promote the role of nature in the Paris Agreement. From carbon source to carbon sink. Existing plans fall short.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

COP26 focused the attention of governments and businesses on a key targe t: limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C by halving global emissions by 2030. At COP26, the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) launched the Net-Zero Standard , the first credible and independent assessment of corporate net-zero target setting.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 27, 2022

Along with 1000+ companies through the We Mean Business Coalition , we urge the G7 to lead a rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels to create a more stable global economy where companies and the people we employ and serve, can thrive. . Sincerely,? ? .

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

Mobilising new capital and working to re-direct existing capital is a vital part of efforts to create a Brazilian – and global economy – that is fit for the long term. But we need to further and bolster these efforts by working with governments to create a supportive policy environment.

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John Englart

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Simon Bullock, University of Manchester; Alice Larkin, University of Manchester, and James Mason, University of Manchester International shipping is a crucial part of the global economy – 90% of the world’s trade is transported by sea. But almost all ships use fossil fuels, and so the.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

As we approach COP26 in November, it is increasingly clear that speeding up the transition to a low-carbon economy is not only essential– but urgent. Global warming is dangerously close to spiraling out of control, a U.N. climate panel said in a recent landmark report. . Investment.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 28, 2023

During lockdown, the global economy was disrupted so severely that it triggered a shift in mindset among business leaders to recognise the importance of ESG issues in creating a more resilient future. “ When I attended COP25 (Madrid) in 2019, there was talk of the climate crisis, but there was not a lot of urgency,” she says.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 28, 2022

C by the end of this century Updated pledges since COP26 in Glasgow take less than one per cent off projected 2030 greenhouse gas emissions; 45 per cent is needed for limiting global warming to 1.5°C Only a root-and-branch transformation of our economies and societies can save us from accelerating climate disaster.” C in place.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At COP26, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero ( GFANZ ) declared a sector-wide commitment of US$130 trillion – a number that has increased over the year to US$150 trillion – of private capital to transition the global economy to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Finally, we had the Conference of the parties COP26, where countries and businesses increased their climate ambition. As a result, 90% of the global economy and a third of the 2,000 largest companies have net-zero pledges. 4 – International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) announcement during COP26.

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We Mean Business Coalition

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

COP26 in Glasgow, which many have called the finance and business COP, clearly demonstrated how this movement has become unstoppable. Our collaboration has served business and helped to accelerate action, by helping create a common action-platform and clear routes in for businesses.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 27, 2023

The post ISSB Standards Launch a “Landmark” for Global Economy appeared first on ESG Investor.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2023

C mitigation pathway. Sheldrake says that companies need to take responsibility for how carbon credits factor into their transition plans to ensure that their use accelerates climate actions and does not delay or displace emissions reductions via the decarbonisation of the global economy.

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 12, 2022

In November 2021, governments came together at COP26 and made a series of commitments to tackle global warming, with 130 countries pledging to reach net zero emissions by 2050 and 190 agreeing to phase down coal power. The conflict has also had severe implications for the global economy and energy markets.

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Sustainable Round Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Now after COP28 the whole world officially agrees: our sustainability requires a transition to a global economy that has moved beyond fossil fuels. It was enough to send me out of the hall into dazzling sunlight to call my wife, to share with her I had to start a company.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The COP26 Youth Climate Protest in Glasgow on 5 November (image credit: PMGphotog / Shutterstock.com). While COP25 in Madrid had seen the launch of many such schemes by big polluters like Shell, Total and BP, with COP26 we could now see these schemes taking a central place in the draft agreement. Carbon capture.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2022

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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ESG Today

DECEMBER 6, 2022

and EU’s Global Methane Pledge at last year’s COP26 climate conference. The pledge aims to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030, compared to 2020 levels. Since launching, the pledge has reached more than 130 signatory countries, representing over half of global methane emissions.

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Sense and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Between the news media and the protests, it would have been easy to get the impression that this year’s United Nations climate summit, known as COP26, was all talk and no action. Highlights from the climate summit There was plenty of good news worth highlighting: Global methane pledge: The U.S. This is a welcome step.

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Sustainable Round Table

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Answering A Question From COP26: “Hell Yes”. Jim Boyle, CEO of Sustainability Roundtable Inc, as a delegate of the Sustainable Innovation Forum at COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland. Global businesses should apply this foundational principle to the private enterprises that public authorities charter.

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Sustainable Development Network

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The GCS Index focuses on measuring countries’ impacts on the Global Commons and calls for transformation of the energy, production, and consumption sys­tems consistent with the requirements for a sustainable global economy.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

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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Carlos Sanchez

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In this context, several countries and companies have taken up the challenge, and currently, 90% of the global economy and a third of the 2,000 largest companies have net-zero pledges. Offsetting is often hypocrisy, and it is swirling around at #COP26. 1 – 1.5ºC emission pathway (Source McKinsey & Co).

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The latest UN climate change summit (COP27) concluded, once again, with a tussle over the place of fossil fuels in the global economy. COP decisions are not binding and the language on fossil fuels at COP26 was watered down during negotiations.

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We Mean Business Coalition

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

That’s over one third of the global economy. These successes paved the way for greater ambition at the G20 Summit last October and COP26 the month after. It is safe to say that climate ambition has become mainstream. trillion in annual revenue, and employing 10 million people. .

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

billion in 2020, as energy prices rose with the rebound of the global economy. “In Many investors cast doubt over the longevity of coal’s revival given commitments made by governments at COP26 and the withdrawal of many financial institutions from financing the sector in recent years. billion in 2021, from US$362.4

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Strategic Sustainability Consulting

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Here is one of our favorites: Stop feeling overwhelmed by the global effort to reduce CO2 emissions, says Nigel Topping, the High Level Climate Action Champion for the UN’s climate change conference COP26. The UN’s COP26 has developed toolkits for every sector of the global economy and published a roadmap of shared pathways.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Since 2015, the number of companies publicly committing to reducing their emissions through setting targets aligned with climate science has increased exponentially from just over one hundred at the time of COP21 to many thousands at the end of 2023, representing 39% of the global economy by market capitalisation.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER – This statement is the We Mean Business Coalition response to the Glasgow Climate Pact, agreed at COP26. . The Glasgow Climate Pact represents a vital step in our shared efforts to keep global warming to 1.5 °C Anything less is incompatible with limiting global temperature rise to 1.5ºC.”

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