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HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century

GreenBiz

HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century. HSBC has become the latest bank to commit to achieving net-zero financed emissions, announcing Monday that it intends to align its portfolio of investments and debt financing with global climate targets by mid-century. Cecilia Keating.

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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

With more than one quarter of the global economy committed to achieving net-zero emissions over the coming decades, it follows that the shipping sector will be under increased pressure from governments and private players to clean up its act. It is also working to introduce net-zero emissions ships in U.K.

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Trade group reiterates the environmental and economic value of biogas to new ministers

Envirotec Magazine

Appointments of new COP26 President and Environment Secretary triggers renewed efforts to demonstrate the benefits of biogas for decarbonising the UK and global economies. Ahead of COP26, the UK must show strong leadership and commitment on environmental issues or risk serious embarrassment.

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Impact on Carbon: How the EcoVadis Network Supports Companies in Tackling Emissions

3BL Media

One recent study found that net zero commitments now cover at least 68% of the global economy. And while UN Secretary-General, António Guterres insisted that last November’s COP26 summit had succeeded in its principal aim of maintaining as viable the target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C

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Statement on behalf of We Mean Business Coalition ahead of COP27

We Mean Business Coalition

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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COP26: Statement from the We Mean Business Coalition

We Mean Business Coalition

As we approach the critical final stages of COP26, the We Mean Business Coalition is calling on governments to take bold decisions to keep the 1.5°C The final COP26 outcome must therefore seize this opportunity by delivering key outcomes to drive concrete implementation this decade with the aim of halving global emissions by 2030.

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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

While some recognise carbon offsets markets as key for us to achieve net-zero emissions world by 2050 by funnelling cash into cost-effective projects, others believe credits are a dangerous distraction that allows polluters to pay their way out of the problem. Introduction. 1 – 1.5ºC emission pathway (Source McKinsey & Co).