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UK Government appoints Arup as sustainability consultant for COP26

Envirotec Magazine

COP26 is to be held at the SEC, Glasgow, in November 2021. The UK Government, as hosts of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), has selected engineering, design and consultancy firm Arup to help it achieve its ambition of delivering a sustainable summit.

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For Private Equity - ESG Momentum Is Peaking

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With last year’s COP26 convening shining the light brightly on commitments such as carbon neutrality by 2050 and almost 200 countries agreeing to do more to fight climate change, private equity, like everyone else, is expected to step up.

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Nature-based solutions key to combatting climate change and biodiversity loss, says Lords

Envirotec Magazine

Lord Patel said COP26 is “the perfect opportunity to highlight on the world stage the importance of nature-based solutions.” ” (image credit: ukhouseoflords , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 For example the restoration of the UK’s degraded peatlands, which efficiently lock away carbon while hosting a unique array of biodiversity.

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COP26 must launch a reinvigorated UK effort on climate change, says CCC

Envirotec Magazine

A new independent assessment of COP26 and the critical next steps for the UK was published on 2 December by the Climate Change Committee (CCC). Following COP26, global temperatures are set to rise by around 2.7°C. Chairman, Lord Deben, said: “The UK must not walk away after COP26. C and real-world delivery.

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Food waste contributes 10% to global emissions but 9 out of 10 countries’ NDCs fail to focus on food waste and loss

Envirotec Magazine

Doing so offers countries that signed the Global Methane Pledge (158 countries, COP26 – European Union and the United States), and those who signed UAE Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action (160+ countries, COP28) the opportunity to strengthen their climate commitments.

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Rivers charity launches manifesto and urges river groups to unite ahead of COP26

Envirotec Magazine

The charity, which launched its manifesto on 18 October ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, has warned that action on rivers is currently too fragmented, disconnected and small scale across the globe to deliver success in protecting society from the impacts of climate change. “We Read Thames21’s COP26 Manifesto.

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Observers reflect on a disappointing COP26

Envirotec Magazine

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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