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Global Reporting Initiative Publish Standard to Address Sustainability Impacts of Coal

3BL Media

The Sector Standard for Coal enables comprehensive and comparable disclosure on: How companies respond to climate change mitigation demands , as reflected in the Paris Agreement, including plans to transition away from coal mining.

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Nature Map – a new tool to support countries to integrate nature and climate in policymaking and promote nature-based solutions

Sustainable Development Network

Thus, they can play a critical role in making next year’s COP26 of the climate convention and COP15 under the biodiversity convention a success. Says Neil Burgess, Chief Scientist at UNEP-WCMC: “ Nature Map is a crucial new tool that can help to guide policies that tackle the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss together.

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A Very African Climate Conversation

Chris Hall

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says: “This vulnerability is driven by the prevailing low levels of socioeconomic growth in the continent. UNEP wants to see more investment diverted towards supporting African countries in meeting their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). This is the case in Africa.”. Increasing concern.

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FABLE Consortium co-leads "Transforming food systems" chapter of the 2022 Emissions Gap Report

Sustainable Development Network

SDSN is proud to have contributed to Chapter 6 "Transforming food systems" of UNEP's 2022 Emissions Gap Report thanks to our FABLE Consortium scientific director Aline Mosnier. This lack of progress leaves the world hurtling towards a temperature rise far above the Paris Agreement goal of well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C.

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Starting to Adapt 

Chris Hall

With adaptation finance flows remaining dangerously low to meet climate goals, has COP28 made a difference? Developed countries have also been asked to prepare a report on doubling by COP29.

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The Energy Trilemma: Affordability, Security and Climate

Chris Hall

Potential for Paris-aligned gains to replace Russia-inflicted short-term pain at COP27. If the aim of restricting climate change to within the Paris-agreed 1.5°C For me, this was the main outcome from COP26 because it shifted the onus from the politicians and regulators towards the real economy.”. Beast from the east.

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Take Five: Fewer Fans for GFANZ

Chris Hall

Speaking in New York , UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen, noted that ‘30×30’ is just one of 21 elements of the draft framework, and urged governments to go beyond commitments to “hold each other and ourselves to account”. But not his attitude to business. The post Take Five: Fewer Fans for GFANZ appeared first on ESG Investor.