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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3BL Media

MARCH 17, 2022

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 C above pre-industrial levels, he conceded that the target is presently on “life support”.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

All we now await is a similar commitment from our politicians to make things happen – let alone present Britain , ahead of a vitally important COP26, as a true climate change mitigation champion, capable of influencing other countries into adopting AD in their decarbonisation and Net Zero strategies.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In light of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development, the Science Panel for the Amazon gathered to cover the state of the Amazon since the launch of their landmark Amazon Assessment Report at COP26, what is at stake with the loss of the Amazon, and solutions that can catalyze sustainable development.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Their awareness has come a long way since her joint presentation with Michael Mullan, Programme Lead, Climate Adaptation Finance and Investment at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, on how to align finance with climate resilient development “fell on deaf ears” at COP26 in Glasgow. “[At

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 26, 2022

Following COP26, a total of 64 countries, covering more than 89 percent of global emissions, have pledged or are legislated to achieve net zero in the coming decades. This year’s Global Energy Perspective launches at a time when global energy markets are facing an unprecedented array of uncertainties, including the conflict in Ukraine.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The report was launched at COP26 in Glasgow in November during the day dedicated to Cities, Regions and the Built Environment. What was WSP’s role in helping WorldGBC present the business case for green buildings? We asked David Symons, WSP UK Director of Sustainability, about what this report means for WSP and our clients.

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ESG Today

AUGUST 31, 2023

A group of investors representing over $1 trillion in assets under management has published a letter to the IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), urging it to prioritize the development of global reporting standards for companies to disclose on human capital and human rights.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

With 67 days to go until COP26, CCAG is urging global leaders to shift emphasis towards net negative emissions targets as the only viable way to ensure greenhouse gas levels can return to pre-industrial levels, in line with the Paris Agreement. This means there is little to no room for manoeuvre, with only a 50% chance of holding the 1.5°C

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2021

A new paper published in Nature Sustainability presents seaweed as a model solution for tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, joblessness, hunger and environmental damage. Currently, seaweed farming occupies about 2,000 Km2 of land, compared to about 60 million Km2 land food producing systems occupy.

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ESG Today

MAY 2, 2024

The ISSB was launched in November 2021 at the COP26 climate conference, with the goal to develop IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

COP26 in Glasgow highlighted the critical need for financial markets to be part of the solution to the climate emergency, and this partnership reinforces our commitment to enable this transition,” said Arne Staal, FTSE Russell CEO.

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3BL Media

JUNE 1, 2022

The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), established at COP26 to develop a comprehensive global baseline of sustainability disclosures for capital markets, has launched a consultation on its first two proposed standards. We’re seeing signs of movement in this direction.

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The most recent UN climate conference, COP26, highlighted the role of forests and agriculture in ways we have not seen before. COP26 saw over 30 major financial institutions announce their intentions to eliminate the leading sources of commodity-driven deforestation from their portfolios.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

When Glasgow hosted COP26 in 2021, bringing together 120 world leaders and more than 40,000 participants, the UK was seen as a world leader in the battle against climate change. Former chair of the Committee on Climate Change Lord Deben believes the country can get back on track to net zero and regain its status as a global leader.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 11, 2024

Since January 2023, Rees-Mogg has presented his own show on GB News , which regularly broadcasts climate science denial. He currently works as a presenter for GB News, as does his wife and fellow Conservative politician Esther McVey , who was re-elected on Thursday.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

DNV’s fifth annual Energy Transition Outlook comes two months before COP26 , the climate summit of world leaders, in Glasgow. Efficiency gains will flatten energy demand over the next 30 years and present the greatest opportunity for companies and governments. C above pre-industrial levels. Renewable energy forecasts.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Efforts to secure global commitments to phase out fossil fuels in prior UN climate conferences have failed, with last year’s COP27 agreement only calling for an “increase in low-emission” energy and renewables, and COP26 including a pledge to “phase down” unabated coal use and inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Shortly thereafter, COP26 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will convene world leaders to increase the level of ambition in curbing greenhouse gas emissions and review long-term climate strategies.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The new Rethink Farming report presents evidence that farming with nature can restore natural assets and improve resilience to a warming world. Ahead of COP26, the Rethink Farming report presents research from 18 case studies that are said to reveal how farmer-led innovation and nature-based solutions can positively impact farm businesses.

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We Mean Business Coalition

JUNE 28, 2022

The G7 Communique shows a patchwork approach that failed to live up to the promise made just a few months ago at COP26. The Climate Club concept, linking trade and emissions reduction efforts also presents a welcome new approach. . and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change. .

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 24, 2022

So, it’s good news that businesses are now expressing a real desire to rise to the challenge the climate and ecological crisis presents. Many will remember that, at COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021, with political progress painfully slow, the main source of hope was the massive amount of investor commitment to sustainability.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 6, 2021

To drive the global hydropower agenda, IHA has initiated the San José Declaration on Sustainable Hydropower, to be endorsed by the World Hydropower Congress in September and presented to COP26 in Glasgow in November.

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3BL Media

JUNE 23, 2022

Frances Way, Executive Director of the Climate Champions team for COP26, discussed the challenges and opportunities involved in this commitment with a panel of member company CEOs. “At Data was also a launchpad for the I-Talks in the Presentation Theatre, concise introductions to emerging technology and insights led by insider experts.

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3BL Media

AUGUST 18, 2022

While most of our engagements involve monthly or quarterly contributions to select stakeholder committees, workshops, task forces, and projects of mutual interest, we have also collaborated to lead presentations in specialized events with our stakeholders. International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP).

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Chris Hall

JUNE 28, 2024

Due to be finalised and presented at the biodiversity COP16 in Colombia, the framework focuses on five pillars needed to underpin national plans for the nature-positive transition. Ahead of COP26, the FAIRR Initiative noted how few NDCs from Group of 20 countries even mentioned emissions reductions from food and agriculture.

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Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

At COP26 in Glasgow, the then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced plans for the UK to become the world’s first net zero-aligned financial centre. Also at COP26, Sunak proposed launching the Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) to develop a ‘gold standard’ for private sector climate transition plans, which WWF-UK was asked to join.

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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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3BL Media

APRIL 27, 2022

However, in the necessary drive towards a net-zero-carbon future, the present-day impacts of both insufficient and excess water—droughts and floods more frequent and severe due to climate change—on communities are at risk of being side-lined. Water is the new net-zero challenge.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The report highlights four main policy levers to unlock the full potential of the restoration economy: Implementing global carbon markets: COP26 presents a huge opportunity to create effective carbon markets and help unlock the restoration economy.

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We Mean Business Coalition

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

As delegates head home, these are the key lessons that business leaders can take from Cop26. While some saw Cop26 as a story of opposing voices inside and outside, I believe that the street and the boardroom are closer than they have ever been. Nature came to Cop26 like never before. The number of companies setting 1.5°C-aligned

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 16, 2022

Charlotte Morton, WBA Chief Executive, added: “Our industry can deliver 50% of the Global Methane Pledge targets signed up by over 100 countries after COP26. We were thrilled to present him with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and thrilled to host another superb cohort of Awards entrants.”

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Garraway notes that COP26 had a notable success on the climate mitigation front, with a strong focus on increasing ambition over the course of two years, despite the postponement caused by the pandemic. He notes a recurring pattern ahead of each COP, where similar concerns are raised and the same challenges are presented.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The Hydroliner will go on to visit a number of companies working on hydrogen-related solutions on its journey to COP26, as pressure to produce hydrogen fuelled appliances increases, in an effort to achieve net zero by 2050. The environmentally friendly vehicle takes just eight minutes to refuel and has a range of up to 250 miles.

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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. . Ahead of COP26, more than 750 businesses, employing 10 million people globally and with US$2.7 The COP26 outcome highlights the importance of countries doing everything possible to stay within the 1.5 °C C alive, just.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

On the occasion of Youth4Climate, the Pre-COP26 initiative that took place in 28-30 September 2021 in Milan, Italy; SDSN Mexico was humbled to host a meeting regarding climate change for young activists in partnership with The Embassy of Italy in Mexico and The Association of Italian Researchers in Mexico (ARIM).

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Cisco CSR

MARCH 29, 2022

As I walked the show floor, spoke with our customers and partners and listened to the powerful words of Cisco’s Senior Vice President and Global Innovation Officer, Guy Diedrich, during his mainstage presentation , one topic in particular resonated with me. Sustainability. . As an industry, healthcare accounts for 4.4–4.6% 2 The U.S.

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