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Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping

GreenBiz

Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas. Faïg Abbasov, head of shipping at campaign group Transport & Environment, told BusinessGreen the proposal was "essentially an empty shell." "To Cecilia Keating. To achieve 1.5

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These big corporations are pledging to accelerate purchases of climate tech

GreenBiz

The First Movers Coalition launched at COP26 seeks to create demand for low-carbon approaches to steel, cement, aluminum, chemicals, shipping, aviation and trucking.

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Hybrid approach strengthens inclusivity at COP26

Cisco CSR

The COP26 summit was much more than headline negotiations between global leaders. Among calls for action from global leaders at COP26, this was an opportunity to network, share ideas, listen to fresh perspectives, and reach a new audience through global media coverage. Cisco technology underpinned the entire COP26 experience.

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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

According to a report by the London-based NGO Global Witness, 503 fossil fuel lobbyists attended the COP26 meeting in Glasgow in 2021. At the same time, the number of conference participants who represent the industry has surged. The following year, at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, the number rose to 636. Is it perfect?

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Transport Day at COP26: aviation, shipping, EVs but don't mention cycling, micro-mobility or public transport

John Englart

Wednesday 10 November was designated transport day at the UN Climate conference COP26. The UK Government used their position as COP26 Presidency for 3 specific declarations, all areas that need to be addressed. After the energy sector, the transport sector needs to be decarbonised.

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Funding for world-first liquid H2 bunkering facility for ships

Envirotec Magazine

The creator of what’s claimed to be world’s first liquid hydrogen bunkering facility for fuelling zero-emission ships has won a UK Government grant to develop a unit ready for rapid deployment to ports around the world. The Leicestershire-based clean-tech company unveiled the unit at COP26 in Glasgow last November.

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A tidal wave of new carbon emissions data soon will be upon us

GreenBiz

Unlike other approaches to monitoring emissions, it plans to attribute emissions to specific sources, whether these be individual factories, ships, power plants or a range of other facilities and all its data will be placed in the public domain.