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The biggest carbon losers

Corporate Knights

This year, Corporate Knights set out to identify global companies that have decarbonized faster than their peers while simultaneously increasing revenue. Yet the pace and scale of their reductions is in the realm of what every company and country must do by 2030 to keep the faith of the Paris Agreement.

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Changing the narrative: the case for preserving policies and regulations essential for a clean energy economy

We Mean Business Coalition

Or that slashing regulation means being more competitive, even though a fossil fuel-led race to the bottom exposes our economies to insecurity, instability and stranded assets. There is a better story to tell one rooted in both present market realities and a vision of a liveable and prosperous future. Stand with us to move forward.

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IPCC issues final warning about ‘rapidly closing window of opportunity’

Corporate Knights

Delaying those actions “would lock in high-emissions infrastructure, raise risks of stranded assets and cost escalation, reduce feasibility, and increase losses and damages.” But there’s still time to take action if countries pick the right decarbonization options and scale up fast. The dangers of overshooting 1.5°C

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At long last, Canada restricts oil and gas subsidies (except for all the loopholes)

Corporate Knights

The document also holds out the possibility of subsidies for carbon trading deals under Article 6 of the Paris agreement, and for Indigenous participation in fossil fuel projects. After that massive an investment, “no way the pipeline is going to recover costs,” Morningstar analyst Stephen Ellis told Bloomberg News in March.

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The Climate Blockers: BASF quietly lobbies against strong climate policy while talking a big game

Corporate Knights

You’d expect a company so directly affected by climate change to be jumping on the decarbonization bandwagon. It has publicly endorsed the Paris Agreement on climate change as well as the EU’s target of being net-zero by 2050. On the face of it, it is.

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SDSN at the Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week

Sustainable Development Network

The dialogue explored the vision and challenges for countries to achieve decarbonization by 2050. In the LAC region, Costa Rica and Chile are committed to this goal, along with other countries such as Colombia, currently exploring different pathways towards deep decarbonization.

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The Glasgow Climate Pact for business: ambition, action and collaboration.

We Mean Business Coalition

After the Paris Agreement the message was clear: Ambition, Ambition, Ambition. These include a commitment by nations to increase their emissions targets to pursue the 1.5ºC objective of the Paris Agreement and rules for a robust and transparent global carbon market. C alive, just.

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