3BL Media

MAY 7, 2024

Last week the UN Plastics Treaty reached its final stages of negotiations at INC-4 in Ottawa, Canada, to develop a legally binding, international agreement to tackle plastic pollution across the entire plastics life cycle. Their vision is for this to be legally binding, much like the Paris Agreement to limit global warming.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

Officials cast it as one major part of a process that also includes a phaseout of public financing for domestic fossil fuel projects through Crown agencies like Export Development Canada. The new guidelines detail the process and definitions behind the oil and gas subsidy phaseout. Those guidelines are due to be released in 2024.

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3BL Media

APRIL 28, 2022

Ericsson also contributes to the development of international methodologies for assessing the environmental impact of the ICT sector. Ericsson has contributed to the development of this standard, which meets the requirements of Science Based Target Initiative and UN Race to Zero Net Zero definitions.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 8, 2022

Focused on mitigation, the report noted that progress on the alignment of financial flows towards the goals of the Paris Agreement remained slow, with tracked climate finance flows distributed unevenly across regions and sectors. . trillion, warned that “only a very small window remains to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement”.

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ESG Today

MAY 6, 2024

The launch marks the latest in a series of initiatives across jurisdictions to set up a classification system for the definition of sustainable economic activities, including taxonomy systems already established or in development in the EU , UK and Australia.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Kevin Conrad, Executive Director of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations, says compliance carbon markets offer more effective support to the goals of the Paris Agreement. The Global Stocktake is a key process established under the Paris Agreement scheduled to take place at COP28 in Dubai.

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3BL Media

JULY 14, 2022

C under the Paris Agreement. The GHG Protocol, a joint endeavor of the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, is a widely used accounting standard for corporate greenhouse gas emissions. [5] GHG Protocol and Scope 3. What This Means to the Industry. 1] [link]. [2] 2] [link]. [3]

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3BL Media

MAY 14, 2024

Made progress toward environmental sustainability goals The company made progress in environmental sustainability related to its commitment to net zero emissions for business operations by the end of fiscal year 2040, aligning with the Paris Agreement's preferred goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 21, 2023

As we reported last week, the failure to include stronger language in the final text (including the promise of a definitive “phase-out” of fossil fuels) was condemned by climate and energy researchers. How the fund will work is unclear but present arrangements privilege donors (developed countries) over recipients.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Seventy to 75 per cent of pro athletes are either concerned or very concerned about climate change, so it’s definitely something that everyone should take into account when planning events,” said World Athletics' Head of Sustainability Bob Ramsak.

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3BL Media

JULY 26, 2023

In a bold move defined during the candidature phase, the Paris 2024 Committee pledged to halve carbon emissions compared to the average of London 2012 and Rio 2016. New tools have also been developed to estimate, track and manage the carbon footprint of every stage of the event, as set out by Olympic Agenda 2020.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nature-based infrastructure solutions can influence 79% of all targets across the Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting the critical role nature can play in advancing sustainable development, climate action and biodiversity conservation, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UNOPS, and the University of Oxford.

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Chris Hall

JULY 28, 2023

C , although he acknowledges that achieving this goal is now more challenging than when the Paris Agreement was first agreed.

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Our companies are at various stages of the climate journey, but many are working toward full emissions baselining, developing and implementing Paris agreement-aligned decarbonization plans, and understanding and managing climate risk. We can have a meaningful role in supporting these efforts.

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3BL Media

APRIL 25, 2024

The Amazon is intrinsically important for its unique cultural and biological diversity, and its protection can contribute to global goals, such as The Paris Agreement , to limit warming to 1.5°C C above pre-industrial levels, and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Aviva and the WWF suggest nature-positive pathways be integrated with existing net zero sectoral pathways, developing a common strategy to tackle both climate and nature crises. The government must set out clear pathways for key sectors of the economy, like those that have been developed to help tackle the climate crisis.”

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

As laid out by the international Paris Agreement on climate change, we also need to build resilience to climate impacts and ensure a just transition for workers and communities affected by climate action. The Real Definition of Paris-aligned Finance . Paris Agreement alignment is a holistic process.

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Chris Hall

JULY 26, 2024

Hungry for change – With six years to go, UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 – which aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition – is back to square one, at best. The UN report said a common definition and mapping of financing for food security and nutrition were “urgently needed”.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Almost seven years since the Paris Agreement was signed at COP21, any number of initiatives have been launched with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and limiting global warming to 1.5°C.

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3BL Media

JANUARY 23, 2024

We are doing this in several ways: We have defined science-based emission reduction targets, approved by the SBTi, confirming that our goals are in alignment with the Paris Agreement to limit the global temperature increase to well below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It can be challenging to keep up, which is why we’ve developed this guide as a tool to quickly catch up. General sustainability definitions Climate risk Two types of climate risks exist, transition risks and physical risks. Let’s get into it. As a result, no further work or guidance will be produced or published by CDSB.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 20, 2023

of the Paris Agreement, experts told ESG Investor. facilitates the development and implementation of a framework for a multilateral carbon credit market with a centralised project authorisation system administered by UN Climate Change that will approve high-quality carbon credits from projects globally. “It

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Capaccio Environmental

JANUARY 11, 2024

The 2023 United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP28) marked the first Global Stock take to assess progress toward the Paris Agreement since its ratification in 2015 at COP21. What Does COP28 Mean for the Private Sector? What’s Next?

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Chris Hall

MARCH 2, 2022

The regulation has “spurred product development and innovation”, it says. Asset managers have taken different interpretations of the definitions, some opting for a softer approach than others,” it adds. Are Article 8 and 9 funds contributing positively to climate mitigation and other sustainable development objectives?

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Enel Foundation are undertaking a joint research endeavor to provide research support for the implementation of the European Green Deal by applying SDSN’s “ Six Transformations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals ”, published in Nature Sustainability in 2019.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

“Most banks’ fossil fuel policies focus on a small portion of their financing – the direct financing of new oil and gas assets – and fail to capture the vast streams of capital going to companies developing these assets.

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Chris Hall

JULY 10, 2023

ShareAction launched a new definition of ‘responsible investment’ in a bid to raise standards across the financial sector and help prevent greenwashing and misleading claims.

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Sustainable Development Network

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Since July, the 34 Council members have met regularly to share research, identify key technical issues surrounding the global energy transition, and determine the structure of the Council to progress on the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Sphera

APRIL 21, 2022

Reduction targets are “science-based” if they align with levels the scientific community deems necessary to meet the 1.5 - 2 °C temperature reduction target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. In the Paris Agreement, world governments committed to curbing global temperature rise to 2°C above pre-industrial levels.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 3, 2024

Now they must wait to see how signatories to the Paris Agreement act on the commitments outlined in the official response to the Global Stocktake, as well as multiple other pledges announced across the two weeks before that final text was signed, sealed and gavelled. C has not lessened; if anything, it has increased,” he says.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Last weekend (9-10 December) saw a host of events dedicated to nature, land use, oceans and food systems, including a high-level plenary discussion on “the importance of action on nature in delivering the goals of the Paris Agreement”. With climate, we know what the pathways are.

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Sense and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Fortunately, the ‘ambition mechanism’ from the Paris Agreement — the process it establishes to periodically review countries’ progress toward meeting their commitments to address climate change, and to ratchet up their ambition over time — worked. Cooperation agreement between China and the U.S.: on climate action. .:

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

The report makes four key recommendations: The adoption of an agreed carbon zero definition that can be clearly assessed. Planning framework guidance for carbon assessment to be adjusted to be in line with the Paris Agreement. Developing a shared understanding of the sector’s share of the UK carbon budget.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2024

With that in mind, the IIGCC published last week its Net Zero Voting Guidance , aiming to support asset owners and managers in developing their own policies and practices on climate. “What we want to explore is how investors communicate with companies – is it through letters, through pre-declarations, for example?

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B the Change

JULY 7, 2022

Yes, sustainable finance is a new field of finance, with a new industry and new jobs, new regulations and frameworks developed by various governmental and nongovernmental bodies. Policymakers are working toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 17 global goals set by the United Nations in 2015, to be achieved by 2030.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

C, aligning our long-term emissions mitigation targets with the aim of limiting temperature rise in accordance with the Paris Agreement. As part of the goal, we have signed the Science Based Targets initiative’s (SBTi’s) Business Ambition for 1.5°C, Defining Net Zero Carbon. 70% of Mondel?z

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Developing countries argued for establishing a loss and damage finance ‘facility’, which could mean a dedicated arrangement through which finance could be channeled. This will require consensus across all countries, both developed and developing, on the first day of the talks.

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