Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 19, 2022

“It’s a hugely important symbolic step,” says Matt Price, director of corporate engagement for Investors for Paris Compliance, a group that focuses on the financial industry response to the Paris Agreement climate accord. We have limited oil sands exposure in Canada.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Campaigners maintain that stronger ambition is required given that the 2030 target the IMO is working towards — a 40 percent reduction in carbon-intensity emissions — is not aligned with the Paris Agreement in the first place.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2022

The throwaway global economy is fuelling the climate crisis with more than half a trillion tonnes of virgin materials consumed since the 2015 Paris Agreement, according to a report from impact organisation Circle Economy launched on 19 January.

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Corporate Knights

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Responses to the climate crisis have so far “not been adequate,” the document says, “while the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point.” In 2019, he declared a global “ climate emergency ,” saying a failure to act represents “a brutal act of injustice toward the poor and future generations.”

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 3, 2024

C trajectory of the Paris Agreement. 3M has been documenting and reporting scope 1 and 2 inventory since 2002 and has been developing its scope 3 emissions inventory since 2011 in line with the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 3, 2024

First and foremost, the emissions data can be used to document day-to-day compliance with air emission permits and standards. Align with Sustainability Goals and Industry Standards Many companies are aligning their carbon reduction efforts with global initiatives like the Paris Agreement and science-based targets (SBTi).

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Download the document. The two-week conference “will bring [nearly all the countries in the world] together to accelerate action towards the goals of the [2015] Paris Agreement and the UN Framework… Read more →

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In the 2015 UN Paris Agreement, the world’s nations pledged to pursue efforts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 Researchers should handle data responsibly, report on the nature of the science involved and document the decision-making process from start to finish. degrees Celsius. Informed Governance.

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Corporate Knights

JULY 25, 2023

The policy won’t affect money that has already gone out the door or commitments that have already been signed, there is no published calculation of the future subsidies that will now be foregone, and the documents provide no cost figures for 129 non-tax measures that could be shifted as a result of this week's announcement.

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ESG Today

MARCH 4, 2025

Among the key actions outlined in the document was a plan by the bank to engage over the next 12 months with all of its existing corporate and investing banking (CIB) clients identified as priority clients whose emissions reductions will be essential to reaching Standard Chartereds 2030 interim net zero goals.

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Corporate Knights

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

There also would be a pledge to ensure all financial flows are aligned with the Paris Agreement commitment to keep global warming to 1.5°C.”. The presidency’s document confused delegations and was mistaken as a draft of the final declaration until Egyptian officials clarified it was just a collection of ideas.”

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Follow the science II As noted recently in this blog , countries have been slow to submit their updated nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement. In its latest recommendations , the UKs Climate Change Committee (CCC) does not comment directly on the adequacy of these two documents.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Market participants are paying special attention to the transparency of covenants, transaction documents and use of proceeds. “To Moreover, given tropical forests’ vital role in the country’s nationally determined contribution to the Paris Agreement, it is also supporting the government on meeting its climate targets.

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Corporate Knights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The historic provisions, arrived at after round-the-clock negotiations by climate ministers and other senior officials, appeared in the energy transition section of the 21-page document. “A

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3BL Media

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

We are more resolute than ever to deliver on our mission and be a trusted partner and force for good in the communities we serve, as documented in the 2021 report.”. This science-based target is aligned with the Paris Agreement to limit total global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Quick background to CSRD To deliver on the 1.5ºC targets of the Paris Agreement, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) was established in 2001 with the support of the European Commission. We explain what this means, why it's important, and how companies can prepare for it.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This is especially fitting as the conference is taking place seven years after the signing of the Paris Agreement – a legally binding international treaty that commits countries to limiting global warming to below 2 (and preferably below 1.5) degrees Celsius.

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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. However, the document still provides insight into the direction of the climate action landscape of the coming decade. What’s Next?

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Chris Hall

JULY 12, 2023

The group plans to accelerate institutional investment in EMDEs over the next three years.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 26, 2024

Financial institutions should be legally required to align their activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement ahead of next year’s COP30, a senior UN figure said during London’s Climate Action Week. Under the Paris Agreement, countries must ratchet up their emissions reduction targets, known as NDCs, every five years.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Download the document. In the years after the call for a balance between sinks and sources of emissions in the Paris Agreement became the concept of “ net zero”, thousands of cities, regions, companies and financiers formed a voluntary groundswell and swung behind the concept. But net zero is now at an inflection point.

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Corporate Knights

MARCH 20, 2023

C The summary points to a “substantial emissions gap” between countries’ emission reduction promises under the 2015 Paris Agreement—even if they all keep their promises—and a pathway that would deliver even 50-50 odds of limiting warming to 1.5°C. The dangers of overshooting 1.5°C

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Corporate Knights

AUGUST 16, 2023

The NFU considers it a threat to “treasured cultural landscapes” according to a consultation document submitted to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee. Countries would never have signed the Paris Agreement without the belief that cutting emissions could be economically viable. “It

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Chris Hall

JULY 4, 2024

But the bright midsummer weather in the British capital didn’t match the sombre tone of many attendees and speakers, who expressed rising scepticism over whether the Paris Agreement goal of limiting average temperature rise to 1.5°C C by 2100 was still feasible. Why are we stalling when we finished last year on a high [at COP28]?”

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ESG Today

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The final agreement, however, was not more ambitious than last year’s COP26 document, removing the 2025 peak emissions goal at the last minute, and only reiterating the goal of limiting temperature increase to 1.5°C. According to COP26 President Alok Sharma, even maintaining last year’s progress proved challenging.

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Chris Hall

JULY 8, 2022

Documents obtained via an InfluenceMap freedom of information request revealed IAG had, in January of this year, emailed a European Commission official advocating for the region’s sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) mandate to be restricted to domestic EU flights. .

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Sustainable Development Network

JANUARY 2, 2019

In 2015, the Paris Agreement was put forth as a unifying doctrine in which 196 countries agreed to work together to fight climate change and move toward a low-carbon future. Since then, country delegations have been working to identify the rules and pathways to implement the Agreement. The final decision?

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Established under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement , the Global Stocktake is designed “to assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of [the Paris] Agreement and its long-term goals. What is the purpose of the Global Stocktake? But the Global Stocktake is meant to go far beyond an assessment.

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Research shows that directing finance towards nature-related themes and nature-based solutions could provide around a third of the climate mitigation needed to reach the goals set out in the Paris Agreement. The benchmark also publishes an Investor Guidance document which financial institutions can use in their stewardship activities.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

They also incorporated direct boat-based measurements of methane concentrations around offshore gas platforms in the North Sea collected in summer 2017, documented in a study also led by the authors. These updates resulted in a total methane emission estimate more than five times larger than reported emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

In addition, decarbonisation is not just an objective imposed by policies such as the Paris Agreement: with the right approach, it also creates tangible business opportunities that go beyond long-term financial savings. These include increased brand reputation, customer preference over competitors and attractiveness to investors.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 12, 2023

of the Paris Agreement will realise the potential of carbon markets globally, but progress remains slow. Finalisation of Article 6.2, Supervisory Body has been discussing the operationalisation of the promised international carbon crediting mechanism, including underpinning methodologies and greenhouse gas (GHG) removals guidance.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Highlighting significant risks posed by the degradation of nature to the economy and financial system, the document proposes a new policy tool, based on the UK Climate Change Committee’s Net Zero Pathways , giving the private sector clarity and guidance on how it can contribute to national and global environmental targets. “Any

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Sustainable Development Network

MAY 16, 2023

The need for substantially higher funding for the SDGs has been widely documented, by the SDSN, the IMF, and others. Financing gaps of $1-4 trillion per year (1-4% of world output) block the achievement of the SDGs, Paris Agreement, Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework, and other global goals in the developing world.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

“To deliver their own plans effectively, companies need clear and coherent policy settings, as well as understanding the direction of the economy and how that flows from international agreements – most notably the Paris Agreement,” he explained. Some companies may also need to tap into some form of government support.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 17, 2020

As the slipping of climate targets continues, it’s becoming increasingly clear that cutting emissions won’t be enough to keep global temperature increases below the 2ºC target enshrined by the 2015 Paris agreement. Is it happening?

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