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Register Now! - UN Global Compact Network UK Climate Action Summit - Delivering a Net Zero Future

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DESCRIPTION: This week, the UN Global Compact Network UK is convening expert business, government, and civil society leaders to explore how businesses can implement nature-based solutions and the principles of a circular economy to scale holistic action on net zero! Register Now!

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At COP27, Investors, Companies, and Policymakers Must Accelerate Urgent Action on the Climate and Water Crises To Cut Emissions in Half by 2030

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Hundreds of companies and investors including nearly 300 asset managers with a combined $68 trillion in assets have made net zero commitments. We’ve seen another record year of deadly, extreme weather events that are costing us lives, impacting vulnerable communities, and amassing hundreds of billions of dollars in damages.

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Mining Sector Needs “Social Compass”

Chris Hall

Although minerals are critical to a net zero future, ongoing environmental and social abuses cannot be ignored, urges Brumadinho community representative. It will further attempt to identify where existing ESG data can be consolidated, so investors and corporates can align.

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AllianceBernstein: Reflections on COP28: Opportunities Amid Challenges

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After years of negotiation, the fund, which will launch in 2024, received pledges of more than US$700 million from countries at the event. This is well below the US$387 billion a year that developing countries need, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s Adaptation Gap Report.

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Take Five: Fewer Fans for GFANZ

Chris Hall

The future of his Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero was in question after media reports that major US banks were threatening to quit rather than accept legal risks that might arise from tougher membership rules. I’m not a scientist,” he said, at an event hosted by the New York Times. But not his attitude to business.

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Accelerating the Decarbonization of the Latin America and Caribbean Transport Sector

Sustainable Development Network

The event, held both virtually and in person at the Marriott Panama Hotel in Panama City on October 26, brought together key stakeholders to explore innovative technological solutions aimed at accelerating the decarbonization of the region's transport sector.

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Take Five: Call of Nature

Chris Hall

According to the UN Environment Programme – Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), the finance sector has ground to make up too, albeit at least some of the responsibility for this also sits with governments. Private sector investment in nature had swollen to US$102 billion by May 2024, an eleven-fold increase on May 2022, apparently.

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