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To achieve net-zero, let’s agree on one definition of success

GreenBiz

Reaching the 2015 Paris Agreement goals requires bold action from all sectors and levels of our society. In this refreshed, robust definition, a strategy for “Net-Zero” greenhouse gas emissions can earn its capital letters if it is: Fully-scoped , Science-based , Paris Agreement-compliant and Cumulative. Peter Boyd.

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Seven ways to inform better decisions with TCFD reporting

GreenBiz

Seven ways to inform better decisions with TCFD reporting. Each can apply TCFD reporting intelligence to inform better decisions in different ways. There are many more examples of how TCFD reporting is helping organizations inform better decision-making and capture new opportunities in the transition to a low-carbon economy. .

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Climate storytelling: Why Article 12 of the Paris Agreement could unlock everything

We Mean Business Coalition

That’s why I believe one of the most neglected clauses in the Paris Agreement might just be our best hope for planetary transformation. In arcane COP-speak – the Paris Agreement says communications is important to enable the rest of its own provisions.

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What does digital art have to do with sustainability?

GreenBiz

They include information distributed across a wide network of servers. In order to maintain trust in the veracity of the data, the network needs some way to validate new information. Because every server in the network needs to accept that the new information is authentic, this feature is called a consensus mechanism.

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COP29 Ends with Target to Triple Climate Finance to $300 Billion per Year

ESG Today

One of the key outcomes of the conference was an agreement on the creation of a New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG), aimed at aligning global financial flows with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, with nations agreeing that climate financing for developing nations should reach at least $1.3

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How blockchain could help put the Paris Agreement on course, from the bottom up

GreenBiz

Digital technologies can make climate accounting faster, more transparent and more accessible to a wide set of stakeholders.

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OECD Warns of Climate-alignment “Blind Spot”

Chris Hall

The OECD report said actions to better align finance with climate goals had to be informed by robust assessments of progress, describing available evidence on best practices, finance volumes, and actions as “scattered and incomplete”.