Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The UNFCCC synthesis report recognises the need for systems transformation in a way that the Paris Agreement has “never articulated before”, according to Levin. Efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

SDSN is proud to have contributed to Chapter 6 "Transforming food systems" of UNEP's 2022 Emissions Gap Report thanks to our FABLE Consortium scientific director Aline Mosnier. This lack of progress leaves the world hurtling towards a temperature rise far above the Paris Agreement goal of well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C.

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Dutch Finance Minister Sigrid Kaag reportedly said at COP that she didn’t know whether far-right Dutch leader Geert Wilders, who is trying to form a governing coalition in the Netherlands, will be able to implement some of his pledges, such as exiting the Paris Agreement or dismantling green funds.

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Sustainability Matters

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As the world experiences record global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions, the latest Emissions Gap Report from the UN Environment Programme ( UNEP ) found that current pledges under the Paris Agreement put the world on track for a 2.5–2.9°C For the 1.5°C C goal, emissions need to be cut by 42%.

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

But ultimately it needs to get down to legislation and policies at an international level. It’s not only ensuring that there is a place to define credibility, but also a place to define ambition.”

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Chris Hall

MARCH 28, 2023

The approach is also designed to allow organisations to signal their alignment to global policy goals, such as the recently negotiated Global Biodiversity Framework much as they are now doing with climate reporting and net zero transition planning aligned to the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Chris Hall

MAY 11, 2022

In 2005, a group of investment managers organised under the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) commissioned law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to publish a report , ‘A Legal Framework for the Integration of ESG Issues into Institutional Investment’. How does fiduciary duty relate to sustainable investment?

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 14, 2022

To accelerate this transition, UNEP has developed a Land Use Positive Impact Hub to support banks, asset owners and fund managers to determine how to measure the positive environmental and social (E&S) impacts of their land-use investments. Of the 51 climate-focused funds, representing US$30 billion AUM, only 10% were Paris aligned.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In this session, the Council will present engineering solutions for the energy transition and some key recommendations to serve as critical engineering inputs to COP negotiations.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 19, 2021

To stop the decline of nature and meet the Paris Agreement objectives, strategies need to be designed and implemented for better managing land use for agriculture, infrastructure, biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and adaptation, water provision, and other needs.

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Chris Hall

MAY 27, 2022

C objective of the Paris Agreement would of course significantly limit these impacts. As the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) summarises in their Adaptation Gap Report [8], “adapting to climate change makes economic sense” – with the Global Commission on Adaptation estimating a return of US$7.1

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Chris Hall

JUNE 21, 2023

“I will be watching to see what the countermove is from Parties and their financial regulators, who ultimately are the ones who have power to compel firms to disclose this information and to ensure its quality,” she says.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2022

Just prior to COP26, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) launched the International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO) to improve the accuracy and public transparency of human-caused methane emissions. Investors should advocate for more information by asking companies to join the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0,

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Chris Hall

AUGUST 16, 2023

C temperature pathway. Last year, the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) ‘ Emissions Gap Report ’ said climate policies enacted worldwide could result in 2.8°C It’s hoped that this will fan the flames of ambition at COP28 in Dubai and inform the next set of NDCs. C of global warming by 2100 – and between 2.4-2.6°C

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

New sheriffs have set up shop and are drawing up rules on both the supply and demand side of voluntary markets, which may eventually be reinforced by regulation introduced by policymakers in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. . “At Global mangrove forests sequester around 22.8

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Chris Hall

JUNE 1, 2023

On 15 May, over 20 state attorneys-general sent a letter to NZIA and Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) members, asking for information on their relationship to the alliances and commitments made. McCully said the mass exodus is down to increasing pressure from opposing US Republican politicians. Recipients were given a month to respond.

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