Why the Paris Agreement poses major stranded asset risk to Indonesian palm oil
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Research lays bare scale of stranded asset risk facing Indonesia's palm oil sector if Paris Agreement climate goals are met.
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How Your Organization Can Buy Paris Agreement-Verified Rainforest Carbon Credits for the First Time
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Date/Time: November 18, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) As governments step up efforts to strengthen the Paris Agreement at COP26 and tackle the climate emergency, corporate action has never been more critical.
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The UN’s Global Biodiversity Framework could be ‘Paris Agreement for nature’
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Set to be finalized in early 2022, the GBF’s draft sets out targets for protecting marine and land habitats, reducing pesticides and plastic waste, and increasing investments.
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Unilever threatens to quit trade associations that block climate policy
GreenBiz
MARCH 21, 2024
The company says it will cut ties with groups that obstruct progress on Paris Agreement net-zero goals.
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Exploring the first international declaration on pathways to building decarbonization
GreenBiz
MARCH 28, 2024
The Declaration de Chaillot marks a major achievement for countries trying to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement.
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Coronavirus could trigger 'largest ever annual fall in CO2' in 2020
GreenBiz
APRIL 13, 2020
But an analysis suggests the likely reduction in CO2 still would be far off goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Study reveals 'explosion' in climate-related litigation since 2020
GreenBiz
JULY 7, 2023
Report details increased diversity of climate litigation since the Paris Agreement, leading to indirect impacts on corporate decision-making regardless of courtroom success.
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How are G7 companies actually performing against Paris Agreement goals?
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
New analysis suggests corporations in the G7 are currently far off track, but decarbonization trends are at least heading in a greener direction.
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'Red flag for COP26': Most high-carbon companies shooting 'wide of the mark' for a 2C world
GreenBiz
MARCH 23, 2020
Investor-led Transitions Pathway Initiative warns four in five firms in carbon-intensive sectors currently fail Paris Agreement test.
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To achieve net-zero, let’s agree on one definition of success
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
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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Advice for scaling nature-based carbon removal programs
GreenBiz
AUGUST 24, 2021
Sponsored: Carbon removal is an important and immediate part of the many actions companies are taking to reach the aims of the Paris Agreement.
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“Global laughing stock:” Dutton’s threat to tear up Paris climate target labeled a disaster
Renew Economy
JUNE 8, 2024
Peter Dutton's threat to pull out of the Paris agreement while the country waits two decades for nuclear would make Australia a "global laughing stock", activists say. The post “Global laughing stock:” Dutton’s threat to tear up Paris climate target labeled a disaster appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac: 'Every day is a chance that will not come again'
GreenBiz
MARCH 7, 2020
negotiators behind the Paris Agreement, Figueres and Rivett-Carnac have done a lot of work together. As the U.N. We caught up with them about their latest collaboration, a book called "The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis.".
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Downturn signals opportunity for climate-aligned investing
GreenBiz
APRIL 27, 2020
Several frameworks are emerging that sets performance thresholds identifying economic activities that align with the Paris Agreement emissions reduction targets.
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'Mission 2025': Corporations, mayors call for more ambitious national climate plans
GreenBiz
JUNE 25, 2024
The next round of climate plans due under the Paris Agreement can galvanize the green economy, business leaders and mayors argue.
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Australia will miss its weak 2030 emissions reduction targets, new data shows
Renew Economy
APRIL 21, 2022
Australia set to fall short of its weak Paris Agreement target for emissions, thanks to the lack of meaningful federal policy. The post Australia will miss its weak 2030 emissions reduction targets, new data shows appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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COP15: Is this 'the Paris Agreement for nature'?
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 23, 2022
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework promises to end the decline in nature, but can it really catalyze the transformation in business models that is required?
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Episode 338: Women raise voices at VERGE 22
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 28, 2022
This episode features VERGE 22 keynote speakers Paris Agreement negotiator Christiana Figueres, behavioral scientist Sweta Chakraborty, marine geologist Dawn Wright and more.
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Most green index funds aren't aligned with the Paris Agreement
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 5, 2022
Sustainable passive funds attracted a record $69 billion in net flows in 2021 — but their growth has raised question.
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How a more inclusive marketplace can promote low-carbon growth
GreenBiz
JUNE 16, 2023
Developing sector-based benchmarks for issuing carbon credits would open markets to emerging companies and mark significant progress toward Paris Agreement goals.
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Understanding the Carbon Removals Landscape
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Lasting mitigation of carbon is critical for keeping emissions within the temperature goals set in the Paris Agreement.
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How banks can accelerate net-zero emissions commitments
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 27, 2021
On the eve of COP26, large banks have yet so shift fundamentally towards the Paris Agreement.
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6 stops on the roadmap to net zero emissions for the apparel sector
GreenBiz
MARCH 4, 2022
These actions can deliver 60 percent of the emissions reductions needed for the industry to stay in line with the Paris Agreement.
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This is what ‘responsible’ climate lobbying looks like
GreenBiz
APRIL 4, 2022
The new Global Standard on Responsible Climate Lobbying offers detailed suggestions for how companies can ensure their lobbying aligns with the Paris Agreement.
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Going for the E-S-Gold: Home of the Paris Agreement Hosts the Olympics
3BL Media
AUGUST 12, 2024
While there have been some setbacks, particularly regarding pollution in the Seine River and a reversal on using air conditioners in the Olympic Village, the Paris Olympics have won overall high marks for being environmentally friendly.
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Major parties have Australia on track to blow past Paris targets
Renew Economy
MAY 9, 2022
Only the Greens and 'teal' independents have climate policies consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement, new analysis shows. The post Major parties have Australia on track to blow past Paris targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Big business puts its industry associations on notice: No more blocking climate policy
Corporate Knights
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Today, companies representing 40% of the stock market have committed to science-based targets around reducing their greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. . Supporting climate action aligned with the Paris Agreement when engaging with policy-makers. These companies are not run by wide-eyed idealists.
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Swedish Energy Agency - Sweden and Zambia in climate cooperation under the Paris Agreement
Global Renewable News
AUGUST 20, 2024
The Swedish Energy Agency and the Zambian Ministry of Environment have signed an agreement on emissions trading under the Paris Agreement. The next steps are to negotiate suitable emission reduction p.
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What does digital art have to do with sustainability?
GreenBiz
MAY 5, 2021
A Paris Agreement for blockchain. On April 7, a coalition led by Energy Web announced the Crypto Climate Accord , modeled loosely on the Paris Agreement. Like the Paris Agreement, this broad pact is pathway-agnostic.
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HSBC is latest bank to pledge net-zero financed emissions by mid-century
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 13, 2020
While the pledge provides limited detail on the measures it will take to slash the carbon emissions of its portfolio or operations, the bank said it would establish "clear, measurable pathways" to net-zero using the Paris Agreement's Capital Transition Assessment Tool (PACTA). Pull Quote. Finance & Investing.
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How financial institutions can overcome barriers to climate alignment
GreenBiz
APRIL 29, 2020
trillion have committed to align their portfolio emissions with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Within the last two years, financial institutions representing $17.2 But there's still more to be done.
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Swedish Energy Agency - Sweden and Rwanda to cooperate on emissions trading under the Paris Agreement
Global Renewable News
OCTOBER 6, 2024
The Swedish Energy Agency and Rwanda's Ministry of the Environment have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on emissions trading under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. The next steps are to agre.
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World headed for record hot year by 2028 – probably our first above 1.5°C limit
Renew Economy
MAY 17, 2023
Does this mean the Paris Agreement has already failed? New report forecasts two-in-three chance of passing 1.5℃ threshold sometime in the next five years. The post World headed for record hot year by 2028 – probably our first above 1.5°C C limit appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Four reasons to be hopeful about the planned global plastics treaty
Corporate Knights
MARCH 23, 2022
Instead, it envisages a treaty akin to the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, which addresses greenhouse gas emissions. The emphasis on designing plastic products to be reused or recycled means that the future agreement will probably also include a commitment to phasing out single-use items made from plastics wherever possible.
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The Road to Powering Amazon on 100% Renewable Energy by 2025
GreenBiz
MARCH 31, 2021
Most recently the company committed to powering global operations on 100% renewable energy by 2025 as part of The Climate Pledge, a commitment to be net-zero carbon by 2040, 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. How will the company get there five years ahead of the initial 2030 target?
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Coca-Cola on board with emphasizing human impact
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 12, 2020
So failure to address one issue is just going to exacerbate the risk of another," said Kristen Lang, senior director of the Ceres Company Network and lead author of the nonprofit’s latest set of suggested strategic, operational and policy change actions necessary for the corporate world to meet the warming-mitigation goals of the Paris Agreement.
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New framework for CO2 offsets could create "cowboy carbon markets," critics warn
Corporate Knights
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
For the first time carbon credits will be recognized under the Paris Agreement, enabling countries and companies to use offsets to meet their carbon reduction targets, potentially giving a huge boost to carbon credit trading. At least one major international bank, HSBC, is voting with its feet.
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Investors give funds aligned to Paris Agreement a wider berth
Financial Times: Moral Money
OCTOBER 23, 2024
ESG funds which track companies’ adherence to climate pledges have been falling from favour
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Banks spending trillions to finance causes of climate crisis in Global South: report
Corporate Knights
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
trillion (all figures in US dollars) in financing for the worst climate offender, the fossil fuel industry, in the Global South since the Paris Agreement on climate change was enacted in 2016. It found that banks have provided an estimated $3.2
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Understanding the Carbon Removals Landscape: Creating Clarity in an Opaque Market
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
Lasting mitigation of carbon is critical for keeping emissions within the temperature goals set in the Paris Agreement. Backed by the IPCC, Science Based Target Initiative and the United Nations’ Race to Zero Campaign, carbon removals pose a huge opportunity to meet the crucial 1.5 degree or less global warming trajectory.
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Amazon aims to clean up aviation
GreenBiz
JANUARY 27, 2021
Amazon Vice President of Worldwide Sustainability Kara Hurst released a statement about the investment: Amazon created The Climate Pledge Fund to support the development of technologies and services that will enable Amazon and other companies to reach the goals of the Paris Agreement 10 years early — achieving net-zero carbon by 2040.
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Is Your Brand Communicating Enough About Sustainability?
3BL Media
AUGUST 2, 2024
C goal set by the Paris Agreement, many companies are still grappling with how to communicate progress. With the recent announcement of climate action themes and goals for this year’s COP29 summit, and the UN's intense initiatives to achieve the 1.5°C
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Better Together: The Climate Pledge
GreenBiz
AUGUST 20, 2020
Join us for a conversation about the power of companies (big and small) coming together to tackle the climate crisis, and hear why Global Optimism and Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge—a bold commitment to become net zero carbon by 2040—10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement. .
COP29 Ends with Target to Triple Climate Finance to $300 Billion per Year
ESG Today
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
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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