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The UN’s Global Biodiversity Framework could be ‘Paris Agreement for nature’

GreenBiz

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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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

Or, in the words of James Marape, president of Papua New Guinea, theyre now a total waste of time. The landmark Paris Agreement was forged in the corridors of COP21 back in 2015. For the last 30 years, COP has been the planets main vehicle of hope for averting climate catastrophe. Shes changed her mind.

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O-I Glass Announces New Ambitious 2030 Sustainability Goals

3BL Media

Energy Management : Weve created an energy strike team to find and destroy energy waste across our network. Aligning with the Paris Agreement The elevated sustainability goals reflect O-Is decisive action to better position the company as a leader in sustainable glass manufacturing. It does not cause end-of-life waste issues.

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Four reasons to be hopeful about the planned global plastics treaty

Corporate Knights

Instead, it envisages a treaty akin to the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, which addresses greenhouse gas emissions. This is much harder to obfuscate than the Paris agreement’s aim of ensuring that the global average temperature does not rise 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Clear objectives and standards.

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Use of Employee Incentives to Hit Climate Goals More than Doubles Over Past Year: Accenture

ESG Today

The report found that most companies are making progress on decarbonization, revealing a 6% annual decrease in average emissions intensity, or emissions per unit of revenue, since the 2016 Paris Agreement.

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Legal challenge to exclusion of waste incinerators from post-Brexit emissions trading scheme

Envirotec Magazine

Newhaven waste incinerator, East Sussex. A legal challenge has been issued to the Government’s decision to exclude municipal waste incinerators from the UK Emissions Trading Scheme – the replacement for the existing EU Emissions Trading Scheme, to come into effect after the UK leaves the EU.

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Over 75% of Companies Have Cut Emissions Intensity Since Paris Agreement: Accenture

ESG Today

The report also revealed that the vast majority of companies are employing at least some decarbonization levers, with 82% implementing energy efficiency measures, 80% reducing waste, 79% switching to renewables, and 68% adopting circular principles. C – according to a new study released by global professional services firm Accenture.