United Nations Climate Change Conference

Global Leaders on COP26: Climate Emergency Demands Policy Shift to Adaptation

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Monday, September 6, 2021
Countries, Foreign relations, Government, Climate change policy, Global Center on Adaptation, Climate change adaptation, Climate resilience, Climate finance, Feike Sijbesma, GCA, Paris Agreement, United Nations Climate Change Conference

Today, global leaders gathered in Rotterdam to participate in the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) High Level Dialogue: An Adaptation Acceleration Imperative for COP26.

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  • Today, global leaders gathered in Rotterdam to participate in the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) High Level Dialogue: An Adaptation Acceleration Imperative for COP26.
  • It highlighted that certain impacts, such as extreme heat spells, would double in scale over the next decade, demanding unprecedented acceleration and investment in adaptation and resilience to counteract the growing climate emergency.
  • remarked Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the Global Center on Adaptation.
  • Countries are ready for new ambition on adaptation, and they are ready for much scaled up financing for adaptation too.

L.E.K. Consulting Launches Sustainability Centre of Excellence

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
Environmentalism, Management consulting, Strategic management, Sustainability, Consultant, Articles, Economy, L.E.K. Consulting

Consulting today announced the launch of a global Sustainability Centre of Excellence .

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  • Consulting today announced the launch of a global Sustainability Centre of Excellence .
  • The Centre will harness a firm's global capabilities, develop metrics and generate research
    To meet the growing demand for strategic, results-focused sustainability solutions, the L.E.K.
  • Sustainability Centre of Excellence will combine the talents and insights of L.E.K.
  • Consulting is a global management consulting firm that uses deep industry expertise and rigorous analysis to help business leaders achieve practical results with real impact.

First-of-Its-Kind “Pathways to Dairy Net Zero” Initiative to Raise Climate Ambition for the Global Dairy Sector

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Monday, July 26, 2021
Other Natural Resources, Environment, Agriculture, Other Science, Natural Resources, Research, Science, Carbon dioxide, Carbon neutrality, Renewable energy, Climate change, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Natural environment, Articles, Time, Draft:Sustainable Food Trust, Dairy farming in Canada

A first-of-its-kind Pathways to Dairy Net Zero initiative is being developed to accelerate climate change action throughout the global dairy sector.

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  • A first-of-its-kind Pathways to Dairy Net Zero initiative is being developed to accelerate climate change action throughout the global dairy sector.
  • Pathways to Dairy Net Zero will officially launch during the UN Food Systems Summit in September and aims to generate commitments at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, in November.
  • Climate change and the global dairy cattle sector: The role of the dairy sector in a lowcarbon future.
  • Collaborators include Global Dairy Platform, International Dairy Federation, Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform, International Livestock Research Institute, Dairy Sustainability Framework and IFCN Dairy Research Network.

Earth Overshoot Day marks the launch of 100 Days of Possibility leading to COP26

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Monday, July 26, 2021
Articles, Academic disciplines, Natural environment, Human ecology, Human overpopulation, Population ecology, Global Footprint Network, Earth Overshoot Day, Overshoot, Ecological footprint, Climate change mitigation, United Nations Climate Change Conference

OAKLAND, Calif., July 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 100 Days of Possibility is unveiled today, Earth Overshoot Day, by sustainability leaders Global Footprint Network and the Scottish EPA.

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  • OAKLAND, Calif., July 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 100 Days of Possibility is unveiled today, Earth Overshoot Day, by sustainability leaders Global Footprint Network and the Scottish EPA.
  • With a world still largely unprepared, and growing concerns about recent extreme weather events, representatives of national governments will gather 100 days from now at what has been deemed the last-chance summit for global climate action COP26 in Glasgow.
  • "There is no benefit in waiting to take action, regardless of what transpires at the COP," Global Footprint Network CEO Laurel Hanscom said.
  • This trajectory invariably leads to unmanageable economic risk, stranding all assets that are incompatible with climate change and increased resource constraints.

CICC Publishes Thematic Research on How AI Empowers Achievement of Carbon Neutrality

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Thursday, July 15, 2021
Renewable energy, Carbon dioxide, Carbon neutrality, Climate change, Articles, Carbon finance, Natural environment, Climate variability and change, Climate change in China, UN Climate Action Summit

CICC Research's Technology Group has joined together with multiple sector research teams to complete this in-depth analysis covering potential scenarios for AI-enabled carbon emission reduction.

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  • CICC Research's Technology Group has joined together with multiple sector research teams to complete this in-depth analysis covering potential scenarios for AI-enabled carbon emission reduction.
  • After the 21st United Nations Climate Change Conference, the achievement of carbon neutrality has become a global goal.
  • As of the end of 2020, 44 countries and regions around the world made commitments on carbon neutrality.
  • China also announced that it would achieve peak carbon levels by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060.

Being Part of the Climate Change Solution Means Going Beyond the Obvious - Now!

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Environment, In Scotland, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Natural environment, Climate change denial, Sustainable Development Goal 13

Companies must be part of the solution and there are many ways we can do this.

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  • Companies must be part of the solution and there are many ways we can do this.
  • Companies, too, need to be part of the climate change solution.
  • This can be just as important as financing when it comes to supporting academic institutions', think-tanks' or NGOs' climate initiatives.
  • With the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference ( COP26 ) happening in November, the flood of commentary will no doubt pick up.

Local and regional authorities' contributions to tackling climate change need to be measured, included and valued under the Paris Agreement

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Saturday, July 3, 2021
Articles, Natural environment, Academic disciplines, Climate change policy, Carbon dioxide, Carbon neutrality, Renewable energy, Climate change, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Politics of climate change, Sustainable Development Goal 13

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  • Local and regional authorities' contributions to tackling climate change need to be measured, included and valued under the Paris Agreement
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Supercharging Public-Private Efforts in the Race to Net-Zero and Climate Resilience

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Thursday, June 10, 2021
Alternative energy, Energy, Environment, Climate change policy, Environment, In Scotland, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Climate change, Articles, Time, Natural environment

Recognizing the urgency to act on climate change, many businesses are already stepping up.

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  • Recognizing the urgency to act on climate change, many businesses are already stepping up.
  • The Race to Zero initiative championed by UNFCCC and COP26 is working with hundreds of companies and investors across the global economy to scale climate change solutions.
  • Not taking mitigating actions against climate change could shrink global GDP by up to 18% in the next 30 years5.
  • We are advocates of open standards and partnership ecosystems that are passionate about our shared Meaningful Purpose, Inclusive and Empowered values.

RMI Convenes Six Global Banks to Decarbonize Steel

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Thursday, May 27, 2021
Earth sciences, Climate change, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Coal, Articles, Time

The banks have formed the Steel Climate-Aligned Finance Working Group, facilitated by RMI's Center for Climate-Aligned Finance , with the goal of crafting an industry-backed agreement before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in November 2021 (COP26).

Key Points: 
  • The banks have formed the Steel Climate-Aligned Finance Working Group, facilitated by RMI's Center for Climate-Aligned Finance , with the goal of crafting an industry-backed agreement before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in November 2021 (COP26).
  • However, for the steel sector, which emits roughly 7% of global energy emissions and is heavily coal-dependent, commercially viable alternatives are still at an early stage.
  • Within MPP, the Working Group is part of the Net-Zero Steel Initiative (NZSI), comprising some of the world's largest steel producers and suppliers.
  • "The formation of the steel finance working group is just the first step on the journey to a climate-aligned steel sector," said James Mitchell, director at the Center.

RMI Convenes Six Global Banks to Decarbonize Steel

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Thursday, May 27, 2021
Earth sciences, Climate change, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Coal, Articles, Time

The banks have formed the Steel Climate-Aligned Finance Working Group, facilitated by RMI's Center for Climate-Aligned Finance , with the goal of crafting an industry-backed agreement before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in November 2021 (COP26).

Key Points: 
  • The banks have formed the Steel Climate-Aligned Finance Working Group, facilitated by RMI's Center for Climate-Aligned Finance , with the goal of crafting an industry-backed agreement before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in November 2021 (COP26).
  • However, for the steel sector, which emits roughly 7% of global energy emissions and is heavily coal-dependent, commercially viable alternatives are still at an early stage.
  • Within MPP, the Working Group is part of the Net-Zero Steel Initiative (NZSI), comprising some of the world's largest steel producers and suppliers.
  • "The formation of the steel finance working group is just the first step on the journey to a climate-aligned steel sector," said James Mitchell, director at the Center.