Climate Change The New Economy
Climate Change, Environment
The Advancing Net Zero (ANZ) Status Report 2020 highlights leadership action from GBCs and the building and construction sector towards achieving total sector decarbonisation. We showcase action from across our Green Building Council (GBC) network including the 27 GBCs participating in WorldGBC’s global Advancing Net Zero project, as well as signatories to
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The crucial topic of delivering climate finance in 2020 and beyond was the focus of an event held on day 4 of June Momentum for Climate Change - one of a series of events that demonstrate the commitment to deliver climate action and ambition in 2020. As global warming continues - with 2020 projected to be one
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Joint op-ed by Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change & Francesco La Camera, director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), first published by Thomson Reuters Foundation.COVID-19 is a global health crisis unlike any in recent history — one that is spreading human suffering, destabilizing the global economy
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The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19. This decision has been taken by the COP Bureau of the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), with the UK and its Italian partners. Dates for a rescheduled conference in
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Effective today, the UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat is operating according to a new structure, as part of an organizational change initiative to overhaul the secretariat as the UN lead entity supporting the intergovernmental Climate Change process and to mobilize Climate Action towards global transformation to meet the targets of
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This month’s original YCC “This Is Not Cool” video shows how several experienced climate scientists are handling the emotional and personal feelings that many feel in grasping the potential adverse effects of runaway climate change. In the current global context posed by the coronavirus pandemic, there are striking similarities between
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The COP 26 agenda has been launched to help private finance support the whole economy transition to net zero. The objective is that every professional financial decision will need to take climate change into account. The right framework for reporting, risk management and returns will embed these considerations and help
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The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) has launched a new online learning platform to support businesses in raising awareness of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within their organizations. By spending 10 – 15 minutes navigating this platform, users will undergo a crash-course in the SDGs and their relevance to
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The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has announced that it has officially reached more than 1,000 supporters globally for its recommendations, signifying a major shift among market participants in acknowledging that climate change presents a financial risk. Together, the private sector organizations that are supporters have a market
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