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COP28 Action Tracker: CEOs press for end to fossil fuels as King Charles gets go-ahead to attend climate summit
…and deliver a speech. This will be his first environment-related public speaking event since his coronation. Charles attended COP26 in Glasgow in place of his mother but was not in…
Government rubbishes CCC’s recommendations on airport expansions and fossil fuels
…2050 was enshrined in law) and 2021 (when COP26 was hosted in Glasgow). In her response to the Committee, Coutinho argues that the UK should not have lost its global…
UK accused of bungling sustainable food production policy domestically and globally
…ourselves as a world leader at COP26 which we hosted in Glasgow in 2021. And it was a genuinely landmark law to cut illegal deforestation caused by commodity production from…
Loss and Damage breakthroughs and China’s vague methane plan: COP28 Action Tracker
…the eve of COP26 in Glasgow. Since then, Global Witness claims, commodities linked to more than 50,000 acres of deforestation – predominantly tropical – have entered Britain. MPs have also…
COP28 Action Tracker: The UN’s stark new climate warning and renewed China-US collaboration
…as the UK’s net-zero business champion for COP26. There is still no indication that Sunak or his Energy Secretary, Claire Coutinho, have made a U-turn and decided to attend COP28…
Can businesses use COP28 as a springboard for climate action?
…Government stated its intention at COP26 in 2021 to mandate transition plans from large, listed firms in high-carbon sectors by the end of 2023. This mandate has been put on…
COP28 Covered: edie launches brand-new daily podcast show
…podcast for COP26 and features returning daily “good COP/bad COP” round-ups, special guests, listener quizzes and more – all available to listen and subscribe to, for free, right here on…
COP28 preview: Here’s everything you need to know about the climate conference in Dubai
…by temporarily expanded workforces within the host government. COP26 in Glasgow in 2021, for example, was at the Scottish Event Campus. COP28 will be at Expo City (pictured). There are…
WWF warns of slow progress in halving environmental impact of groceries
…urgently implementing long overdue regulations to meet its high-profile COP26 promise to eliminate deforestation and conversion from UK supply chains and support WWF’s mission to bring our world back to…
From the Blue Zone to the Global Stocktake: edie’s COP28 jargon buster
…from Egypt and Razan Al Mubarak from the UAE. Race to Zero Launched in 2020 ahead of COP26, Race to Zero is a global campaign convening non-state actors to collaborate…
COP28 Covered Podcast episode 2: Climate queues, Loss & Damage, and a giant Ferris wheel
…you today’s news in brief, recapping on the operationalisation of an historic new global loss and damage fund and more. We also have a new listener quiz. COP26 Covered is…
COP28: Rishi Sunak unveils £11bn Dogger Bank investment and £1.6bn international climate spending plans
…and gas boilers to replace them with low-carbon alternatives and weakened requirements for landlords The commitment was first made by the UK at COP26. It forms part of a collective…
Crucial plans mapped out to decarbonise healthcare and manufacturing in China, India, UAE
…systems in countries.” The Health Systems Task Force is a public-private partnership launched at Cop26. These commitments coincide with COP28 which is being held in Dubai and marks the first…
Oil and gas loopholes and forest carbon credits: The 7 biggest stories from the World Leaders Summit (day two) at COP28
…COP closed off, the announcements continued to come in thick and fast. The Business and Climate Philanthropy Forum also continued with speeches from the likes of Bill Gates, COP26 President…
‘Not moving fast enough’: UK built environment sector off-track to deliver net-zero emissions
On Built Environment Day (6 December) at COP28 the UKGBC unveiled a progress report updating data related to UKGBC’s Net Zero Whole Life Carbon Roadmap published at COP26 in Glasgow….
The first week of COP28: The nine biggest talking points
…it is essential.” Previous COPs have been stung by last-minute language tweaks that have weakened the overall agreement, with the Glasgow Climate Pact at COP26 notably having its texts changed…
Youth Climate Stocktakes and energy majors’ joint renewables plan: The six biggest stories from 8 December at COP28
…contributes to 3% of global CO2e emissions, a figure that could escalate to 17.5% without transformative action. The urgency to decarbonise the shipping sector was emphasised at COP26 as well,…
Mangroves, food fights and fossil fuels: The eight biggest stories from nature day at COP28 (9 December)
…nature-positive finance. These principles were first promised two years ago at COP26 in Glasgow. The long-term hope is to “mainstream” nature in MDB operations “in a systematic manner”, so that…
COP28: ‘Time for maximum ambition’, UN chief says as talks enter final hours
…But while the direction on coal was set at COP26 two years ago, petrostates including Saudi Arabia are continuing to block strong language on oil and gas. There have also…
The eight biggest stories of COP28, from Loss & Damage funding to fossil fuel lobbyists
…badged as unanimous. No last-minute interjections were made, as were seen at COP26. But the Alliance of Small Island States has told media that its representatives were not given the…
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