Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 2, 2022
At the start of the recent COP 27 climate meeting in Egypt, a United Nations report on the role of financial institutions in controlling climate change said, “There is no room for new investment in fossil fuel supply.”. With COP 27 now concluded, fossil fuel investment remains the elephant in the room.
Law Columbia
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
In his inaugural address , incoming General Assembly President Peter Thompson declared that the session would focus on advancing the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in September 2015. In this new era, questions abound regarding what constitutes “sustainable” development and how to achieve it.
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Enviromental Defense
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Before the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015, the world was on track for a catastrophic four degrees of warming. For example, last year Environmental Defence worked with other Canadian climate groups to push Canada to strengthen its official position on fossil fuels in the negotiations. The conflict of interest is clear.
HumanNature
MARCH 11, 2024
The Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the UN Foundation in 2015 not only provide a guideline for an ideal future, but also illustrate the multi-pronged dilemma of emerging economies. Developing countries need renewable energy investments of about US$1.7
A Greener Life
OCTOBER 7, 2021
The 26th Conference of Parties, known as COP26 , which will run from 31 October to 12 November in Glasgow, the UK, is considered the most important meeting in global climate diplomacy since 2015, when the Paris Agreement was thrashed out by the 197 members of the UNFCCC.
Edouard Stenger
MAY 30, 2023
PV Magazine published at the beginning of the year an article stating that fossil fuels already had peaked. Between 2015 and 2022, among the G20 (the 20 largest economies, accounting for ” 80% of gross world product (GWP), 75% of international trade, two-thirds of the global population, and 60% of the world’s land area.”
Edouard Stenger
DECEMBER 30, 2020
To make matters even worse, higher and higher temperatures and extreme weather phenomenon remind us each year in a more pressing way the urgency of decreasing our fossil fuels reliance. coal companies have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy since 2015 and analysts expect more as the economy dives.
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