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MAS Launches Singapore-Asia Taxonomy

Clean Energy Law

Accordingly, the Taxonomy accounts for maritime vessels that are aligned with the International Maritime Organisation’s 2023 strategy for greenhouse gas reduction. In developed economies, the CFPP is retired at the latest by 2030 and in all other countries by 2040.

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European Green Deal - What is the Just Transition Mechanism?

Energy and Climate Law

This programme should mobilise “at least €1 trillion of sustainable investments ” until 2030. The JTM endeavours to smoothen these socio-economic turbulences and to “leave no one behind”, which is the motto used by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well. The JTF composes the 1 st pillar.

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Analysis: What’s at stake for India and South Asia at COP26?

A Greener Life

What we need at [this year’s] COP is action plans to rapidly cut greenhouse emissions and finance to adapt to climatic hazards.”. India is yet to decide whether it will come forward with a fresh set of promises at COP26, but so far lawmakers have made it clear that they won’t raise climate ambitions under pressure from developed countries.

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India’s banks unprepared for climate breaking points

A Greener Life

The need for more incisive climate action and disclosure doesn’t just apply to banks, but to most public sector energy giants too, says Balasubramanian Viswanathan, a policy adviser with the think tank International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).

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The Not-So-Good News About Carbon Offsets

Legal Planet

That’s good news because deforestation of tropical forests is a huge source of greenhouse gas emissions. A common definition of carbon offsets is “reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from an activity in one place to compensate for emissions elsewhere.” billion directly to Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

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Will renewable energy save us from climate change?

Global Green

Moreover, as suggested by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation, renewable energy is much better than fossil fuels exploitation in terms of sustainable development (unlike someone in Moore’s movie suggested).

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What is Our Ocean’s Role in the Transition to Clean Energy?

Ocean Conservancy

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, fossil fuel production accounts for 35% of global greenhouse gas emissions. For the first time, Ocean Conservancy attended the annual International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly to help advance a just clean-energy transition.