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Is Brazil Ready for COP30? No One Is Ready for COP30

Legal Planet

One more reason were not ready for COP30 is that only 21 countries 11% of the parties have put forward new targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions through to 2035, as required by the Paris Agreement. So, with Trump pulling out of the Paris Agreement yet again, will California Governor Gavin Newsom go to COP30?

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Oil Companies Plan to Take the Road Already Traveled

Union of Concerned Scientists

Heat-trapping emissions must be cut in half by 2030 to reach the Paris agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5 Shareholder advocates such as the Dutch nongovernmental organization Follow This have again filed proposals focused on the companies’ 2030 emissions reduction targets and their alignment with the Paris Agreement.

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Paris 2024 and the Evolution of ISO 20121: Redefining Sustainable Event Management

Environment + Energy Leader

Paris 2024 will be the first Olympic Games to align with the Paris Agreement. The post Paris 2024 and the Evolution of ISO 20121: Redefining Sustainable Event Management appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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A Year After the Shell Ruling: Big Victories and Next Steps for Climate Litigation

Union of Concerned Scientists

The suit seeks to hold them personally liable for failing to adopt and implement a climate strategy that aligns with the Paris agreement. In March, a first-of-its-kind case was announced against Shell’s board of directors. Failure to lead an effective transition, the suit argues, is a breach of board duties under the UK Companies Act.

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Opportunity to End Plastic Pollution: A Global Agreement

Ocean Conservancy

But it must be coupled with strong plastics collection and recycling, for which there is robust and standardized baselines and transparent national reporting. To elevate the importance of informal sector waste collectors in the process and agreement. However, recycling in many parts of the world would not happen without them.

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10 things we want to see in next week’s Speech from the Throne

Enviromental Defense

– A rejection of false solutions to climate and pollution crises that will only lock in more pollution, such as subsidizing carbon capture and storage, fossil-derived “blue” hydrogen and “advanced” or “chemical” recycling. – Protecting the Great Lakes by supporting the closure of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline. .

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G7 pledge to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels

A Greener Life

It also noted and acknowledged that under current global policies, we are not on track to reach what was agreed upon in the 2015 Paris Agreement – to keep temperature increases below 1.5