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Fujifilm has been implementing climate change measures under the "Sustainable Value Plan 2030 (SVP2030)" covering the period to FY2030 from the perspectives of "resolving social issues through business activities" and "giving environmental and social considerations in business processes. (fujifilm.com)

The supplier can also choose to sign up to an organization such as Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) or SME Climate Hub , however this is not a requirement from Ericsson. (ericsson.com)
Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) - Used to publicly announce 1.5°C aligned targets and has useful information for how to calculate targets. (ericsson.com)
The Science Based Targets initiative is a collaboration between CDP, the United Nations Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which defines and promotes best practice in science-based target setting. (ipsen.com)
The SBTi is regarded as the global authority in the independent assessment and validation of science-based targets. (ipsen.com)
And they are doing so through using the guidelines set by the Science Based Targets initiative, which provides a framework that its supporters say can help companies stay competitive while doing their part to mitigate climate change. (triplepundit.com)
And both spinoffs of the former HP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company and HP Inc., have already set targets aligned with the Science Based Targets Initiative. (triplepundit.com)
The Science Based Targets initiative is a partnership between NGOs including CDP, World Resources Institute (WRI), WWF and the United Nations Global Compact. (triplepundit.com)
Furthermore, companies who decided to set these science-based targets must have a plan that not only reduces emissions within their own operations, but also across their entire value chains. (triplepundit.com)
According to the WRI, the companies that have so far aligned themselves with the Science Based Targets initiative comprise an estimated $6.5 trillion in market value - an amount roughly equal to the NASDAQ stock exchange or the combined GDPs of Germany and the United Kingdom. (triplepundit.com)
Companies increasingly disclose emissions reduction targets, often verified through schemes such as the Science Based Targets initiative. (theccc.org.uk)
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a partnership of international NGOs, has validated MVV's climate protection targets. (mvv.de)
That has been confirmed by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a partnership of international nongovernment organisations (NGOs), in November 2021 following an extensive scientific review. (mvv.de)
WASHINGTON (November 16, 2016) - Just 18 months after its launch, the Science Based Targets initiative announced that 200 companies have committed to set emissions reduction targets consistent with the global effort to keep temperatures well below the 2-degree threshold. (wri.org)
In the past year, the initiative has seen a growth rate of over 2 companies per week committing to set science-based targets, far exceeding the project's timeline and signaling that climate action has gained tremendous momentum in the private sector. (wri.org)
A partnership between CDP, WRI, WWF and the UN Global Compact, the Science Based Targets initiative works with companies to set ambitious emission reduction targets. (wri.org)
Businesses who commit have two years to set science-based targets, which are then closely reviewed by the initiative's team of experts, who only approve those that meet strict criteria. (wri.org)
Walmart is the first retailer with an emissions-reduction plan approved by the Science Based Targets initiative, in alignment with the Paris Agreement in December 2015," said Doug McMillon, president and CEO of Walmart . (wri.org)
Science-based targets are in alignment with a key goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, which is to limit the rise of global temperatures to well below 2 degrees C . The agreement entered into force on November 4, with 110 countries representing 76% of global emissions having ratified so far. (wri.org)
The momentum behind the Science Based Targets initiative proves that companies are ready, willing and able to take serious climate action," said Lila Karbassi, Chief of Environment at the UN Global Compact . (wri.org)
Companies setting science-based targets must seek to not only reduce emissions in their own operations, but also within their value chain. (wri.org)

As the world's richest country and largest historical emitter of greenhouse gases, the US owes it to the world's most vulnerable to increase its emissions reductions target in order to prevent additional climate change impacts. (oxfam.org.uk)
If warming goes beyond 1.5°, some of the most dangerous climate change impacts would be more likely to occur, according to climate science reports . (axios.com)
However, high-density cities are often in hazard-prone locations and it is expected that 900 million urban dwellers living in low and middle income countries will face risks related to the impacts of climate change over the next 5-10 years," said Ashvin Dayal , associate vice president and managing director, The Rockefeller Foundation, Asia regional office. (rockefellerfoundation.org)
Our purpose is to advise the UK and devolved governments on emissions targets and to report to Parliament on progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for and adapting to the impacts of climate change. (theccc.org.uk)
When President Obama signed Executive Order 13653 in November 2013, he committed "to prepare the nation for the impacts of climate change by undertaking actions to enhance climate preparedness and resilience. (cdc.gov)
The challenge is to characterize how these climate events may influence worker health and safety and to establish plans for mitigating, responding, and adapting to the current and anticipated impacts. (cdc.gov)
Recently, workers were referred to as "the canaries in the coal mine of climate change impacts" [Roelofs and Wegman 2014]. (cdc.gov)
its physical basis, its impacts on nature and society, and the sustainable development and governance needed to mitigate and adapt to climate change. (lu.se)
Within the project Towards more sustainable forest management - Climate mitigation potential of Fennoscandian forests under different forest management regimes (Skogssällskapet), we aim to fill these crucial knowledge gaps and contribute to informed management decisions that guarantee the long-term productivity, enhanced climate change mitigation and minimized negative environmental impacts in the future. (lu.se)
The impacts of climate change on human health are complex and are expected to vary according to geographic location, socioeconomic conditions and ecological settings. (who.int)

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will tell world leaders that Australia has abandoned a longstanding plan to use Kyoto carryover credits to achieve its emissions reduction targets, in a pledge that paves the way for a reset of his government's climate change policies. (smh.com.au)
As the annual Climate Week NYC launches today, more companies are announcing their commitment to carbon emissions reduction targets. (triplepundit.com)

BANGKOK- Leaders from The Rockefeller Foundation, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced the launch of a new trust fund designed to scale up urban climate change resilience in 25 Asian cities. (rockefellerfoundation.org)
The Urban Climate Change Resilience Partnership (UCCRP) will be used to fund planning, projects and knowledge sharing to help cities in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam mitigate the risks of increasing urbanization and climate change on their population, particularly the urban poor. (rockefellerfoundation.org)
This fund is designed to leverage financing, including an additional $1 billion in public and private investment, to scale up climate change resilience for Asia. (rockefellerfoundation.org)
Additionally, this program seeks to build urban planning capacities and coordination functions in each participating city, develop community-led solutions and infrastructure projects, and influence government and financial partners to incorporate climate change resilience into future urban investments. (rockefellerfoundation.org)
Through our experiences with related work such as the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network and 100 Resilient Cities , we have already begun to see the tremendous positive impact of comprehensive and equitable resilience planning, as well as the immense demand for it among cities. (rockefellerfoundation.org)
In the Statement, African countries agreed to implement an essential public health package to enhance climate change resilience of the health sector. (who.int)
Australian governments and other institutional actors acknowledge vulnerability, yet they centre building resilience to climate change. (lu.se)
While there is much research on the political and ideological dimensions of resilience, there is less focus on illuminating how resilience, as a form of climate governmentality, interacts with vulnerability to climate change. (lu.se)
Drawing on a climate ethnography in regional Australia, I ask how do resilience discourses and interventions influence vulnerability to climate change in regional Australia? (lu.se)
To answer this question, I explore examples of the historical-structural, intersectional and psychosocial determinants of vulnerability, identify key resilience discourses and interventions and examine how, what I term, climate resilience governmentality is influencing vulnerability to climate change. (lu.se)
Climate resilience governmentality is not linked to a withdrawal of the state. (lu.se)
I argue that climate resilience governmentality is a form of governmental gaslighting because it denies the lived experiences of precarity, insecurity and structural violence throughout regional Australia. (lu.se)
It aims at building health systems' resilience in the face of climate change by providing a systematic agenda for mainstreaming the public health response to climate change within the health sector and other relevant sectors. (who.int)

Yet, in the lead up to the Queensland election, the Liberal National Party has been threatening to scrap Queensland's 2030 climate targets if they are elected. (greenleft.org.au)

Climate change in Europe#Climate targets Global warming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change United Nations Climate Change conference Nationally Determined Contributions Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Paris Agreement List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita Christiana Figueres u. a. (2017), "Three years to safeguard our climate", Nature (in German), vol. 546, no. 7660, pp. 593-595, Bibcode:2017Natur.546. (wikipedia.org)
In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a special report on the impact of global warming of 1.5°C , showing the importance of climate action and the need to keep warming to a maximum of 1.5°C. It has since then been re-confirmed in the release of the sixth assessment report . (ericsson.com)
Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Annex I, Glossary, pp. 941-954. (skepticalscience.com)
Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projects a rise in global temperatures that will cause an increase in the intensity and frequency of heat waves and the incidence of extreme weather conditions, such as flooding and droughts. (who.int)

China is offering no significant new goals for reducing climate-changing emissions ahead of the United Nations climate summit set to start next week in Glasgow, Scotland. (latimes.com)
It's still possible that China may have additional announcements at the climate summit related to financing for renewable energy overseas, said Lewis. (latimes.com)
At the summit, Geall said he is looking to see countries take steps to "restore trust in the process" of climate negotiations, after widespread economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. (latimes.com)
The postponement for a year of the United Nations climate summit (COP26) to next November is a further unforgivable delay by global governments. (greenleft.org.au)
As president of COP26 , this year's crucial climate meeting due to take place in Glasgow in November, Britain is charged with ensuring a successful summit of world leaders and their negotiators. (bbc.com)
The United States released an international climate finance plan at a White House summit last month saying it would stop funding carbon-intensive projects in other countries and increase investments in 'climate-friendly' activities. (eenews.net)
A summit of EU leaders next week in Brussels, which will be attended by Taoiseach Enda Kenny, is expected to be dominated by discussions of the EU's new climate-change package. (irishtimes.com)
A draft copy of the "conclusions" of next week's summit, seen by The Irish Times , states that the "multiple objectives of the agriculture and land use sector should be acknowledged" in EU climate-change policy. (irishtimes.com)
Mr Johnson and United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres are seeking stronger action ahead of the UN's major climate summit in Glasgow next year, with an agenda that seeks pledges from developed countries to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. (smh.com.au)
Mr Morrison's promise to reach Australia's 2030 target without using carryover credits is likely to be welcomed by other countries that have long criticised the accounting method, building goodwill for the Australian position going into the Glasgow summit. (smh.com.au)
The idea received a cool response from the United Arab Emirates, which is hosting this year's U.N. climate summit. (courthousenews.com)
In a pragmatic, just and well-managed energy transition, we must be laser-focused on phasing out fossil fuel emissions, while phasing up and scaling up viable, affordable zero-carbon alternatives," said Sultan al-Jaber, a minister and oil company executive who is set to preside over the Nov. 30-Dec. 12 climate summit. (courthousenews.com)
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has described al-Jaber as "a terrific choice " to chair the COP28 summit, noting his commitment to reduce emissions. (courthousenews.com)
GLASGOW, Scotland - International negotiators approved a climate agreement at the COP26 summit Saturday that calls for reductions in coal and fossil fuel use and transition to renewables - a first in the more than 25-year history of UN climate talks. (axios.com)
COP26 brought more than 100 world leaders to Scotland during a year of devastating global climate disasters, and tens of thousands of young people marched in Glasgow and around the world during the summit to demand a strong agreement . (axios.com)
Federal, provincial and territorial officials will work over the next six months to draft a national climate plan that the leaders hope to endorse at another summit in October. (cbc.ca)
Today, the United Nations is hosting Climate Summit 2014 to bring together world leaders at the highest level to address climate change and galvanize support for climate action. (cdc.gov)

The effects of climate change in Europe due to climate-related extreme weather events, on the other hand, are ignored by right-wing populists. (idw-online.de)
We developed and present one such tool, the participatory Adaptation for Conservation Targets (ACT) framework, which considers the effects of climate change in the development of management actions for particular species, ecosystems and ecological functions. (usgs.gov)
Workers are often the first to be exposed to the effects of climate change and may be affected for longer durations and at greater intensities. (cdc.gov)
For worker populations such as migrant workers and day laborers who may have inadequate housing or other social and economic constraints, the health effects of climate change may be additive from exposures both at work and at home. (cdc.gov)
While the effects of climate change are being increasingly felt and forecasts are presenting potentially disastrous risks to human health and welfare, tackling climate change could also be the greatest global health opportunity of the century (1,2) . (who.int)

Today, we announce that Ipsen's Climate Targets were approved by The Science Based Target initiative (SBTi). (ipsen.com)
The number of companies committed to climate action while incorporating this initiative has roughly doubled from just over a year ago, when 155 companies had pledged to do what they could in order to limit the world's temperature to less than a 2°C increase this century. (triplepundit.com)
The food conglomerate recently had its targets approved by a team of experts from this initiative. (triplepundit.com)
The initiative only approves such plans that meet strict criteria, which to date include 71 various targets. (triplepundit.com)
It documents Fairmont's efforts under WWF International's Climate Savers initiative. (imd.org)
The Mannheim Model was presented to an international audience at the UN Climate Conference in November 2021 as a part of the local green deal initiative modelled by the City of Mannheim on the European Green Deal. (mvv.de)

The new stance will be a significant shift after years of government claims that Australia is entitled to use 'surplus' units the country accumulated when meeting the Kyoto Protocol targets from 2008 to 2020 and count them toward the Paris targets from 2021 to 2030. (smh.com.au)
In October 2021, Ipsen pledged ambitious action on climate change . (ipsen.com)
This approach was continued in 2021 with the adoption of the 2030 Climate Protection Action Plan, which MVV is also supporting. (mvv.de)
Emanuel Toft - Coordinator of the city of Malmö's climate adaptation work and coordinates the work between the administrations in the city to achieve the goals in the Environmental Program for the City of Malmö 2021 - 2030. (lu.se)

Like most recent climate summits, COP26 stretched into overtime, with negotiators and journalists nodding off in hallways as talks stretched late into the night for much of this week. (axios.com)

TAI's Climate and Energy Director Richie Merzian said: "Our research shows that far from dampening the call for climate action, the COVID-19 crisis has strengthened Australians' resolve for all levels of government to take action on climate change. (greenleft.org.au)
President Biden's new climate target demonstrates that he and his administration are serious about tackling the climate crisis - but the hard work is just beginning. (oxfam.org.uk)
Holding the camp at Heathrow aims to highlight the lunacy of the government's airport expansion plans, target industry giants profiteering from the climate crisis, and raise awareness of the need to fly less. (indymedia.org.uk)
Join us at VERGE 23 (Oct. 24-26, San Jose, CA) to connect with thousands of leaders - from business, government, solution providers and startups - working together to address the climate crisis. (greenbiz.com)
We are a philanthropic foundation that promotes the well being of humanity by finding and scaling solutions that advance opportunity and reverse the climate crisis. (rockefellerfoundation.org)

This in turn forms the basis for politically decided global and national emission targets for greenhouse gases, targets for fossil-free energy production and efficient energy use, and for the extent of planned measures for climate change mitigation and adaptation. (wikipedia.org)
The U.N. says half of the annual $100 billion in public climate financing needs to go to adaptation efforts in developing countries. (voanews.com)
Professor Sarah Wheeler (Associate Director, Centre for Global Food and Resources) has research interests including climate change adaptation and behaviour by farmers and consumers, and water policy in the Murray-Darling Basin. (edu.au)
Our framework is based on the premise that effective adaptation of management to climate change can rely on local knowledge of an ecosystem and does not necessarily require detailed projections of climate change or its effects. (usgs.gov)
We suggest that the ACT framework is a practical tool for initiating adaptation planning, and for generating and communicating specific management interventions given an increasingly altered, yet uncertain, climate. (usgs.gov)
Climate adaptation is about preparing society and the physical infrastructure for the challenges a changing climate entails. (lu.se)
African gove rnme nts have ma de firm comm itm ents at variou s forum s to ad dress climate change with emphasis on health adaptation. (who.int)
ate Change is intended to provide a scientific and evidence-based coordinated response to the climate change adaptation needs of African countries in orde r to support the commitments and priorities of African governments. (who.int)

Greenhouse gas emissions also need to be cut by nearly half by 2030 to enable nations to reach carbon neutrality by the 2050 target. (voanews.com)
University of Adelaide scientists will gather at a special climate change event next week to provide an insight on the options for Australia to meet its climate change targets by 2050. (edu.au)
Six scientists will give their views on some of the key issues that need to be tackled and some of the potential options for Australia to meet its emissions targets by 2050. (edu.au)
In 2008, the UK enshrined in law a target of cutting emissions 80 per cent by 2050. (newscientist.com)
On average, these companies' near-term targets (to 2030) are similar to our Balanced Pathway, but their long-term targets (to 2050) fall far short of what is needed. (theccc.org.uk)
In aggregate, manufacturing companies' targets correspond to a reduction in emissions equivalent to 32% of the reduction in the CCC Balanced Pathway by 2030, and just 19% by 2050. (theccc.org.uk)

The impact of climate change is already disproportionately harming those who are most vulnerable, especially women and marginalised communities. (oxfam.org.uk)
The authors focus on the impact of climate change on food security, and in particular, how changes to extreme weather will impact food production. (skepticalscience.com)

It is the developing world that is bearing the brunt of catastrophic climate change in the form of hurricanes and fires and floods, and the real long-term economic damage that they face,' Johnson said. (voanews.com)
Over 12 days, delegates will try to hammer out more progress on averting catastrophic climate change. (edinburghguide.com)

In November, nations will meet in Glasgow, Scotland, for a key climate conference to review progress on commitments since the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. (voanews.com)
Nations participating in the U.N. climate conference submit what are called nationally determined contributions, or NDCs, that lay out emissions reduction plans. (latimes.com)
It is in the interest of developed countries to create funds for loss and damages to give emerging nations money to "adapt and mitigate" climate events. (forbes.com)
Both India and China see themselves as developing economies and want to retain some sense that richer Western nations have to take the lead on climate. (bbc.com)
There are not words to describe the injustice and darkness of pushing for the expansion of a polluting sector whilst hundreds of thousands are dying in poorer nations as a result of climate change. (indymedia.org.uk)
Nations from Senegal to Tuvalu used a United Nations climate conference in Germany last year to slam Australia's use of the credits . (smh.com.au)
Baerbock said a pledge for rich nations to provide $100 billion annually to poor countries by 2020 will meet its target for the first time this year. (courthousenews.com)
A separate fund to help nations hit by climate disasters, agreed at last year's climate talks in Egypt , is still being set up. (courthousenews.com)
The developing nations that are suffering the most severe climate-related damage are walking away without any guarantees that they'll be compensated by the industrialized nations causing most of the damage. (axios.com)
Hence today on Earth Day, and in recent days, nations around the world have been promising tougher climate targets - the UK will reduce emissions by 78% by 2035 and the USA is looking to reduce emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels. (edinburghguide.com)
In May 2008, the World Health Assembly requested the Director-General of WHO to continue close cooperation with Member States, appropriate United Nations agencies and other partners in order to develop capacity to assess the risks of climate change to human health. (who.int)

The Harper government set a target of a 30 per cent reduction in greenhouse gases from 2005 levels by 2030. (cbc.ca)
By 2040 we will be climate neutral and after that we will actually become climate positive, i.e. remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. (mvv.de)

A climate target, climate goal or climate pledge is a measurable long-term commitment for climate policy and energy policy with the aim of limiting the climate change. (wikipedia.org)
Our commitment to driving societal impact includes our climate pledge. (ipsen.com)
This working paper argues that the value of net-zero targets lies in emphasizing credible commitment to increasingly stringent climate policy. (rff.org)
It also provides us with even greater motivation to consistently uphold our commitment to a climate-positive future", comments Dr. Georg Müller, Chief Executive and Commercial Director of MVV Energie AG, with regard to the SBTi validation. (mvv.de)
It will entail commitment by Member States to an urgent agenda for integrating the management of health risks associated with climate change into health sector operational systems. (who.int)
and limited political commitment on climate change and funding for a health sector response. (who.int)

US special envoy on climate change, John Kerry, went out of his way to pour oil on troubled waters when speaking at the IEA event. (bbc.com)
We have to try to accelerate the transition to clean fuel,' U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said during a congressional hearing last week, noting that gas would remain a fuel source for some time. (eenews.net)
Tuvalu climate envoy Seve Paeniu gave a strong endorsement of the Glasgow text during a negotiating session Saturday afternoon local time. (axios.com)
We have much work to do, but it does represent real progress,' said Marshall Islands' climate envoy Tina Stege, who had advocated for stronger language on loss and damage. (axios.com)

FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation (President and CEO, Representative Director: Teiichi Goto) announces new climate action targets to reduce CO2 emissions as it accelerates initiatives towards a zero-carbon future. (fujifilm.com)

This includes targets created for their political palatability, rather than budgets scientifically determined to meet a specific temperature target. (wikipedia.org)
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern Monday that the world is not on track to meet several urgent targets in the fight against climate change. (voanews.com)
How do we meet our climate change targets? (edu.au)
Joanna Lewis, an expert in China, climate and energy at Georgetown University, said the document submitted Thursday "gave more detail about [how] China will meet those goals," through measures such as increasing its wind and solar power capacity and carbon-absorbing forest cover. (latimes.com)
The UK is not on course to meet its own targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the 2020s and 2030s. (newscientist.com)
And the longer it delays taking the necessary action the more it will cost to meet those targets, says the UK's Climate Change Committee. (newscientist.com)
The UK has said it plans to stop the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040, but the deadline needs to be closer to 2030 to meet emissions targets, Gummer says. (newscientist.com)
Another major provision in the law targets oil and gas imports, which currently constitute about 80% of the EU's annual consumption, forcing global companies to meet tougher emissions standards on par with the EU's before distributors are permitted to move fuel into the region. (upi.com)
Major energy financiers are backing away from future coal projects as pressure grows to meet global climate targets. (eenews.net)
Ireland has won a significant breakthrough in its campaign to change the way emissions targets are calculated at EU level, potentially avoiding millions of euro in fines as the country struggles to meet its climate-change targets due to agricultural emissions. (irishtimes.com)
Prime Minister Scott Morrison will announce a decision to drop Australia's use of carryover credits to meet climate targets. (smh.com.au)
The Climate Change Authority has estimated the approach effectively halved the country's promised cut , while former Australian climate negotiator Richie Merzian has called them a "dodgy" way to meet targets . (smh.com.au)
To meet the 2020 GHG target, in 2009 the EU adopted a climate and energy package, which comprises a legislative set of binding targets. (europa.eu)
I have spoken many times on the need to step up to meet climate as one of the defining challenges of our time. (ipsen.com)
At this point we have to be realistic and we have to recognize that we're not on track to meet the targets that are in place. (cbc.ca)
Wynne's concerns were echoed by B.C. Premier Christy Clark, who says her province is already struggling to meet its ambitious targets despite having dramatically curtailed fossil fuel consumption. (cbc.ca)
MVV's climate protection targets are in line with the 1.5°C trajectory provided for by the Paris Climate Agreement and will help meet this objective. (mvv.de)
How can we 're-puzzle' our lifestyles to meet the 1.5° target? (lu.se)
Renewable Energy Adoption: Is current growth enough to meet future climate targets? (lu.se)

ABOUT ADELPHI adelphi is an independent think tank and the world's leading policy consultancy for climate, environment and development. (idw-online.de)
In July, Australia also overtook Qatar to become the world's largest exporter of liquefied gas - around 80 million tonnes per year - according to the Climate Council. (greenleft.org.au)
India lambasted the richer world's carbon cutting plans, calling long term net zero targets, 'pie in the sky. (bbc.com)
Protesters at the London HQ of BlackRock - the world's largest fund manager - call for an end to the financing of climate and environment-wrecking tar sands, including the Line 3, Trans Mountain and Keystone XL pipelines. (cityam.com)

Eight in ten Australians (82%) are "concerned that climate change will result in more bushfires", 83% want coal-fired power stations "to be phased out" and the majority (59%) prefer investment in renewables over fossil fuels, including gas. (greenleft.org.au)
There are no one-size-fits-all solutions" and "our pathways for energy transition will be different," he said, echoing diplomatic language that's been used to push back against targets to phase out fossil fuels. (livemint.com)
But the battleground over fossil fuels is shifting, and gas is increasingly being seen as a threat to global climate goals. (eenews.net)
Last month returning Lloyd's of London employees were met by protestors as they demanded the insurer ditch its fossil fuels insurance to protect the climate. (cityam.com)
What we need to see coming out of COP28 is not just about fossil fuel phaseout, but equitable phaseout of fossil fuels," said Harjeet Singh, head of global political strategy at Climate Action Network International. (courthousenews.com)
The term 'fossil fuels' had never appeared in a final COP text before this, despite being the main cause of human-induced climate change. (axios.com)
Local officials and environmentalists cite mounting evidence that unburned gas leaking from pipes and compressor stations harms the climate more than carbon dioxide, the byproduct of burned fossil fuels . (aljazeera.com)

Now, with the Paris Agreement in force and the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, we urgently need companies everywhere to rise to the climate challenge, set ambitious targets aligned with science and become leaders of the low-carbon economy. (wri.org)

PC Leader Patrick Brown called the cap-and-trade plan a 'cash grab' and said he fears the Liberals are taking advantage of people's desires to stop climate change to raise money for pet projects. (cbc.ca)
Working with older people's groups and key climate change experts, the project explored how to tackle extreme weather by co-designing potential solutions at the local, community, and city level. (who.int)

A country's determination of emissions targets is based on careful consideration of pledged NDCs (nationally determined contributions), economic and social feasibility, and political palatability. (wikipedia.org)
There was no mention of the country's ambitious target to install 500 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030. (livemint.com)
The index incorporates how exposed a country is to climate hazards, how sensitive a country's agriculture is to climate hazards, and how able a country is to adapt. (skepticalscience.com)
Premiers from two of the country's largest provinces say the federal government should reconsider its promise to enact more ambitious greenhouse gas emission targets. (cbc.ca)

At its Investor Update event, BASF provided an overview of the various measures the company is implementing at different sites to reach its corporate climate targets. (basf.com)

This new target must only be the beginning of the Biden administration's efforts in the fight against climate change. (oxfam.org.uk)
The movement has opened a new front in the fight against climate change that could affect everything from heating systems in skyscrapers to stoves in suburban homes. (aljazeera.com)

Scotland is aiming for net-zero by 2045 "at the latest" , with an interim target of 75% by 2030 and 90% by 2040. (edinburghguide.com)

Aviation is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK, and all our efforts to tackle climate change in other sectors are undone by the massive growth in air travel. (indymedia.org.uk)
We better figure that out and then we can talk about how we can do more, even more than that,' Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne told CBC Radio's The House after a first ministers' meeting that focused on efforts to tackle climate change. (cbc.ca)

On the one hand, climate change is not only real, it is serious: people are increasingly concerned and want action, as the TAI survey reaffirms. (greenleft.org.au)
Jurisdictions around the world increasingly affirm their contributions to the 2015 Paris Agreement by pledging net zero targets. (rff.org)
Weather and climate patterns are changing, causing increasingly frequent and severe heat waves, drought, flooding, and extreme weather events, as well as a rise in sea levels, a report released in May by the U.S. Global Change Research Program concluded ( National Climate Assessment ). (cdc.gov)

Researchers within, among others, the UN climate panel have identified probable consequences of global warming for people and nature at different levels of warming. (wikipedia.org)
They typically include heavy consideration of emissions budgets, which are calculated using rate of warming per standard emission of carbon dioxide, a historic baseline temperature, a desired level of confidence and a target global average temperature to stay below. (wikipedia.org)
An "emissions target" may be distinguished from an emissions budget, as an emissions target may be internationally or nationally set in accordance with objectives other than a specific global temperature. (wikipedia.org)
The pandemic has shown that countries can swiftly mobilize trillions of dollars to respond to an emergency - it is clearly a question of political will,' said Nafkote Dabi, Oxfam International's Global Climate Policy lead. (voanews.com)
It may not be enough to get us to 1.5 degrees, which is where we want to go," he said, referring to the target set under the Paris Agreement of keeping global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. (latimes.com)
Joe Biden has already pledged to take the United States back into the Paris Climate Accord - and turn his administration into a global leader on the issue. (channel4.com)
Sharp divisions between the major global emitters have emerged at a series of meetings designed to make progress on climate change. (bbc.com)
Trying to lead 197 countries forward on the critical global issue of climate change is not a job for the faint hearted, as the UK is currently finding out. (bbc.com)
Nevertheless, we must not lose sight of the greatest global challenge of our time - climate change," said Dr. Martin Brudermüller, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE. (basf.com)
That could challenge global climate goals. (eenews.net)
Australia's carryover credits come from its participation in an international climate agreement to reduce carbon emissions and curb global warming, known as the Kyoto Protocol. (smh.com.au)
The apparel manufacturer and retailer H&M announced a long-term " climate positive " plan this spring and say it is committed to this global program. (triplepundit.com)
BERLIN (AP) - Germany called Tuesday for governments around the world to work on setting an ambitious target for renewable energy that would "ring in the end of the fossil fuel age" and help prevent dangerous global warming . (courthousenews.com)
Speaking at the start of a two-day meeting in Berlin attended by dozens of top climate envoys, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said the world needs to sharply cut greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). (courthousenews.com)
COP26's aim has been to set the stage for cutting global greenhouse gas emissions steeply enough to limit warming to the Paris Agreement's target of 1.5°C above preindustrial levels. (axios.com)
If humans take action to hit a 1.5°C target, it means we are committed to keeping the human-caused global temperature rise to 1.5°C. Similarly for a 2°C target. (skepticalscience.com)
A coalition of House Republicans tasked with crafting energy and climate policy are set to unveil a six-point plan Thursday to, in part, curb global greenhouse gas emissions. (dailycaller.com)
Global climate change has become one of the most visible environmental concerns of the 21st century and these changes have the potential to affect human health both directly and indirectly. (cdc.gov)
Climate change is among the biggest global health threats of the 21st century. (who.int)
Tackling climate change can also be considered the greatest global health opportunity of the century. (who.int)
Climate change is one of the biggest global health threats of the 21st century. (who.int)
The 136th session of the Executive Board endorsed the WHO global workplan on climate change and health 2014-2019. (who.int)

More than one-third of Australian businesses are struggling to achieve their carbon emission reduction targets, according to a new survey. (afr.com)
The sectors covered under the EU ETS are therefore expected to contribute the largest proportion of emission reductions in the context of meeting the EU's 2020 GHG emissions target. (europa.eu)
This approval confirms that our greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target is in line with a 1.5°C-aligned trajectory, the most ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement. (ipsen.com)
Premiers Kathleen Wynne and Christy Clark say now is not the time for new ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. (cbc.ca)
Negative emission technologies, or large scale carbon dioxide removal, are by many assessments, policy makers, industries and companies, seen as key to slow or halt climate change. (lu.se)
Negative emission technologies might be necessary to achieve ambitious climate change mitigation targets. (lu.se)

Based on this, politicians in a large number of countries have agreed on temperature targets for warming, which is the basis for scientifically calculated carbon budgets and ways to achieve these targets. (wikipedia.org)
To that end, the UK team have embarked on a series of meetings to find the building blocks of agreement, so that the world keeps the temperature targets agreed in Paris in 2015 within reach. (bbc.com)
Readers of this column have certainly heard about temperature targets such as 1.5°C or 2°C. These targets refer to allowable temperature increases over pre-industrial temperatures. (skepticalscience.com)

Now they face another type of threat - the remorseless logic of international climate goals. (forbes.com)
Energy groups risk wasting $1.6 trillion of investment by assuming that current emissions-cutting policies will not be tightened up in the light of the latest science and international climate change goals, according to the think tank Carbon Tracker. (forbes.com)

To achieve these targets, Fujifilm launched a new Fujifilm Group environmental strategy, "Green Value Climate Strategy," which includes promoting "Green Value Manufacturing" - a strategy to manufacture with a lower environmental impact, and delivering "Green Value Products" with excellent environmental performance. (fujifilm.com)
In the response letter to the 107 targeted groups, Inhofe and the other Republicans wrote: "Rather than empower scientists and researchers to expand the public discourse on climate science and other environmental topics the [Democrats'] letter could be viewed as an attempt to silence legitimate intellectual and scientific inquiry. (carolinajournal.com)
As a result of the collaborative HIA process, the OHA HIA Program strengthened its internal partnerships with OHA's Climate and Health Program and Environmental Public Health Tracking Program. (cdc.gov)
There has been considerable research and planning with regard to the public health and environmental aspects of climate change, but little on its effects on workers. (cdc.gov)
Our findings also improve understanding of urgent issues associated with changing environmental conditions (e.g., climate change, loss of natural habitats), a theoretical understanding that can be applied and tested in many specific ecosystems. (lu.se)
We are proud to welcome you to the 2nd Swedish Climate Symposium, focusing on Climate research for society: understanding the science, investigating environmental and societal implications and exploring governance responses. (lu.se)
The 60th session of the Regional Committee in resolution EM/RC60/R.5 endorsed the regional strategy on health and the environment, and identified action on protecting health from climate change as one of the seven environmental health priorities in the Region. (who.int)

A revision of the ETS Directive ( EU, 2009a ) introduced a single 2020 target for all EU emissions covered by the EU ETS (as well as ETS emissions from the three participating non-Member States, namely Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). (europa.eu)
These EU-internal rules under the '2020 climate and energy package' underpin the EU implementation of the 2020 target under the UNFCCC (see Annex 5 ). (europa.eu)
Ontario is banking on a cap-and-trade plan outlined in the province's most recent budget to help it reach its 2020 target of getting greenhouse gas emissions to 15 per cent below 1990 levels. (cbc.ca)

As natural resource management agencies and conservation organizations seek guidance on responding to climate change, myriad potential actions and strategies have been proposed for increasing the long-term viability of some attributes of natural systems. (usgs.gov)

It shows the feasibility of stretching targets for lowering CO2 emissions from hotel operations and provides a framework for discussions around the challenges of aligning portfolio growth with the smooth roll-out of energy and carbon management programs. (imd.org)
The proposed framework for action on climate change and health is primarily intended for health sector officials, professionals and managers in the Region. (who.int)
Subsequently, the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean adopted resolution EM/RC55/R.8, which endorsed a regional framework for health sector action to protect health from climate change (3) . (who.int)

Although the location is different, the philosophy of the camp remains the same: to be a place for the burgeoning network of people taking radical action on climate change around the country to come together for a week of low-impact living, education, debate, networking, strategising, celebration, and direct action. (indymedia.org.uk)
Protesters criticised Lloyd's for failing to take "meaningful action" on climate change and undermining the positive moves made by other insurers. (cityam.com)
Politicians like to say that action on climate change is a marathon not a race. (edinburghguide.com)

The goal is to vastly expand the solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and battery storage foundation - a hard push to prepare for the worldwide climate talks in Dubai in December. (forbes.com)
Our goal for the (climate conference) in Dubai must be to ring in the end of the fossil fuel age," she said. (courthousenews.com)

Seven out of 21 right-wing populist parties deny climate change, its anthropogenic causes, and negative consequences. (idw-online.de)
Burtraw's research includes analysis of the distributional and regional consequences of climate policy and the evolution of electricity markets including renewable integration. (rff.org)
Countries of the African Region are ill-prepared to cope with the negative consequences of climate change, particularly on health, because their health systems are weak and already over-stretched. (who.int)
BECC brings together more than 350 scientists from the natural and social sciences to perform research on the combined consequences of anthropogenic emissions, climate and land-use changes on biodiversity and ecosystem services on multiple scales, to provide a scientific basis for the sustainable management of ecosystems and biodiversity. (lu.se)

However, the talks fell short of meeting developing countries' demands for access to funding to compensate them for climate-related losses. (axios.com)

The event, Meeting Australia's Climate Change Targets: Price, Opportunity and Pathways , will hear from six experts working in a range of areas from marine biology through to food and resources, renewable energy and advanced technologies. (edu.au)
She is also a former Director at the Climate Institute, a former member of the CSIRO's Energy Sector Advisory Council and a former Adviser to the Howard Government on Climate Change and energy policy. (edu.au)
The influence of right-wing populists in the European Union and their ability to torpedo climate and energy policy has severely increased. (idw-online.de)
The results of the recent study display a variety of right-wing populist parties and attitudes towards climate and energy policy, from climate change denialists to conservative environmentalists to constitutional enemies on the extreme right. (idw-online.de)
Two out of three right-wing populist Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) regularly vote against climate and energy policy measures. (idw-online.de)
In Europe's only directly elected body, the European Parliament, half of all votes against resolutions on climate and energy come from the right-wing populist party spectrum. (idw-online.de)
The future of European climate and energy policy will be decided upon in the democratic domain, not the right-wing periphery. (idw-online.de)
The narrative of right-wing populist parties casts climate policy as an attempt to protect the interests of the economic elite: Climate policy leads to higher energy prices and burdens low-income households and companies. (idw-online.de)
We need to tell a European success story of climate policy that guarantees a healthy environment and clean air, networked and affordable mobility, energy security and sustainable jobs, and puts social cohesion and development at the forefront. (idw-online.de)
Viewed this way, it is clear that Labor's talking up of renewable energy is a relatively cheap way to appear to address the popular demand for climate action without breaking from its support for the corporate polluters. (greenleft.org.au)
In a new report, Mind the gap: the $1.6 trillion energy transition risk , it warns that there is "a yawning gap" between the Paris Agreement, which pledges to keep climate change well below 2°C above pre-industrial times and aims for 1.5°C, and government policies, which are consistent with 2.7°C of warming. (forbes.com)
The European Union reached a deal to pass new climate legislation aimed at reducing methane emissions that would impose new import restrictions on foreign energy suppliers, including the United States. (upi.com)
The announcement of new liquefied natural gas projects set a record in 2019, reflecting the 'relative abundance of natural gas in the world' and a view among investors that gas is 'relatively resilient' to more ambitious climate scenarios, according to the International Energy Agency. (eenews.net)
And 'that essentially precludes the use of natural gas,' said Robbie Orvis, director of energy policy design at Energy Innovation, an energy and climate policy firm. (eenews.net)
A study released earlier this year estimated that almost half of all Fortune 500 companies recognize climate change risks and have developed a plan for climate change mitigation or more aggressive clean energy adoption - just another way the business community is rebuking the current presidential administration . (triplepundit.com)
Addressing officials from about 40 countries attending the annual Petersberg Climate Dialogue in the German capital, Baerbock said that renewables such as solar and wind power are already the most cost-effective form of generating energy in most places around the world. (courthousenews.com)
energy & environment World on pace to blow past Paris climate targets, UN says Sunlight filters through a cloud of dust last month on a farm near Allerton, Ill. (wn.com)
The plan, proposed by the Energy, Climate, and Conservation (ECC) task force and spearheaded by Louisiana Rep. Garret Graves, will seek to "unlock" American resources, position the U.S. to beat China and Russia, boost innovation and improve conservation policies, according to the conservative green energy group ClearPath Action. (dailycaller.com)
Conservatives have real solutions to solve the climate challenge and make energy more affordable," ClearPath Action CEO Rich Powell said in a statement. (dailycaller.com)
Investing in clean technologies like small modular nuclear energy, cutting innovation-killing red tape, and conserving natural ecosystems will protect our climate and strengthen our economy," he added. (dailycaller.com)
Climate Savers is a platform to transform business and industry into pioneers on climate and energy solutions. (imd.org)
Back in 2015, we were already one of the first energy companies in Europe to sign the SBTi Charter and have consistently raised our own climate protection targets since then. (mvv.de)
Workers may also be exposed to conditions that the general public can avoid, and work force increases are likely in jobs that are most affected by climate change such as wildland firefighting, as well as in industries that will emerge in response to it, including renewable energy. (cdc.gov)
However, the effects of CCF on climate and environment, such as carbon storage in soil and biomass and the dynamics of GHG, water and energy fluxes are to date largely unknown. (lu.se)

Together with the Lund Society for Nature Conservation, the EU the 1.5° Lifestyles project with IIIEE researchers invited the public to a workshop on climate footprint. (lu.se)
Researchers from the University of York and Heriot-Watt University asked older people to share their experience of how storms, flooding, and heatwaves have affected their lives as part of a nationwide study on healthy ageing and climate change. (who.int)
MERGE brings together more than 150 researchers collaborating across five Swedish universities - Lund University, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, KTH, and Linnaeus University - and SMHI, to form a cutting edge research environment with a focus on the interactions between the climate and the terrestrial biosphere, and on the development and application of detailed process models, climate models and Earth System models. (lu.se)

There is one area where Johnson and Biden share a common goal - tackling climate change. (channel4.com)

This creates significant uncertainty in evaluating the climate change mitigation potential of Fennoscandian forests and in determining optimal management at a range of temporal scales (i.e. short-term carbon neutrality target vs. long-term effects). (lu.se)

An emissions target or greenhouse gas emissions reduction target is a central policy instrument of international greenhouse gas emissions reduction politics and a key pillar of climate policy. (wikipedia.org)
The credits are the amount Australia exceeded its emissions reduction target for the first Kyoto period (2008-12) and the projected overachieved for Kyoto 2 (2013-2020). (smh.com.au)
Of manufacturing companies for which we have emissions data, 61% have set a public emissions reduction target. (theccc.org.uk)

Fujifilm is accelerating its climate change ambitions believing that the climate actions over the next 10 years will bring meaningful results in the future. (fujifilm.com)
Column: Can humanity rise to the challenge in Glasgow and take some meaningful steps on climate change? (latimes.com)
A new report from The Australia Institute (TAI) has found that popular support for meaningful climate action has increased in the last 12 months. (greenleft.org.au)

Many climate targets are implemented in national climate legislation. (wikipedia.org)
The leaders are expected to reconvene in the months ahead to discuss a national climate plan. (cbc.ca)

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