Posts Tagged ‘COP26’
Cop26: End trillions in subsidies given to fossil fuel industry, says UN chief – as it happened
This post was written by Tom Levitt and Oliver Holmes and originally published in The Guardian on November 11, 2021. When will this all finish? Well that’s it from me on the live blog today, but don’t expect the conference to finish as planned tomorrow evening. Plenty of journalists reporting that it will “drag on until…
Read MoreFederal Expert Panel Moving Swiftly to Advise on Oil and Gas Emissions Cap
This article was originally published in The Energy Mix on November 7, 2021. Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Board (NZAB) is planning to move swiftly with its advice to the federal government on declining greenhouse gas emission caps for oil and gas operations, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated his campaign pledge to introduce the caps during…
Read MoreIEEFA: COP26 – AXA leads by example, accelerating its exit from oil and gas to battle climate change
This article was written by Nick Holmes and originally published in IEEFA.org on November 3, 2021. At the COP26 summit, leading global insurance firm AXA announced an important step forward in its strategy to combat climate change. It has considerably extended its restrictions on both investing in and insuring new oil and gas projects. This comes after…
Read MoreTwenty countries pledge end to finance for overseas fossil fuel projects
This article was written by Fiona Harvey and Patrick Greenfield originally published in The Guardian on November 3, 2021. More than 20 countries and financial institutions will halt all financing for fossil fuel development overseas and divert the spending to green energy instead from next year. The move marks a significant boost for the transition…
Read MoreAhead of COP26, Six Additional Cities Pledge to Divest From Fossil Fuel Companies and Invest in Climate Solutions
This article was originally published by C40 Cities on October 26, 2021. (26 October 2021) –– Today, C40 Cities announced that six cities – Auckland, Copenhagen, Glasgow, Paris, Rio de Janeiro and Seattle – have committed to divest from fossil fuel companies and increase investments to build more just and sustainable cities. Today’s announcement raises the…
Read More