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Five things your business needs to know about the Paris Agreement

As the Paris Agreement formally enters into force today BusinessGreen recaps the essential features of the treaty - and why businesses should care

  • Legislation
  • 04 November 2016
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Governments agree plans for 1.5 degree research report

IPCC gets green light to investigate feasibility of halting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, despite growing concerns that target has already slipped out of reach

  • Climate change
  • 21 October 2016
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Why businesses must prepare for a post-Paris Agreement world

Climate treaty could transform business environment in decades to come, warns Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

  • Legislation
  • 21 September 2016
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Corporates outstrip host countries on sustainability agenda

In countries such as US, Japan and Australia business is more engaged on green agenda than policymakers, according to new analysis

  • Investment
  • 19 September 2016
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Reports: Big emitters prep Paris Agreement ratification

Local media reports suggest Brazil, the US and China could all formally approve Paris Agreement in the coming weeks

  • Policy
  • 26 August 2016
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Christiana Figueres: How to achieve global change with a 'moonshot attitude'

In one of her final interviews as UN climate chief, Christiana Figueres reveals why she believes the world has turned a corner in the fight against climate action - and why businesses are now seeing climate action as an opportunity

  • Policy
  • 13 June 2016
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Climate change hits referendum spotlight during TV debate

Rudd and Johnson go head to head over EU's role in tackling climate change

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  • 10 June 2016
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France poised to become first G20 country to ratify Paris Agreement

French Senate backs bill to ratify global treaty, with President Hollande expected to enact it in within a fortnight

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  • 09 June 2016
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Have we reached a turning point in the carbon war?

Jeremy Leggett's latest book offers the inside track on the last two years of climate and energy politics - and leaves you daring to hope that we may be starting to win the battle against climate change

  • Climate change
  • 17 May 2016
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Over 150 firms now signed up to 'science-based' carbon targets push

Metro AG, Toyota, and Ben & Jerry's among 41 companies who have signed up to the Science Based Targets initiative since December

  • Climate change
  • 05 May 2016
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Energy Transitions Commission: Energy supply and productivity hold key to accelerated decarbonisation

In its first tranche of analysis, expert group calls for increased renewables rollout and significant improvements in energy productivity to keep warming under two degrees

  • Energy
  • 28 April 2016
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175 countries sign global climate pact

Record-breaking number of nations sign Paris Agreement in New York, hailing treaty as a new chapter in the fight against climate change

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  • 22 April 2016
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Lord Bourne: Paris Agreement proves that the UK is stronger in the EU

Writing exclusively for BusinessGreen, Energy and Climate Change Minister Lord Bourne argues a UK exit from the EU would be a "serious backward step" for the climate change agenda

  • Politics
  • 22 April 2016
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The Paris Agreement: Businesses need to understand that this time it's different

Today's signing ceremony is not only a moment of historic significance, but a signpost towards a future of regulatory reform, new investment opportunities and a changing world order

  • Policy
  • 22 April 2016
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Delegates gather in New York for 'climate neutral' signing ceremony

Travel emissions of national delegations will be offset through cancellation of UN-approved Certified Emission Reduction credits

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  • 22 April 2016
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Top businesses celebrate as record number of countries prepare to sign Paris Agreement

More than 100 leading companies issue statement of support for the treaty, which the UN labels a 'critical next step' towards a sustainable future

  • Politics
  • 21 April 2016
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Businesses tout market opportunities from Paris Agreement

Leading sustainability executives urge governments to ratify Paris Agreement as soon as possible to stimulate clean growth and unleash low-carbon market opportunity

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  • 21 April 2016
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World Bank to spend 28% of investments on climate change projects

The world's biggest provider of public finance to developing countries will refocus its financing efforts towards tackling climate change, group said

  • Investment
  • 08 April 2016
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US and China will sign Paris Agreement this month

Two countries promise to take "domestic steps" to confirm participation in the climate pact as early as possible this year

  • Politics
  • 01 April 2016
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World Meteorological Organisation urges world leaders to ratify Paris Agreement to avert climate disaster

Call for action comes amid stark warning that 2015 broke record after record for being the hottest, driest and wettest year on record

  • Climate change
  • 23 March 2016
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Marshall Islands ratifies Paris Agreement

Island nation says it will continue to lead the 'High Ambition Coalition' as its Parliament rubber stamps climate treaty

  • Politics
  • 21 March 2016
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Why delivering on the Paris Agreement means transforming the whole economy

100 days on from COP 21, business and policy experts say more needs to be done to decarbonise all of the UK economy, not just the power sector

  • Policy
  • 21 March 2016
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What does the green economy think of the Paris Agreement 100 days on?

Today marks 100 days since the Paris Agreement was reached - we asked green leaders whether their feelings toward the deal have changed since the dramatic denouement of the summit

  • Politics
  • 21 March 2016
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Lord Deben: Brexit poses a 'huge threat' to Paris Agreement

Chair of the Committee on Climate Change claims Brexit would be a major setback to global action on climate change

  • Politics
  • 21 March 2016
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