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Top $5 trillion investor group pushes firms to cut out thermal coal
In a report seen by Reuters ahead of its release on Monday, the alliance said all companies owned by the group needed to develop their own plans to transition away from thermal coal.
“If no long-term carbon footprint reduction can be produced the members will need to escalate and ultimately divest,” Günther Thallinger, Member of the Board of Management, Investment Management, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) at Allianz, said.
Biden seen reversing climate deregulation
Among his main accomplishments, Trump withdrew the United Stated from the Paris Agreement to combat global warming; replaced Obama-era rules meant to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and drilling operations; reduced automobile fuel efficiency targets; downsized wilderness national monuments; gave permits to energy companies seeking to build oil pipelines; and proposed opening new parts of the Arctic, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans to drilling
Haze Chokes Delhi, pollution levels highest since November last yr
Health experts said that during the COVID-19 pandemic, air pollution has become a serious health concern for about the two crore residents of the national capital.
According to a doctor at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, intake of every 22 micrograms per cubic metre of polluted air is equivalent to smoking a cigarette.
Ajit Jain, the nodal officer for COVID-19 at Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital, said air pollution was turning the pandemic catastrophic.
Biden vows to rejoin Paris Climate Agreement
Today, the Trump Administration officially left the Paris Climate Agreement. And in exactly 77 days, a Biden Administration will rejoin it, Biden tweeted on Wednesday night, reflecting his decision to reverse one of the key policies of the Trump administration on day one.
European Development Finance group to exit fossil fuel investments by 2030
The move comes a week before the world’s 450 DFIs meet for the first time at a major conference in France to discuss accelerating their efforts to help in the fight against climate change as well as to boost sustainable development more broadly.
A key factor will be how open lenders in coal-reliant Asia are to any toughening of policy.
U.S. formally exits global climate pact amid election uncertainty
“The U.S. withdrawal will leave a gap in our regime, and the global efforts to achieve the goals and ambitions of the Paris Agreement,” said Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
IKEA opens pilot second-hand store in Swedenaims to reduce more greenhouse gas emissions
IKEA has a target to be circular – which includes using renewable or recycled material only, and helping customers prolong the life of their products – by 2030.It aims to reduce more greenhouse gas emissions than its value chain emits – from the production of raw materials through to customers’ use and disposal – by the same year
Delhi witnesses coldest October in 58 years
On Thursday, Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 12.5 degrees Celsius — the lowest in the month of October in 26 years. The last time Delhi recorded such a low temperature was in 1994.The national capital had recorded a low of 12.3 degrees Celsius on October 31, 1994, according to the IMD data.
Telangana EV Policy: First two lakh e-2 wheelers exempted from road tax, registration fee
“To make Telangana a major base for EV and ESS (energy storage system) sectors and to attract investments worth USD 4.0 Billion and create employment for 120,000 persons by 2030 through EVs in shared mobility, charging infrastructure development and EV and ESS manufacturing activities,” the policy said
Where’s the meat? UK’s first vegan butchers launches
Demand for vegan products has surged in recent years in Britain, with increasing numbers of people cutting out animal-derived ingredients completely, while others reduce the amount of meat and dairy they consume each week.
Law firm EMW reported a 128% jump in new trademarks registered for vegan food in the UK last year, with both large corporates and small companies registering such trademarks as vegan ice cream and pastries.