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29 Nov 2024

COP29 recap:  Mixed outcomes as markets advance, finance lags

While the COP29 outcomes were decidedly mixed, the latest annual UN climate meeting in Azerbaijan produced several potentially transformative developments for the voluntary carbon market. With climate finance needing to increase at least five-fold from current levels to $1.3 trillion annually to limit warming to below 1.5°C1, carbon markets are essential for mobilising private sector ...
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12 Nov 2024

COP29: Carbon Markets in the Spotlight

COP29 has been branded the “Finance COP” due to the expected focus on bolstering mechanisms for channelling funds towards climate action. This will involve complex negotiations on how to strengthen activity in the evolving voluntary carbon market, facilitate financial flows between countries, and realise the COP28 commitment to triple global renewable energy capacity and double ...
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7 Nov 2024

COP16 Biodiversity: Despite the enthusiasm, a mixed picture for implementing commitments

Following two weeks of intense negotiations in Cali, Colombia, the COP16 on biodiversity has ended and it’s time to take stock. Our experts, Sabrina Capon, Biodiversity Manager, and Jeanne Barreyre, Senior Consultant and researcher in nature-based solutions, attended the event to follow the discussions and meet partners and other experts. We sat down with them ...
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14 Dec 2023

COP28 Recap: Navigating the future of the Voluntary Carbon Market

As we reach the end of COP28, EcoAct’s Chimdi Obienu recaps the announcements and agreements made on the voluntary carbon market, and what this means for businesses. EcoAct’s Nature and Technology-based Solutions Director, Mathilde Mignot and Principal Portfolio & Partnerships Manager, Léo Barruol (pictured above) were at COP28 meeting key organisations and partners.  After two ...
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16 Dec 2022

EcoAct at the World Biodiversity Summit in Montreal

Canada-based EcoAct Analysts, Carina Suleiman and Oliver Bassel attended the World Biodiversity Summit held alongside the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) last week. This summit drew together a select crowd of about 300 representatives from around the world to discuss the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and the implications of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. ...
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6 Dec 2022

What can we expect from the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference?

  Postponed more than two years due to the global pandemic, the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) will finally take place 7th – 19th December in Montreal, Canada. Building on the preservation and restoration of biodiversity discussions that took place during the IUCN World Conservation Congress in 2021, civil and institutional stakeholders and biodiversity specialists ...
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24 Nov 2022

COP27: Four key takeaways for businesses

Opinions on the outcomes of COP27 are decidedly mixed, with optimism over a landmark fund to pay developing countries for climate damages tempered by disappointment about the lack of ambition regarding emission reductions. However, intergovernmental negotiations were only one element of the summit. Corporate and civil society participants continue to make progress, reflecting the near-universal ...
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7 Nov 2022

COP27 key topics: Expectations are low, but stakes are higher than ever

As COP27 begins in Egypt this week, EcoAct consultant Chimdi Obienu discusses COP27 key topics, what needs to be picked up from COP26, what will be covered this year and the outcomes he hopes will emerge from this crucial climate change summit.   Potential topics to watch out for at COP27 New annual target for ...
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6 Dec 2021

COP26 in action: EcoAct visits Craigengillan Estate Woodland Carbon Code project

While attending COP26 in Glasgow last month, EcoAct’s Josh Holland and Polly Stebbings took some time out from the talks to visit the Craigengillan Estate Woodland Carbon Code project in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Craigengillan is a project focused on peatland restoration, tree planting and natural hedgerows,  and is a prime example of COP26 in action. EcoAct ...
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