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cop.jpg 22 mars 2023

COP28 talks are off to a rough start

International climate negotiators are divided over key elements of a United Nations fund they’re creating to distribute financial resources from richer nations to low-income countries impacted by climate change.

 

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download (8).jpg 21 janvier 2023

France, rules on advertising to avoid greenwashing in line with the "Loi Climat et résilience"

As part of its legislative arsenal to combat climate change, the French government has now introduced the next stage of its anti-greenwashing legislation, effective January 1, 2023. The new rules are a major step in controlling advertising claims on carbon offsetting and carbon neutrality, following laws that came into effect in the summer of 2022. [CSR & Sustainability - Sporting Goods Intelligence Europe - sgieurope.com]

 

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download (9).jpg 10 janvier 2023

Donors pledged more than $9 billion to help Pakistan rebuild after massive floods last year

The disaster, which left at least 1,700 people dead and pushed nine million into poverty, dealt a hammer blow to Pakistan’s already teetering economy. This week the country, which faces the prospect of defaulting on its debt, held talks with the International Monetary Fund to restart a stalled bailout program. Pakistan may also offer a terrifying model of climate disasters to come. “We are all — increasingly — at the mercy of forces of nature that do not respect borders,” its prime minister wrote in The Guardian.

 

 

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download (13).jpg 15 novembre 2022

Efforts to avoid catastrophic climate change are failing, as COP27 climate summit reports show. What it means for fashion

The world has no credible path to avoid climate catastrophe, and greenhouse gases will exceed agreed limits by 2030.  Extreme weather, high temperatures and rising sea levels threaten raw material production, workers' rights, and supply chains. Some of the largest fashion manufacturing centers, including Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, are among the countries most vulnerable to climate deterioration [What Are Fashion's Climate Risks| BoF]

 

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download (7).jpg 28 octobre 2022

Global supply of energy and raw materials at risk due to drought

From California to Germany and China, climate change-fueled heatwaves and droughts have shrunk the rivers that power giant hydroelectric power plants, notes Bloomberg @markets. Heatwaves and drought left China’s Three Gorges Dam — the world’s largest power plant — running at a fraction of capacity this summer. It can produce enough electricity to power the Philippines, according to Bloomberg, but in August its turbines were almost silent.

 

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1000.jpeg 26 octobre 2022

Changing direction, but not fast enough

A new U.N. report predicts that the world will see 2.5°C of warming by the end of the century, and the U.N.’s climate chief warned that “national governments need to strengthen their climate action plans now.” The global response to climate change has been complicated by the war in Ukraine, at least in the short term. [UN: World "nowhere near" hitting emissions targets - AP News]

 

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