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According to the IPCC, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere is directly linked to the average global temperature on Earth, and the concentration has been rising steadily. The most abundant greenhouse gas, accounting for about two-thirds of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, is largely the product of burning fossil fuels. 

There is alarming evidence that important tipping points, leading to irreversible changes in major ecosystems and the planetary climate system, may already have been reached or passed. One of the most urgent challenges facing countries across the world today is how to achieve economic prosperity and development while also combating climate change.

The Paris climate change agreement commits nations to limit global temperature rise to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels, with countries pledging to cut or curb their greenhouse gas emissions – through a combination of mitigation and adaptation measures – by 2030. 

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Driving an EV in Winter: Many people are keen to start driving EVs but not sure if their winter climate where they live makes them a practical choice. We’ve highlighted some of the main considerations, plus misconceptions, about driving an EV in winter so you can make the best decisions based on your climate and ways to optimise your car’s performance in winter.

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https://zerofy.net/2022/11/04/ev-winter-range.html

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What is the state of Climate Action in the run up to COP27?

Different stakeholders are discussing the current gaps in climate action as visibility is high for this topic right before the COP.

Two reports can be highlighted:
1) The new @WorldResources report examines this question in its latest report. It provides a comprehensive assessment of the gap in climate action by highlighting where recent progress must accelerate over the next decade.
2) @UNEP published its annual Emissions Gap Report 2022 where it states that current policies are not in line with the commitments under the Paris Agreement.

For more detailed information, read the reports here:

WRI ?ggkp.org/Zc4
UNEP ?ggkp.org/ZcJ

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An exploration of what it could cost for a household to get to zero carbon: if this is of interest to anyone here, my company Zerofy has done some back-of-the-napkin calculations of what it could cost a European household to reach zero carbon. We've included two different scenarios, involving heat pump and EV use, solar energy production, both rooftop and co-op, and investing in wind.

We are interested in any feedback and thoughts on our approach and calculation!

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https://zerofy.net/2022/09/29/cost-of-zero-carbon-life.html
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Hi there,

I am undertaking a MSc Transformation Leadership Master’s Degree Apprenticeship with University College London. As part of this, I must complete a Research Project and I would like to invite you to support me by taking part in a survey that will contribute towards this research.

The aims of this seek to address attitudes towards Defence and their responsibilities to climate change and sustainability, understand how these influence Defence (their policies, decisions to act, influence on budgets, transparency of data and reporting), and develop an understanding of the risks Defence faces around this area. The project will result in an analysis of the key findings with suggested recommendations and next steps that Defence could take.

It should take you less than 10 minutes to complete. Thank you so much for your support.

Please visit: slido.com and type in this code #3996108

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Colleagues, we share more information about the environmental performance trend in Guatemala, based on the analysis of the results of 296 self-diagnoses carried out by companies with operations in Guatemala.

In the methodology defined to measure the level of environmental performance of companies, we have considered 35 aspects, organized into 7 sections. In this graph you can see the note (on a scale of 0 to 100 points) of each one of the aspects, the color of the bar is the performance ranking that has been established, being 5 levels.

Below is a description of each ranking defined at the moment. At the moment the graph is in Spanish.

Red Ranking - High risk due to legal non-compliance, economic losses and environmental impacts.

Orange and Yellow Ranking - Moderate risk, corrective approach, high cost reduction potential by prioritizing prevention.

Green Ranking - Low risk, optimization of resources, opportunity to extend the scope of environmental management.

Blue Ranking - Ranking focused on environmental prevention and resource efficiency, solid technical and strategic foundations to establish a route focused on the Circular Economy.

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http://www.desempenoambiental.net
https://youtu.be/EMcoIyUK9hA

Are you working on nature-based solution (NBS) projects in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Please share with us your experience on current funders and financiers of projects for nature, water and climate resilience and infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa.

Are you a potential funders and financiers of these projects? You are also more than welcome to fill in the survey below.

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https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=H6xrR7I22UqGmc2mutH4Yu1LtKj49tBKoVFhtgz1ecxUOVVE...
Michael Fegerl commented on Luis Muñoz's Post in Circular Economy, Climate Change, Industry and Social Innovation

Dear friends, the Cleaner Production Center of Guatemala launched the Environmental Performance Program in 2018. With this program we are supporting companies to carry out self-diagnoses via the web to identify advances and other opportunities identified in included in the methodology. of analysis. DDA tool (Diagnostics of Environmental Performance in Spanish) facilitates formulas to carry out self-diagnoses, in a practical way, quickly in generating automatic reports determining the performance ranking. We have updated the data obtained from 296 auto diagnostics for Guatemala, I hope that in the month of October we will publish a report with more detail, at the moment I share a couple of graphs where you can see the most important data in a summarized way,

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http://www.desempenoambiental.net
https://youtu.be/kcxrXZDf_xE

What are the drivers influencing sustainable finance development in your country?
What policies and regulatory measures are in place for promoting sustainable finance?

To realize SDGs that fits the national context, it is essential to understand the status of a national financial system and to assess what measures might lead to progress.

Strategic steps for policymakers to understand their national sustainable finance status are outlined in the Sustainable Finance Diagnostic Toolkit.

Have a look at the introductory video of the 10 steps in the toolkit and access it yourselves!

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https://www.greengrowthknowledge.org/diagnostic-toolkit
https://youtu.be/cePJJdwmLew