Climate action in Asia - a region that produces more than half of global emissions - is intensifying, and competition among rivals helps. There has been 57% increase in companies setting carbon-cutting targets or are in the process of getting targets approved, between 2019 and 2020.

An interesting article that questions whether the Asian corporates' targets realistic, ambitious or greenwash.

Yep, ships are around 20x more efficient than trucks in shipping, and why scrap metal prices are going up

Canadian supreme court upholds Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax

Ruling seen as vindication of Liberal party’s focus on climate despite opposition from some provinces

An environmental podcast with a punny title? Yes, please!

Can We Be Green And Grow?

As prospects for an end to the pandemic prompt talk of building back better, many have argued for a sustainable, inclusive and resilient recovery as the best means to secure growth in productivity.

But are such proposals realistic or is the continued pursuit of exponential economic growth part of the problem? Many argue for reducing the size of economies (degrowth) or at the very least a shift away from the pursuit of economic growth as an objective.

UN Adopts Environmental Accounting Framework, Marking Huge Steps in Fight Against Climate Change

The new framework, the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting-Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EA), was adopted by the UN Statistical Commission. This is a major development that goes beyond the commonly used statistic of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) that has dominated economic reporting since World War II.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND LITERACY CHALLENGES

Congrats to Lebanon for joining the 76 parties who have submitted their updated NDC! Follow on ClimateWatch (https://www.climatewatchdata.org/ndcs-explore) as more are submitted this year