05 Oct 2016

UPDATE  The Paris Climate Change Agreement has been ratified on November  4th The European Parliament has this morning approved the fast-track ratification of the Paris Agreement, clearing the way for the historic treaty to enter force in time for the next UN climate summit in Marrakech next month. In the presence of European Commission President […]

07 Sep 2016

BusinessGreen ‘To understand the significance of today’s news that the US and China have ratified the Paris Agreement it is important to cast your mind back 12 months to the build up to the UN’s New York Climate Summit, which was intended to inject some much needed impetus into negotiations ahead of the Paris talks. […]

05 Sep 2016

BusinessGreen ‘To understand the significance of today’s news that the US and China have ratified the Paris Agreement it is important to cast your mind back 12 months to the build up to the UN’s New York Climate Summit, which was intended to inject some much needed impetus into negotiations ahead of the Paris talks. […]

10 Feb 2016

Economist ‘The Paris climate-change agreement endorses the low-carbon approach to doing business. More companies now need to embrace the new disclosure regime and set goals to help to meet the new climate targets, argues Paul Simpson, chief executive officer of the international not-for-profit CDP. When it comes to climate change, there are few moments that […]

17 Dec 2015

By Bruce Horton (bruce@envpolconsulting.co.uk) & Bob Earll (bob.earll@coastms.co.uk) With more contributions from Rob Lawson rob@artesia-consulting.co.uk Richard Pagett secure@richardpagett.com  and Sue Wells suewells1212@gmail.com So, time to reflect on a momentous and historic agreement…. First, there’s the facts – an ambitious, binding and international agreement to limit the global mean temperature rise to 2 degrees, with an aspiration […]