As #COP27 comes to a close we stand ready to work with our network of 9000+ companies taking action to reduce emissions in their operations, to support a just transition away from fossil fuels.
Our message to COP27:
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We welcome the commitment by all G7 Italy nations to decarbonize power systems by 2035 and end international financing of fossil fuels this year, but we need to go further and faster - including coal phase-out by 2030. #G7 #G7 GER

We’re #AllinforCleanEnergy :
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Germany-Qatar LNG talks stall amid reluctance to sign onto 20yr+ contract.

contracts for new LNG supply will not be cheap, won't come online in time to help w/ current crisis, and will jeopardise long term energy transition through lock-in.

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Watching UN Secretary General António Guterres make a v. powerful speech on the 3rd & final IPCC report. He says: “Climate activists are sometimes depicted as dangerous radicals. But the truly dangerous radicals are the countries increasing the production of fossil fuels”.

Our Cop26 diarist Sophie Punte finds the worlds of business and activism all on one train. #cop26 #climatechange

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.Sophie Punte of We Mean Business Coalition at Scottish Enterprise's #RacetoZero event yesterday for #COP26 said #Scotland could thrive in a just transition to a net carbon world and we will win the race to zero by working together.

The Glasgow Climate Pact keeps 1.5°C alive, just. BUT to get 1.5ºC out of intensive care we must fast track implementation of all pledges and national plans. Read We Mean Business Coalition full statement here >  #COP26
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As we approach the critical final stages of #COP26 , leading businesses and We Mean Business Coalition call on governments to take bold decisions to keep 1.5°C within reach, and to ensure a just transition. Read the statement: wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/cop26-sta… #ParisAgreement

“To have the world's two largest economies and greenhouse gas emitters working together with the ambition of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees is welcome news. Crucially they are clearly focused on actions needed right now....1/3 #COP26

Here is my contribution to the #COP26 diaries: crossing the boundaries between activists in the Climate Train and the business community inside the Blue Zone. We Mean Business Coalition #Allinfor2030 #Railtothecop newstatesman.com/spotlight/ener…

Starting now COP26, our breakfast panel event:
📺🔴:
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Sophie Punte MD Policy, We Mean Business Coalition
Chris Turner, ED B Corp UK
@marcel_fukayama, ED Sistema B
Katie Hill, ED B Corporation Europe
Marcelo Behar, VP Sustainability Natura &Co
Anuradha Chugh, CEO Pukka Herbs

📢 #COP26 : US$130 trillion = total capital now committed #GFANZ .

“Investment at this scale is vital to finance the transition to a #netzero economy.

Countries must implement policies that galvanize the ongoing increase in #climateinvestments .'
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.Lord Karan Bilimoria CBI, Shevaun Haviland, Stephen Phipson Make UK Campaigns, Jonathan Geldart IoD, & Clare Shine Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, know how to shift the whole economy to meet UK's #netzero targets - @wmbtweets' Business Pavilion #COP26 #allinfor2030 #achievingzero

#frankdialogue session kicking off with CDP, Teresa C. Fogelberg, Izabella Teixeira (ela/she)🇺🇦🐞🐾🏳️‍🌈🥃, John Elkington, R. Mukundan, and Pietro Bertazzi at the Business Pavilion for Climate Leadership hosted by We Mean Business Coalition #COP26 #Allinfor2030

Business Leaders from Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and New Zealand showing the action and asking for strong policy ambition on climate, this morning at the @wmbtweets Business Pavilion at #COP26 .

Ready to go tomorrow at #COP26 at our Business Pavilion for Climate Leadership in the Blue Zone. Check our program at wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/cop26/ We Mean Business Coalition

Arrival at #COP26 with the #ClimateTrain last night in Glasgow!