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As climate crisis reshapes business, board directors must rethink legal duties
New Legal Primer examines 20 jurisdictions and European Union 24 June 2021, London–A new legal Primer produced jointly by the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative and the Climate Governance Initiative (CGI), examines the fast-changing landscape of climate risks and...
UN secretary-general calls on world to declare ‘climate emergency’
Climate action summit saw new commitments from developing world countries, but big emitters failed to make more ambitious pledges The UN secretary general called for all countries to declare a “climate emergency” until global CO2 emissions reach...
European Commission. Management Plan 2020. DG CLIMATE ACTION
The Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) leads the European Commission’s efforts to fight climate change at EU and international level. As presented in the Strategic Plan 2020-2024, the mission of DG Climate Action (DG CLIMA) is toformulate and implement EU climate policies and strategies so that the EU can becometheworld’sfirst climate-neutral and climate resilient continent by 2050.DG CLIMA plays a leading role in developing and facilitating the implementation of cost-efficient policies and legislation to deliver the European Green Deal. The DG promotes innovativedecarbonisationtechnologies to address climate change.
Race to Zero Dialogues Promote Multilateralism in Climate Action
A ten-day event series, convened by the UNFCCC High-Level Champions for Global Climate Action in collaboration with the Marrakech Partnership, demonstrated how systems’ transformations can be achieved across eight key sectors of the global economy. Participants...