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09 Jul 2018 Six business benefits of setting science-based targets Science-based targets are undeniably good for the planet. By assisting companies – some of the world’s largest emitters – to align their strategies with the goals of the Paris Agreement, science-based targets help accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy and avoid the worst effects of climate change...

02 Jul 2018 How Can Financial Institutions Deliver on the Paris Agreement? The Paris Agreement and climate science have shown us the level of ambition needed to secure a thriving sustainable economy and avoid catastrophic climate change. The financial sector has a vital role to play in helping us get there and shaping the net-zero carbon economy of the future. With the future of our planet on the line, everyone has a stake in the outcome and a role to play. There’s no time to lose.

30 May 2018 New tool offers transport sector support in setting science-based carbon targets Passenger and freight transportation is currently responsible for nearly one-quarter of all energy-related carbon emissions. And, while electric vehicles, transport demand management and other technological innovation offer great promise for decarbonizing the sector, it remains one of the fastest growing sources of carbon emissions...

25 May 2018 How can companies address their scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions? In order to keep global temperature increase to well-below 2⁰C and meet the goals laid out in the Paris Agreement, everyone needs to take bold action to reduce their share of emissions and do so as soon as possible. Companies are responsible for the majority of global emissions and therefore play an integral role in meeting these goals...

17 Apr 2018 From commitment to action: Science-based targets momentum continues with 100 approved targets The Science Based Targets initiative is celebrating a major milestone: over 100 companies have turned their commitments into targets and are now working towards emission reductions in line with what climate science says is necessary to limit warming to below 2°C.

20 Mar 2018 McDonald’s has pledged to slash greenhouse gas emissions – it’s charting a course for sustainable growth This week, McDonald’s became the first global restaurant company to set an emissions reduction target in line with what the science says is needed to hold global temperature rise below two degrees Celsius...