For anyone working within the sustainability sector, your LinkedIn feeds are probably jam-packed with opinions about the latest Science-Based Targets Initiative #SBTI update around allowing carbon credits to be used as part of Scope 3 reduction targets. For those of you not in the sustainability sector, you may have been lucky and escaped the opinion tsunami. Either way, it's fascinating to see what can dominate the news.
For both parties - regardless of if you work within sustainability or not - I can almost guarantee you won't have seen the news from UN Climate Chief who last week stated that we have ‘Two Years to Save the World’ from the climate crisis. This news should have knocked every headline off the charts, including the SBTi news. It's not even comparable. One is talking about setting targets and skipping corners to meet them, whilst the other is talking about the importance of being bold and actually taking climate action.
If you do anything with your time this week, I encourage you to watch this video https://lnkd.in/enuehrZw of Simon Stiell's speech delivered at London thinktank Chatham House last week.
Some of my favourite quotes include:
🤼 “A recent survey by Gallup of 130,000 people in 125 countries found that 89% want stronger climate action by governments. Yet too often we’re seeing signs of climate action slipping down cabinet agendas”
💰 “A quantum leap this year in climate finance is both essential and entirely achievable. Every day, finance ministers, CEOs, investors, and development bankers direct trillions of dollars. It’s time to shift those dollars from the energy and infrastructure of the past, towards that of a cleaner, more resilient future… And to ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable countries benefit"
📜 "We still have a chance to make greenhouse gas emissions tumble, with a new generation of national climate plans. But we need these stronger plans, now."
🙌 "Every voice matters. Yours have never been more important. If you want bolder climate action, now is the time to make yours count.”
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