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Worldwide Highlights

• Biden sets new climate goal for slashing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 60%

  • Although Trump is likely to cancel this commitment in a month’s time

• Decarbonizing health care — lessons from COP29

• EY & Capgemini: How to Close the 'Say-Do Gap'

• Australia and South Korea Launch Green Economy Partnership to Achieve Net Zero by 2050

• Despite pushing back some climate targets recently, new reporting shows Canada has seen a decline in greenhouse gas emissions

  • Cost for Canada to meet climate change targets is newly estimated to be $690 billion

• Goldman Sachs has quit the Net-Zero Banking Alliance

• Australian climate groups angered by Government’s ‘no new coalmines’ claim

• Bill Gates-Backed Climate Solutions Fund Invests $40 Million in Canadian Carbon Removal Startup Deep Sky

• The Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) announced the publication of its finalized Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDSs), largely aligned with the global standards released by the IFRS Foundation’s International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)

UK Highlights

• Government confirms membership of new Circular Economy Taskforce

• The biggest local authority climate and environment stories of 2024

• Durham County Council has cut its annual carbon footprint by 50,000 tonnes over 15 years

• Ofwat approves £104bn funding for water sector overhaul and pollution control

• UK accounting watchdog urges adoption of ISSB reporting standards

• Study finds 2.5 million unwanted Secret Santa gifts go straight in the bin – costing over £32 million

• Heathrow Airport launches first 'Nature Positive Plan'

The Daily Climate Sceptic

• Net Zero is a delusional fantasy without China

• Nigel Farage Helps to Launch U.S. Climate Denial Group in UK