The head of the United Nations has announced the appointment of an expert panel led by Canada's former environment minister to scrutinise whether companies' efforts to curb climate change are credible or mere "greenwashing".In recent years, an explosion of pledges have come from businesses — including oil companies — to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions toamid consumer expectations that corporations bear part of the burden of combating climate change.
"Governments have the lion's share of responsibility to achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, adding that this was particularly true for the group of 20 major emerging and industrialised economies that account for 80 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.
The 16-member panel will make recommendations before the end of the year on the standards and definitions for setting net-zero targets, how to measure and verify progress and ways to translate that into international and national regulations. It will be chaired by Catherine McKenna, who was Canada's minister of environment and climate change from 2015 to 2019.
Excellent! And not before time. Beware Angus!
This madness most stop!!! Retweet to show the world the devastating consequences that mining has on our planet!!!! ✌🇦🇺✌
More money down the drain, we should be learning to live with natural climate change, the ice age that follows in our on going climate cycle is going to be a lot worse than a few degrees warmer.
Wasting money is their mission in life
Get the spew buckets ready for when they come to judging Australia's efforts.
Good! god knows no australian government has that much honesty.