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Q&A with Naoki Ikegami the Leader, Aluminum Extrusion Division of LIXL Housing Technology

Naoki Ikegami of the LIXL Group spoke with Climate Action at the Climate Action Innovation Zone at COP29 about LIXL plans for Aluminium recycling. LIXIL is committed to decarbonization and aims to use 100% recycled aluminum by FYE2031. The aluminum smelting process accounts for a significant portion of LIXIL’s Scope 3 emissions. To address this, LIXIL is developing recycling technologies to promote the circular use of aluminum. Aluminum, which is essential for decarbonization due to its light weight and high processability, is widely used in transportation and construction. However, smelting new ingots consumes significant amounts of electricity. Using recycled aluminum can reduce CO₂ emissions by 97%. Currently, 34% of the world's aluminum production comes from recycled scrap, and LIXIL has achieved a recycled aluminum utilization rate of 78%, leading efforts in the Japanese industry.

22 November 2024

Agri-Food Systems Summit Highlights

The Agri-Food Systems Summit brought together global leaders, farmers, business innovators, and policymakers to tackle the pressing challenges of food systems transformation, to both adapt to and mitigate climate change, at COP29. Chair of the Summit, Jake Fiennes, Director of Holkham National Nature Reserve and General Manager at Conservation Holkham Estate, led a packed one-day program, where participants engaged in dynamic panel discussions, fireside chats, and the Future Food Systems Hackathon, giving every voice in the room a say. Attendees shared cutting-edge solutions, challenged conventional thinking, and forged connections across sectors to accelerate action. From innovative financing models to farmer-led pathways to sustainability, the summit spotlighted the bold ideas needed to ensure food systems are equitable, resilient, and climate-smart.

22 November 2024

COP29 – Transforming Agri-Food Systems

COP29’s Food, Water and Agriculture Day shined light on the transformative power of agrifood systems to drive emissions reductions. However, efforts must be pushed from both sides, mitigation and adaptation, as these systems are particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change.

20 November 2024

COP29 – Tackling Emissions From Hard-to-Abate Sectors

As COP29 continues its second week in Baku, the UNFCCC TEC’s Technology Day on Transformative Industry explored technology and policy options for hard-to-abate industries - which must be addressed to reduce global emissions - as countries develop and implement their NDCs.

19 November 2024

Week One at COP29

The UN’s Climate Summit entered its second week today, with pressure put on moving the needle on a new global finance deal. Last week, Heads of State and Government convened for the World Leaders Climate Action Summit, with thematic days covering finance, investment and trade; energy/ peace, relief and recovery; and science, technology and innovation / digitalisation.

18 November 2024

Sustainable Innovation Forum at COP29

Highlights from two days of panel discussions, dialogues, keynotes, and interviews with climate leaders spanning business, policy, finance and the UN at the Sustainable Innovation Forum.

15 November 2024

COP29 Begins In Baku

As COP29 officially starts today in Baku, IRENA’s latest report signals to the gap remaining between political announcements and actual country plans and policies, calling for ambitious NDC updates that reflect the global pledge to triple renewable power capacity and double energy efficiency by 2030.

11 November 2024

Climate Adaptation on the Agenda at COP29

UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2024 finds that nations must dramatically increase climate adaptation efforts, starting with a commitment to act on finance, one week ahead of the World Leaders Climate Action Summit at COP29.

07 November 2024

The US Election- What Does It Mean For COP29?

The expected policy shift as a result of Donald Trump’s win in yesterday’s election is a great cause for uncertainty for the global climate community. However, it is also a moment to reflect on the importance of actionable climate strategies, especially ahead of the UN’s climate negotiations due to take place next week in Baku.

06 November 2024

COP29 One Week To Go – The State of Clean Energy Deployment

This time next week, COP29 will be in full force. Ahead of these climate talks, the IEA’s latest Clean Energy Market Monitor shows continued growth in clean energy deployment, but wide variations among regions and technologies exist amid increased manufacturing capacity and declining costs.

05 November 2024

COP29 One Week To Go - New Collective Quantified Goal

A week today, COP29 will kick off in Baku, Azerbaijan, where the climate finance landscape is expected to shift with the establishment of the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG). The NCQG aims to replace the existing $100 billion annual climate finance target, set in 2009, with a more ambitious goal that considers current climate vulnerabilities and increased funding needs in developing countries. Projections suggest that developing economies will need around $1.1 trillion by 2025, rising to $1.8 trillion by 2030, with the private sector expected to play a more substantial role than before.

04 November 2024

Engaging the Business Community at COP29 – Agri-Food Systems

Global climate goals are unattainable without agrifood system solutions. The private sector can play a key role in financing and scaling solutions that lower environmental impact, build resilience, support adaptation and reduce GHG emissions, whilst ensuring food security.

01 November 2024

Engaging the Business Community at COP29 – Green Hydrogen

Low-carbon hydrogen is essential for reducing emissions in hard to abate sectors such as heavy industry and transport. However, the sector’s required rapid expansion depends on stronger demand stimulation policies, clarity on government support, and overcoming cost and infrastructure challenges to meet ambitious global targets by 2030, as underscored by the IEA's Global Hydrogen Review and the Breakthrough Agenda Report 2024.

31 October 2024

Engaging the Business Community at COP29 - Clean Energy

A new IEA report finds that the global market for key clean technologies is set to triple to more than $2tn over the coming decade as energy transitions advance. It highlights the deepening connections between energy, trade, manufacturing and climate. As COP29 approaches, we address the importance of engaging the private sector in tackling challenges presented by climate change.

30 October 2024

UNEP, UNFCCC and WMO reports spark urgency as COP29 approaches

During the UN’s Biodiversity Summit and ahead of COP29, three key reports published by UNEP, UNFCCC and WMO serve to induce action, as they draw light on the fact that existing NDCs are inadequate, and continuation of current policies will lead to a global temperature rise of up to 3.1°C, with greenhouse gas levels reaching a new record in 2023.

29 October 2024

Addressing plastic pollution at a global level – COP16 and COP29 on the road to Busan

As COP16 continues this week in Colombia, with world leaders looking to take decisive action to protect biodiversity, high on the agenda is addressing pollution—including plastic waste—as a key driver of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. These discussions will trickle into Baku’s COP29 ahead of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution, due to take place at the end of November in Busan.

28 October 2024

Looking towards COP29: Aligning trade and climate action

International trade can play a pivotal role in shaping global efforts toward decarbonisation and climate action. As the world approaches COP29, discussions are intensifying on aligning trade policies with climate goals, particularly through carbon pricing and the promotion of low-carbon technologies.

25 October 2024

Bioenergy – bridging renewable energy development and biodiversity protection

As the UN Biodiversity COP16 continues for its fourth day, the 28th IRENA Council convenes in Abu Dhabi ahead of COP29 to assess global progress in the last year. Bioenergy sits at the interface of these conversations; however robust standards must be put in place to ensure clean energy does not come at the cost of biodiversity.

24 October 2024

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