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Ingka Group appoints Erika Intiso as chief sustainability officer

Effective 15 November 2026, Erika Intiso will become new chief sustainability officer at Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer. She succeeds Karen Pflug, who will remain with Ingka Group until the end of the year, working alongside Erika to ensure a smooth transition.

Susan Wright

06 November 2026

Electrification

‘35 by 35’: COP31's electrification goal will only cut emissions if grids decarbonise as fast as demand grows

Ahead of COP31, the Greenly Carbon Institute has published ‘35 by 35: Powering the Future’, a study measuring how far each of the 38 OECD economies and China stand from the Turkish presidency's proposed goal of supplying 35% of global final energy use with electricity by 2035.

Susan Wright

06 November 2026

Appointments

DitchCarbon appoints Matthew Yamatin to advisory board

DitchCarbon, the Scope 3 emissions platform for large organisations, has appointed Matthew Yamatin, formerly of Thermo Fisher Scientific, to its advisory board.

Susan Wright

05 November 2026

Greenhouse gas

Progress on UK greenhouse gas emissions in manufacturing

ONS provisional estimates have been released that show that UK greenhouse gas emissions in 2025 see an encouraging 1.0% downturn in emissions on a residence basis from 2024 levels, however, household emissions registered yet another year on year increase.

Susan Wright

05 November 2026

Global warming

COP31: Paris Agreement faces hard reality check

Exactly ten years ago, on 4 November 2016, the Paris Agreement entered into force, the pledge by nearly 200 nations to keep global warming, below 1.5 degrees.

Susan Wright

04 November 2026

Forests

Nature4Climate policy experts react to the launch of the global forest roadmap

Coalition policy experts welcome the delivery of a major COP30 promise and call on the world to turn it into action to end deforestation and ecosystem degradation by 2030.

Susan Wright

04 November 2026

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Ingka Group appoints Erika Intiso as chief sustainability officer

‘35 by 35’: COP31's electrification goal will only cut emissions if grids decarbonise as fast as demand grows

DitchCarbon appoints Matthew Yamatin to advisory board

Progress on UK greenhouse gas emissions in manufacturing

COP31: Paris Agreement faces hard reality check

Nature4Climate policy experts react to the launch of the global forest roadmap

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