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Furniture giant Ikea is setting up a fund to support sustainable energy projects in developing countries. The new fund will, in cooperation with the Rockefeller Foundation, receive an initial capital of one billion dollars.

Food and beverage company PepsiCo aims to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions across its entire supply chain to zero by 2040. That's 10 years earlier than called for in the Paris Agreement.

Ingka Group, the owner of the majority of Ikea stores, says it will produce as much renewable energy as it consumes by the end of this year and achieve its own target a year earlier than originally planned.

The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says a vegetarian or vegan diet for all is an absolute must to avoid our planet being damaged beyond repair. Pastures must also be converted into woodland, the IPCC says.

During the Marrakesh climate summit, a coalition of major food manufacturers once again pledged its support for the Paris Agreement, promising to contribute to its goals. Among them are industry leaders like Danone, Unilever, Mars and Kellogg.

Several major companies, including Ikea and Nestlé, have joined forces and have asked the European Union to create new legislation to drastically limit trucks' emissions, in order to meet the goals signed at the Paris climate conference.