Andrew Winston

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

They have developed an excellent framework on how companies should think about their political influence. Most companies rely on a dated model of engagement on policy with governments and civil society, compartmentalizing their political influence activities into an organizational silo, just as they used to do with their supply chains. (By

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 25, 2020

Sports have always been political to some degree. But these days, athletes, teams and entire sporting organizations are choosing to get off the sidelines and take a more active role in public policy. Recommended reading: CNN : Climate change is threatening winter sports' very existence. Do It for the Beer.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Almost half of UK boards spent zero hours discussing climate change this year. A third of UK boards feel little or no responsibility for climate change. These findings highlight that significant change is needed. A marked change in outlook is needed.”. Nordic boards lead the way on climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2023

This net zero scepticism has quickly entered the upper echelons of Westminster politics, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying that policies to achieve the UK’s legally binding climate targets shouldn’t “hassle” households and should be “proportionate and pragmatic”.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The new research adds to the urgency of conversations about climate change, just weeks before leaders all over the world are expected to travel to Dubai to meet for the United Nation’s annual climate change conference, COP28. Hansen was the first to sound the alarm on climate change in 1988 in testimony to Congress.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 3, 2022

Climate change has worsened global inequality, with poorer countries less able to withstand and adapt to climate change’s effects. But new research suggests the reverse is also true: Not only is climate change contributing to greater inequality, but inequality is also fueling climate change.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Americans are open to new climate change policies as long as they offer environmental, social and economic benefits. According to the two, many Americans are willing to embrace positive climate change policies regardless of political affiliation. This is according to social scientists Janet K.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Industry trade associations in the United States that work on climate and energy issues spent more than $3 billion over 10 years on political activities, according to a new study that sheds light on trade associations’ role in influencing policies and obstructing climate action. trade associations from 2008 to 2018.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2024

A new campaign is calling on MPs to break the fossil fuel sector’s “chokehold” on politics in a critical election year. Lawmakers returning to work today (Monday) were greeted with smoke flares and a demand to “Stop Polluting Politics” from a banner hung off London’s Westminster Bridge.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In a time not so long ago, few Canadians would have said they really felt climate change. In a September poll , 60 per cent described the temperatures where they lived as hotter due to climate change, while nearly two-thirds claimed this summer’s wildfires made global warming a more urgent issue for them.

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U.S. Green Technology

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Many people measure their carbon footprints and adopt emission-reduction techniques to fight climate change, and environmental engineers are following consumer trends by developing eco-friendly technologies. The post Green Government Policies Save Lives appeared first on U.S. One of the.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

A business lobby group that regularly meets with top elected officials and policymakers in British Columbia is now being led by someone who once argued that human-caused climate change is an “untested proposition.” The post Former Climate Change Denier Now Leading BC’s Top Business Lobby Group appeared first on DeSmog.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Philip Box of the UK Green Building Council discusses the fallout from the latest changes in Westminster. The PM has already begun spending his Christmas political capital at a rate of knots, clearly hoping he can get the controversy out of the way early (a tactic that Mr Cameron would say can have mixed results).

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Energy Central

JUNE 7, 2023

It’s a marker of today’s politics that. Had Congress and the White House failed to act in time, the US would have had deadbeat debtor attached to its name, and most of the world would have gone into recession.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 19, 2022

Your answer could say a lot about your views on climate change, explains Genevieve Guenther. But a growing concern about the climate crisis caused her to switch gears — and her research — to climate communication. How did you go from being an English professor to a climate activist?

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Sean Hackett EDF+Business Senior Manager, Energy Transition By Sean Hackett With the dire need to slash greenhouse gas and methane emissions from the global oil and gas sector, more and more investors are advocating for stronger climate policies that accelerate the energy transition and mitigate risks.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 15, 2023

His Majesty the King alleges Canada’s policies and actions that perpetuate fossil fuels and worsen the climate crisis amount to violations of youths’ fundamental rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Unfulfilled government promises are not going to protect young people from climate change.”

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The government's mooted policy changes will damage, but not derail the net zero transition - but Sunak's political cynicism threatens to burn down something precious I must admit, I didn't think they would do it. On the policy front, it is worth looking at the detail of what is being proposed. How wrong was I?

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

If Exxon had back then used its vast political and financial power to aggressively push for a national carbon tax to be adopted in major economies around the world, global emissions might have already peaked by now. This is exactly what would be needed in order for a global economic power like Canada to do its part to halt climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

Internal BP emails show that its UK executives were reassured by a controversial oil industry group that they could “shape [the] internal thinking” of a 2018 report on carbon taxes produced by the right-wing think tank Policy Exchange. Policy Exchange, the CLC, and BP have been approached for comment.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 15, 2021

An influential think tank with close ties to MPs has hired a head of policy who called the government’s climate policies “socialist” and likened proposed green legislation to a “Soviet Five Year Plan”. Political Affiliations. It was one of at least ten IEA events at the party conference. ” ‘Five Year Plan’.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

“We’re fully focused on creating a broad portfolio of premium, fully electric cars that deliver on everything our customers expect from a Volvo—and are a key part of our response to climate change.” We’re committed to doing our part and encourage our peers as well as political leaders around the globe to do theirs.”

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 23, 2024

And while Canada’s coast faces countless climate threats, Elemental Policy Lab Fellow Na’im Merchant said it also could become important for climate resiliency as an unparalleled resource for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods. In 2022, an estimated 600,000 people were exposed to rising seas along these coastlines.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

CALGARY — Alberta Ecotrust Foundation , Calgary Climate Hub and Clean Energy Canada announced today that a recent poll shows 63 percent of Calgarians believe Calgary’s future as a vibrant city is at risk if we do not become a leader in addressing climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 24, 2024

The UK’s most prominent climate science denial group has seen its income drop to the lowest level since 2016, DeSmog can reveal. The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) filed its latest accounts on 18 January, showing an income of £280,000 for the year ending 30 September 2023, a drop of £110,000 from the previous year.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 8, 2021

There’s a question we often hear: “why don’t you start a political party?” Political parties write their manifestos, that members of the public read (OK, that part is pure fantasy). Governments can only implement a narrow range of policies – and even then, only policies that don’t challenge corporate profits or power.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Shadow business secretary Ed Miliband has labelled Rishi Sunak a “climate delayer” after the UK chancellor said almost nothing about climate change in his speech at the Conservative Party conference today. The post UK Chancellor Criticised for ‘Silence’ on Climate Change in Party Conference Speech appeared first on DeSmog.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

With corporate political spending and lobbying under increasing scrutiny and a new administration advancing financially material, government-wide climate action, financial institutions have good reason to reassess their climate lobbying. They must actively support the public policies needed to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 2, 2021

Lawyers representing Grande-Synthe argued that the government was legally bound by the target, as well as its duties under the Paris Agreement, the European Convention on Human Rights, and French environmental law more broadly, and said current policies were not sufficient to meet them.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2022

The research synopsis below comes from AGCI Program Director Emily Jack-Scott and a full list of AGCI’s updates covering recent climate change and clean energy pathways research is available online at [link]. Achieving and sustaining that level of action requires that people are not incapacitated by climate anxiety or despair.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2022

Lawyer and activist Farhana Yamin considers XR’s cultural, political, and business impact three years after it drove London to a standstill in 2019. The world is in a fractious state - geopolitically, economically, and climatically.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The appointment comes as senior Conservative Party figures continue to embrace anti-climate politics. Last year was the first on record to see consistent global warming of 1.5C, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. DeSmog has previously revealed that the Conservative Party received £3.5

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2020

Global review of climate litigation highlights increasing instances of activists and governments using courts to force climate action from businesses and governments.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Clean tech and energy companies are calling on the social media giant to review its climate advertising policies, noting the current state of play undermines their campaigns. Facebook needs to put its advertising policies where its mouth is. Facebook recently acknowledged this in a post.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 8, 2024

“The climate crisis is a hoax,” “climate action is too costly,” “the climate has already changed in the past”: Misinformation about climate change is everywhere, coming at us from multiple directions. Political leaders make denier and delayer arguments. Fake news circulates online.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 7, 2024

One of Canada’s top political journalists and pundits served on the board of a foundation that gave $6.4 million to national groups denying climate change is a crisis, according to federal tax data reviewed by DeSmog. They in turn belong to a U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

With a heated party conference season just over, a whirlwind of policy announcements from both the government and the Opposition, and a General Election on the horizon, now is the time for us all to pause, take stock and try to rebuild agreement. But that was perhaps always the easy part.

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