Business Green

APRIL 26, 2020

The two-day Petersberg Climate Dialogue has long been a key event in the annual climate calendar, with environment ministers from around 30 countries typically coming together to thrash out priorities and preparations for the following United Nations COP climate summit.

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APRIL 27, 2020

Schulze added that ministers at the conference should also address calls to systematically focus their coronavirus recovery and investment packages to tackle climate risks. This is a problem of confidence, it's a problem of consumption, it's a problem of investment and we are going to need a clear sense of direction," he said.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

Decisions made during this Parliament on infrastructure and investment will be critical in delivering a net zero economy, argues EAC chair Philip Dunne MP. Economic stimulus packages provide a perfect opportunity to reflect this. Second, we must act quickly and decisively to avert this crisis.

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APRIL 22, 2020

They added that while COP26 and the Pre-COP and Youth4Climate events that had been due to be staged in Italy this summer had been postponed until next year, it remained crucial that governments use the coming months to strengthen their decarbonisation plans. degrees," Sharma and Costa added.

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AUGUST 3, 2020

In addition to raising ambition, the UK's COP Presidency will focus efforts on 5 areas which need particular attention to achieve our goals. In July - we announced a plan to invest the equivalent of over 5.5 With research funding, grants for consumers, and investment in infrastructure. We are putting over NZ$1.2

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2020

The two-day Petersberg Climate Dialogue has long been a key event in the annual climate diplomacy calendar, with environment ministers from around 30 countries typically coming together to thrash out priorities and preparations for the following United Nations COP climate summit.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The final deal also saw important progress on other aspects of the global climate finance regime, with all parties agreeing to explore reforms to multilateral development banks and other financial institutions to help stimulate more investment in low carbon and climate resilient infrastructure.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In my first fortnight as COP President, I have been listening to those who have done this before. ??Meeting Meeting people like Paris COP President Laurent Fabius, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Patricia Espinosa from the UNFCCC. ??And, And we are getting ready for it.??.

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MARCH 24, 2021

But today's wide-ranging sector deal with the oil and gas industry combines plans for increased investment in the technologies and skills that will enable a transition to cleaner energy sources with proposals that leaves the door open for a new wave of exploration licenses, if projects can pass a new Climate Compatibility Checkpoint.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

It was, as ever a highly eventful fortnight, characterised by shifting politics, surging levels of green investment, and escalating fears the climate impacts could be approaching catastrophic 'tipping points'. Once an idea enters the vernacular at COP Summits the chance of it being eventually adopted increases dramatically.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2020

International summits to progress a global oceans treaty and mid-year UNFCCC talks have been postponed, while even more crucially COP26 and the much anticipated 'Biodiversity COP' are now set to take place next year. You want the banks to be saved, then stop investing in fossil fuel expansion.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 5, 2022

The COP26 meeting in Glasgow ended the same as every COP: there was clearly progress in what countries committed to, but given the scale of a crisis that the UN Secretary General called “ code red for humanity ,” it was woefully inadequate. trillion to invest in climate action (clean technologies) and sustainable development (e.g.,

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The first full negotiating texts are still not expected until later this evening, or potentially even tomorrow, according to Egypt's COP Presidency. But we are hoping that everyone will rise to the occasion by the end of COP, and realise that while the national interest is very important, something greater than that is at stake.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Funding support is also forthcoming for district heating, via a £338 million investment in the Heat Network Transformation Programme set to take place between 2022 and 2025. Other support packages include the £150 million Home Upgrade Grant, which is intended to assist emissions reductions with households not currently on the gas grid. “For

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

Italian Minister for the Environment, Land and Sea Protection, Sergio Costa: "Whilst we have decided to postpone COP26, including the Pre-COP and ‘Youth for the Climate' event, we remain fully committed to meeting the challenge of climate change. Tackling climate change requires strong, global and ambitious action.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 17, 2020

Our energy systems must keep improving at pace, to become cleaner and more efficient, and this requires ambitious thinking, capital investment and bold leadership. ” The threat to investment is a very real one. ’s COP 26 climate negotiations in November; Eggar said demonstrable action should be underway before then.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The scheme could see direct funding to enhance the energy efficiency of social housing, schools, and hospitals, alongside a package of incentives to encourage other households to enhance their efficiency.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2020

The government has unveiled further steps to curb the climate impact of transport, today announcing £37m of investment in developing electric cars, ships, and planes in the UK, alongside separate proposals to introduce lower carbon petrol at filling stations up and down the country.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

A precedent is being set with a new loss and damage framework taking shape and the first, albeit modest, funding packages being announced. trajectory. But at the same time there has been progress. It looks as if adaptation funding will be doubled and will be better channelled to the countries that need it.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

What's in the energy support package, and who is going to pay for it? A sweeping support package has been promised, potentially worth up to £100bn, but what will be in it and why were these proposals such a closely guarded secret throughout the leadership campaign? But this confidence could be severely tested.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

For example, a new Ipsos poll revealed 71 per cent of people back more investment in renewable energy, 60 per cent want a ban on imports linked to deforestation, 53 per cent back less trade with countries without climate targets, and 51 per cent back end to UK investment in coal, oil, and gas abroad.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

This should include setting a clear policy and regulatory framework, and working with the business community to drive investment in nature, which will be critical to provide clarity for businesses and create a level playing field. The package is by no means flawless but this is not the end.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2020

In the past few days a flurry of major reports have again highlighted how the UK can realise major economic benefits from stepping up low carbon investment and supportive net zero policies, while green business leaders have urged Sunak and Johnson to make good on their environmental pledges.

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MARCH 23, 2021

The French government recently won plaudits for reportedly making bailout packages for airlines conditional on the scrapping of some short haul routes where rail offered a viable alternative. It's easier for households to invest in burning coal than roof-top solar panels," he said.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The appeals underscored how for many nations, the success of the Sharm El Sheikh Summit depends on its ability to deliver real progress towards the launch of a dedicated funding mechanism for Loss and Damage, after the contentious issue made it on to a COP agenda for the first time this year.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

The government support package is delivering help right now but it's clear the new Prime Minister will need to act further to tackle the impact of the price rises that are coming in October and next year. I talk to customers regularly and I know that today's news will be very worrying for many.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This was inspired by when we arrived (at) COP 25 in Madrid three years ago and understood that this is where the world is going," said Lee Recht, VP of sustainability at Aleph Farms, at the VERGE Net Zero virtual event early in December. Each company projects a clean, tech-forward image, embracing principles of circularity and zero emissions.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2020

Other former COP Presidents, such as Laurent Fabius. At COP26, the world must seek to agree a package which takes forward the Paris Agreement and powers the UN climate process onwards. We all need to invest in the innovation which will help us accelerate the transition to clean energy. Civil society organisations.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

Moreover, the ruling comes just weeks after the Climate Change Committee (CCC) published an in-depth progress report warning how on multiple fronts the UK is not on track to meet its emissions goals for the 2030s, and arguing that urgent action is needed to introduce new policies and investments that can accelerate decarbonisation efforts.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

This includes provision of utilisation-linked loans for installing more widely distributed charge points, a transport infrastructure facility that pools public and private finance to de-risk investments, and the creation of local authority toolkits to speed up and simplify the process of installing charging infrastructure.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2021

I want to put on the record that we are very keen that we ensure we are delivering a physical COP at Glasgow," he said. That is what the Parties want and I think that's what will help us in achieving our outcomes and goals at the end of the day as well.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

alive or this will be the COP where we lose 1.5C," he said. You need to work out how you want future generations to look upon this COP and each of us individually as countries. goal, arguing that "every fraction of a degree matters". We'll either leave Egypt having kept 1.5C It is really up to us to decide.".

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

Yesterday's communiqué agrees to "phase-out and rationalise, over the medium term, inefficient fossil fuel subsidies", and makes no direct reference to coal power, instead calling for investment in carbon capture and similar technologies to abate the emissions of fossil fuels.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Speaking to journalists yesterday, Florian Titze, policy advisor for international biodiversity policy at WWF Germany, said a comprehensive finance packaging would require both the minimisation of harm to nature and the amassing of more funds for the implementation of the framework. "We

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

We can go back to where we were, or we can invest in a better, more sustainable future. "We We can invest in fossil fuels, whose markets are volatile and whose emissions lead to lethal air pollution. Or, we can invest in renewable energy, which is reliable, clean and economically smart.".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

COP talks each year are often fraught and progress remains far too slow, as today's IPCC report on escalating climate impacts will testify. Yet in the six years since its birth, the Paris Agreement has undoubtedly transformed policy, investment, and economic thinking. The US left the treaty altogether briefly.

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JUNE 8, 2020

Dave Pearson, director of Star Renewable Energy, blasted the policy as a "clear error of judgement" that would be a "major national embarrassment in the run up to COP 26", referring to the UN climate conference set to be hosted by the UK in November 2021. It therefore provides a framework for ensuring installation and product standards.".

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