GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

Coronavirus will create a $400 billion hole in energy investment in 2020, but the power sector is faring relatively well compared to oil and gas, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Going into 2020, the IEA had expected a 2 percent increase in global energy investments this year. ” Oil and gas investments crushed.

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Clean Energy Canada

OCTOBER 17, 2020

It’s similarly surprising because public opinion points to climate action as a political winner. When it comes to climate action and investing in clean energy, British Columbians of all stripes find common ground. to create lasting jobs and economic resilience. It’s a political one. Like most of the West Coast, B.C.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2024

The UK is not the US, the Conservative Party could prove more resilient to takeover than the GOP, and the British Parliamentary system has a long history of successfully marginalising figures from the extremes of the political spectrum. There is still a lot standing in the way of this strategy.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2020

The UK needs a far more holistic approach to flood risk and resilience, argue Sara Mehryar, Viktor Roezer and Swenja Surminski from LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. New flood protection announcements are welcome but not enough on their own. Holistic approaches to adaptation and flood risk management.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

2 But CBI Economics is warning that without further investment and policy stability, the strength of future growth is in jeopardy as the US and EU compete to attract and develop clean industries. Businesses continue to face difficult headwinds this year, leading many to pull back on investment plans. 2022 saw £1.5

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Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a new international coalition focused on helping vulnerable nations adapt and build resilience to escalating climate impacts at a landmark global summit today. I'll be making the need for a resilient recovery a priority of the UK's G7 presidency this year.

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GreenBiz

JULY 13, 2020

While climate risk remains an often overlooked or undervalued factor in risk management programs, there is an urgent need to integrate resiliency into core business strategy if businesses want to continue to thrive — or even remain operational. Risk & Resilience. Finance & Investing. Operational risk factors. Pull Quote.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

While many are hearing the need to align immediate spending packages with longer-term goals, the idea of a green recovery is being met with political opposition from many quarters. Countries around the world are facing painful economic decisions as they design their recovery from the damage caused by coronavirus. per cent, with an expected 8.7

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GreenBiz

MARCH 24, 2021

Transition risks are the risks a company may face when society forces it to curtail its greenhouse gas emissions and the risks of impacts caused by policies and investments that lower emissions such as reductions in fossil fuel demand. Physical climate risks are risks of impacts caused by flooding, droughts and storms.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2022

Research shows ensuring businesses and communities know what local flood risks they face can boost resilience, writes Sara Mehryar at LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. Enhancing flood resilience is about more than just protecting communities from flooding.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Private entities should think of themselves as community members and view local residents as political and economic partners. For Yeampierre of UPROSE, the most successful partnerships have been ones in which businesses joined local initiatives and shared the same political and environmental goals as the community.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The past week has been a key period for investment decisions, pleas and pledges within the financial community. At the same time, the European Investment Bank (EIB) released its 7th annual investment survey, breaking down how firms have been faring in the energy space in the midst of the continuing effects of the war in Ukraine.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

Climate change isn’t a 'side of desk' activity, yet corporate efforts to bolster resilience are failing to keep pace with worsening climate impacts - BusinessGreen Intelligence's latest trend report explores how firms should respond to escalating climate risks "The wolf is at the door," warns Greenpeace UK's head of politics, Rebecca Newsom.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

Ben Caldecott reflects on how a fixation on short-run cost optimisation has resulted in economic systems and business models that are not sufficiently resilient to shocks. too few intensive care beds and ventilators) and a lack of food supply chain resilience (e.g. COVID-19 has put into sharp relief a shortage of NHS capacity (e.g.

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Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a new international coalition focused on helping vulnerable nations adapt and build resilience to escalating climate impacts at a landmark global summit today. I'll be making the need for a resilient recovery a priority of the UK's G7 presidency this year.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

political will. Business action, supported by government regulations, investments and incentives, is absolutely critical for transitioning to net-zero emissions by 2050. This year’s COVID-19 crisis and racial justice movement have highlighted the systemic inequities in the U.S.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

We can invest in a resilient and inclusive economy that builds jobs, infrastructure, growth and stability for the long term. Taxpayer money should be invested in the future economy, one that is powered by renewable energy — one that creates more jobs, one that makes our economies more resilient. . Policy & Politics.

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Front And Centered

MARCH 26, 2024

The following is a statement by the Front and Centered Coalition Leadership regarding I-2117: The campaign to repeal these recently enacted laws represents a reckless and bad faith effort by a wealthy individual and his politics of despair and division to undermine well-intentioned policy for the environment, education, and healthcare.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

” So, how is California building resilience in both its rural and urban communities? . ” So, how is California building resilience in both its rural and urban communities? It’s necessary to understand that the most important investment we can make is an investment in all of our people to be able to live with dignity.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

University of Cambridge college outlines net zero plan to ditch millions of pounds of direct and indirect investments in oil and gas. directly invested in companies involved in oil and gas production, extraction and exploration. Its endowment is over double that of Cambridge's second richest college, St John's. £8.2m

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2023

Rapidly scaling sustainable, diversified, and resilient clean energy supply chains is key to achieving net-zero targets on-time and at as low a cost as possible, according to the ETC. to drive market certainty and investment decisions. Industry and policymakers should act to diversify supply for mining, refining and manufacturing.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The proposed stimulus package calls for a "renovation wave" of buildings and infrastructure in support of the Green Deal, as well as investments in circular economy efforts, renewable energy projects, clean hydrogen infrastructure, green transport networks, and an enhanced Just Transition Fund for workers. "The

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 18, 2024

Energy security now encompasses the reliability of renewables, availability and accessibility or critical minerals, and resilience in the face of physical and cyber threats. Within Asia, the energy transition is marked by robust demand driven by economic growth amidst climate threats and challenges to infrastructure resilience.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The UN report also highlights the failure of global political leaders to leverage the significant fiscal stimulus unleashed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic towards building a lower carbon economy, noting that just 20 per cent of recovery investments unleashed to May 2021 reduced greenhouse gas emissions. warming pathway.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 19, 2024

s clean energy sector could grow six per cent a year out to 2050, if our political leaders seize the opportunity. The energy transition is picking up speed globally, and our competitors and trading partners are securing big investments and breathing new life into legacy sectors with access to clean energy. Finally, B.C.

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Clean Energy Canada

JANUARY 12, 2021

VANCOUVER — Most British Columbians would like to see the provincial government invest in clean energy rather than LNG as it begins its new term, while a strong majority think the province should prioritize combating climate change, according to a new survey from Stratcom and Clean Energy Canada.

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The City Fix

MAY 3, 2022

The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report highlights the enormous potential of nature to reduce the risks of climate change and build resilience. Political momentum is building for this approach. For example, 137 countries committed in 2021 to collectively end forest loss and land. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In UK politics, climate change policies cut across party lines. Anna Valero, a member of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s economic advisory council, called the reversal “yet another example of policy volatility that prevents businesses taking the long-term investment decisions needed for a stronger, more resilient and sustainable economy.”

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Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

Elections in the EU and the US have our industry waiting with bated breath to see the next guard of political agendas take the scene and usher in policy updates – all at a critical time as 2025 and 2030 deadlines for our planet approach. In total investment, this drums up to $48 trillion, far below the needed $75 trillion.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 29, 2020

The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy Jocelyn Bleriot Fri, 05/29/2020 – 01:00 The COVID-19 crisis has disastrous human and economic consequences, revealing our system’s exposure to a variety of risks.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The tighter collaboration between ENCS, a European non-profit owned by grid operators, and the EU association for distribution system operators will work to increase the resilience of Europe’s power system against cyber-attacks. Under an MoU, ENCS and EU DSO Entity will share knowledge as well as best practices in the field of cybersecurity.

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EDF + Business

APRIL 26, 2021

We’re in a global race to reach net zero emissions by midcentury, a goal that cannot be reached without bold leadership from the private sector and commitment to leverage its scale, investment capacity and political power to build a more sustainable, resilient and equitable future. Emergent , a U.S.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

While homegrown clean and renewable electrification remains the answer, higher investments and upgraded infrastructure are urgently needed to enable the projected tripling in electrification rates by 2050. Grid operators must be allowed to make anticipatory investments so we can start preparing for higher electrification.” since 2020.

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The findings from the poll, commissioned by the three nonprofits and conducted by data science and behavioural economist Brian Singh of ZincTank in August, found that over half of Calgary’s citizens (57 percent) want Calgary to chart a course for a more sustainable and resilient city by investing in the transition toward clean energy.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Boris Johnson has unveiled his much-vaunted 10-point green recovery plan, promising a multi-billion pound package of investment across the green economy designed to create an estimated 250,000 new jobs in the carbon capture, electric vehicle, nuclear, hydrogen and renewables sectors.

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

Climate adaptation and resilience should be baked into all Department's policy decisions, backed by more public funding, stronger incentives for private investment, measurable targets, and monitoring of progress towards a clear overarching vision, the independent climate advisory body said.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2020

Their statement calls on leaders of the world's biggest economies to draw up recovery packages which invest in safeguarding public health and providing jobs, and highlights how sustainable agriculture, green energy, and clean transport are key to a healthy recovery.

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