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Analysis: Aviation Industry Coronavirus Bailouts Contradict Governments' Climate Commitments

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 17 mins Is the chance for a green recovery flying by? Tags: easyJet British Airways International Air Transport Association (IATA) Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)

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Boris Johnson to pledge to 'build back greener'

Business Green

Prime Minister to reaffirm tree-planting plans as part of £5bn 'New Deal' style recovery package, but green campaigners fear 'false start' as key funding announcements still yet to be confirmed. Unfortunately, the PM seems to have got off to false start.

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Brexit tariffs would drive £2,800 EV price hike, auto sector warns

Business Green

SMMT warns 'no-deal' Brexit would undermine UK green recovery and net zero vision by heaping costs onto electric car manufacturing.

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Treasury mulls road-charging plan, as Number 10 preps early phase out date for fossil fuelled cars

Business Green

The move is set to provide the centrepiece of Number 10's much-anticipated 10 point green recovery plan, which is also expected to include fresh support for EV charging infrastructure and a new UK battery gigafactory to boost the EV supply chain.

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Managing risk, achieving impact: Linking sovereign debt with climate and nature targets

Business Green

Sustainability-linked sovereign bonds can help promote economic resilience and a much-needed sustainable recovery to Covid-19, according to the World Bank's Fiona Stewart and Samantha Power. Difficulties around resource intensive budget tagging and project identification could also be avoided.

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We need fresh thinking about the role of digital technologies in our food system

Business Green

Covid-19 has highlighted the shortcomings of our food supply chains, but technology can help, argues Green Alliance's Imogen Cripps. Through Green Alliance's Tech Task Force programme, we've already investigated the transformative potential of smart green tech in the energy efficiency, transport and construction sectors.

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'Sensible incentives' and 'plumbing reforms': Leading figures mull pathway from Covid-19 crisis to net zero economy

Business Green

For one, Nick Charter, professor of behavioural science at Warwick Business School, suggests the government introduced a 'carbon pound' tagged to all goods and services that would alert consumers to the environmental impact of their purchases and activities. "So,

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