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Campaigners Urge UK Government To 'Lock Out' Polluters From COP26

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Read time: 4 mins Campaigners are calling for polluters to be denied access to this year’s pivotal COP26 summit and locked out of all future UN climate talks. . Tags: COP26 fossil fuels

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Government Defends Praising Tar Sands Industry Figures as COP26 ‘Climate Champions’

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The UK government has defended its decision to celebrate representatives of companies involved in Canada’s controversial tar sands industry as “Climate Champions”, ahead of the COP26 UN climate summit it is set to host later this year. TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil.

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COP27: New Global Adaptation Agenda aims to establish climate resilience goals

Business Green

At the COP26 Climate Summit last year, richer countries promised to double support for adaptation to $40bn a year by 2025. At the launch event for the new initiative today, COP27 President Sameh Shoukry said the Adaptation Agenda was a "critical step" for the "implementation COP", referring to the Egyptian presidency's tag line for the event.

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Ofgem: Quarter of households plan to buy electric vehicle in next five years

Business Green

Over a third of respondents - 38 per cent - said they were unlikely to buy an EV in the next five years, with 59 per cent citing costly price tags, while 38 per cent raised concerns about short battery life and range anxiety, and 36 per cent worried about having nowhere to charge up their EV close to home.

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'This is not a scary transition': Six key takeaways from the CCC's net zero progress report

Business Green

But, with the COP26 Climate Summit around the corner, the CCC's choice of words today was particularly notable, with the growing frustration within the Committee made pretty explicit. They seem to be placing all of their chips on the new Net Zero Strategy that is planned before COP26. Failure to fill the policy gaps threatens COP26.

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How much will net zero cost the UK? The OBR tries answering the trillion-pound question

Business Green

But the outcome of the COP26 Climate Summit could well be a crucial factor in how the costs of decarbonisation play out in the UK, he argued. But that's not guaranteed - political courage needed, and all eyes on COP26… pic.twitter.com/jcQt5vqDln. As ever the biggest limitation is not knowing what others do.

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Liz Truss prepares to announce energy price freeze plan

Business Green

And there were conflicting reports over the price tag attached to the new support package. Truss ally Iain Duncan Smith told The Times the package was likely to cost in the region of £90bn, while other reports put the estimated cost at £100bn and Bloomberg reported the total cost could reach £130bn.

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