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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

Some commentators in the sustainability sphere report a dawning realisation that climate change can no longer be simply “solved”, in the sense of it being possible to slow it down to a degree that will allow our civilization to continue in a more or less recognisable form. A fair COP? Drought in Kenya.

COP 130
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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

Some commentators in the sustainability sphere report a dawning realisation that climate change can no longer be simply “solved”, in the sense of it being possible to slow it down to a degree that will allow our civilization to continue in a more or less recognisable form. A fair COP? Drought in Kenya.

COP 130
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'Pace of delivery must be relentless': CBI issues net zero warning to government

Business Green

Against this backdrop business groups and campaigners have become increasingly frustrated at delays to several crucial green policy packages, as well as controversial moves such as the government's decision to axe the Green Homes Grant scheme and its failure to block plans for a new coal mine. Does capitalism need to change?

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Next Prime Minister to face legal requirement to beef up Net Zero Strategy

Business Green

As such, he ruled the government had failed to meet its obligations under Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA) and ordered Ministers to update the plan and present it to Parliament by April 2023. This landmark ruling is a huge victory for climate justice and government transparency. 14 of the CCA 2008.".

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Sustainable Business Went Mainstream in 2021

Andrew Winston

Global climate meeting falls short. 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. affordable housing and efforts to improve racial equity).

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Behind the scenes at the IMO's latest meeting: Are governments all at sea with their first post-COP26 climate test?

Business Green

They call on countries to deliver a 40 per cent reduction in the carbon intensity of shipping by 2030 and halve the sector's absolute emissions by 2050, compared to a 2008 baseline. If the recent COP kept 1.5 degrees alive, the IMO's decision to not set a target of zero by 2050 has gone a long way to killing it," he said.

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'We are witnessing the impacts of a disorderly transition': CCC boss Chris Stark on net zero in the wake of Covid-19

Business Green

Committee on Climate Change CEO discusses infrastructure, airline bailouts, COP26 and making the best of a bad situation. Climate change and our collective response has once again - albeit understandably this time - found itself playing second fiddle to a more immediate crisis, the full ramifications of which remain far from clear.