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Liz Truss Book Calls for Climate Laws to be Abolished and Boasts of Effort to Cancel UK COP Summit

DeSmogBlog

Truss, who is the Conservative MP for South West Norfolk, resigned as prime minister in October 2022 after just 49 days in office. The Inflation Reduction Act is a $369 billion package of grants and subsidies by the U.S. Truss writes that “we should cancel the COP gravy train”. government to spur green technology investment.

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Big Meat and Dairy Delegates Triple at COP28

DeSmogBlog

Overall the analysis of the delegates list by DeSmog shows that the total number of people representing the interests of agribusiness has more than doubled since 2022 to reach 340. This number is up from just 10 in 2022. Pesticide firms also turned out in high numbers this year, jumping by 30 percent compared to 2022.

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What business needs from COP26 to deliver on global climate goals

Business Green

The decisions included in the Glasgow Package will have a major impact on the global economic recovery, jobs and business growth opportunities. Businesses have a stake in the COP outcomes for three main reasons - let me explain. What do businesses want to see from the governments that's being discussed at COP? ºC pathway.

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'1.5 degrees will slip from our grasp': COP26 President Alok Sharma urges countries to deliver on Glasgow Climate Pact

Business Green

In his first major speech since the close of UN Climate Summit this afternoon, Sharma is to urge countries to meet the various climate commitments they made last autumn, as he sets out the priorities for the UK's COP Presidency year, which runs until the start of the COP27 Climate Summit in Egypt next November.

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Non-combustible commitments? The Heat and Buildings Strategy unpacked

Envirotec Magazine

This includes a £450 million (over three years) Boiler Upgrade Scheme, which will be issued as grants of £5000-£6000 per household “to help overcome the current differential between heat pumps and boilers”, which will be available from April 2022. This is hardly the COP figure the Prime Minister wants to read.”.

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Sustainable Business Went Mainstream in 2021

Andrew Winston

Here are the 6 big themes I drew from the last year, and 6 things to look out for in 2022]. None of this equates with actual action to reduce emissions or tackle inequality, but it’s clearly not fringe anymore (which fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil found out when activist investors forced it to take on sustainability-friendly board members).

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Government sets out plans to cut taxes on flights within UK

Business Green

For shorter journeys of less than 2,000 miles APD is set at £13 per passenger until the end of March 2023 for the lowest class of travel, rising to £82 from next month and £84 from April 2022 for journeys above 2,000 miles. It's easier for households to invest in burning coal than roof-top solar panels," he said.