Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2021

But twenty-nine years is the timescale we have set ourselves and the rest of the world to reduce net carbon emissions to zero. But twenty-nine years is the timescale we have set ourselves and the rest of the world to reduce net carbon emissions to zero. Twenty-nine years is not a long time.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

London among a host of world-cities at serious risk of water shortages in the coming decades, according to new analysis from Christian Aid. The report - titled Scorched Earth: The impact of drought on 10 world cities - details how several cities have already come close to running out of water. Meanwhile, less than 0.01

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Climate Change Committee recommends UK set target to cut emissions by 'at least' 68 per cent from 1990 levels over next decade. It would place the UK among the leading countries in climate ambition.". A final decision on the new targets is therefore expected within days.

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Fossil fuels Climate change Government Policy 75

Business Green

MAY 6, 2020

Coronavirus has rocked clean energy enterprises across the world. Organisations are adapting fast, exploring new business models and ways of working, so they can continue their efforts to build a more resilient, fair and connected world. Now the programme is passing on information that helps people prevent virus transmission.

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

The fallout from the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine is continuing to impact some of the poorest communities on the planet and could bring a halt to some of the more encouraging development trends of the past few years.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

As the dust begins to settle after COP26, work must now begin towards interpreting and putting into practice what was agreed by 196 countries around the world in Glasgow on Saturday night. Nor does the final outcome put the world anywhere close to a pathway that could limit global average temperature rise to 1.5C and 2C of warming.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's and Sir David Attenborough's addresses to the UN Security Council meeting on climate security. Boris Johnson's address to the UN Security Council on Climate and Security, 23 February 202 1. We haven't always agreed about how to achieve that goal. I couldn't disagree more profoundly.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction to the CCC's climate assessment from green businesses, think tanks, politicians and NGOs. This year, perhaps more so than ever before, the independent climate advisory body's verdict on the government's policy efforts so far is damning.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak today reiterated the Treasury's commitment to delivering on the UK's net zero emissions goal, announcing plans for a new National Infrastructure Bank, record investment in new infrastructure and R&D projects, and changes to how the government assesses spending decisions in light of escalating climate risks.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2021

BusinessGreen rounds up all the reaction to the CCC's climate assessment from green businesses, think tanks, politicians and NGOs. This year, perhaps more so than ever before, the independent climate advisory body's verdict on the government's policy efforts is damning.

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Climate change Policy Government Investment 36

Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

The climate crisis is here but we are still walking when we should run'. BusinessGreen rounds up the wide range of responses from the CCC's latest clarion call for a step change in the UK's net zero transition. Meanwhile, the global crisis of climate change is accelerating.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2022

Policymakers, infrastructure owners, and business leaders are all guilty of failing to take climate resilience seriously enough, and in so doing only increase the likelihood of dystopian worst case scenarios coming to pass. This transitional period worsens care for the poorest in society."

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The dust has barely settled on the Conservative Party leadership race and the new UK government has already begun confirming many climate campaigners’ worst fears about the direction Liz Truss intends to take the country in. That’s not to say there aren’t some green glimmers to be found, though.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2021

The pandemic has highlighted how quickly a crisis can expose and aggravate existing gender, race, and class-based inequalities, while also providing a reminder of how the climate emergency carries all the same risks, but amplified. That said, women have played a central role in 21st century climate action.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2021

The pandemic has highlighted how quickly a crisis can expose and aggravate existing gender, race, and class-based inequalities, while also providing a reminder of how the climate emergency carries all the same risks, but amplified. That said, women have played a central role in 21st century climate action.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

4 climate finance priorities for the Biden administration. Providing funding to poorer nations to undertake climate action is not only a moral and legal responsibility for developed countries, but also a strategic investment in a cleaner and more resilient world. to not just catch up, but to lead on climate finance.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

4 climate finance priorities for the Biden administration Joe Thwaites Wed, 02/17/2021 – 00:30 Providing funding to poorer nations to undertake climate action is not only a moral and legal responsibility for developed countries, but also a strategic investment in a cleaner and more resilient world. Yet just $2.5

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