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Operational clean hydrogen production projects set to double globally within the next five years

Envirotec Magazine

The Netherlands comes in second with nearly 7GW; Ireland nearly 4GW; and China and Spain with 2GW each The recent growth in hydrogen projects follows significant efforts by governments across the world to promote the hydrogen industry. The EU led the charge globally with its strategy on hydrogen being adopted in 2020. For example, the U.S.

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Global gas squeeze highlights need for security of supply – report

Smart Energy International

Last year closed with record high spot prices for gas in Europe and Asia, as the natural gas supply remained constricted. In emerging markets where gas prices are regulated, governments passed large tariff increases onto major consumers to partially fund the cost of supplying protected retail customers.

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How to stop runaway deforestation? Look at Indonesia.

Grist

For decades, governments of Southeast Asia gave agricultural companies the rights to develop vast swathes of forest, and those companies turned wilderness into plantations as fast as they could. In 2011, the government of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced that it would stop handing out forest land for palm oil plantations.

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UKEF support for sustainable projects doubles to £2.4bn in 2020

Business Green

Government export agency says its provided record levels of sustainable investments to developing countries last year. We increased UKEF's capacity to support overseas projects in over 100 markets last year, and its financing has placed UK businesses at the heart of many important global projects as a result.".

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Poll: British public 'overwhelmingly' backs robust supply chain deforestation laws

Business Green

WWF calls on government to set legally-binding target to eradicate both legal and illegal deforestation from UK supply chains. Our poll shows an overwhelming majority of people in the UK want to stop the things they buy and the food they eat from causing deforestation overseas, and the UK government has a duty to respond.".

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For a livable future, 60% of oil and gas must stay in the ground

Grist

I think there’s an increasing recognition that policy measures and action targeted at production itself is going to be needed to get the kind of decline rates that we’re thinking about here,” said Steve Pye, one of the study’s authors, during a press call on Tuesday.

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Soy scandals: Green groups raise alarm over deforestation impact of corporates' soy supply chains

Business Green

Two separate reports from WWF and Greenpeace have similarly highlighted how soy remains a major driver of deforestation, especially in South America, despite the growing number of pledges from retailers and agri-businesses to develop sustainable soy supply chains.