Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

Aviation emissions were down a whopping 60 per cent in 2020, shipping emissions down 24 per cent, and road transport emissions fell 18 per cent. Emissions may have fallen rapidly, but they are on course to rebound just as quickly to pre-pandemic levels as carbon-intensive transport use ramps up again, the CCC warns.

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Government Policy COP Carbon 63

Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The only way to be a prudent and responsible Chancellor is to be a Green Chancellor, to invest in the transition to a zero-carbon economy and give British businesses a head-start in the industries of the future. It's hard to think of a greater dereliction of our responsibility as COP hosts.".

Government 66

Government Investment Climate change Innovation 66

Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

Moreover, a host of delayed policy roadmaps and whitepapers for heat and buildings, hydrogen, transport, aviation, biomass, and food must also be delivered, it urged, alongside strengthened plans to decarbonise electricity, industry, and North Sea oil and gas. Not all of this is about public spending.

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Policy Government Climate change Investment 61

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Truss hardly mentioned carbon capture and storage (CCS) on the campaign trail, but she will be under near immediate pressure to deliver coherent plans for how the UK's pipeline of hydrogen and CCS projects can be delivered.

Government 67

Government Policy Energy Energy 67

Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has today issued a stark warning that too many governments and businesses "have still not got the message" and risk engineering a carbon intensive recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels Government Resilience COP 101

Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

But more positively, while the gap between adaptation and resilience efforts currently being undertaken, and what is required to safeguard society and ecosystems, remains considerable, such efforts can in fact be very effective, the report suggests. Nearly half of humanity is living in the danger zone - now. The facts are undeniable.

Climate change 67

Climate change Resilience Fossil fuels Government 67

Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

Whether governments use their economic recovery plans to support decarbonisation and long-term economic resilience is now the single biggest question at the top of the climate agenda. Meanwhile, public polling suggests bailing out high carbon companies without attaching carbon reduction targets would be an unpopular move.

Carbon-negative 77

Carbon-negative Politics Climate change Government 77

Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

As a country, we have demonstrated we can both rapidly cut carbon emissions, while creating new jobs, new technologies and future-proof industries that will generate economic growth for decades to come. A more ambitious cut is both feasible and necessary to keep us safe and reflect our massive historic carbon emissions.

Climate change 68

Climate change Policy Government Carbon 68

Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The "mood music" in the room where it happens is said to be considerably more upbeat than is typical for the closing days of a COP Summit. Negotiators reckon the shape of a deal is starting to take shape. The hope is the major new agreement between the US and China announced yesterday evening can trigger breakthroughs overnight.

Fossil fuels 41

Fossil fuels Government Politics Demand 41

Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Clean technologies are changing the energy and automotive industries beyond recognition; the global innovation pipeline suggests aviation, buildings, shipping, steel, and agricultural industries will soon follow their lead. Over 90 per cent of the global economy is committed to achieving net zero emissions within three or four decades.

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels Pollution Politics Agriculture 101

Business Green

MARCH 18, 2020

Given this is an evolving situation we are keeping the situation under careful review and are in frequent contact with the UN, Chile (as current COP president) and other partners.". We can build a safer and more resilient economy if we start building the new and not just prop up the old.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 52

Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The hope is that such strategies, combined with real world efforts to phase out coal power and internal combustion engine cars, ramp up climate finance for developing nations, and expand natural carbon sinks, would curb emissions sufficiently so that updated targets submitted in another five years' time bring the 1.5C goal within grasp.

Building Energy Monitoring 101

Building Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 101

Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

The UK government has today called for Covid-19 recovery plans to bolster the fight against climate change, with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab telling global leaders at a major climate summit that it is "duty of every responsible government" to reboot economies along climate-resilient lines.

Resilience 89

Resilience Government Fossil fuels Climate change 89