Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

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. We need to look at the plan.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The climate crisis may have stayed near the top of the political and corporate agenda, net zero commitments have come thick and fast, and renewable and electric vehicle investment may have toppled records, but there is barely a country on the planet on track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Lord Turner tells BusinessGreen. "In

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Meanwhile, Michigan approves a bundle of clean energy bills, the UN irons out details for the "loss and damages" fund ahead of COP, and Flexport launches a book and claim model for SAFs.  The European Union Climate Change Committee agreed on rules for including maritime shipping in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS ).

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Here, BusinessGreen rounds up some of the reaction from across the green econmy: Labour's Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said: "[The Chancellor] is failing to tackle another huge issue of the day - adapting to climate change. Adapting to climate change presents opportunities - more Jobs, lower bills and cleaner air.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

Government's climate agenda marred by uncertainty and delay which risks undermining COP26 and net zero transition, Climate Change Committee warns. We're seeing lots of potential for new investment to actually boost the economy to stimulate jobs to stimulate more economic activity within the UK.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The international agreement that comes out of COP26 will not be ambitious enough, but it could still drive the real world progress that will slash fossil fuel demand over the coming years. 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.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Before Boris Johnson's government imploded the Climate Change Committee issued a sobering update detailing how on numerous key fronts the UK was off track to meet its medium and long-term emissions goals. How will Truss manage these warring factions, while also working to win over the majority of MPs who did not back her candidacy?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Thousands of the world's leading climate scientists, after over three years of work, today delivered yet another landmark report on the state of the climate and ecological emergency the world now faces. Today's IPCC report is an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

For all the evidence the Paris Agreement has catalysed an era-defining array of clean tech innovations and a remarkable shift in public opinion, there have been baseless arguments that the entire COP process is an exercise in futility. What sacrifices are you willing to make for climate change?'. How about we sacrifice those?

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2023

The CCC's annual report is scathing on the lack of policy progress over the past year - the UK cannot afford another 12 months of inaction No aspect of the Climate Change Committee's (CCC) absolutely damning assessment of the UK's decarbonisation efforts over the past year is as dispiriting as the government's response to it.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

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.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2022

I've been writing about the UK climate policy landscape for 15 years and I genuinely can't recall a reaction like it. Perhaps angriest of all was the Climate Change Committee, which pulled no punches in its assessment of a "very bad decision - supporting a technology of the past, with a very poor prospectus for new UK jobs".

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GreenBiz

JUNE 2, 2021

Over the past few years, the term "climate risk" has risen to the fore , taking up residency inside the world's biggest banks and investors. Today, it is part of many companies’ toolkit as they seek to understand the impacts of climate change on their business and society. degrees Celsius. Flashing red lights. The implications?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The non-profit has played a pivotal role in mobilising and coordinating corporate climate action in recent years, most notably when it steered a push from a coalition of the UK's largest fleet owners - from Tesco and Centrica to BT to SSE - in support of a 2030 phase out date for fossil fuel cars and vans.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2021

Over the past few years, the term "climate risk" has risen to the fore , taking up residency inside the world's biggest banks and investors. Today, it is part of many companies' toolkit as they seek to understand the impacts of climate change on their business and society. created by a range of hazards. Flashing red lights.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 2, 2021

Shell and the new era of climate risk Joel Makower Wed, 06/02/2021 – 02:11 Over the past few years, the term “climate risk” has risen to the fore , taking up residency inside the world’s biggest banks and investors. Fossil-fuel companies are likely seeing flashing red lights about now.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Almost every challenge governments are struggling to get a grip on has a climate angle. All these issues are either caused or exacerbated by our reliance on fossil fuels and the climate impacts that result. Climate change then becomes the economy's way of overcompensating for its rampant insecurity.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Global energy shortages and a recent spike in oil prices to a three-year high above $80 a barrel, have dimmed hopes that governments will announce bold new plans to rapidly ditch fossil fuels at the October 31st to November 12th summit. For Mabey, Glasgow is the most crucial UN meeting on climate change since Paris.

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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.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition launched at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow.

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