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Election of Union Leader Who Called for COP26 to be Ditched ‘Not Ideal’, Say Campaigners

DeSmogBlog

GMB is the third largest union in the UK, with some 620,000 members covering work across a range of industry sectors, including oil and gas, aviation and manufacturing, as well as the public sector. The best thing government could do for Glasgow is to ditch hosting the COP and instead invest the money in dealing with the state of the city.”.

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This is the future climate hawks want to see

Business Green

It makes you wonder if what is missing from the UK government's deeply flawed and badly underpowered pursuit of both its climate goals and levelling up agenda, is someone willing to take yesterday's 600 page tome from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) , drop it on a table with a satisfying thud, and declare "this is what we believe".

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Heathrow expansion decision ruled illegal: The green economy reacts

Business Green

Green businesses, politicians, and environmental groups react to Court of Appeal's momentous ruling against a third Heathrow runway on climate change grounds. Heathrow has taken a lead in getting the UK aviation sector to commit to a plan to get to Net Zero emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris Accord.

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Heathrow expansion ruled illegal: The green economy reacts

Business Green

Green businesses, politicians, and environmental groups react to Court of Appeal's momentous ruling against a third Heathrow runway on climate change grounds. Heathrow has taken a lead in getting the UK aviation sector to commit to a plan to get to Net Zero emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris Accord.

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Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28

DeSmogBlog

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. Leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda that calls for governments and industry to work together to find new solutions to climate change–driven food insecurity. percent contribution to global human-induced emissions is a higher share than aviation.

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December 2021 Cleantech Roundup: Year in Review

Clean Energy Trust

Credit: Stripe eadership from corporations to be committed first customers for products that can decarbonize the economy Several announcements around COP 26 highlighted corporates who had made commitments to be early customers for new technology solutions, in order to help create market pull?—?this

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'Repeated failures': Climate advisors slam UK's net zero policy 'vacuum'

Business Green

Government's climate agenda marred by uncertainty and delay which risks undermining COP26 and net zero transition, Climate Change Committee warns. But the silence is really noticeable… Something needs to fill the vacuum that we have from the Treasury on this at the moment.".

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