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. Where does this rank in the halls of climate policy infamy? Michael Gove and Rishi Sunak are guilty of the worst climate policy decision of modern times. They deserve all the criticism heading their way.

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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

Encouragingly, word from the EU Commission suggests it remains steadfast in its 2050 net zero ambitions and that combatting climate change should feature strongly in economic recovery packages. Stark, too, is clear that state support for aviation and shipping should come with green strings attached. "I

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Ana Musat, head of policy at the Aldersgate Group, expressed hope that COP26 can rally players from around the world to work to transform sectors that had long resisted decarbonisation due to technological or cost barriers. Its stated aim is to collectively slash methane emissions across all sectors by 30 per cent between 2020 and 2030.

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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. Applying a climate lens improves every policy and instils greater optimism and better returns in every project.

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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.". In my view, this is not a reason to celebrate because emissions reduction should be the result of right energy policies.".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

"We still have a huge gap," between the promises made by the almost 200 countries who signed up to the Paris Agreement and national targets and policies, explains Niklas Höhne, founding partner of the New Climate Institute in Germany. above pre-industrial times by 2100 based on existing policies. Pull together'.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

However, the conference also delivered encouraging signs that some governments are responding to growing calls for them to strengthen their climate action plans and deliver green economic recovery packages. We are dealing with global public goods that we must protect and enhance.".

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