Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The plan promised to deploy a combination of policy interventions and funding to accelerate the UK development of offshore wind, green hydrogen, nuclear power, electric vehicles, public and active transport, green aviation and shipping, energy efficiency, carbon capture and storage, natural carbon sinks, and clean tech innovation and green finance.

Government 101

Government Hydrogen Carbon Nuclear Power 101

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. At COP I'm quite sure that as a country we'll be saying to people 'when you sign up to things, you've got to deliver'. So the government is playing a pretty high stakes game here.

Government 62

Government Policy COP Carbon 62

Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

The Strategy was also criticised for failing to provide sufficient detail on how the government planned to tackle emissions from certain sectors, such as farming and land use and aviation.

Climate change 61

Climate change Government Policy Biodiversity 61

Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It's hard to think of a greater dereliction of our responsibility as COP hosts.". UK Green Building Council CEO Julie Hirigoyen said: "With the COP 26 conference just days away, the Chancellor's announcements felt like they were from a different planet and a different time. "This wasn't just a failure to address the climate emergency.

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.

Policy 61

Policy Government Climate change Investment 61

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The new administration faces an immediate challenge to explain how it intends to bring transport, buildings, industry, agriculture, aviation, and shipping into line with legally binding climate goals.

Government 67

Government Policy Energy Energy 67

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. Inaction is a foolish business risk no company can afford.

Climate change 67

Climate change Resilience Fossil fuels Government 67

Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

Finally, he reminded Ministers and officials from around the world that nations must commit to net zero emissions by 2050 and submit more ambitious national climate plans before COP-26 next year.

Fossil fuels 101

Fossil fuels Government Resilience COP 101

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. Stark, too, is clear that state support for aviation and shipping should come with green strings attached. "I Building back better.

Carbon-negative 76

Carbon-negative Politics Climate change Government 76

Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

It's vital the UK shows action at home and leadership abroad to bring other countries with us in making ambitious climate change commitments in the lead up to COP 26 in Glasgow. As host of COP 26, it sends an important signal to other countries around the world that are currently considering their own commitments.

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 40

Fossil fuels Government Politics Demand 40

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 51

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 51

Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Speaking at an event in Milan this month, Thunberg spoke for many when she alleged that COPs have delivered little more than a talking shop since the first Earth Summit in 1992. Will enough people turn up to say it's a legitimate COP? But for thousands of scientists and campaigners, these pledges are all too little, too late.

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