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VW: German auto industry push to subsidize hydrogen is “nonsensical”

Charged

The latest battle in the War of the Energy Storage Media has broken out in Germany, where the Volkswagen Group and an auto industry lobbying group (the German Association of the Automotive Industry, or VDA) are at daggers drawn over the government’s proposed plan to implement the EU’s renewable energy directive.

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'Dire warning': Fears grow over net zero 'complacency' as emissions rebound

Business Green

Political and business leaders have certainly talked a good game in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. This morning sees the publication of the International Energy Agency's (IEA) influential Global Energy Review 2021 and it makes for sobering reading. Global carbon emissions are set to jump by 1.5

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What business needs to know on taking climate action in 2023

Business Green

From clean energy and nature investments to phasing down fossil fuels, We Mean Business Coalition's Maria Mendiluce offers her take on what corporate climate leadership should look like over the coming year. However, it was a missed opportunity to be bolder and propose to phase out all fossil fuels.

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From fiction reality: Could people ever embrace a ban on flying?

Grist

.” — a passage from “ Cabbage Koora ,” by Sanjana Sekhar The spotlight Nearly 4 in 5 people support doing “whatever it takes” to mitigate climate change, according to a survey published late last year by the firm Potential Energy. But support for specific policies is somewhat of a different story.

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The Net Zero Review: Everything businesses need to know

Business Green

The findings of his Review may do little to convince the net zero sceptics in his own party, but if they take the time to read it they might find themselves pleasantly surprised by how reasonable its 129 recommendations are - and how economically, politically, and socially rational to boot.

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Decade of delivery: How can businesses help keep 1.5C alive at COP26?

Business Green

The latest report from the Energy Transitions Commission has set out a roadmap for how the world can move on to a 1.5C Meanwhile, global emissions are spiralling upwards again as the economy recovers and surging fossil fuel prices are driving fears that a new wave of high carbon infrastructure investment could yet be unleashed.

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EU recovery package: Net zero launch pad or missed opportunity?

Business Green

Now, EU leaders must use the full potential of EU funds to boost climate action and exclude support to fossil fuels.". Questions also remain over the remaining 70 per cent of the recover package and budget, and whether high carbon projects and fossil fuels could be set to benefit, or how strongly a 'do no harm' principle might apply.