Business Green

JUNE 28, 2020

The UK's post-crisis economic recovery package presents a major opportunity to accelerate investment on climate adaptation and cutting emissions to net zero," Jones and Dunne wrote. The EAC's inquiry will monitor the government's economic recovery packages and identify opportunities that can improve environmental safeguarding.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Raft of energy efficiency, green transport, and hydrogen programmes put at heart of €130bn stimulus package, as Bank of England confirms financial support for airlines. The German government has unveiled plans for a massive €130bn stimulus package that features at least €40bn climate-related spending.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

But they understand that this is the time to rebuild a healthy economy that is more resilient to future shocks, be it from pandemics, floods, or wildfires. The aviation industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, with flights grounded. Businesses, investors and cities are leading this shift in spite of the recent losses.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2021

The strength and breadth of the shortlist is testament to the remarkable levels of innovation, resilience, and ingenuity green businesses and executives have demonstrated over the past 18 months, as they have continued to advance the net zero transition, while pushing green business principles and clean technologies firmly into the mainstream.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2020

Tanya Steele, chief executive at WWF, urged the government to deliver on Ministerial promises - made repeatedly over the past few weeks ­- that the imminent stimulus package will feature a raft of green measures. "We

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Cures for Carbon: Elemental is committed to advancing emerging technologies in deep decarbonization that leverages Earth’s natural resources of air, oceans and soil to achieve necessary carbon removal levels by 2030 and beyond while fostering resilience and sustainability for communities on the frontlines.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

Hopes will also be high that ministers and civil servants on Whitehall are now digesting the report's many recommendations ahead of the Treasury's hotly-anticipated economic stimulus package, which is expected to emerge early next month. Nevertheless, Stark captured it pretty well yesterday with his plea for the government to "go for it".

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

As part of a £166m industrial decarbonisation funding package announced this morning , the government earmarked over £30m for a series of five projects designed to deliver 'negative emissions' by enhancing the UK's natural carbon sinks. But that's where we are - we've delayed [climate action] for too long.".

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Business Green

APRIL 16, 2020

According to leaked documents seen by Euractiv , work on the climate policies that underpin the Commission's flagship Green Deal programme are to remain a top priority, further fuelling hopes the bloc can deliver on early pledges from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and key member states to deliver a green recovery package.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

Similarly, emissions from industry and power together accounted for a further 43 per cent of the decrease in daily global emissions, while 10 per cent of the fall was driven by the massive contraction in the number of flights from the global aviation industry.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2022

For example: Dimensional Energy is engineering a sustainable aviation fuel called syngas using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water. trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure package includes formula and competitive grant funding for mobility, energy, electric batteries, water, and our built environment.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

Writing in the foreword to the paper, Jerome Mayhew MP said the government had an "opportunity to reboot our economy and create jobs, by accelerating the rollout of clean and resilient infrastructure and stimulating low carbon industries across the UK". "As

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

Aviation tax reform - the Budget confirms plans, first trailed in the wake of troubles surrounding airline Flybe, to undertake a review of Air Passenger Duty (APD) and consult on aviation tax reform in spring 2020. How the government marries any aviation tax reform with the need to decarbonise remains a critical question.

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2020

The Times reported today that offshore wind, carbon capture, and green skills programmes are all set to be at the heart of a multi-billion pound stimulus package that is set to be unveiled next month. They improve energy security, reduce air pollution, and boost climate resilience.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

As such, he offered a wide-ranging overview of the government's priorities for the Summit, explaining how the UK would call on all countries to deliver more ambitious national climate action plans - known as NDCs in the UN jargon - that need to be "sharper and more clearly defined" while also including climate resilience measures.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2020

Food waste is estimated to be responsible for generating close to six per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions: for perspective, that's three times the amount generated by the aviation industry. It's applied in packaging facilities or warehouses using a water-based formula.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2020

But several major new reports in recent days have stressed that longer-term policy stability, incentive programmes, and reforms crafted and enacted by the UK government over the coming weeks and months could prove just as important - if not more important - to the country reaching its 2050 climate goal that the much-debated stimulus packages.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2022

This exercise is a crucial milestone on our path to make our financial system more resilient to climate risk," said Frank Elderson, vice-chair of the supervisory board at the ECB. "We In many cases, banks' "financed emissions" come from a small number of large counterparties, which increases their exposure to transition risks," the ECB said.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Farmers, retailers, and processors also drive greenhouse gas emissions by clearing trees, using fossil-fuel derived synthetic fertilisers and in packing transport, packaging and storage. percent contribution to global human-induced emissions is a higher share than aviation. Meat isn’t the only industry under the spotlight.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2020

At the same time the report urges the government to step up work to bolster grid resilience as more renewables come online through increased investment in new storage technologies, efficient interconnectors, smart grid systems, and emerging green hydrogen infrastructure.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Meanwhile, the huge clean tech buying signals from coalitions of large corporates focused on electric vehicles, green steel, renewables, green shipping, and sustainable aviation fuels, all point to how these markets could quickly reach tipping points that trigger the rapid adoption that obliterates fossil fuel demand.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

Brussels launches major package of accelerated decarbonisation measures, including tax reforms, new clean energy targets, and carbon border tariffs. Europe walks the talk on climate policies through innovation, investment and social compensation.". Europe's transition will be fair, green and competitive.".

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

What's in the energy support package, and who is going to pay for it? A sweeping support package has been promised, potentially worth up to £100bn, but what will be in it and why were these proposals such a closely guarded secret throughout the leadership campaign?

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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.

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Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

This is the largest climate funding package Congress has ever passed. airports can accommodate electrified aviation. This funding includes direct investments in technology, infrastructure, and other needs of communities that have been striving for better health, resilience, and access. Allison Wolff, CEO of Vibrant Planet.

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

The results of the climate stress provide profound insights into how climate change could impact the financial resilience in France and globally," said Dr Swenja Surminksi, interim deputy director and head of adaptation research at the LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

Guterres cited new research on G20 recovery packages released this week that shows that twice as much recovery money has been spent on fossil fuels as clean energy. "Some countries have used stimulus plans to prop up oil and gas companies that were already struggling financially," he said.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

But players across the green economy were quick to point out the government's package of policies and tax changes was notably bereft of focus on three other critical 'E's that are planks of a prosperous economy: environment, energy, and efficiency. billion every year. "It

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for a ‘quantum leap in ambition' to tackle the ever-worsening climate emergency, we needed a bold and visionary package to meet the scale of the climate emergency we face - yet the Government barely moves an inch. The IPCC report was clear - there is no time for hesitation.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

The trailed £3bn energy efficiency package was hugely welcome, even if questions remain over precisely how it will be administered and what will happen when the single year Budget is exhausted. But then once again the accompanying policy measures singularly failed to match the rhetoric.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

They also are more equipped with the vital skills to adapt and be resilient to climate change when disaster strikes, and to influence how their communities mitigate against it. 43 — Aviation. ZeroAvia is bringing hydrogen-electric power to aviation to enable zero-emission air travel at scale. From classrooms to boardrooms.

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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. Building back better. But with economies only tentatively easing lockdown conditions, many major recovery plans have yet to emerge.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

We are all well aware the ongoing need for extra caution, cooperation and resilience in the face of this global crisis. For example, it will be virtually impossible to remove all CO2 emissions from vital industries such as aviation or agriculture. Beyond BECCS.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

Together, business and government can build a legacy founded on green jobs, sustainable growth, and a more resilient, competitive net zero future for every community across the country.". Now more than ever, we need urgent action rather than warm words. "As A piecemeal approach won't cut it.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

The analysis found that some $840bn of bailouts, or 11 per cent of total investment, have been channelled into the agriculture, industry, energy, transport, and waste sectors, frequently without any attached conditions requiring recipients to enhance their sustainability performance and climate resilience.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2021

Together, business and government can build a legacy founded on green jobs, sustainable growth, and a more resilient, competitive net zero future for every community across the country.". Now more than ever, we need urgent action rather than warm words. "As A piecemeal approach won't cut it.

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Clean Energy Canada

JULY 14, 2020

From the head of the International Energy Agency who said recently that “governments have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reboot their economies… while accelerating the shift to a more resilient and cleaner energy future.” To House Democrats in the U.S. Cost effectiveness of stimulus. A May 2020 study by U.K. Spain unveiled a €3.75-billion

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