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Boris Johnson promises to 'build back greener', but can he deliver?

Business Green

A veneer of normality returned to politics, as the Prime Minister hauled himself back onto the campaign trail, found a high-vis jacket adorned clean tech factory backdrop in a Midlands marginal to stand in front of, and aspired to deliver some of his favourite old tunes while experimenting with some new material.

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'Indispensible': Can the carbon offset market bolster its credibility?

Business Green

To date, Verra has accredited more than 1,700 projects, ranging from the Shell cookstoves initiative to a conservation scheme that safeguards a swathe of richly biodiverse rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon. These striking figures immediately cast doubt on Carney's optimistic views on the role offsetting can play in tackling climate change.

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The Net Zero Strategy: The Reaction

Business Green

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: "The UK's path to ending our contribution to climate change will be paved with well-paid jobs, billions in investment and thriving green industries - powering our green industrial revolution across the country. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up the reaction to the stategy.

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'Decarbonisation by stealth is not possible': Aldersgate Group steps up calls for fast-tracked net zero policies

Business Green

Just two weeks ago, the Prime Minister told the UN General Assembly that the world could not afford to "dither and delay" on tackling biodiversity loss, yet yesterday marked 200 days since the government's landmark Environment Bill was last seen in parliament. The gap between the government's net zero rhetoric and its policy agenda remains.

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Behind the coming ESG disclosure explosion

GreenBiz

According to Tomas Otterström, KPMG’s partner and head of responsible investment and sustainability services in Finland and Sweden, climate change, biodiversity and diversity/inclusion issues appear to be this year’s top proxy issues globally. In the U.S.,

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'He muffed it': Green economy reacts to Rishi Sunak's first Spending Review

Business Green

However, while last week we saw the PM's 10-point green plan, today there was very little from the Chancellor on net-zero and climate change. This means a clear strategy to upgrade the UK's infrastructure and publishing the Energy White Paper.". But ambition must be matched by action on the ground.

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Spending Review and National Infrastructure Strategy: Five key takeaways

Business Green

In total, it is expected to lop off around £4bn from the UK's overseas aid funding, some of which would have gone towards helping tackle climate change abroad. Greenpeace UK's head of politics Rebecca Newsom argued it would "sour the UK's diplomatic relationships in the run-up to the crucial Glasgow climate conference next year".

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