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Alok Sharma: 'We must also follow the best scientific advice on climate change'

Business Green

In an intervention timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Sharma joined with Italian Environment Minister Sergio Costa to stress that the co-hosts for the COP26 Climate Summit were seeking to accelerate global decarbonisation efforts, despite the economic crisis unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Earth Day: Prime Minister urges world leaders not to 'throw away chance to preserve our planet'

Business Green

Boris Johnson to tell Climate Leaders Summit the question of how to reach net zero emissions is 'not so much technical as political'. The UK has shown that it's possible to slash emissions while growing the economy, which makes question of reaching net zero not so much technical as political," he will say. "If

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Seven Sustainability Trends to Watch in 2024

Andrew Winston

We will also see a degradation of natural systems and declines in biodiversity. But even if political winds shift, the real momentum now is economics: Renewables are cheaper in most places, so the expansion will continue. But, on the bright side, I’m confident that awareness of our challenges will continue to rise rapidly.