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UK's global offshore wind lead squeezed despite near 100GW pipeline

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It means the UK's offshore wind pipeline - comprising projects in the planning, consented, construction, and commissioning stage - now stands at 99.7GW of capacity in total across some 130 projects. Even so, at present the UK still remains a dominant offshore wind player on the global stage. per cent. "New

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Global Briefing: Coronavirus crisis will have 'negligible' impact on emissions without green recovery, study warns

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All the green business news from around the world this week. A new report published in the journal Scientific Reports has warned that extreme droughts are set to become much more frequent across central Europe in the coming decades as climate impacts escalate. Study: Global lockdowns likely to curb temperatures by just 0.01C by 2030.

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Global Briefing: EU emissions fall but SUVs drive up transport CO2

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Plus Biden's draft budget plans, France's plant-based diet plan, and all the rest of the top green business news from around the world this week. per cent in 2019, largely thanks to the ongoing decarbonisation of the heat and power industry through the bloc's emissions trading system (ETS), European Environment Agency (EEA) shows.