DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Only two of the 35 stalls lauding countries’ green credentials at the COP26 UN climate summit mention the need to cut fossil fuel production — the chief cause of the carbon emissions driving climate change. . We urge all leaders to put people and the planet over the profit of the fossil fuel industry.”.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Annette Gorst-Unsworth says she invests in community energy groups that are making a difference in her area Cop28 ended with yet more dashed hopes on fossil fuels, with a watered-down call for countries to move away from them rather than phasing them out ( Report, 14 December ).

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Canada is the world’s second leading source of public funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, according to a new report, even though many experts say CCS is a greenwashing cover to pump more oil. It is, therefore, both an energy and money drain on our economy that is unnecessary for most of the energy services we require.”

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

In a speech in Glasgow to mark six months since the landmark UN Climate Summit, the COP26 President conceded the Kremlin's "illegal and brutal" war, rising inflation, and cost of living concerns had dominated the political and media agenda in 2022, but stressed that climate action must remain a top priority for governments around the world.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Australian court cases, fossil fuel phase out alliances, and a vote of confidence in Gold Standards all feature in this week's latest round up of global green business news. I wish to thank the Government of the Republic of Colombia and H.E. Gold Standard and Swedish Energy Agency partner in bid to boost carbon offset integrity.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

The Treasury should set in stone a new fiscal rule for an annually-increasing carbon price in the UK, argues SSE chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies. Ahead of COP26 in Glasgow I think it's imperative the Treasury installs a new fiscal rule: the need for an annually increasing carbon price.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

COP28 President hints at UAE's priorities for Summit in maiden speech, as core principles for controversial plan to use voluntary carbon markets to bankroll energy transition are unveiled. We are determined to make COP28 a COP for all, and a COP of action.". target within reach. "We

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

The document sets out G7 countries' ambition to deliver near-zero carbon electricity grids by 2035, citing the need to respond to climate scientists' calls for a drastic reduction in fossil fuel demand so as to stabilise global temperatures.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Rich countries are forcing an agreement full of escape hatches: carbon markets, nature-based solutions and ‘net zero by the middle of the century’ are all ways for them to get out of making the real emissions cuts we need to prevent climate catastrophe.”. Carbon trading. Carbon capture. What can be done with the captured CO2?

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The United Arab Emirates has been criticised for promoting oil and gas as a clean source of energy, and for backing “false solutions” such as carbon capture technology, at the UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt, ahead of hosting the event next year. A stand at the UAE pavilion at COP27 promotes the country’s carbon capture projects.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

Decarbonising steel requires innovation in the fields of renewable energy, hydrogen technology, and carbon capture and storage, said the authors. The new Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy sets out the government’s vision for building a competitive, greener future for the manufacturing and construction sector.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Bellwether coal firms saw shares slide on Monday, while EU carbon prices leapt to a record high of over €66 a tonne. Separately, Bloomberg reported that fossil fuel producers are also seeing a spike in the cost of capital driven in large part by international climate policy efforts. per cent, respectively, in Hong Kong trading.

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Clean Energy Canada

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This is the first COP where participants found themselves face-to-face with the reality of breaching the 1.5 The final wording of the COP28 agreement – which required consensus among all nations and the chair – codified a commitment to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems. The world is starting to notice.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

Al Jaber has served as the UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change since 2010, and has participated at 10 previous UN COP Summits. If he does not step down as CEO, it will be tantamount to a full scale capture of the UN climate talks by a petrostate national oil company and its associated fossil fuel lobbyists.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Anger is building over the failure to secure much-needed commitments towards phasing out unabated fossil fuels and tackling near-term emissions as part of the final agreement brokered at COP27 over the weekend, with critics warning the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C target hangs by a thread after this year's summit.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As is always the case at COP Summits multiple issues remain unresolved, but the battle between the various opposing camps looks to set to boil down to a fierce row over how, and indeed whether, the final version of the Global Stocktake should reference the future of fossil fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2021

We also saw important technical advances, with new rules agreed for reporting emissions and on international carbon trading, and multiple initiatives and sector deals. The CCC has made a series of new recommendations to Government, for action at home and internationally. Low carbon prices are effectively a subsidy.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

But Ministers insist end to financial support for overseas fossil fuel energy projects, £16bn transition plan for North Sea, and climate compatibility test for new projects can put UK on track to net zero emissions. We will not leave oil and gas workers behind in the United Kingdom's irreversible shift away from fossil fuels.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Is the COP27 Summit that kicks off in Sharm El Sheikh this weekend the most important COP meeting yet, and therefore one of the most critical gatherings in the entire history of humanity? But next week's Sharm El Sheikh Summit lacks the grand diplomatic goal that governments faced in Glasgow and Paris, or Copenhagen and Kyoto before that.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In the wake of blazing heat, rising food insecurity and devastating floods, COP28 leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda for the conference, which will call for governments to work with industry to find new solutions. These big ag entities often link regenerative agriculture to carbon storage in the soil.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

These considerations will shape the growing clean energy sector as countries seek solutions that reduce carbon emissions, increase energy security, and ensure environmental sustainability and economic opportunity for their citizens. Have you read? This is not limited to the U.S. GW of storage online by 2030.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Climate negotiations at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, better known as COP, are over for another year. This was the second key issue that COP tried to grapple with and, unfortunately, failed to make any headway on. Our friends want clean energy, not fossil fuels. warming limit set by the Paris Agreement.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

From the Global Team American PR Firm Edelman Enabled Oil Baron Al Jaber’s Ascension to Lead COP28 Climate Conference By Cartie Werthman In 2023 we returned to our roots and investigated the ongoing relationship between the fossil fuel industry and advertising and public relations firms. Department of Justice that shed light on a $6.4

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The government has promised to "double-down" on wind, solar, hydrogen, nuclear and carbon capture and storage over the next 15 years, as it today confirmed it is targeting a fully decarbonised electricity system across the UK by 2035.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years. of warming.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Environmental groups argue government's decision to frame coal mine as a 'local issue' turns blind eye to global impacts of burning coal, as calls grow for government to intervene while it still can. In their letter, the environmental groups argued the government's thinking was flawed and turned a blind eye to basic climate science.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The number of delegates representing big agribusiness has more than doubled at the UN climate talks since last year, leading to concerns from campaigners at access enjoyed by high-carbon companies attending the Egypt summit. led AIM for Climate coalition, which has publicised industry-friendly “climate-smart” innovations at COP27.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2021

Proposals to cut taxes on domestic flights within the UK while potentially increasing the duty paid on long-haul international aviation have been unveiled by the government today, in a move it claimed would help better support the UK's climate and environmental commitments.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2020

There's no shame in being among the ranks of forecasters who didn't anticipate Covid-19 given that group includes every analyst, corporation and government in the world. National and local governments understandably won't have climate change at the top of their priority list right now. Corona eclipses climate. Time to step up.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Don't listen to the fossil fuel enthusiasts pushing fracking as a solution for the UK's currently volatile energy market, argues ECIU's Dr Simon Cran-McGreehin. This crisis highlights the benefits of weaning ourselves off fossil fuels - to stabilise our energy market, whilst achieving our climate goals.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Government leaders, scientists and researchers, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, investors, and activists spent the last two weeks in Glasgow, Scotland at COP26. Several ambitious pledges emerged to phase down fossil fuels, limit methane emissions, stop deforestation, and turbocharge the adoption of electric vehicles.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Over the next two years, governments must determine what money will flow into what kind of compensation fund, managed by who, and with which beneficiaries. COP27's treatment of carbon markets was messy, and greenwashing crept back into the negotiations on Article 6 compliance markets. So, where do we go from here?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Dubbed the Glasgow Climate Pact, the agreement crucially puts pressure on countries to come foward next year with updated climate plans, promises more funding for climate adaptation, and for the first time ever includes explicit references to the need to drive down coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies. Put a price on carbon.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

Ahead of COP26 the government must seize the chance to place green jobs - particularly in home retrofitting - front and centre of its climate pitch, writes Ashden CEO Harriet Lamb. If the government does this, with a focus on targeting marginalised communities, it can both slash unemployment and our carbon emissions.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Research body argues government must fix 'uneven' decarbonisation policies that continue to drive customers towards high carbon activities. The COP presidency provides us with a unique position, an opportunity, to move the debate forward and to accelerate global progress," he said. "By

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The previous timetable for updating NDCs would have meant they would only have been improved once or maybe twice before the available carbon budget for 1.5C depends on governments doing what they have said they will do, strengthening their plans further, and catalysing the fastest and widest industrial revolution in history.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The first corporate sponsors for the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow have been unveiled today by the UK government, with energy firms SSE, ScottishPower, and National Grid along with banking giant NatWest Group chosen as 'principal partners' for the crucial UN meeting next year.

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