EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I attended this COP, my first, to learn more about how businesses can accelerate the transition to net zero and to share the findings of a new report, published today, that is a step-by-step playbook for companies to use to turn net zero pledges into progress.

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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

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Thus far we have not really laid the groundwork for the difficult balancing acts that will go into the diplomacy of the COP. What we will be bringing to the COP table as our ambition will be critically dissected by all these cats whilst they are being herded.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Undermines Government ambitions to deliver Carbon Net Zero and to ‘build back better’. The RHI is essential for innovation in the supply of low carbon industrial heat at the required scale and pace. For this reason, industrial renewable heat projects must be part of Government ambition to ‘build back better’. “We

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The UK and other richer nations should use the funding of greenhouse gas removal technologies as a tool of persuasion at COP26, writes BeZero Carbon's Ted Christie-Miller. China, for instance, emits quadruple the amount of carbon emissions annually than the whole of Europe. This will not be possible without government support.

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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

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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Business Green

JUNE 13, 2021

Business lobby group chief Tony Danker ramps up rhetoric demanding government deliver raft of missing net zero policy on heating, hydrogen and transport. These various targets have been supported by number of policies and investments, such as support for new electric vehicle charging infrastructure and new zero carbon home standards.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Green business groups and campaigners welcome the government's renewed focus on the net zero transition, but warn plan lacks long-term policies and sufficient funding in key areas. It is also less than half the amount the Government is committed to spending on new roads.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2023

The report evaluates the impact of the national Natural Flood Management Programme which received £15 million of government funding, including benefits to communities and to biodiversity alongside protecting homes and businesses from floods. Across 60 pilot projects the programme created an equivalent of 1.6 What is it?

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

The government can adapt what has worked well from its swift and immediate response and apply such learning to the economic recovery by putting climate-friendly policies at its core. Without this push to low carbon projects, we could find ourselves locked into high carbon dependency with decades long shelf life.

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

Details of Transport Decarbonisation Plan revealed to Financial Times, as separate report suggest ministers are continuing to lock horns over the best way to introduce new carbon pricing mechanisms. And it is expected to include a target for the government to electrify its fleet by 2027.

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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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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

JULY 14, 2021

Less than 48 hours after flooding caused commuter chaos across parts of London and the South East, the government is launching a 'pioneering' new fund to deliver investment in flood risk management schemes proposed by 27 innovative nature-positive projects.

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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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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

VCM Global Dialogue publishes its conclusions on how to shape the voluntary carbon market from the perspective of developing countries. Today's report stresses that voluntary carbon markets must complement, rather than replace, corporate and governmental efforts to slash absolute emissions.

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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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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. Meanwhile, European carbon prices leapt to a new record high, yesterday clearing €66 a tonne for the first time. There is a general feeling that carbon markets come out of the COP process reinforced," he said.

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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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Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Chevron copped a $40 million offset bill due to failures of the Gorgon CCS to meet emissions storage targets in its first year of operation. The post Australia’s only large-scale CCS project operated at half-capacity in first full year appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The Sustainable Clothing Action Plan 2020 Commitment (SCAP) launched in 2012 with a goal of encouraging leading fashion brands, retailers, textile recycling companies, and governments, among other stakeholders, to work together to reduce the environmental impact of clothing in the UK. per cent total reduction by 2020. per cent reduction.

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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. This should give Canada’s federal and provincial governments much food for thought.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

Campaigners had hoped that in the wake of the UK's binding net zero emission target and Denmark's recent decision to end the issuance of new oil and gas exploration licenses, the government could set out a clear strategy for ending fossil fuel extraction from the North Sea basin.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Michael Gove is hotly tipped to take up the reins of the crucial Glasgow Summit, but has the government truly internalised the scale of the task it now faces. Green kremlinologists have also noted that Gove has been put forward by the government to speak at a major conference in central London tomorrow hosted by think tank Green Alliance.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Building on the foundations of past conferences, especially Paris, to create a zero-carbon economy which will benefit our children and grandchildren. ??. In this year, the Year of Climate Action, it will be the top international priority for this government.?? In Glasgow, the world must ramp up momentum towards a zero-carbon economy.

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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The government has given the go-ahead for all proposed sections of the HS2 high speed rail scheme across England, despite spiralling costs and local environmental concerns over the controversial project, Boris Johnson announced today. The government has given high speed rail the green signal. We are going to get this done.".

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Fossil fuels are everywhere at this COP except in the decisions being negotiated by governments,” Nikki Reisch, the director of climate and energy at the Center for International Environmental Law, wrote to DeSmog from Glasgow. The oil-heavy delegations raise questions about the government’s intentions in Glasgow.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 12, 2023

More than 600 fossil fuel lobbyists attended last year’s climate talks, COP27, in Egypt, a more than 25 percent increase over COP 26. But Al Jaber is the only COP president who was a fossil fuel CEO at the time of his appointment. We need governments and vulnerable countries leading that conversation.”. .

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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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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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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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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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Low Impact

AUGUST 11, 2021

All governments, including the UK, are telling us that they’re laser-focused on reducing carbon emissions. Kwasi Kwarteng was on Radio 4 on Monday, explaining how the UK has managed to ‘decouple’ economic growth and carbon emissions. This is driving up carbon emissions. How are they doing?

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