Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Prime Minister takes swipe at 'people used to sneer at wind power 20 years ago' in speech that majors on green economy ambitions. The long-awaited Energy White Paper setting out the government's road map to net zero power and heating is also thought to be imminent. "As Without the damage to the environment.".

Wind power 57

Wind power Government Hydrogen Electric vehicle 57

Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The government has set its sights on delivering two million green skilled jobs across the UK by 2030, as it today launched a new Taskforce to chart a long-term plan to fill the growing green skills gap and support workers in high carbon industries as the economy shifts towards a net zero footing.

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Government Nuclear Power Construction Carbon 65

Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The government has set its sights on delivering two million green skilled jobs across the UK by 2030, as it today launched a new Taskforce to chart a long-term plan to fill the growing green skills gap and support workers in high carbon industries as the economy shifts towards a net zero footing.

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Government Climate change Nuclear Power Carbon 98

Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Without a clear and ambitious government plan zero carbon home heating by 2050 remains a pipe dream, a new analysis from the UK Energy Research Centre warns. The past decade has been dominated by expert discussions, but now we urgently need to switch to delivery if we are to stand a chance of fully decarbonising our homes by 2050.".

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Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Government Carbon 76

Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Last year, a team at Oxford’s Institute for New Economic Thinking explored this question in a working paper by using historical data on cost and deployment trends for numerous climate technologies to generate projections of future energy costs and deployment rates. Bioenergy and carbon capture and sequestration were explicitly constrained.

Energy 52

Energy Energy Fossil fuels Policy 52

GreenBiz

APRIL 29, 2021

Delaying action until there is a carbon price, clearer risk projections or a systemwide standard is something governments are warning could quickly become unaffordable. And so, at this point, it’s hard to translate changes in climate & policy into econ & financial projections. Some have argued this is a reason for us to move slowly.

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Innovation Earth Day Climate change Patents 503

Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

On emissions trading, the clock is ticking but still businesses wait in vain for clarity on a UK carbon pricing regime. This means a clear strategy to upgrade the UK's infrastructure and publishing the Energy White Paper.". They're throwing a combined £63bn towards carbon-cutting stimulus measures.

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Government Investment Climate change Packaging 81

Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

We must optimise the use of the seabed for wind power in a way that supports the economy and is sensitive to our precious marine environment, writes The Crown Estate's Huub den Rooijen. If the pandemic has taught us anything, it's that risks that seem distant and remote can materialise in real life with devastating consequences.

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Real Estate Climate change Government Wind power 50

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The UK should end sales of fossil fuel cars within 15 years, rapidly scale up wind and solar power capacity, curb growth in air passenger numbers, use carbon labelling on consumer products, and encourage people to eat less meat and dairy in order to achieve its 2050 net zero emissions goal.

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Government Demand Policy Politics 96

Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

The steps that the UK takes to rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic can accelerate the transition to a successful and low-carbon economy and improve our climate resilience. Now we know that this token policy is not ambitious enough. Industry and heat are increasingly urgent areas, and we need more clean power.

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Climate change Carbon-negative Government Policy 87