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State of the nation

Envirotec Magazine

The approach must be a core part of the UK’s defence against flooding and climate change, he said. million m3 of water storage and increased flood resilience to 15,000 homes, said a statement. The Government has a target of doubling the number of natural flood management projects over the next five years.”.

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Planet Arrives at COP26 to Enable Systems Change, Take Climate Action, and Make the Invisible Visible

Planet Pulse

Since the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement six years ago, the nations of the world have slowly begun to bend the curve on emissions, due largely to spectacular advances in renewable energy. Even so, we haven’t yet made anywhere near the progress required to avoid the worst effects of the climate emergency.

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Net Zero: Green groups urge UK 'to get its house in order' ahead of COP26

Business Green

Pressure grows on the government to ramp up net zero policies and diplomatic efforts ahead of COP26. To underpin these efforts, public and private investment for climate action and restoring nature should be ramped up to the equivalent of at least two per cent of the UK's GDP each year, the five-point plan states.

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'Half measures won't halve emissions': The green economy reacts to IPCC's climate solutions report

Business Green

Yet while that very broad assessment certainly remains true, today's intervention from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was always going to be a little different. This report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a litany of broken climate promises. This is a climate emergency.

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COP26 Climate Summit: From fossil fuels to forests - 10 things we learned in Glasgow

Business Green

Forward-thinking businesses and financiers are set to be agents of change as governments look for ways to turn ambition into action - a role that is clearly not lost on the many business leaders represented at the SEC Centre in Glasgow. Polluters have been put on notice. temperature target stands tall.

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Could COP26 be the 'beginning of the end' for oil and gas?

Business Green

COP26 has seen fossil fuels mentioned for the first time in a UNFCCC cover text and the launch of a pioneering alliance of governments committed to phasing out oil and gas production. The final days of the COP26 Climate Summit has seen fossil fuels take something of a shellacking. The fossil era must come to an end," he said.

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Could COP26 be the 'beginning of the end' for oil and gas?

Business Green

COP26 has seen fossil fuels mentioned for the first time in a UNFCCC cover text and the launch of a pioneering alliance of governments committed to phasing out oil and gas production. The final days of the COP26 Climate Summit has seen fossil fuels take something of a shellacking. The fossil era must come to an end," he said.