DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The findings come at a crucial time for nature-friendly laws in Europe, which scientists say are critical to securing the bloc’s food supply and tackling both climate breakdown and biodiversity collapse. Laws Drafted by Industry Campaigners say that industrial farming lobbies have major political clout.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2022

The research synopsis below comes from AGCI Program Director Emily Jack-Scott and a full list of AGCI’s updates covering recent climate change and clean energy pathways research is available online at [link]. Achieving and sustaining that level of action requires that people are not incapacitated by climate anxiety or despair.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But now Europe is poised to enact laws that would not only recognise the harms of chemical-intensive agriculture, but also to ensure that synthetic pesticide and fertiliser use is significantly reduced. The battle over agrochemical regulation is not new. See Table.).

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 7, 2024

One of Canada’s top political journalists and pundits served on the board of a foundation that gave $6.4 million to national groups denying climate change is a crisis, according to federal tax data reviewed by DeSmog. They in turn belong to a U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 12, 2023

The US-based organisation – which has links to a network of fossil fuel funded think tanks and advocacy groups – has opposed climate-friendly measures in Europe, such as the phase-out of petrol cars and green farming reforms, despite being removed from the lobby register over a year ago.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Read time: 3 mins Organisations promoting climate science denial and anti-environmentalism in Europe share the same rhetoric, narratives and right-wing links as their US counterparts, new research has found.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2023

According to the research, Europe is leading the charge in the development of clean hydrogen, with Germany home to 25 of the total already operational projects (equal to 27%); the U.S. In its recent report to the UK Parliament, the Climate Change Committee noted that the UK has lost its global leadership position on climate action.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 29, 2024

Panellists from across Europe and the U.S. criticised climate science and action to limit greenhouse gas emissions, describing the EU’s net zero goal as “stupid propaganda” at the event organised by Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) Brussels. However, he added that he was “a little bit sceptical, because I’m sceptical of everything”.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2020

Statement from world leaders show climate action is firmly still on the international agenda, but how that plays out remains to be seen, writes ECIU's Richard Black. That means investing in industries and infrastructure that can turn the tide on climate change.". Steely determination. Well: that may be a step too far.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2023

Skidmore said the new coalition would take in the views of green businesses leaders, community groups, local councils, academics, and other stakeholders as it works to deliver 10 separate reports on how to decarbonise specific sectors of the economy and add more policy detail to the recommendations contained in the Net Zero Review.

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Business Green

MARCH 22, 2022

Major poll of 30,000 people suggests Europeans are concerned about climate change and want ambitious action to tackle it, but lack confidence the issue will be resolved by mid-century. Roughly the same percentage - 56 per cent - also agreed that climate policies would be a source of economic growth.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Reversing tropical forest loss, which pumps nearly one tenth of all human-caused carbon pollution into the atmosphere each year, is essential if the world is to avoid the most dangerous climate change impacts. Achieving that goal requires far more support for tropical forest regions.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 12, 2024

This may have implications for how climate change is covered in the UK. An investigation by DeSmog found that one in three GB News presenters had spread climate science denial on air in 2022, while more than half had attacked climate action. billion) a year in fossil fuel exploration and drilling.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Tech giant becomes latest big name addition to the European Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change. Tech giant Microsoft has this week formally joined the European Corporate Leaders Group (CLG Europe), building on its recent commitment to become a net negative emission company.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

From its source in the Pindos Mountains in north-west Greece to its meeting with the Adriatic Sea in Albania, the Vjosa river flows uninterrupted for more than 270 kilometres, making it the longest free-flowing river in Europe outside of Russia. But the picture is much more complicated. But the picture is much more complicated.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The idea is gaining followers , especially in Europe and especially among young people. Akielly Hu, Grist’s news and politics fellow, discussed the growing popularity of degrowth with Kohei Saito — a Marxist author whose 2020 degrowth manifesto quickly turned into a bestseller in Japan and beyond. .

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

He said the fight against global warming was “the most important story of our political time” and delivering successful action to combat climate change also “means a free world order”. This conference is a link in that change.” Have you read?

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

While many are hearing the need to align immediate spending packages with longer-term goals, the idea of a green recovery is being met with political opposition from many quarters. Investing in clean industrial innovation can help to renew Europe's industrial base and secure its future competitiveness. per cent, with an expected 8.7

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

UNEP Adaptation Gap report shows the world is still hundreds of billions of dollars short of what is needed to finance climate adaptation. of warming this century, leading to severe climate impacts and the risk of emissions feedback loops. UNEP's report does point to some progress made by governments on climate adaptation.

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Business Green

JULY 11, 2022

Two separate reports this morning have set out the case for Ministers to press ahead with a raft of policies that can drive a shift away from the blast furnace method of steel production. Bold policies to revive the steel industry to make it clean and competitive would be a good start.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2021

But while the nature of threats to health, economies and societies posed by the two crises are very different, a new report this week from the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change argues there is much the past year's Covid-19 challenges can teach businesses and policymakers about combatting climate change.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 3, 2022

Gas as ‘economic and political weapon’. For decades the European gas supply has been dominated by Russia and now nobody is under any illusions – Russia is using this as an economic and political weapon,” said IEA executive director Fatih Birol in a press conference. Birol: Russia is using gas “as economic and political weapon”.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal cross-party groups of MPs and Lords which discuss issues and try to influence policy around a specific subject area. million from polluting interests or climate science deniers in 2022. RWE runs the most polluting coal power plant in Europe.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Research by DeSmog shows that Porter has a track record of publicly casting doubt on established science on human-caused climate change. Porter’s blog repeatedly cites the work of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s main climate science denial group.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 19, 2021

Oxford University is facing criticism after the UK’s principal climate science denial group appointed a second professor to its ranks. Defending his membership of the thinktank, Dobson told DeSmog he did not consider members of the Global Warming Policy Foundation to be climate deniers “for the most part”.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2022

To what extent will growing political tensions between global powers impact the net zero transition, and vice versa? It is a fraught question that continues to challenge analysts, diplomats, and foreign policy experts alike.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 17, 2022

In this exclusive interview, Kate Zerrenner, a Texas-based writer and policy professional in politics, climate, strategy and energy, and environmental policy, shares her experiences with leadership and gives her opinion on human and political industry challenges and how to advance resolutions for energy, power and climate change.

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Energy Innovation

MAY 25, 2022

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. A couple years ago, a team of climate scholars posed a provocative question: “The Earth has humans, so why don’t our climate models?”

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 18, 2024

Regional patterns Broken down by region the trilemma report states that North America is addressing its energy trilemma by focusing on infrastructure resilience, community-driven energy equity and environmental sustainability, with the transition towards clean energy propelled by policies such as the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2022

IEA executive director Faith Birol has been outspoken about the role Russia has had in driving up international gas prices, warning earlier this year that record high energy prices in Europe and parts of Asia were largely due to the country purposefully holding back supplies of the fossil fuel. This is clear to everyone in the world.".

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Grist

JANUARY 30, 2024

In the early 2000s, as climate denialism was infecting political institutions around the world like a malevolent plague, an Australian epidemiologist named Anthony McMichael took on a peculiar and morbid scientific question: How many people were being killed by climate change? The world has changed a great deal since.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 4, 2023

Lord Wharton has been criticised for holding a position of authority in higher education – representing a group of people that see climate change as a defining political issue – while holding a paid role with a company that supports the fossil fuel industry. Climate change will disproportionately affect young people.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

The biggest risks to food security stem from climate change and the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services,” said the letter, which was sent to all Members of the European Parliament. “We We urge policy makers to continue the legislative procedure.” Furthermore the effect on climate change is minimal.”

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Read more about the industry’s climate lobbying at DeSmog’s agribusiness database.

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 23, 2021

This year’s COP26 summit is widely viewed as one of the last chances to fulfil the 2015 Paris climate agreement and ensure meaningful progress is made towards tackling our net zero targets and the climate emergency. Policy-driven benefits. The industry needs long-term policy and subsidies to stimulate hydrogen demand.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 14, 2023

In spite of a political will to prevent renewable developments from leading figures and inconsistent policy directions, the sector is picking up huge momentum and we expect this to deliver huge strides in 2023. The Energy Security Strategy will continue to fail to deliver the policy changes needed to deliver outcomes promised.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Calls for the financial system to wake up to the looming threat of climate change are growing louder by the day. Those calls have been coming most clearly from the Bank of England under Governor Mark Carney, who last week warned the treasury committee of global finance’s role in driving the climate crisis. Indeed, the U.K.

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