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

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Financial Times reports the government is in talks with ExCel London about potentially moving the COP26 Summit to the capital. The government could yet relocate the COP26 Climate Summit to London, according to reports this morning, amid claims of spiralling costs and political rows over the current Glasgow venue.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Climate Change Committee delivers its verdict on COP26, but will the UK government heed its advice for the coming 'crucial' year ahead? Green groups have accused the government of marking its own homework on the Strategy by failing to open up the basis of its calculations to scrutiny.

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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

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Dozens of governments from around the world have pledged to work together on a series of initiatives over the coming year that aim to accelerate the decarbonisation of the power, road transport, steel, hydrogen, and agricultural sectors.

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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. But it's not enough to release these strategies into the ether and hope that's enough. The pace of delivery must be relentless and speed of our progress intensifying all the time.".

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Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2023

. - by Stuart Stone ( @sstone26 ) COP28: Hopes of fossil fuel 'phase out' hit by revelations of Saudi plan to boost oil demand Investigations reveal how Saudi Arabia is working on controversial plan to 'hook' developing economies on oil and gas. -

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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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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

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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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

With greater scrutiny over emissions from meat and dairy companies, it is not surprising they are stepping up their game to head off any COP outcome that might hinder their operations,” Ben Lilliston, from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy told DeSmog. Dairy companies also found willing hosts in country governments.

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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. As civil society we demand that Al Jaber does the right thing and either stand aside or step down.". This policy clarity echoes the findings of science and the increasing demands of public opinion.

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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 post Governments Are Sending Oil Executives to COP26 Despite Climate Pledges.

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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 To anyone paying attention to global oil and gas demand future forecasts, even under existing policies , the COP28 agreement should not be a surprise. C warming limit that was the central aspiration of the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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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. The catasrophic tar sands extraction and fracking industries have subsided for the moment, with the fall in demand and price of oil, but they’ll be back once they’re profitable again. How are they doing?

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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

MARCH 29, 2020

Announced on Friday, the probe will examine how the government conducts green diplomacy, and how closely it works with other government departments - including the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and Defra - on climate and environmental issues affecting both the UK and the rest of the world, the Committee said.

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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. We can expect a similar turnout at this year’s COP, too.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Environmental Audit Committee report also describes government biodiversity efforts to date as 'lacking' and argues ‘bold and ambitious action’ is required. Philip Dunne MP, who chairs the EAC, stressed that government, business, and consumers were all contributing to the widespread destruction of nature and extinction of species.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2021

In a letter today to the BoE governor Andrew Bailey, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) of MPs said the bank should move urgently to align its corporate bond purchasing programme with global climate goals and demand climate disclosures from all companies that it provides with Covid-19 bailouts.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2021

The government has confirmed it has brought forward the official date for the phase out of coal-fired electricity in the UK to October 2024, touting the move as evidence of the country's global leadership on power system decarbonisation. Coal accounted for just 1.8

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sophie Punte from the We Mean Business Coalition sets out the top demands from business leaders at the Glasgow Climate Summit. Governments have a unique opportunity to step up climate action to ensure that we can halve global emissions by 2030. Businesses have a stake in the COP outcomes for three main reasons - let me explain.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Farming will be front and centre at this year’s COP. Leaders have released a four-point “food and agriculture” agenda that calls for governments and industry to work together to find new solutions to climate change–driven food insecurity.

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Business Green

AUGUST 20, 2021

Extinction Rebellion is gearing up for another wave of protests across London next week, in bid to further ramp up pressure on for ambitious action to tackle the climate crisis in the run up to the crucial COP26 UN climate summit being hosted by the UK government in November. Our aim is to create a whirlwind around the issues.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The gas crunch gripping Europe is directly caused by volatile international gas markets that expose the UK to demand surges in Asia and political manipulation by Putin. However, fossil fuel enthusiasts are actually suggesting the opposite, by demanding that the UK should revisit its unsuccessful dalliance with fracking for shale gas.

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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

JULY 1, 2020

It is calling on the pensions industry to commit to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, and for the government to require through the forthcoming Pension Schemes Bill that all pension funds report on their emissions projections to 2050 and their alignment with the Paris Agreement.

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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. or 'well below 2C', as required under the Paris Agreement.

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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. degrees C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change — or continue with the status quo. Elemental’s portfolio companies are poised to accelerate progress on pledges.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

I also want particularly to thank COP President Alok Sharma who has worked incredibly hard to bring countries together. Despite the Covid-19 crisis, we have accelerated action, the COP has responded to the IPCC's call to close the gap towards 1.5, Greenwashing is the new climate denial, and we have seen too much at play in this COP.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The government has promised a raft of hotly-anticipated plans and policies in the coming months, including the Heat and Buildings Strategy, Food Strategy White Paper, Treasury Net Zero Review, and an overarching Net Zero Strategy, all of which should help unlock billions of pounds of green investment. Nobody has got the full picture in a COP.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2021

And while our government fails to act, it is the only option left that might drive the change we all need. Among its various demands, Extinction Rebellion is calling on the government introduce an immediate ban on new fossil fuel investments, arguing the move would help the world stay within the Paris Agreement's 1.5

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2020

Chile was forced to give up hosting the COP 25 United Nations Climate Change Conference in December after cost-of-living protests that started in the capital, Santiago, in October spread to other cities. COP 25 was ultimately held in Spain. Violent clashes with police left 29 dead.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Governments participating in a major UN shipping summit may have just flunked the first major test of their climate credentials following the agreement of the Glasgow Climate Pact earlier this month, further fuelling fears that the maritime industry is not doing nearly enough to curb its greenhouse gas emissions. If the recent COP kept 1.5

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Moreover, governments need to grasp that a decision not to invest in the grid, is a decision to build more expensive capacity, such as nuclear and biomass.” The platform is set for user beta release at the COP 28 summit. “Our main enemy is time – there’s no time for missteps.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Global markets have long demanded clarity from governments on establishing a policy foundation for an emissions trading system that maintains environmental integrity and puts a global price on carbon.". This issue cannot continue to be deferred, COP after COP after COP. or well below 2C.

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Business Green

JANUARY 3, 2022

Businesses have often been blamed for sluggish progress on climate change - yet at COP26 it was the progress that governments made that felt frustratingly slow. A significant feature of COP was businesses joining with activists to demand faster progress.

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