DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

As with the last summit, the risk continues to be that greenwashing leaves governments with “a vision that tinkers around the edges,”rather than a transformative one that creates food systems that are resilient and restore ecosystems,” as Shefali Sharma, director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), warned at COP27.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The plan promised to deploy a combination of policy interventions and funding to accelerate the UK development of offshore wind, green hydrogen, nuclear power, electric vehicles, public and active transport, green aviation and shipping, energy efficiency, carbon capture and storage, natural carbon sinks, and clean tech innovation and green finance.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2022

BusinessGreen rounds up the leading reaction to the government's plan for shoring up British energy independence in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This will reduce our dependence on power sources exposed to volatile international prices we cannot control, so we can enjoy greater energy self-sufficiency with cheaper bills."

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Clean Energy Trust

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This month, we’re highlighting some of the energy and climate provisions in the infrastructure bill, touching on what the international climate conference COP26 was and wasn’t, highlighting the potential impact of corporate buyers coalitions, giving a round of applause to the progress the company NET Power has made, and more! For example, $7.5

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It can either be used to reduce carbon emissions or promote ways in which to adapt, mitigate and build resilience to the effects of climate change. Conference of the Parties (COP). COP is the decision-making body responsible for monitoring and reviewing implementation of the UNFCCC. Energy transition. Energy transition.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Liz Truss may have been confirmed as the next Prime Minister, but her approach to the big energy and environmental issues facing the UK remains remarkably opaque. What's in the energy support package, and who is going to pay for it? Can you really rule out energy ‘rationing' under such a scenario?

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

The report challenges government, business, and the media to turn COP 26 in Glasgow into a "key milestone moment" that secures widespread support and focus from politicians, businesses, the public, and the media.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Those hoping the government might use the Budget to fill the gaps of its £9.2bn manifesto pledge to ramp up the energy efficiency of UK homes were also sorely disappointed. It's hard to think of a greater dereliction of our responsibility as COP hosts.". This wasn't just a failure to address the climate emergency.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Climate change is the defining challenge of our time, and clean energy and green transport are the keys to addressing it. Less than two decades ago, energy emissions seemed to be spiraling out of control as countries were locked into. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2021

As such some business groups welcomed the deal, including those representing the UK's manufacturing and renewable energy sectors. RenewableUK's CEO Dan McGrail, for example, hailed the trade deal's potential for boosting trade in clean energy products and services between the two countries.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

Moreover, a host of delayed policy roadmaps and whitepapers for heat and buildings, hydrogen, transport, aviation, biomass, and food must also be delivered, it urged, alongside strengthened plans to decarbonise electricity, industry, and North Sea oil and gas. Other nations are steaming ahead on clean transport, industry, hydrogen and homes.

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2020

On one hand a sustained low oil price will make a raft of new oil projects uneconomic and further highlight the need for producer countries to diversify their economies in favour of cleaner energy sources. This is the government's opportunity, in the year of the COP, to show true global leadership on the climate crisis," Miliband said. "We

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

US and China among the leading economies signing up to a wide-ranging new set of goals for 2030 that aim to accelerate adoption of low carbon steel, hydrogen, power, agriculture, and road transport. However, the UK is currently lagging many of its European neighbours in its development of green steel plants.

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2021

Since the first North Sea oil strike half a century ago, the UKCS energy industry has never done anything that is easy. With COP 26 taking place in Glasgow later this year, world attention will be focused as never before on our global leadership in this area. From next year it will be tied into our GIS system.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

While NYCW has been around for more than a decade , this year the vibe of ~10x the participants and well-curated mini-conferences alongside official UN programming felt almost like a Davos or a mini-COP (which, depending on your take on the efficacy and impact of COP, could be a good or bad thing). in Europe).

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

An 'ambitious' new 2030 emissions reduction target, a 2030 phase out date for fossil fuel vehicles, and a major home energy retrofit programme are all on the Climate Coalition's short list, along with a raft of wider proposals designed to accelerate emissions reductions efforts over the coming decade. Lots more clean energy.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Business and Energy Secretary and COP26 President Alok Sharma said: "Tackling climate change is the one of the most urgent shared endeavours of our lifetimes, demanding bold action from every nation to prevent catastrophic global warming.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The high profile move came after the government attached climate conditions to bailout packages for French airlines, ordered the cancellation of some short haul routes, and provided a major funding boost for R&D into hydrogen and electric aircraft. LafargeHolcim and Schlumberger New Energy explore cement CCS options.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

As COP26 hosts, the UK government had been working with current COP President Chile, the EU, and a raft of developing countries all of whom want to see a significant ratcheting up of national climate goals to co-ordinate a wave of strengthened NDC submissions in the run up to the Glasgow Summit in November.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Do the next best thing and read our COP reflections.  The pledge also calls on international banks to include nuclear in energy lending policies to help finance project-killing infrastructure expenditures. Last COP featured the conference’s first nuclear-themed pavilion, and this year boasted eight. Happy Monday! 

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Global energy shortages and a recent spike in oil prices to a three-year high above $80 a barrel, have dimmed hopes that governments will announce bold new plans to rapidly ditch fossil fuels at the October 31st to November 12th summit. With just a few days to go until COP26 kicks off, her pessimism is widely shared.

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