DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 19, 2023

Fossil fuel-linked groups spent around $4 million on Facebook and Instagram that spread false climate claims over the COP27 summit, a new report says. Our report shows Big Oil continues to invest millions in digital advertising to launder their image as ‘climate champions’, while also promoting the necessity of fossil fuels.”

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Annette Gorst-Unsworth says she invests in community energy groups that are making a difference in her area Cop28 ended with yet more dashed hopes on fossil fuels, with a watered-down call for countries to move away from them rather than phasing them out ( Report, 14 December ).

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Only two of the 35 stalls lauding countries’ green credentials at the COP26 UN climate summit mention the need to cut fossil fuel production — the chief cause of the carbon emissions driving climate change. . We urge all leaders to put people and the planet over the profit of the fossil fuel industry.”.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2022

In a speech in Glasgow to mark six months since the landmark UN Climate Summit, the COP26 President conceded the Kremlin's "illegal and brutal" war, rising inflation, and cost of living concerns had dominated the political and media agenda in 2022, but stressed that climate action must remain a top priority for governments around the world.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

COP28 Climate Summit President Sultan Ahmed al Jaber has called for a tripling of clean energy generation by 2030 and a doubling of low-carbon hydrogen capacity by 2030, as he used his first address since being appointed to lead this year's global climate talks to promise a "COP of action". target within reach. "We

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2024

Europe’s DSO labour and skills shortages identified Emma Pinchbeck: ‘We need an energy workforce that looks like the population we serve’ “As the world emerges from COP with a clear focus on phasing out fossil fuels, as well as tripling renewables in six years, every company in every sector is fully aware that change is coming fast.”

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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. He was also the founding CEO of the UAE's Masdar clean tech investment arm, and as CEO of ADNOC has instigated a $15bn decarbonisation strategy at the oil and gas giant.

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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 The final wording of the COP28 agreement – which required consensus among all nations and the chair – codified a commitment to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems. The world is starting to notice.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Oil Change International’s study, “Carbon Capture’s Publicly Funded Failure,” shows the Canadian government has given at least $4 billion in public subsidies to CCS efforts, out of a total of $20 billion world wide. This past July, the federal government indicated its plan to phase out what it termed inefficient fossil fuel subsidies.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Anger is building over the failure to secure much-needed commitments towards phasing out unabated fossil fuels and tackling near-term emissions as part of the final agreement brokered at COP27 over the weekend, with critics warning the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C target hangs by a thread after this year's summit.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

But Ministers insist end to financial support for overseas fossil fuel energy projects, £16bn transition plan for North Sea, and climate compatibility test for new projects can put UK on track to net zero emissions. We will not leave oil and gas workers behind in the United Kingdom's irreversible shift away from fossil fuels.

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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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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

There is no legitimacy in a COP president promoting gas and oil alongside false solutions like CCS”, said David Tong, global industry campaign manager at Oil Change International (OCI), who is attending COP27. More often than not CCS is used to pretend that the burning of fossil fuels can be carried out cleanly.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

A new China-US bilateral agreement to cooperate on emissions reductions – another of the apparent consolations to be drawn from a disappointing COP – seemed to include a major commitment to the “deployment and application of technology such as CCUS and DAC”, as market intelligence firm IDTech X noted. What can be done with the captured CO2?

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

The document sets out G7 countries' ambition to deliver near-zero carbon electricity grids by 2035, citing the need to respond to climate scientists' calls for a drastic reduction in fossil fuel demand so as to stabilise global temperatures. We also have the G7's first coal phase-out goal and endorsement of the Glasgow Breakthroughs.".

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

The Budget on Wednesday will be the first real test of this government's commitment on climate and it needs to drive momentum in the decarbonisation of electricity, heat and transport or it will set us up for a failure on the world stage. With the world watching ahead of COP we cannot afford a COP-out on low carbon.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

Film producer and co-founder of Comic Relief, Richard Curtis, has launched a campaign to help make the UK's £3tr of pension assets more sustainable and ensure it is invested in building a better world after the coronavirus pandemic. Our pensions are powerful, and we must use that power to build a better world'.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Bank of England (BoE) is facing pressure from MPs and campaigners to take urgent action to clean up its investments before the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, amid fears that vast sums of public money invested in high-carbon industries could damage the UK's international reputation and derail its climate goals.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 22, 2024

The year 2023 was a record-setting year for investment and growth in clean energy, with the International Energy Agency projecting over 500GW of new renewable capacity to come online by year-end globally. Fortunately, an economy powered by renewable energy is potentially much more secure and resilient than one reliant upon fossil fuels.

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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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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Environmental groups argue government's decision to frame coal mine as a 'local issue' turns blind eye to global impacts of burning coal, as calls grow for government to intervene while it still can. In their letter, the environmental groups argued the government's thinking was flawed and turned a blind eye to basic climate science.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Industry Voice: Delivering net zero is at its heart a challenge of delivering investment across multiple sectors, explains Phoenix Group. Inevitably transforming our energy systems and economy away from fossil fuels is a complicated endeavour. But while the investment need is clear, the delivery mechanisms are not.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years. of warming.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Dubbed the Glasgow Climate Pact, the agreement crucially puts pressure on countries to come foward next year with updated climate plans, promises more funding for climate adaptation, and for the first time ever includes explicit references to the need to drive down coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies. Phase out coal.

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

The partnership centres on an additional $8.5bn commitment from donor countries to catalyse investment in the clean energy infrastructure that would allow the largely coal-dependent emerging economy to swiftly change its energy mix, in the process creating thousands of green jobs across the country.

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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 9, 2021

Department for Transport revs up automotive transportation plans and unveils new EV charge point concept, as governments prepare wave of new initiatives to tackle auto, aviation, and shipping emissions. Today's announcement is a welcome update and will support the industry in its drive towards decarbonisation," he said.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Graham Stuart MP was listed as a keynote speaker on Tuesday at the four-day Global Investment in Sustainable Development conference in London, hosted by the CC Forum, a company which touts itself as the “green Davos”. We need a government that understands the actions needed to reach net zero.”. climate science denial activist.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Over the next two years, governments must determine what money will flow into what kind of compensation fund, managed by who, and with which beneficiaries. Our private sector, the City, NGO leadership, and government, in partnership, have and can continue to put flags in the sand and ask the world to rally around.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Don't listen to the fossil fuel enthusiasts pushing fracking as a solution for the UK's currently volatile energy market, argues ECIU's Dr Simon Cran-McGreehin. This crisis highlights the benefits of weaning ourselves off fossil fuels - to stabilise our energy market, whilst achieving our climate goals.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

These include the risk of weak offtaker finances leading to power purchase agreement renegotiations (as in South Africa and India) and rock-bottom auction prices (mostly in Gulf Cooperation Council countries) setting unrealistically low price expectations from governments in more challenging markets. Reflecting on the 2010s.

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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. Several ambitious pledges emerged to phase down fossil fuels, limit methane emissions, stop deforestation, and turbocharge the adoption of electric vehicles.

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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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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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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The first few days of COP have ushered in a wave of major announcements and funding pledges. Countries and companies have also kicked off pledges to triple investments in renewables and nuclear, drive down methane emissions, and commit loss and damage funds.   And happy COPing to those on the ground in Dubai! Chairman controversy.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

With the government facing a crescendo of interlocking crises - the war in Ukraine, soaring energy bills, inflation, ongoing Covid-19 disruption to global supply chains, and warnings of a looming recession - the stakes were certainly high for this year's Queen's Speech. Energy Security Bill. UK Infrastructure Bank.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Despite the tense, last-minute drama, the Glasgow Climate Pact sends a very clear investment signal to businesses and financial institutions, argues Nick Molho from the Aldersgate Group. This is understandable, but it should not detract from the very clear signals that the business and investment community have been sent at COP26.

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