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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Low Impact

AUGUST 11, 2021

All governments, including the UK, are telling us that they’re laser-focused on reducing carbon emissions. In a climate emergency, the UK Government is spending billions of pounds each year propping up the fossil fuel industry at home and overseas. How are they doing? This is driving up carbon emissions. The post £3.3

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2020

Schulze added that ministers at the conference should also address calls to systematically focus their coronavirus recovery and investment packages to tackle climate risks. Separately, UK Business Secretary and COP26 President Alok Sharma reiterated his calls for governments to prioritise climate action in their economic recovery plans. "We

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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 4, 2020

The government has unveiled further steps to curb the climate impact of transport, today announcing £37m of investment in developing electric cars, ships, and planes in the UK, alongside separate proposals to introduce lower carbon petrol at filling stations up and down the country.

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2020

E3G's Tom Burke sets out four tests the Chancellor's stimulus package must pass if the government is to deliver on its 'green recovery' promises. For the government, it offers a tangible way to stand up its often claimed intention to level up the economy. The government is already committed to these goals.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In 2018 the World Bank and others agreed significant funding to help governments boost the resilience of communities, including things like the Green Climate Fund, intended to provide support for lower income countries. A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In 2018 the World Bank and others agreed significant funding to help governments boost the resilience of communities, including things like the Green Climate Fund, intended to provide support for lower income countries. A fair COP? The Glasgow COP is going to fail us,” writes Read.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

UN approves UK and Italian request for high profile Summit to be postponed by a full year, as co-hosts announce new 'Friends of COP' advisory board. He also reiterated the government's plans to make climate action a key plank in its recovery packages.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Governments have a unique opportunity to step up climate action to ensure that we can halve global emissions by 2030. The decisions included in the Glasgow Package will have a major impact on the global economic recovery, jobs and business growth opportunities. °C trajectory within reach. ºC ambition, energy, finance included.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2020

UK Business Secretary and COP26 President Alok Sharma has today called on governments around the world to submit enhanced climate action plans and place clean technologies at the heart of their post-coronavirus economic recovery strategies. It is important to remember, on a day such as this, that all our futures are intrinsically linked.".

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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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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2020

The two-day Petersberg Climate Dialogue has long been a key event in the annual climate calendar, with environment ministers from around 30 countries typically coming together to thrash out priorities and preparations for the following United Nations COP climate summit.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Retailer named as Principal Supermarket Partner, as government faces growing calls to clarify plans for crucial Glasgow Summit. Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has today announced that it is to be the 'Principal Supermarket Partner' for the COP26 Summit, as the government continues to build out the sponsor roster for high profile climate talks.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The government is expected to unveil a raft of major new green programmes as part of next month's Budget, as Ministers move to "carbon test" new policy measures against the UK's net zero emissions target.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

British diplomats, the UK COP presidency team and Ministers would have been in a whirl of frenetic influencing activity globally (we hope) to drive up ambition, and drive out those new nationally-determined contributions (NDCs) from all the parties to the Paris Agreement. But these are not normal times, and the COP has been delayed by a year.

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Business Green

APRIL 13, 2020

There's no shame in being among the ranks of forecasters who didn't anticipate Covid-19 given that group includes every analyst, corporation and government in the world. National and local governments understandably won't have climate change at the top of their priority list right now. Corona eclipses climate. Time to step up.

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Business Green

APRIL 26, 2020

The two-day Petersberg Climate Dialogue has long been a key event in the annual climate diplomacy calendar, with environment ministers from around 30 countries typically coming together to thrash out priorities and preparations for the following United Nations COP climate summit.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

he COP27 Climate Summit finally closed early on Sunday morning , delivering both an historic deal to introduce a new Loss and Damage fund and recriminations over governments' continuing failure to accept unabated fossil fuels need to be phase out in the coming decades. Petrostates are still not fully onboard with the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

Defra and DfID minister Lord Goldsmith's speech at the Chatham House’s Global Forum on Forest Governance. Politicians everywhere are designing their economic recovery packages. So far, governments around the world have committed $9tr to Covid recovery. Koh-joe Oh-woosoo Afri-yee, known in Ghana as Sir John, died last week.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

New four word slogan captures government's ambitions for Glasgow Summit, as Tory backbench opposition to climate policies continues to swell. Boris Johnson has provided the clearest indication yet of the government's priorities for the crucial COP26 Climate Summit, urging countries to deliver bold action on "coal, cars, cash, trees".

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

As such, business leaders, investors, and campaigners, not to mention the wider public, are crying out for some much-needed clarity after several months of stasis from the government. What's in the energy support package, and who is going to pay for it? But again, the details of precisely what this support will entail remains opaque.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

The crucial UN climate change summit due to take place in Glasgow in November 2020 has been postponed until next year, amid huge uncertainty and public safety concerns surrounding the escalating coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations alongside the UK and Italian governments confirmed today.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2021

COP26 President-designate Alok Sharma has insisted the UK is intent on holding a physical UN Climate Summit in Glasgow later this year despite the challenge presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, as he today sought to dismiss concerns surrounding the government's preparations for the crucial event.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

But observers insisted the agreement sent a powerful signal that coal is set to come under increasing pressure in markets around the world, as renewables costs continue to fall and governments seek to accelerate efforts to phase out coal power. There is a general feeling that carbon markets come out of the COP process reinforced," he said.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The new funding package for the 2020 to 2025 period does mark an increase on previous levels of climate finance, but the failure to meet the 2020 deadline was still widely interpreted as a major blow to the long-running international climate negotiations that are set to resume at next week's COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

UN climate change chief Simon Stiell similarly reiterated calls for governments to now come forward with more ambitious national climate action plans, known as Nationally Determined Contributions in the UN jargon. This COP caused deep frustrations but it wasn't for nothing," she said. "It was weak, and it remains on life support.".

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Other support packages include the £150 million Home Upgrade Grant, which is intended to assist emissions reductions with households not currently on the gas grid. This is hardly the COP figure the Prime Minister wants to read.”. The plan also mentions a 2028 minimum target of installing 600,000 heat pumps per year.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The COP Presidency and host nation Canada convened a special meeting of heads of delegation at 11am on Wednesday in a bid to smooth out some of the deadlocked issues ahead of the arrival of ministers. Without it then you would say we have not had a successful COP," he said."

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

Today, governments and businesses are, rightly, focussing on their response to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to raising ambition, the UK's COP Presidency will focus efforts on 5 areas which need particular attention to achieve our goals. However, it is not only governments that have a part to play ahead of COP26.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

UN Secretary General and COP Presidency warn progress on funding for addressing climate-related damage is critical to success of pivotal climate talks kicking off this Sunday. Getting concrete results on Loss and Damage is the litmus test of the commitment of governments to help close all these gaps," he said. "I

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

As Tory leadership candidates yesterday signalled their support for the UK’s net zero goals, the High Court ruled the government must do more to explain how it intends to decarbonise the economy. This landmark ruling is a huge victory for climate justice and government transparency.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In this year, the Year of Climate Action, it will be the top international priority for this government.?? In my first fortnight as COP President, I have been listening to those who have done this before. ??Meeting Agreeing a package that delivers the Paris Agreement and powers the UN climate process forward.??

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

COP Summits rarely, if ever, finish on time, but seasoned observers have warned the current talks appear to be badly behind schedule. In contrast, developing nations are continuing to push for a well-funded new funding package focused on Loss and Damage to be introduced with near immediate effect.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

As COP President Designate, I am committed to a 'whole of society' approach, and we will also use the Summit to create an inclusive and diverse platform. Featuring a range of vital non-government voices to hold us all accountable. Regardless of whether it is a major economy or smaller climate vulnerable country.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The result will be stronger accountability and better-informed decisions by investors, governments, consumers and businesses themselves.". It also lacks a mandatory ratcheting mechanism that will hold governments accountable to increase action if targets are not met. "We Nevertheless, we're hopeful.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

depends on governments doing what they have said they will do, strengthening their plans further, and catalysing the fastest and widest industrial revolution in history. A precedent is being set with a new loss and damage framework taking shape and the first, albeit modest, funding packages being announced.

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