Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

Without a strong carbon price, older renewable and nuclear plant will close earlier than they should and investment in new low carbon infrastructure like Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS), hydrogen and negative emissions technologies will stall. With the world watching ahead of COP we cannot afford a COP-out on low carbon.

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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. These policies and roadmaps will not be developed in a vacuum. shares his expectations for the clean energy transition in 2024.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Catholic group said it had already removed fossil fuels from around half its investment portfolio, which is managed by three different equity fund managers, in addition to stepping up its efforts as a shareholder on company boards to encourage greener business practices. COP 26 in Glasgow can be the right moment," he said. "We

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Canadian pension funds, often maligned for their dirty investments, have quietly cut fossil fuel holdings by 90% over the past decade, while ploughing $150 billion into clean energy. Firstly, improving disclosures so that investors have a better understanding of the climate risks or opportunities of their investments.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

The government is failing to back up its climate commitments with credible action, with almost all its green policy efforts marred by uncertainty, delay, and a insufficient engagement with the public about the scale of changes ahead, and time rapidly running out for Ministers to get the UK's net zero agenda on track.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 5, 2020

With a supportive policy environment, anaerobic digestion (AD) technology could produce 8 billion m3 biomethane/year, enough to heat 6.4 The report sets out the pathway to full deployment by 2030 and identifies policy asks to stimulate growth. million homes, by 2030, according to a new report from the industry group ADBA.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

When approached for comment, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) distanced itself from the discussions, saying they were “independent of government” and had “not been part of our policy-making process”. “No As the COP host, the U.K. for the climate compatibility checkpoint?. “?Discussions Discussions ?on

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

Decisions made during this Parliament on infrastructure and investment will be critical in delivering a net zero economy, argues EAC chair Philip Dunne MP. The government can adapt what has worked well from its swift and immediate response and apply such learning to the economic recovery by putting climate-friendly policies at its core.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Industry Voice: Delivering net zero is at its heart a challenge of delivering investment across multiple sectors, explains Phoenix Group. The International Energy Agency's net zero scenario estimates a clean energy investment requirement of over $4tr per annum by 2030. But in other ways, the net zero transition is straightforward.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Ahead of COP 26, many of the UK's biggest companies have today warned Boris Johnson he has a 'limited window' to show genuine climate leadership. You will also need to align other government policies and action across transport, housing, our natural environment and our international aid budget.".

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The 30×30 target is a leading international commitment that the UK spear-headed at COP-15. Yet in response to a Freedom of Information request to see any assessments, evidence or policy papers detailing progress towards the 30×30 target, Defra could provide nothing.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Next spring, government envoys are convening at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) in Kunming, China, to negotiate new global biodiversity goals for the coming decades within the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This is the case for many subsidies, e.g., in agricultural policy.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

CCUS was the focus of more than 30 events at COP26, covering areas like policy, business, and social and technical challenges. One of the high-profile award ceremonies at COP, for start-up success stories, went to a company with a technology to convert industrial CO2 emissions into building materials. degrees alive.

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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. But they must not come at the cost of investing in the future economy.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 21, 2019

government has aligned national policy to phase out coal use, its very own central bank, which has been the world’s most vocal financial champion of limiting the risk from climate change, is conspicuously absent in that effort. Over 110 globally significant financial institutions now have a coal exclusion policy. Indeed, the U.K.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Businesses have a stake in the COP outcomes for three main reasons - let me explain. They are already investing in decarbonisation. By doing so they are also giving government leaders the confidence to step up and set the policies and regulations that will support their efforts on climate and enable them to go further and faster.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Research body argues government must fix 'uneven' decarbonisation policies that continue to drive customers towards high carbon activities. Stable and enduring policies that cover all key emitting economic sectors and reward investment and innovation in reducing emissions will be needed," he said.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

A cop put his knee in the back of his neck and choked him to death, amid his cries for help. They’re also disproportionately affected by utility shut-off policies , leaving them more vulnerable to dangerously hot and cold days. . Organizations that design policies, programs and products usually are controlled by white people.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Domestic Climate Policy Gets Real. Nearly $370b in tax credits, clean energy incentives, and investments in green innovation are intended to dramatically accelerate domestic decarbonization in sectors from energy to manufacturing. Here are my four key takeaways: U.S. degrees Celsius. Toward a Global Deal for Nature.

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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.

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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. These various targets have been supported by number of policies and investments, such as support for new electric vehicle charging infrastructure and new zero carbon home standards.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

COP27 partner Hassan Allam Holding , one of the largest privately owned corporations in Egypt, has announced plans to invest $17.1 body that organises the annual climate negotiations to adopt a conflict of interest policy that would exclude fossil fuel companies and their partners from attending or sponsoring the events.

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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. This is the risk of COP.".

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

These offered policy makers a more effective tool to control deployment rates, and a way to procure increasingly low-cost power. But a lack of investment in grid infrastructure can hold investors back. Decades of under-investment in grids and burdensome connection processes are putting the brakes on markets around the world.

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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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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 10, 2021

billion annual investment. That spend would be around 20% lower than what was invested across all of the country’s generation resources between 2015 and 2019. . Policy and regulatory measures would be needed to increase the pace of deployment. . Current nuclear and large hydropower capacity add up to around 50 GW.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 19, 2021

It says that with the right policies in place the UK can cut its reliance on imported steel by almost half – but the country must take advantage of its research and innovation capabilities that can deliver the transition to a low carbon future. The investment required would be limited compared to all the other solutions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Green business groups and campaigners welcome the government's renewed focus on the net zero transition, but warn plan lacks long-term policies and sufficient funding in key areas. It gives a springboard to the huge opportunities for UK-wide investment and green jobs that a true low-carbon economy can bring.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 22, 2019

While offsets are often seen as a cop-out for industries that don’t want to tackle their own pollution, airlines are clearly uniquely limited in their climate pollution mitigation options. While there are a number of ways that airlines can offset their emissions, the lowest cost option right now is to invest in local farmers.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This Conference of Parties (COP) was highly anticipated as a critical inflection point where our economies and societies set forth on an ambitious and clearly defined path to decarbonize by 2050 and keep warming below 1.5 degrees C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change — or continue with the status quo. Carbon Negative Shot is a U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 7, 2021

The best thing government could do for Glasgow is to ditch hosting the COP and instead invest the money in dealing with the state of the city.”. Responding to a request for comment, Smith said that GMB has “consistently campaigned for an energy and environmental policy that goes together”. “We

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Grist

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

degrees C target was initially established as a target in Paris in 2015 after a push by developing nations at a previous COP, to bring attention to the fact that global warming does not impact all nations equally. For context, it has taken the world more than a century to warm a little more than 1 degree C, according to NASA.

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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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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 24, 2022

The event will host energy ecosystem stakeholders to unpack the industry’s priorities including its strategic roadmaps, visionary reforms, low cost capital investments and breakthrough technologies for building India’s long term self-reliance in energy.

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