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. More, ambitious policy may be needed to support jobs in sectors such as automotive and deliver a fair, green transition.
Business Green
JANUARY 19, 2021
Criticism has also been levelled at Ministers for the on-going policy gap that needs to be bridged to get the UK on track to meet its short, medium, and long-term statutory emissions targets, with businesses awaiting a raft of key net zero strategies covering home heating, transport, heavy industry, and a raft of other areas.
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Business Green
OCTOBER 27, 2021
Just a week after the government finally unleashed its Net Zero Strategy , Heat and Buildings Strategy and the Treasury's Net Zero Review, replete with a flurry of fresh policy and investment, it was now the turn of the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to set out the government's spending plans for the next year and beyond.
Business Green
APRIL 7, 2022
Recognising the difficulties in implementing effective policy quickly, it is still disappointing not to see more on energy efficiency and on supporting households to make changes that can cut their energy bills now. Instead, the government has prioritised policies that will keep us dependent on high cost fossil fuels and nuclear power.
Business Green
OCTOBER 19, 2021
CBI chief policy director Matthew Fell said: "The Net Zero Strategy and [Spending] Review fills in some of the blanks on how we realise the UK's decarbonisation ambitions. The energy industry has shown what is possible with the right policies in place and is ready to invest further helping create jobs and growth across the country.".
Business Green
DECEMBER 7, 2021
In November, I had the privilege to represent Schneider Electric at the UN's Conference of Parties (COP) on climate change in Glasgow. This COP was unlike the previous 25 iterations, in that it took place during a global pandemic. COP is and remains, fundamentally, a policy event. One aim of the conference was to 'keep 1.5
Business Green
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
It is vital the UK's COP Presidency shows the world we are listening to the voices of those most impacted by climate change and that we will lead global action to address their concerns, from loss and damage, to access to finance," she said.
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