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B.C.’s climate roadmap sets the right course, but the clock is ticking

Clean Energy Canada

s emissions gap and hit our climate target—but only if implemented in a timely fashion. . “In In particular, the new commitment to increase light-duty zero-emission vehicle sales to 26% by 2026, 90% by 2030 and 100% by 2035 positions B.C. Encouragingly, these updated vehicle targets reflect and build on B.C.’s

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Budget: Treasury eyes £800m EV investment fund and green shipping tax breaks

Business Green

Government to launch £1.4bn fund to attract more overseas investment in UK economy, with particular focus on electric cars and life sciences. Now we have left the EU, it's time for us to do even more to help the UK shipping industry to grow and compete in the global market.".

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Net zero social housing could spur the wider market towards green homes

Business Green

The UK faces an acute social housing crisis as well as a major challenge to decarbonise homes, but a net zero social homes programme could offer a solution, argues Shelter's Alastair Harper. But still we waited. At least now we are planning to take some action. Meanwhile, we know we need to retrofit our existing stock.

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RenewableUK's CEO Dan McGrail: 'The industry has gained trust by over-delivering - we need to keep doing that'

Business Green

Johnson's government is targeting 40GW of offshore wind and 1GW of floating wind capacity by 2030, and recently set an ambition for the UK's power grid to be net zero emission by 2035. Taken together, it puts wind power firmly at the heart of the drive to electrify and decarbonise the UK economy over the next 30 years and beyond.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

We see it in many ways already. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course? The Carbon Zero, Circular and Regenerative Economy, is easily the most profoundly important possibility resulting from Digital Transformation. The Climate 4.0 Climate change is here.

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COP26: Rich nations prepare to ramp up climate funding package

Business Green

Momentum builds ahead of Glasgow Summit as Saudi Arabia and China unveil new climate plans, but questions remain over whether new funding pledges will go far enough. The UK hosts of the Summit are to present the new plan alongside Ministers from Germany and Canada, who were tasked with leading efforts to ensure the $100bn target is delivered.