Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

The proposed stimulus package calls for a "renovation wave" of buildings and infrastructure in support of the Green Deal, as well as investments in circular economy efforts, renewable energy projects, clean hydrogen infrastructure, green transport networks, and an enhanced Just Transition Fund for workers.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2022

Five-year plan aims to frontload investment in boosting grid capacity and resilience while paving way for huge influx in renewable power sources.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

While many are hearing the need to align immediate spending packages with longer-term goals, the idea of a green recovery is being met with political opposition from many quarters. Countries around the world are facing painful economic decisions as they design their recovery from the damage caused by coronavirus. per cent, with an expected 8.7

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Front And Centered

AUGUST 29, 2022

Overall, climate and environmental justice advocates count somewhere between $17 billion and $44 billion generally heading in the right direction for frontline communities out of a $369 billion energy and environment spending package. This includes a 15% corporate minimum tax, a stock buyback tax, and a methane leakage tax.

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Business Green

MARCH 30, 2023

Unveiled to coincide with the government's sweeping package of 'Green Day' announcements, the Bank said the new investment was in line with its plans to "find innovative ways to fund and increase the nation's storage capacity".

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 29, 2022

The proposed package totals £20.9 Flexible funding arrangements will also mean that investment can dial up to reflect changing demands over time. Ofgem has announced a five-year vision, from 2023 to 2028, to transform UK energy grids to support the transition to a low-carbon energy system. billion ($25.5 billion) and includes £2.7

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The cause of current climate change is largely human activity, like burning fossil fuels, like natural gas, oil, and coal. We must take action now to reduce emissions and build resilience to the impacts that are already inevitable. One of the most important things we can do is to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights pressing need to move away from fossil gas, business leaders tell European Commission president. The letter notes that it is critical to strengthen Europe's energy security and resilience, in order to reduce its "vulnerability to fossil fuels" and help prevent future climate and energy crises.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It is not a specific practice in itself, but an umbrella term that generally implies sustainable approaches to farming that conserve and rehabilitate soils, nature, and watercourses, while increasing biodiversity and climate resilience. Under the heading 'How could we be so stupid?',

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2020

UN Secretary-General offers starkest criticism yet of the outlook for the coal sector, as he calls on India to end support for fossil fuels. As part of a Covid-19 economic recovery package announced in June, the Modi government revealed ambitions to open a further 41 coal mines. They see the writing on the wall.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2020

In its most comprehensive assessment of the global energy transition to date, the International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA) today set out a compelling case for ensuring post-Covid-19 economic stimulus packages align with long-term climate and sustainable development objectives.

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2020

Their statement calls on leaders of the world's biggest economies to draw up recovery packages which invest in safeguarding public health and providing jobs, and highlights how sustainable agriculture, green energy, and clean transport are key to a healthy recovery.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 4, 2022

Build a resilient fashion brand company using sustainable fashion. Plus synthetic fibers are fossil-fuel-derived. This movement encourages slower production and invites the consumer to invest in well-made, life-long products. Tip #5: Switch to sustainable shipping and packaging.

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Business Green

MAY 14, 2020

Cutting fossil fuel subsidies and putting efficient price on CO2 would raise crucial revenue for Treasury, LSE research paper argues. It also cautions against imposing "any kind of 2010's style austerity".

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Business Green

JULY 16, 2020

C40 Cities group of Mayors issues fresh call for national governments to end fossil fuel subsidies, as top scientists call on EU to deliver bolder net zero strategy. The C40 Cities group of Mayors has this week published a major new report setting out how they plan to engineer a "green and just" recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Fiscal stimulus and financial aid packages handed to struggling industries and businesses should "accelerate the transition to a fair and green economy - not undermine it", the recommendations state, while also stressing the importance of reducing future systemic risks and boosting economic resilience.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Boris Johnson has unveiled his much-vaunted 10-point green recovery plan, promising a multi-billion pound package of investment across the green economy designed to create an estimated 250,000 new jobs in the carbon capture, electric vehicle, nuclear, hydrogen and renewables sectors.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Food systems are responsible for at least 15 percent of all global fossil fuel consumption, according to a major report launched ahead of the COP28 climate summit. Its authors found that even if governments delivered on their 2030 climate pledges, by 2037 food-related fossil fuel use alone would blow the remaining portion of the 1.5C

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 10, 2023

The battery is being developed by Greenspot, a privately owned NSW group, which was established to acquire and repurpose property assets primarily from the fossil fuel industry. A further 200 hectares of the 620-hectare site has been identified by Greenspot as an employment hub for a range of future facing and high-tech industries.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 5, 2021

The recovery packages stipulated in the course of overcoming the impacts of the corona crisis can be an opportunity to channel needed investments into sustainable, green sectors and build back better. In fact, green energy has been more resilient against COVID-19 impacts than fossil fuels. To stay below the 1.5°C

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

For comparison, in the fossil fuel sectors women make up around 21 per cent of the workforce. Yet IRENA cautioned that the encouraging trends for clean energy jobs worldwide would have to be sustained in order to spur a worldwide shift away from fossil fuels towards renewables in line with international climate change targets.

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Business Green

JULY 24, 2020

MEPs have warned that the landmark €1.8tr EU recovery package and budget deal brokered by the European Council this week risks undermining the bloc's long-term priorities, including its Green Deal ambition to become the world's first net zero emissions continent by 2050.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 29, 2020

The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy Jocelyn Bleriot Fri, 05/29/2020 – 01:00 The COVID-19 crisis has disastrous human and economic consequences, revealing our system’s exposure to a variety of risks.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

More than 100 of the UK's top businesses have urged the Prime Minister to take action to accelerate the clean energy transition, arguing a faster shift away from fossil fuels can help tackle the current energy crisis whilst helping the UK reach its longer-term climate and nature goals.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

Thousands of green projects are raring to go across Europe to help build resilient Covid-19 recovery, study suggests. Meanwhile, over a fifth of the projects identified in the research are relatively small scale and require investments of up to €5m to ramp up, according to EY.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

Hopes will also be high that ministers and civil servants on Whitehall are now digesting the report's many recommendations ahead of the Treasury's hotly-anticipated economic stimulus package, which is expected to emerge early next month. Nevertheless, Stark captured it pretty well yesterday with his plea for the government to "go for it".

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Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

Group led by Transport & Environment urges EU to prioritise green investment in coronavirus response, as new report slams scale of British banks' interest in fossil fuels. That means eurobonds; green conditions on state aid; new regulations to give investment certainty to business.".

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

Funding to develop alternatives to carbon intensive red diesel fuel comes as Grant Shapps touts ambition to turn UK into 'scale-up capital of Europe' The government is making £32.5m pot from the first phase of the competition last year.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Raft of energy efficiency, green transport, and hydrogen programmes put at heart of €130bn stimulus package, as Bank of England confirms financial support for airlines. The German government has unveiled plans for a massive €130bn stimulus package that features at least €40bn climate-related spending.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

Covid-19 stimulus plan must prioritise green building upgrades, tree planting, fossil fuel taxes, and skills training, advises Committee on Climate Change. There is rich evidence of the many, many straightforward benefits to the economy if we do that - if we use climate investments as the basis of that recovery.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

One Nation Conservatives group of more than 100 MPs call for 2030 fossil fuel car ban, carbon tax and tree planting funding. Capital investment in green infrastructure could also be funded via the issuance of a sovereign green guilt, according to one of the proposals set out in the paper. "We

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

That is the stark warning from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which today published sweeping proposals detailing how governments could help mobilise $1tr a year of investment in clean technologies and infrastructure over the next three years, averting a global depression and slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the process.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

The letter was also backed by oil giant Total, which today became the latest fossil fuel giant to announce net zero plans , and Air France-KLM, which is currently in negotiations with the government over a bailout package that is set to include a range of environmental conditions. "We

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, who is understood to remain supportive of embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson, will today present the landmark Energy Security Bill in the House of Commons, setting out how a wave of new measures aim to bolster UK energy security, curb fossil fuel imports, and accelerate the transition to a clean energy system.

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Business Green

MAY 13, 2022

It called on Von Der Leyen to ensure the upcoming REPowerEU energy plan accelerates efforts to phase out dependence on Russian gas, oil and coal and ramps up investments in clean energy capacity across the bloc. "At We will invest in projects at various stages of development," said Colas.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2020

The government may have secured plaudits this morning for its new £3bn energy efficiency package , but calls are continuing to build for the Chancellor to deliver a wider green recovery package when he delivers his economic update to Parliament tomorrow.

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2020

Tanya Steele, chief executive at WWF, urged the government to deliver on Ministerial promises - made repeatedly over the past few weeks ­- that the imminent stimulus package will feature a raft of green measures. "We The campaigners stressed it is vital that recovery plans help boost private sector investment in the net zero transition.

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