Business Green

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The government's mooted policy changes will damage, but not derail the net zero transition - but Sunak's political cynicism threatens to burn down something precious I must admit, I didn't think they would do it. On the policy front, it is worth looking at the detail of what is being proposed. How wrong was I? How wrong was I?

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Exclusive: Party will keep plan to invest in green infrastructure but will in effect cut green ambitions by about two-thirds Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are ditching Labour’s flagship policy pledge to spend £28bn a year on green investment, party sources have said.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2023

This net zero scepticism has quickly entered the upper echelons of Westminster politics, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying that policies to achieve the UK’s legally binding climate targets shouldn’t “hassle” households and should be “proportionate and pragmatic”. The NZSG has extensive ties to the GWPF.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Decision to abandon key policy decried as ‘economically illiterate’ reaction to short-term political pressures Colder, damper, sicker, poorer and less employed: Britons in the near future are likely to be worse off if the next government fails to invest in a cleaner and greener economy, business experts and green campaigners have said.

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EDF + Business

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

With corporate political spending and lobbying under increasing scrutiny and a new administration advancing financially material, government-wide climate action, financial institutions have good reason to reassess their climate lobbying. They must actively support the public policies needed to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

2 But CBI Economics is warning that without further investment and policy stability, the strength of future growth is in jeopardy as the US and EU compete to attract and develop clean industries. Businesses continue to face difficult headwinds this year, leading many to pull back on investment plans. 2022 saw £1.5

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EDF + Business

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Sean Hackett EDF+Business Senior Manager, Energy Transition By Sean Hackett With the dire need to slash greenhouse gas and methane emissions from the global oil and gas sector, more and more investors are advocating for stronger climate policies that accelerate the energy transition and mitigate risks.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

We need more investment, not less’: UK voters on Sunak’s net zero rollback UK politics live Continue reading.

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Terra Infirma

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We cover the start of Jonathan’s journey in the Beyond Petroleum days of BP and discuss a very wide range of business issues relating to Net Zero including CBAM, the Hydrogen Economy, Bioenergy, ESG investing and recent UK Government policy changes.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The result of the vote demonstrates full political alignment on the need for a European approach to geothermal to help cities, industry and households convert to baseload renewable electricity, heating and cooling.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 24, 2020

The most engaged financial institutions — those investing more than $500 million annually in renewable energy — responded with the highest level of conviction for the sector’s attractiveness and long-term health. private-sector investment in renewable energy and enabling grid technologies by 2030.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

DECEMBER 17, 2019

2nd Annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum. The 2nd Annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum brought together over 100 participants to build momentum and collaboration in achieving carbon reduction goals in the state. 5-Kenneth-Dragoon-RHA-Future-of-Carbon-Policy-Dec-2019. December 12, 2019. 7-Kelly-Hall-LCPI-Clean-Fuels_12_12.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 13, 2020

The disproportionate harms to Black Americans wrought by COVID and those wrought by police brutality are symptoms of the same disease: racism hardwired into our political, economic, social and cultural systems. The post How Babcock Foundation is investing its endowment with a focus on racial justice appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Cross-party political support has driven the 'meteoric rise' of UK offshore wind industry, an approach that should be taken for other critical technologies, Tony Blair Institute contends. Markets should be designed around desired long-term outcomes, it notes, adding that a clear strategy is needed to secure domestic benefits.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 24, 2020

Doesn’t ‘policy’ imply ‘politics’? To keep the tent big, impact investing has long steered clear of partisanship. The post The Week in impact investing: Pushback appeared first on ImpactAlpha. TGIF, Agents of Impact! The Call No. 21: Election Impact. Does civic engagement really mean get-out-the-vote?

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 15, 2024

A new campaign is calling on MPs to break the fossil fuel sector’s “chokehold” on politics in a critical election year. Lawmakers returning to work today (Monday) were greeted with smoke flares and a demand to “Stop Polluting Politics” from a banner hung off London’s Westminster Bridge.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Energy and investment experts have warned that only concrete policy action from governments can prevent huge economic disruption should the 'carbon bubble' burst as economies shift away from fossil fuels in the coming years. You can still sign up now for a pass to this week's Net Zero Festival here.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In November 2022, Volvo sold its stake in Aurobay —a joint venture company that represented the last of its combustion engine assets—and ceased to invest in ICE research and development. It is high time for industry and political leaders to be strong and decisive, and deliver meaningful policies and actions to fight climate change.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

With a heated party conference season just over, a whirlwind of policy announcements from both the government and the Opposition, and a General Election on the horizon, now is the time for us all to pause, take stock and try to rebuild agreement. Let's invest in ourselves to make it happen. But that was perhaps always the easy part.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 13, 2022

The new Forest 500 report , published today by environmental group Global Canopy, assessed 350 top companies and 150 financial institutions that fund them, finding that a third of companies have no policies in place at all to ensure their products are not driving deforestation. Of the 150 financial institutions providing over $5.5

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Carbon pricing has always been a thorny political issue, but as Ministers weigh how to drive the next phase of the net zero transition some experts believe it has a critical role to play. It all started with such ambition. No decisions have been taken on the expansion of the scheme.".

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 19, 2024

And though a number of key policies continue to be developed—including the oil and gas emissions cap, an emissions cap on natural gas utilities and measures to reduce vehicle kilometres travelled by 25 per cent—many CleanBC policies are now substantially advanced. The plan is working: B.C. The difference? Finally, B.C.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

3rd Annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum. With the election results coming into focus, states will continue to be sources of leadership on carbon policy. Join us on November 18th (3-5:15 PM with social hour to follow) for the Third Annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum to find out. . Political and Implementation Perspective.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

3rd Annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum. With the election results coming into focus, states will continue to be sources of leadership on carbon policy. Join us on November 18th (3-5:15 PM with social hour to follow) for the Third Annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum to find out. . Political and Implementation Perspective.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Chris Skidmore is a former energy minister Last week’s announcement that the government would delay key net-zero targets came as a surprise to anyone who has followed the policy. The existing targets were fair and well considered, and enjoyed wide political support. It is now China.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

In April, daily emissions fell by as much as 17 percent , and total 2020 emissions may be 7-11 percent lower than 2019 (as projected by the Energy Policy Simulator , and a new opinion piece in Nature by Hanna et al., Figure 2 Mean survey results of recovery policy archetypes (2008-2020) aggregated using relativity-adjusted scores.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

OCTOBER 22, 2020

3rd Annual Future of Carbon Policy Forum. Back by popular demand, join us for the Future of Carbon Policy Forum. We will examine the pivotal role that carbon policy can play in addressing the multiple challenges of economic recovery, public health, transportation, and equity. Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST.

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

It's curious to see how, following Repsol's announcement to halt investments in Spain, alarm bells are ringing in the Spanish political environment. billion in investments in the Basque Country, Catalonia, and Murcia due to the government's fiscal policy, an.

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Front And Centered

MARCH 26, 2024

The following is a statement by the Front and Centered Coalition Leadership regarding I-2117: The campaign to repeal these recently enacted laws represents a reckless and bad faith effort by a wealthy individual and his politics of despair and division to undermine well-intentioned policy for the environment, education, and healthcare.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The investments, of about £30bn a year from the taxpayer and £40bn to £50bn a year from the private sector, would result in savings to the average household of at least £1,000 a year, higher economic productivity, and a better quality of life in the future, the National Infrastructure Commission said.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Major polling exercise reveals climate policies that are popular with public would deliver on the government's goal of cutting emissions by 39 per cent by 2030 on 2019 levels.

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Green Business Bureau

JUNE 30, 2023

Political, market, and infrastructural barriers remain, dragging progress toward a clean economy — but your business has the power to mitigate these constraints. We explain how your business can support a political, market, and infrastructural reform to support renewable energy technologies and clean energy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Ninety per cent of the global economy may now be covered by such targets, but many of the national decarbonisation plans are lacking in detail and reliant on the mobilisation of huge investments that are yet to be committed. That said, the findings are not universally bleak.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Even climate policies with a lower public profiles, such as the switch to heat pumps or support for farmers to plant more trees, saw 55 per cent of the public claim they would be proud of voting for a party championing these measures.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 18, 2024

The resolution, led by Professor Krasnodebski MEP from the European Conservatives & Reformist Group (ECR), calls for: A European strategy for geothermal energy to reduce administrative burdens and aid investments in buildings, industry and agricultural sectors across the Union.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 13, 2021

Navigating internal politics to ‘get it done’ Mike Hower Thu, 05/13/2021 – 01:45 Getting things done in corporate sustainability is easier said than, well, done. Love it or hate it, politics exists wherever humans come together to take collective action.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

But the need to inject reliability into fiscal and policy-based environmental decision making is not confined to carbon pricing alone; we need long lasting environmental policy across the board if we are to deliver on our 2050 net zero commitment. While a long-term carbon price signal - i.e While a long-term carbon price signal - i.e

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