Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Could the COP27 prove more important than last year's Glasgow Summit? Next week's Summit in Egypt matters in ways that even many of the participants appear to have not yet grasped. In some ways this is an absurd contention. It was the meeting that, in the words of COP26 President Alok Sharma, kept the 1.5C goal alive, even if its pulse was weak.

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Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Six years ago today, on September 25, 2015, the United Nations finalized the 2030 Agenda , ratifying the 17 Sustainable Develop Goals, or SDGs which outlined key objectives for a more equitable and sustainable future. Planet was founded with the mission to use space to help life on Earth, and we care deeply about the SDGs.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 24, 2022

The fact that nearly 2,500 leaders from politics, business civil society and media come together in person demonstrates the need for a trusted, informal and action-oriented global platform to confront the issues in a crisis-driven world.”. “The Check out our #wef22 Twitter moment to follow the top stories from our Annual Meeting 2022 Davos.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Political opponents were swift to condemn the plan as inadequate, comparing the government's £12bn funding package, only around £4bn of which is new, with the €40bn green recovery package announced by the German government this summer. goal and the UK's target of achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe and was developed with the support of Journalismfund.eu. Italy’s gas lobby should be entering early retirement. Instead, it’s rarely been riding so high. In fact, Italy seems to be moving in the opposite direction.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2021

New Treasury Committee report on net zero transition and future of green finance calls on government to consider climate labelling for financial products and ramp up efforts to tackle greenwash. When the world's eyes are on us for COP26, we must show that we can also be a green finance powerhouse to help achieve net zero.".

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

Government's climate agenda marred by uncertainty and delay which risks undermining COP26 and net zero transition, Climate Change Committee warns. As such, the report echoes the growing frustration among businesses and campaigners over myriad green policy decisions that have been long promised but repeatedly delayed by the government.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 6, 2021

As the country grapples with the intertwined issues of air pollution, water scarcity and energy security, along with energy access and affordability, experts say they’re starting to see a future for India where coal will no longer be king. This is the first article in a series. With a few hours’ notice, all 1.3 Businesses closed.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This story is part of a DeSmog series on the influence wielded by the gas lobby in Europe and was developed with the support of Journalismfund.eu. WILHELMSHAVEN, Germany — For 150 years, heavy industry has been the lifeblood of the German port of Wilhelmshaven, a hub for shipbuilding, plastics, coal and steel.

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Unsustainable

JANUARY 11, 2020

For obtaining the index, the WEF focuses on economy standings, education possibilities, health conditions, and politics. But how far along are we when it comes to closing the gender gap? According to a study conducted by the World Economic Forum, not very. They predict that it will take another 100 years to close the global gender gap.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Lindsay Keenan, European coordinator of campign group Insure Our Future, said: "European insurers are starting to recognise they need to stop supporting all fossil fuel expansion, including oil and gas. A major win for divestment campaigners, plans advance for COP27, and could phone chargers finally be standardised?

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2020

The ongoing crisis linked to the coronavirus pandemic is having a myriad of economic and social impacts, with the Bank of England recently forecasting that the economy would shrink by 14 per cent in 2020 and that the UK's unemployment rate is likely to double in the near future. A complex set of challenges lie ahead.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2020

The political message they sent was key. A number of developing countries are coming forward with ambitious decarbonisation plans, but as Ed King explains, their significance is often too easily ignored. Last month Jamaica submitted a new climate plan to the UN - it garnered little global coverage or praise. But it was significant.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

For more than a year, Albania's environment ministry has been working with US clothing company Patagonia to deliver the scheme. Could an innovative partnership between a US clothing firm and the Albanian government provide a new template for corporate conservation efforts? But the campaign of resistance appears to have paid off.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

As the third-largest producer of carbon dioxide emissions in the world today with an economy that's poised to see massive growth in the future, what happens to India’s energy mix will have a significant impact on the planet and its inhabitants. This is the final piece in a three-part series. Read part one here and part two here.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

In what is a crucial year for climate action in 2021, there CCC has today given the government much food - but little time - for thought - here are its top takeaways. But, with the COP26 Climate Summit around the corner, the CCC's choice of words today was particularly notable, with the growing frustration within the Committee made pretty explicit.

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Business Green

JULY 31, 2020

It is technologically and economically feasible for us to achieve this - and the Supreme Court has now affirmed that there is no legal basis for a lack of political will," she added. "It Plus nuclear fusion, French outdoor heating ban, Spanish green hydrogen plant and all the top green business news from around the world this week.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Opinion divided on effectiveness of creating a dedicated department for the net zero transition Today Rishi Sunak announced his first major cabinet reshuffle since taking over as Prime Minister last year, as part of which he unveiled plans for an overhaul of government departments.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Major new report warns government urgently needs to set out credible strategy for decarbonising transport, buildings, agriculture, and industry. In June 2019, the UK government committed to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, becoming the first major economy to enshrine such a commitment in law.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Dividing lines on Loss and Damage, adaptation funding, climate finance, and the 1.5C warning goal continue to undermine hopes of progress at Sharm El Sheikh Summit. The first full negotiating texts are still not expected until later this evening, or potentially even tomorrow, according to Egypt's COP Presidency.

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2022

The former Chancellor and the Foreign Secretary will now battle it out to become the next Prime Minister, but who has the most impressive green vision? The run-off between Sunak and Truss could also see environmental issues pushed to the fore. So which candidate is best placed to navigate this tightrope and deliver for the green economy?

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 26, 2022

It was not until the early 1990s that political leaders realized the need for change, to significantly improve the environmental and social systems that the country’s economy relied on. Costa Rica sustainability from the beginning. In this Green Business Bureau article, we present a case study to showcase Costa Rica sustainability.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

Janet Yellen on financing a sustainable future. Over the past 30 years, the incidence of natural disasters has dramatically increased, and the actual and future potential cost to the economy has skyrocketed. We are now in a situation where climate change is an existential risk to our future economy and way of life.

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Eco-Business

OCTOBER 9, 2019

They will focus on the growing role of renewable energy and technology in transitioning to a sustainable energy future. The energy policy makers and industry captains joining SIEW this year include: Dr Koh Poh Koon, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade & Industry, SingaporeH.E. Register your attendance at www.siew.sg

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2020

Council leaders and mayors from across the political spectrum have urged the government to abandon proposals they say would restrict local planners' ability to cut carbon emissions from new homes, arguing "the eyes of the world are on the UK" to act on climate change ahead of COP26.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Our global political economy, built on fossil fuels for the last century, is in a state of flux. Outgoing COP26 President makes one of his last major speeches before handing over the reins to Egypt at COP27 next month. Good morning everyone. It's a pleasure to be here. The pulse of 1.5 degrees remained alive.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

But the report is also at pains to stress that the future extent of the climate crisis will be determined by the choices societies take over the next few years. Roundup of reaction from politicians, NGOs, and business figures as the world's top climate scientists serve up latest evidence on scale of potential climate cataclysm ahead.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was just one of many high profile leaders to make climate action central to their speeches at the Summit, as he reiterated how the country was responding to Russia's invasion of Ukraine by accelerating its clean energy transition. "Our

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Business Green

MAY 4, 2021

All the targets are set, for the next five years at least. Now is the small case of actually cutting carbon , a task currently overshadowed by an argument over the 'true cost of net zero'. Her Majesty's Treasury operates in the same way to an oil tanker. Years of ingrained thinking means things are slow to turn around.

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Business Green

MAY 4, 2022

John Doerr delivers record donation to support development of new school, as Europe enjoys a record increase in wind power capacity and a battle wages for control of Australia's leading coal power company. John Doerr donates $1.1bn to support launch of new Stanford University climate school. WindEurope reports surge in wind energy investment.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Our capital plans will invest in the greener future we promise," he said, as he unveiled a wave of new infrastructure spending commitments. BusinessGreen rounds up the top green headlines from government's latest slew of fiscal and policy announcements. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up the key takeaways from a busy day for the Treasury.

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2021

But what does this really mean - beyond decent PR ahead of the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow - and how could it shift UK international policy and politics in the 2020s and 2030s? "I'm gutted we didn't make it." Those were the words of then UK deputy prime minister John Prescott in 2000 after a failed round of UN climate negotiations.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 1, 2022

He accused DeSmog of character assassination and said he believed fossil-fuelled vehicles “have a future if made cleaner.”. The chair of a campaign by backbench Tory MPs against climate action runs a parliamentary group with a lobbyist who has an undeclared interest in the continued use of fossil fuel-powered vehicles, DeSmog can reveal.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The dust has barely settled on the Conservative Party leadership race and the new UK government has already begun confirming many climate campaigners’ worst fears about the direction Liz Truss intends to take the country in. That’s not to say there aren’t some green glimmers to be found, though.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

A young woman, with her hand glued to a road was ripped off the road by her hair; a young man was run over by a truck driver; a passerby punched the protestors and was cheered on. A few months later, German police raided the homes of Last Generation activists and seized their bank accounts. What was making everyone so irate about Last Generation?

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Low Impact

JUNE 6, 2021

The future. Here’s a quick and dirty history of money. Since I’ve been involved in the mutual credit world, I’ve been reading various ‘history of money’ texts, and so I thought I’d organise the notes I’ve taken into a blog article. It’s impossible to generalise when it comes to the history of money.

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Grist

MAY 22, 2021

This report is contributed by The Tyee in British Columbia, a partner in InvestigateWest’s yearlong reporting initiative Getting to Zero. The Tyee’s work is supported in part by the Fund for Investigative Journalism. For Natasha Kuperman, the seed was planted at a young age. On a plot in northern British Columbia, that seed is taking root.

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