Business Green

OCTOBER 5, 2022

With the political situation moving so quickly, what may happen next is far from certain. The ghosts of the former planning white papers and the Chesham and Amersham by-election loom large and may come back to haunt the government. Simon McWhirter is director of communications, policy and places at UKGBC.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In addition the white paper argues the UK should show leadership in ongoing discussions about a multilateral carbon border adjustment, noting that any success in this arena would cement UK climate leadership ahead of the COP26 climate summit it is set to host next year.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

But to find out how many of them will actually turn into decisions, we will have to wait until the even longer-heralded Energy White Paper appears - hopefully - later this month. They will see that the Prime Minister is clearly investing a lot of his political capital in Britain's net zero target. It is a plan.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

Political and business leaders are prioritising action on nature like never before, but can this sudden uptick in engagement be translated into tangible progress? Nature is having something of a moment. We are at last, talking about these issues. The challenge now is to turn the current zeitgeist into something tangible.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 23, 2023

This included £25,000 from Bseisu, who donated £12,500 in December 2020, four days after the government set out its strategy for the energy sector in a white paper on “powering our net zero future”. There is no suggestion that Bseisu used his political connections to influence government policy over the awarding of the CCS licences.

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AutoGrid

MARCH 30, 2022

Thanks to data and modeling provided by Guidehouse Insights, the apparent answer “yes” in two of the largest states often viewed as being on opposite ends of the political spectrum. Traditional peaking plants have been relied upon for decades to prop up regional power systems during spikes in demand throughout the U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Meanwhile, a Minister for the North Sea should be appointed to coordinate government policy and plans for the region, and metro mayors should be given more powers to build local political momentum behind projects, it states.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

However, final details on how the government intends to support the development of new nuclear reactors is not expected to be confirmed until the long-awaited Energy White Paper is published. But the Prime Minister this evening insisted that the plan would be at the heart of his ambitious economic recovery plans for the country.

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Business Green

AUGUST 6, 2020

There are few issues more political in the rawest, most tangible sense than the question of who gets to build what, where. The white paper reiterates the government's support for its imminent Future Homes Standard, which is meant to ensure all new homes are 'zero emission ready' - i.e. gas boiler- and cooker-free - from 2025.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

Ignoring the “human factor” has caused some well-designed ‘behavioural change’ political campaigns to fail, say public policy analysts. Technical White Paper [link] (Rewiring America, 2020). Nat Hum Behav 5, 294 (2021). Griffith, S. & & Calisch, S. Tiefenbeck et at, 2018 [link].

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

However, an increase in fuel duty would still present a significant political challenge. Any increase in fuel duty would likely be welcomed by green groups and EV advocates.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 17, 2020

"Our Ten Point Plan and Energy White Paper show how we continue to set the pace for the green industrial revolution, but as we transition to a low carbon future, oil and gas remain an important part of our diverse energy mix and I'm delighted to see net zero placed at the heart of this strategy," he said.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 1, 2019

This role will focus on building strategic political and legal support for this agenda. Help build an intersectional coalition that supports these top political priorities. Prepare communications including press releases, op-eds, factsheets, and white papers, on behalf of CBD. Travel required.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 1, 2019

This role will focus on building strategic political and legal support for this agenda. Help build an intersectional coalition that supports these top political priorities. Prepare communications including press releases, op-eds, factsheets, and white papers, on behalf of CBD. Travel required.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

A veneer of normality returned to politics, as the Prime Minister hauled himself back onto the campaign trail, found a high-vis jacket adorned clean tech factory backdrop in a Midlands marginal to stand in front of, and aspired to deliver some of his favourite old tunes while experimenting with some new material.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2020

The past year has seen a change of Prime Minister, an election, the UK's departure from the EU, and the coronavirus crisis, all of which have combined to delay a raft of critical net zero-related policy measures, such as the long-awaited energy white paper and national infrastructure strategy.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The government responded by stressing that the 10 point plan is to be followed by a host of key policy moves in the coming months, such as the Energy White Paper, which are expected to unleash a wave of new low carbon investment.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Mobil ran these pieces, which Schmertz described as “political pamphlets,” in the Times every week for decades. Reuters’ creative studio Reuters Plus has produced content for multiple oil majors including Shell , Saudi Aramco , and BP that ranges from native print, audio and video content to white papers.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2020

With the country having found a degree of political stability after more than three years of Brexit wrangling, there had been increasingly positive signals from the government that a raft of much-needed net zero policies were top priorities for 2020, as the Johnson administration looked to deliver on its considerable green manifesto promises.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2020

We hope that the forthcoming Budget, White Paper and National Infrastructure Plan will provide further momentum'. We hope that the forthcoming Budget, White Paper and National Infrastructure Plan will provide further momentum so we can go further and faster in decarbonising our economy.".

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2022

And the transition is not a fuel replacement but a shift to a new system with political, technical, environmental and economic disruptions.”. But hydrogen is not a new oil. Geopolitical play out.

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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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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

As such, the imminent Energy White Paper, new green building standards, and farming subsidy reforms will struggle to retain any credibility if they fail to explain how to sharply increase the pace of clean energy deployment, energy efficiency upgrades, and carbon sink development.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Guy Newey, a former special advisor at both DECC and BEIS, countered that the changes risked proving a distraction from the critical fact that "ultimately you need political will to achieve net zero, no matter how you arrange it all". How long before they get the IT working?" he asked. "Or Or find a new building. And we did quite a lot.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 24, 2020

Lyft Director of Sustainability Sam Arons pointed to Lyft's policy work in Colorado during the Political Climate podcast last week. Policy & Politics. Lyft already has tested out creating this kind of environment in a couple of microcosms in the United States. . Arons said Lyft was able to work with Colorado Gov. Pull Quote.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The government today confirmed that a new 10 point green recovery plan is imminent, but for now at least long-awaited net zero policy measures, including the energy white paper and national infrastructure strategy, remain stuck in the pipeline.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2021

Metal and minerals, food and drink, paper and pump, ceramics, glass and oil refineries are responsible for 16 per cent of the UK's emissions, according to government statistics, and as such decarbonising these industries is critical if the UK is to meet its 2050 net zero ambition.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The government has promised a raft of hotly-anticipated plans and policies in the coming months, including the Heat and Buildings Strategy, Food Strategy White Paper, Treasury Net Zero Review, and an overarching Net Zero Strategy, all of which should help unlock billions of pounds of green investment.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Delivering a comprehensive net zero strategy remains a substantial political and policy challenge, but as today's reports highlight it is eminently achievable and would command significant support from businesses and investors. The hope is the government will deliver sooner rather than later.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2020

This policy consultation comes in advance of a long awaited energy White Paper and in advance of a heat and buildings framework expected to be released later this year. It should come as no surprise to anyone working in this sector that there is no strong political will for heat decarbonisation.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 28, 2021

racial equity, political spending and policy influence activity influence also will factor highly. . For example, there’s the paper by five leading NGOs on how their voluntary frameworks, standards and platforms could be used together, and another seminal white paper on converging the various ESG reporting standards.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The long-awaited Energy White Paper is expected before the end of 2020, with new policy papers on building standards, hydrogen infrastructure, and transport among a host of measures in the pipeline.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Offsetting allows the continuation of delay," argues Duncan McLaren, a Professor in Political Ecology at the University of Lancaster's Environment Centre, where he studies the "mitigation deterrence effects of greenhouse gas removals". For some analysts, such flaws are hard-wired into the concept of offsetting itself.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

The report - titled Principles for a low-carbon, sustainable and net-zero aligned economic recovery post COVID-19 - suggests five key government interventions aimed at harnessing growing political, business, and consumer will to tackle the climate emergency, as well as a raft of specific policy recommendations.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

We have clear plans to cut emissions further, having recently published our energy white paper, North Sea transition deal, transport decarbonisation plan, industrial decarbonisation and hydrogen strategies. "We Want to discover how the net zero transition will impact your business?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

It is also due to be followed by a series of white papers and detailed policy documents that are designed to set out precisely how the government intends to engineer a rapid uptick in the pace of decarbonisation across the UK economy. There's no vaccine against climate change.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) acting director Sepi Golzari-Munro said: "This strategy is an economic and political plan as well as a climate one. By providing clarity on the key next steps on the path to net zero, it sets businesses and the economy in the right direction.

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