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Government Defends Praising Tar Sands Industry Figures as COP26 ‘Climate Champions’

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The online event on 4 May, which included a keynote speech from Canada’s Infrastructure and Communities Minister, was organised by the British High Commission in Canada and the Canada Climate Law Initiative (CCLI) to mark six months to the COP26 conference in Glasgow. TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil.

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The UK's net zero target is under threat because there's no plan to pay for it

Business Green

Building decarbonisation is critical to delivering a net zero Britain, but neither the Treasury nor Scottish government have set out a vision for how a mass green homes retrofit programme could be funded, writes Glasgow Caledonian University’s Keith Baker. Backing down now would leave the net zero agenda dead in the water.

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Liz Truss prepares to announce energy price freeze plan

Business Green

And there were conflicting reports over the price tag attached to the new support package. Truss ally Iain Duncan Smith told The Times the package was likely to cost in the region of £90bn, while other reports put the estimated cost at £100bn and Bloomberg reported the total cost could reach £130bn.

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Boris Johnson to pledge to 'build back greener'

Business Green

Johnson is expected to use the speech to reiterate his promise to avoid an austerity-style response to the current economic crisis and instead forge ahead with his plans to "level up" the UK's regions.

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As COP26 Host Glasgow Touts its Climate Leadership, a Stroll Through the City Reveals its ‘Toxic’ History

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GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Scotland’s second city has rolled out the green carpet to world leaders and thousands of delegates arriving for climate talks. The city and its leaders have been eager to present a green image of Glasgow over COP26, with advertisements and billboards across town promoting its climate-friendly projects and initiatives.

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'This is not a scary transition': Six key takeaways from the CCC's net zero progress report

Business Green

The government today described the CCC's claims it is moving too slowly to deliver climate action as "wide of the mark" and insisted it would be publishing its overarching Net Zero Strategy and a host of other policy papers in the run up to COP26 which it is hosting in Glasgow in November.

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'A climate-shaped hole at its heart': The green economy reacts to the Spring Statement

Business Green

The price tag is almost identical - £2.7bn for a world-leading bus service against £2.5bn cutting a few pence off fuel duty - but the difference to real people's lives would be immeasurable.".