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

DeSmogBlog

The UK government has defended its decision to celebrate representatives of companies involved in Canada’s controversial tar sands industry as “Climate Champions”, ahead of the COP26 UN climate summit it is set to host later this year. TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil.

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

Business Green

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. There are just over 18 weeks until COP26 kicks off in Glasgow, and the entire net zero agenda is at stake.

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

DeSmogBlog

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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'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.". Want to find out more about how the net zero transition will impact your business?

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

Yet it wasn’t until 1992, with the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Change (UNFCCC) during the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit , that a global movement to inventory GHG emissions, and with that, carbon accounting, began. 30 years later came COP 26 (2021) – held in Glasgow. C) within reach.

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