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'Sensible incentives' and 'plumbing reforms': Leading figures mull pathway from Covid-19 crisis to net zero economy

Business Green

But several major new reports in recent days have stressed that longer-term policy stability, incentive programmes, and reforms crafted and enacted by the UK government over the coming weeks and months could prove just as important - if not more important - to the country reaching its 2050 climate goal that the much-debated stimulus packages.

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Boris Johnson to pledge to 'build back greener'

Business Green

Boris Johnson will today deliver a major speech on the government's imminent economic stimulus package, promising to engineer a Roosevelt-style 'New Deal' that will see the UK "build build build" in pursuit of a rapid economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

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Trying to make a living on an organic smallholding: Paul Jennings, ‘One-Planet’ smallholder

Low Impact

They were able to build their house via the One Planet Development (OPD) policy in Wales. I wouldn’t want to be critical of OPD as a policy – it’s just that we have to be realistic about the socio-economic environment in which it’s trying to flower. Here’s part 1 of the interview. How difficult is it to make a living?

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