Business Green

MAY 29, 2022

UK and US researchers have run the numbers on the huge costs of runaway climate change – and the myriad benefits of achieving net zero emissions. In short, they conclude the UK economy would be far bigger and more prosperous under a global net zero scenario, than under a world contending with runaway climate change.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2022

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. Things aren't looking any better in Scotland.

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EDF + Business

AUGUST 24, 2023

This includes identifying a path forward to wean dependencies on fossil fuels, reducing greenhouse gas emissions in a net zero pathway, and publishing a clear climate transition action plan. Taken together, these frameworks and standards can be seen as a strong signal and direction of travel for ambitious net zero strategies.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 24, 2020

Tags: Dentons EJM Associates AFL-CIO IBEW International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers U.S. Unlike those calling for a Green New Deal, though, this alliance supports increased fracking for oil and gas, as well as other controversial technologies that critics say prop up fossil fuels.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

One of the most common responses to the gathering political campaign against the UK's net zero strategy is that it is important not to underestimate such an experienced and effective band of campaigners, regardless of how modest they may be in number. This is sage advice. Nigel Farage reportedly stands ready once more to lend a hand.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

Major new report from Energy Transition Commission concludes bridging the net zero investment gap is a 'manageable macroeconomic challenge' How much will it cost to build a net zero emission economy? It may or may not be possible to deliver on net zero targets, they argue, but how much will it all cost?

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

Just how much it will cost the UK to reach net zero emissions by 2050 is the trillion-pound question at the epicentre of climate discourse at present. There is a vacuum that is being filled by people who would rather we didn't focus on net zero," he said. Or is it a billion pound question?

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

Aurora Energy Research contends thermal power generation equipped with hydrogen and CCS offers most cost-effective pathway to a net zero power system. Power sector decarbonisation is frequently characterised as the low hanging fruit of the UK's net zero transition.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Coverage of Premier and English Football League to carry Albert sustainability certification, as broadcaster steps up efforts to meet its ambitious 2030 net zero carbon goal. Tagged 'the season of sustainability,' the new initiative will kick off at Anfield on 12 September when title holders Liverpool take on northern neighbours Leeds.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Heat pumps are an essential part of the UK's route to a net zero economy but they should also be considered a tool to keep costs to taxpayers down while gas prices are so high," explained Andrew Sissons, deputy director of sustainable future at Nesta. per cent of the nation's GDP, according to the report.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A net zero emission economy cannot be built without them. Or to put it another way, just three in 10 small businesses said they had the financial resources required to meet net zero targets. Roughly half of the small businesses surveyed estimated they needed less than $100,000 to achieve net zero.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The plan is to be reviewed next Spring, but the government indicated the price freeze could stay in place for up to two years with the price tag expected to reach up to £150bn. As a result, domestic energy bills should stay at around current levels through this winter.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

And since 2018, the Committee has beefed up its analysis and advice, judging the government's efforts against the legally-binding, overarching goal to transition one of the world's largest economies to net zero emissions by 2050. They seem to be placing all of their chips on the new Net Zero Strategy that is planned before COP26.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2020

A new essay collection from Bright Blue argues that net zero will not require vast amounts of public spending, due to the momentum delivered to date on decarbonisation in the UK.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Sharing the findings on Twitter , BNEF's head of sustainable materials Julia Attwood described the estimated $278bn price tag for decarbonising a sector responsible for some seven per cent of global emissions was a "bargain". Green hydrogen will become the cheapest production method for steel, taking up 31 per cent of the market.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 23, 2020

SMMT warns 'no-deal' Brexit would undermine UK green recovery and net zero vision by heaping costs onto electric car manufacturing. As these figures show, 'no deal' tariffs will put the brakes on the UK's green recovery, hampering progress towards net zero and threatening the future of the UK industry.".

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2021

However, economists and green groups raised concerns that delaying the decarbonisation of home heating - widely seen as one of the most challenging tasks in the UK's net zero transition - risks piling further costs on the transition further down the line, as well as undermining climate targets.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 10, 2021

A UK-Canada event last week praised 26 “exceptional individuals actively working to move Canada to net-zero emissions”, five of whom work for companies and investors involved in the fossil fuel industry, including the Canadian oil sands. TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

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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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Truss's first speech as PM touts vision for 'aspiration nation' characterised by tax cuts and business-led growth, but leaves out any mention of net zero, nature, or the climate crisis.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Duke’s 2020 integrated resource plan (IRP), filed Tuesday with state regulators, lays out six scenarios for reaching its challenging goals of halving its emissions by 2030 and hitting net-zero carbon by 2050. ” Looking at the price tags. The utility has also opened the door to offshore wind in its future mix.

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

The effects of the climate crisis could cost Canadians some $700 per year by 2025—a price tag that is expected to double or triple by 2050. The agency concluded there was a “comprehensive and cost-effective route to achieve net zero electricity in the G7 without compromising energy security.”

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2021

The CEO of Solar Energy UK sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss the critical role the solar sector must play in the next chapter of the UK's net zero transition. Something that focuses on all zero carbon technologies. We are going to be a solar express over the next decade," he says.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

As interest and scrutiny involving the use of carbon credits toward net zero goals intensifies, resources from Shopify, Frontier Climate, and Ecosystem Marketplace have some answers for corporate buyers. Check out VERGE Net Zero , a free online event, Dec. 6-7, online.].

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Business Green

JANUARY 21, 2021

Setting ambitious net zero targets for company's core business is one thing, but achieving deep decarbonisation across the entire supply chain is quite another. Yet without action to get to net zero emissions across every corner of the global economy, the planet's climate will continue to warm.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

Fresh analysis warns plans for UK's largest BECCS facility in North Yorkshire could prove more expensive for billpayers than Hinkley Point C, but developer Drax rejects calculations and insists carbon capture technology is likely to prove a crucial component of the net zero transition.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The rollout of the self-powered masts would help support Vodafone's target to expand its mobile coverage across 95 per cent of UK landmass by 2025, while also supporting its goal to achieve net zero emissions across its UK operations by 2027, according to the firm's chief network officer Andrea Dona. "We

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

Dr Francisco Souza, managing director of the FSC Indigenous Foundation and an ICVCM Board member, said IPs and LCs have a "vital" role to play in achieving net zero as they protect and manage around 40 per cent of the planet's ecologically intact landscapes.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Apple already claims carbon-neutrality for global corporate operations and plans a net-zero climate impact across its whole business by 2030. For those that decide to purchase the new iPhone, perhaps the price tag might be a little less painful when you think about how much e-waste you’re avoiding.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

All of which goes a long way to explaining why advertising is emerging as a major front in the push to accelerate the net zero transition. There are good reasons why Mad Men made for such satisfying drama. If high carbon products are regarded as dangerous and socially undesirable, why should they be advertised?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Labour's Party Conference kicked off yesterday, with the new tag line 'A Fairer, Greener Future' on prominent display, and the opening policy announcement coming in the form of a commitment to deliver a net zero emissions power system by 2030, a full five years earlier than the government's current 2035 target date.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2022

Unlike green or sustainable bonds, funds raised through sustainability-linked bonds are not tagged to a specific use for the proceeds with the funds raised able to be used for general corporate purposes. Ahmed noted that raising funds to deliver projects that would enable the firm's to meet its 2050 net zero ambition remained a challenge. "We

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2021

Over a third of respondents - 38 per cent - said they were unlikely to buy an EV in the next five years, with 59 per cent citing costly price tags, while 38 per cent raised concerns about short battery life and range anxiety, and 36 per cent worried about having nowhere to charge up their EV close to home.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Chief Jacko: ‘We Stand United’ Pathways Alliance has been running a nationwide media blitz over the past few months touting the Cold Lake project as a key part of oil producers’ plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. billion (CAD) price tag by 2030 to fund the project. Pathways estimates a $16.5

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

This crisis could and should trigger the next phase of a net zero transition that can boost the economy and deliver multiple energy security and health benefits, while also helping to stabilise global temperatures. The only way to combat a problem caused by gas prices is to use less gas.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

In April, for example, the fossil fuel giant released a five-part YouTube series hosted by ex-BBC presenter Dallas Campbell, which touted the net zero benefits of hydrogen and featured one-on-one interviews with two Shell executives. but did not tag Shell, nor mention his commercial relationship with the brand.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2023

World Economic Forum and Boston Consulting Group warn that despite growing demand for green products, supply chain risks pose a major threat to the net zero transition.

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