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Three primers for buying carbon offsets

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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. But pioneering companies and organisations are working to standardise, educate, and define these markets for the future.

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Reports: Government mulls gas boiler phase out delay amid cost concerns

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Number 10 could be set to push back a proposed ban on new gas boilers by a further five years to 2040 amid disagreements in Whitehall over the costs of transitioning the households away from fossil fuel heating, according to reports.

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How to bridge the SME net zero financing gap

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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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'Titanic pivot from coal to hydrogen': Are steelmakers prepared for the rapid net zero transformation ahead?

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

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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. There is a limited window to change behaviours," the report states.

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'A poor use of public funds': Should the government subsidise biomass and carbon capture technology?

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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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Everything you need to know about the UK's landmark Energy White Paper

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After several delays spanning at least a year, the government has finally unveiled vision for a future net zero energy system - here are the eight things you need to know about the long-awaited Energy White Paper. Nuclear projects - large, small, and fusion - are part of the net zero vision.