Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

The Budget on Wednesday will be the first real test of this government's commitment on climate and it needs to drive momentum in the decarbonisation of electricity, heat and transport or it will set us up for a failure on the world stage. This Budget is a real opportunity to show leadership on carbon pricing.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Former UK energy and climate minister Claire O’Neill’s World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is running a series of events at the conference on private sector efforts to tackle climate change. Campaigners said the news demonstrated a “classic case of the revolving door” between “big polluters” and governments.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

As part of its preparations for the vital COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, the government must set out how it plans to harness the power of markets to deliver the next phase of decarbonisation of the UK economy and address incentives that currently push consumers towards high carbon choices, experts have warned.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today. Such businesses better meet the demands of the regulatory environment while coming into alignment with investor, consumer, and employee preferences. And to do that, this Green Business Bureau is your guide. 30 years later came COP 26 (2021) – held in Glasgow.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The first few days of COP have ushered in a wave of major announcements and funding pledges. In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs. Happy Monday!    And happy COPing to those on the ground in Dubai!

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

But Ministers insist end to financial support for overseas fossil fuel energy projects, £16bn transition plan for North Sea, and climate compatibility test for new projects can put UK on track to net zero emissions. We will not leave oil and gas workers behind in the United Kingdom's irreversible shift away from fossil fuels.

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Business Green

JANUARY 15, 2023

Powers, vice president for global cleantech and renewables at Schneider Electric, who explores how public-private sector collaboration can help unshackle the surging demand for renewable energy. I think a lot of the feedback that you hear from any of the COPs is we're not doing enough and we're not doing it fast enough.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The latest report from the Energy Transitions Commission has set out a roadmap for how the world can move on to a 1.5C Meanwhile, global emissions are spiralling upwards again as the economy recovers and surging fossil fuel prices are driving fears that a new wave of high carbon infrastructure investment could yet be unleashed.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

COP26 has seen fossil fuels mentioned for the first time in a UNFCCC cover text and the launch of a pioneering alliance of governments committed to phasing out oil and gas production. The final days of the COP26 Climate Summit has seen fossil fuels take something of a shellacking.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Commonly known as soot, it is formed from wildfires and fossil fuel consumption and contributes to climate change. Conference of the Parties (COP). COP is the decision-making body responsible for monitoring and reviewing implementation of the UNFCCC. Energy transition. Biodiversity. Black carbon. Mitigation.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

COP26 has seen fossil fuels mentioned for the first time in a UNFCCC cover text and the launch of a pioneering alliance of governments committed to phasing out oil and gas production. The final days of the COP26 Climate Summit has seen fossil fuels take something of a shellacking.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Green business figures, politicians, environmental groups, economists and more react to leading climate experts' assessment of the solutions needed to deliver net zero. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all the top reaction from business figures, politicians, campaigners, economists and more. Simply put, they are lying.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Reclaim Finance publishes scathing assessment of various financial sector alliances – including UN-backed Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance - arguing groups are failing to act fast enough to curb investment in fossil fuels.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2022

Planned legislation covering energy, transport, and a clamp down on environmental protests was unveiled in today's Queen Speech. Energy Security Bill.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 6, 2021

What are the big priorities for COP? But progress was still lacking on Resilience and Energy Transition. Clearly it will be a major achievement for the UK government if the UK can hold a successful COP, so one can only assume the will is there to try to bring it off. Where are the main challenges? Nature and finance.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2020

Arguing that "the time is now" for the UK to be a global climate leader, it calls for immediate policy action to ensure that by 2030 all homes are highly energy efficient, petrol and diesel car sales are phased out, wind and solar generation triples, and 10 million heat pumps are installed in homes.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

  Ship Orders  Yara Eyde, a joint venture between Yara Clean Ammonia and North Sea Container Line, aims to be the  world’s first clean ammonia-powered container ship. Fortescue unveiled a green ammonia dual-fuel ship at COP. Cargo ships are expected to run on majority ammonia fuels by 2050.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The tech sector can help deliver on COP26 promises such as curbing methane, ending fossil fuel finance and reversing deforestation, explains techUK's Craig Mason. Fossil fuels - an end in sight? This is the first time that a COP agreement has been made on coal at this level. Deforestation promises with weight.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The electric competition is head and shoulders above the legacy automakers and scrappy startups racing to turn EV strategies into production and deliveries, and the trends of Tesla in the US and BYD in China illustrate some of the larger geopolitical tensions in the EV supply chain. Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Do the next best thing and read our COP reflections.  The pledge also calls on international banks to include nuclear in energy lending policies to help finance project-killing infrastructure expenditures. Last COP featured the conference’s first nuclear-themed pavilion, and this year boasted eight. Happy Monday! 

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Global energy shortages and a recent spike in oil prices to a three-year high above $80 a barrel, have dimmed hopes that governments will announce bold new plans to rapidly ditch fossil fuels at the October 31st to November 12th summit. With just a few days to go until COP26 kicks off, her pessimism is widely shared.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Businesses should show a 'certificate of good behaviour' in order to participate in climate leadership events, he said. Nor is it enough for the US Securities and Exchange Commission to demand, as expected soon, that businesses report about climate liabilities as well. Sheldon Whitehouse.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This past year’s challenge has been all about getting commercial deployments to ‘become boring’ - when climate tech works so well that it’s unremarkable, when breakthroughs are so widespread that they’re innocuous. Energy under the hood. Nuclear fission and fusion energy top the watch list. 

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