Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

The government can adapt what has worked well from its swift and immediate response and apply such learning to the economic recovery by putting climate-friendly policies at its core. Next year, as the UK takes on the COP Presidency, the government must play a leading role in setting a global example for green recovery.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Following the recent confirmation that the COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Kunming China has been postponed once again, the UN has announced that the government of Colombia will next week host a hybrid in-person and virtual summit in an attempt to build momentum towards a more ambitious new international agreement to tackle bioiversity loss.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Ministers are facing calls to include international aviation and shipping emissions in its national climate goals, as the government prepares to set out its plans for meeting climate targets in the mid-2030s in the coming months.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Oil and gas has dominated discussions at past COPs, which have focused on the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transport sectors to tackle dangerous levels of global warming. Big companies which have previously accessed COP in this way include JBS, which came in with the Brazilian delegation for COP27 in Egypt.

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Business Green

JUNE 13, 2021

Business lobby group chief Tony Danker ramps up rhetoric demanding government deliver raft of missing net zero policy on heating, hydrogen and transport. These various targets have been supported by number of policies and investments, such as support for new electric vehicle charging infrastructure and new zero carbon home standards.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Heavy industry and government work together. Several side deals at COP26 between governments and industry should help accelerate industrial deDecarbonizing heavy industry is the “ next frontier” for climate action and one that offers plenty of opportunities for Canada. Summit speeches and pledges are good at grabbing headlines.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

The pioneering governance structure will see the food giant officially entrench environmental, social and societal objectives into its bylaws, alongside more typical profit goals. Earlier this year, Danone became the first listed company to become an "enterprise à mission," a new type of corporation created by a 2019 French law.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 26, 2022

Planet recently participated in a virtual discussion with US Government leaders focused on leveraging satellite data to improve climate resilience. Specifically in Africa, we’re looking at the horn of Africa and droughts and rainfall measures,” states Cervantes de Blois. “So Planet’s Perspective. We are in the midst of a climate crisis.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Those are just a tiny fraction of the furious responses to the government's decision to approve plans for the UK's first new deep coal mine in 30 years. I've been writing about the UK climate policy landscape for 15 years and I genuinely can't recall a reaction like it. Where does this rank in the halls of climate policy infamy?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Green business groups and campaigners welcome the government's renewed focus on the net zero transition, but warn plan lacks long-term policies and sufficient funding in key areas. It is also less than half the amount the Government is committed to spending on new roads.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

When approached for comment, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) distanced itself from the discussions, saying they were “independent of government” and had “not been part of our policy-making process”. “No As the COP host, the U.K. for the climate compatibility checkpoint?. “?Discussions

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

DeSmog’s analysis shows that business attendees at this year’s biodiversity COP reached record levels, more than doubling compared to the previous summit two years ago, to reach a total of 1,261 delegates. What you see here are two COPs,” he said. The UN said it was important to bring private interests to the negotiating table.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Ahead of COP 26, many of the UK's biggest companies have today warned Boris Johnson he has a 'limited window' to show genuine climate leadership. Eight-one of the UK's largest businesses have signed the letter, which calls on the government to provide the "strong domestic leadership that can help deliver global progress on climate change".

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Business Green

JULY 13, 2021

A ban on diesel truck sales by 2040, a pledge to electrify the government's vehicle fleet by 2027, and a consultation on a zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate for automakers are all set to provide the key pillars for the government's long-awaited Transport Decarbonisation Plan, which is now expected to be launched tomorrow.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 17, 2020

’s COP 26 climate negotiations in November; Eggar said demonstrable action should be underway before then. “Well in advance of COP 26, the industry needs to have developed and gone public on a compelling package of measures which demonstrates real, genuine leadership and commitment to net-zero [carbon].

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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. With the world watching ahead of COP we cannot afford a COP-out on low carbon.

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Business Green

APRIL 27, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a representative of the UK government, and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will speak publicly in a "high-level segment" of the conference tomorrow, which marks the second and final day of the conference. There can be no going back," Stern said.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Edelman named Heidi DuBois as special ESG adviser, coming from the Society for Corporate Governance via BNY Mellon and PepsiCo. Energy and Clean Growth minister also served as COP President for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference. The former U.K. Environmental Protection Agency as a branch chief.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Thus far we have not really laid the groundwork for the difficult balancing acts that will go into the diplomacy of the COP. What we will be bringing to the COP table as our ambition will be critically dissected by all these cats whilst they are being herded. warming.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

Government's climate agenda marred by uncertainty and delay which risks undermining COP26 and net zero transition, Climate Change Committee warns. As such, the report echoes the growing frustration among businesses and campaigners over myriad green policy decisions that have been long promised but repeatedly delayed by the government.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Current climate policies around the world do not come close to achieving these aims. The CCC has made a series of new recommendations to Government, for action at home and internationally. The UK continues to hold the COP Presidency for the next year, until COP27 in Egypt. Implications for the UK. The UK’s international role.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I attended this COP, my first, to learn more about how businesses can accelerate the transition to net zero and to share the findings of a new report, published today, that is a step-by-step playbook for companies to use to turn net zero pledges into progress. Progress worth celebrating.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2023

“With greater scrutiny over emissions from meat and dairy companies, it is not surprising they are stepping up their game to head off any COP outcome that might hinder their operations,” Ben Lilliston, from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy told DeSmog. Dairy companies also found willing hosts in country governments.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Breweries across UK and Ireland call on governments to raise their ambition at COP26 as they debut limited edition beer collective made from surplus bread. We need you, our global governments, along with businesses and groups with the power to influence the food system, to come together and change the status quo.".

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2021

Amber Rudd and Claire O'Neill have called on the government to take steps boost the number of women participating in the crucial COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow this year. We know that greater representation leads to better policy.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Michael Gove is hotly tipped to take up the reins of the crucial Glasgow Summit, but has the government truly internalised the scale of the task it now faces. Green kremlinologists have also noted that Gove has been put forward by the government to speak at a major conference in central London tomorrow hosted by think tank Green Alliance.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This week, as business and government leaders, investors and campaigners gather for New York Climate Week, DeSmog is relaunching its big agriculture series, which will scrutinise the power of food and farming companies. After last year’s COP, meat industry bosses left the summit galvanised for what’s to come and vowed to “keep pushing”.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Environmental groups argue government's decision to frame coal mine as a 'local issue' turns blind eye to global impacts of burning coal, as calls grow for government to intervene while it still can. In their letter, the environmental groups argued the government's thinking was flawed and turned a blind eye to basic climate science.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Next spring, government envoys are convening at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) in Kunming, China, to negotiate new global biodiversity goals for the coming decades within the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). This is the case for many subsidies, e.g., in agricultural policy.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Fossil fuels are everywhere at this COP except in the decisions being negotiated by governments,” Nikki Reisch, the director of climate and energy at the Center for International Environmental Law, wrote to DeSmog from Glasgow. The post Governments Are Sending Oil Executives to COP26 Despite Climate Pledges.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In other words, even when tech-based policies are designed with smallholders in mind, their real, basic needs are rarely met. We can see this in Indonesia , where the government has fallen back on digital methods to compensate for underinvestment in adapting farming to climate change.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2021

Proposals to cut taxes on domestic flights within the UK while potentially increasing the duty paid on long-haul international aviation have been unveiled by the government today, in a move it claimed would help better support the UK's climate and environmental commitments.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 18, 2024

Europe’s DSO labour and skills shortages identified Emma Pinchbeck: ‘We need an energy workforce that looks like the population we serve’ “As the world emerges from COP with a clear focus on phasing out fossil fuels, as well as tripling renewables in six years, every company in every sector is fully aware that change is coming fast.”

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Research body argues government must fix 'uneven' decarbonisation policies that continue to drive customers towards high carbon activities. Stable and enduring policies that cover all key emitting economic sectors and reward investment and innovation in reducing emissions will be needed," he said.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Charlotte Morton, WBA Chief Executive, said: “We are thrilled to be given this immensely valuable opportunity to demonstrate the importance of the biogas industry in addressing climate change, at what will be the most critical COP meeting since 2015. That is what we at the WBA are aiming to achieve.”

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Campaigners said the news demonstrated a “classic case of the revolving door” between “big polluters” and governments. O’Neill’s reputation on climate change from her time in government is mixed. The COP organisers have no excuse to avoid taking action against vested interests. Polluter’ Panels. Terrible Joke’.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 21, 2019

government has aligned national policy to phase out coal use, its very own central bank, which has been the world’s most vocal financial champion of limiting the risk from climate change, is conspicuously absent in that effort. Over 110 globally significant financial institutions now have a coal exclusion policy.

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