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Chancellor Rishi Sunak issues £15bn green gilt drive to assist net-zero ambition
…in line with Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations, with a mandate potentially coming into force next year. The £15bn commitment arrives after influential business coalition the Aldersgate Group…
The cost of net-zero: The latest disinformation problem facing the climate crisis
…commitments to tackle the climate crisis. The Strategy was published in October 2021 in preparation for COP26 in Glasgow. At the time, the Government badged the Strategy as a pathway…
Government launches consultations on Deposit Return Scheme and Extended Producer Responsibility
The Government has today (25 March) confirmed a 10-week consultation on proposed reforms to how the UK handles and treats its waste and resources through the Environment Bill, which has…
UK’s offshore wind sector grows as brands mark World Refill Day: The sustainability success stories of the week
…There will also be a new HGV Taskforce launching, modelled on the existing Bus Taskforce, through which industry, the Scottish Government and local councils collaborate. Crucially, the Government has promised…
Survey: 3 in 4 British manufacturers focus on energy savings in plans to slash emissions
…found to be ‘doing the right thing’ and responding to changing consumer demands. Government strategy was a motivator for just 7% of survey respondents, but compliance-related government requirements were flagged…
Green Chancellors and nature spending tests: What would net-zero and climate policy look like under Labour?
…could build on a commendable yet ultimately paper-thin approach to net-zero from the Government. However, a recent YouGov poll found that only 4% of surveyed Conservative members felt that net-zero…
‘Delay is a significant risk’: UK’s Net-Zero Review calls for accelerated climate action from Government
…the net-zero target, inconsistent policies, mismanaged reporting structures and a lack of detail against existing commitments could cause “significant risks” in the form of delays to decarbonisation. The new report…
Can regulation open the floodgates for green finance?
…the future where operating in a net-zero way will pay huge dividends. In an era of government deficits and reducing government expenditure, governments cannot be relied upon to subsidise the…
£20bn over 20 years: UK Government confirms unprecedented carbon capture investment
…sector – including a globally unprecedented commitment of public funding to man-made carbon capture technologies. Hunt will lay out plans for a two-decade investment plan in the carbon capture space…
UK Government taken to court over climate impact of £27.4bn roads plan
…taking the UK Government to the High Court, arguing that RIS2 would risk the UK’s ability to align with the Paris Agreement and the long-standing commitment to leave nature in…
New Net-Zero Estate Playbook plots decarbonisation of UK Government’s buildings
…a month after the Government provided the first update to its ‘Greening the Government’ framework since the UK legislated for net-zero. The framework had always included measures to reduce water…
UK’s net-zero progress ‘too city-focused’, councils warn
…meet public commitments to reaching net-zero emissions. A poll of 1,061 UK councillors, carried out in November 2020, by the independent non-profit Icebreaker One found that 36% are not confident…
Green Homes Grant scheme to officially close this week, UK Government confirms
…the fact that the government’s first attempt at a green recovery has been a deeply disappointing failure. “The government is setting ambitious policy goals and showing welcome international leadership in…
Green jobs primed to replace all jobs lost to Covid-19
…with the Government’s inclusion of the technology in the Contracts for Difference (CfD) process and subsequent commitments to scale-up dramatically in the coming decades. The number of direct roles increased…
Investors worth £10trn outline policy vision for sustainable finance in net-zero transition
…solely to environmental sustainability, the policy vision covers the Government’s commitment to socially ‘levelling up’ between and within regions and how this can be coupled with net-zero. According to UKSIF,…
UK Government ‘not taking the public’s views on net-zero transition into account’
The warning has been issued today (8 July) by MPs on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee, in a new report following up on the Government’s response to…
Multi-million-pound government funding boost for researchers exploring climate and social benefits of trees
…research partners, including the Forestry Commission, the National Environmental Research Council (NERC), the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government and the UK Government’s Department…
UK Government taken to court over Net-Zero Strategy and Heat and Buildings Strategy
…the Strategy. It is not raising a legal challenge on this ground but is reminding Ministers of the levelling up commitments made by the Conservative Party. ClientEarth is also, separately,…
UK won’t meet net-zero without farmer support and new nature skills plan, Lords warn
…yet supportive, in general, of the Government’s plans for implementing nature-based solutions on farms. A key remaining concern among these groups, the report states, is whether the Government has conducted…
Sizewell C: UK Government confirms £100m of funding
…by 2030. To help deliver the commitment, the Government is progressing the Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill, which will change the funding model for new nuclear projects from the current Contracts…
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