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UK fast becoming less attractive to international clean energy investors, EY warns
…set out several reasons why investors are favouring other markets over the UK, including the Government’s continued reluctance to bring forward a comprehensive response to the Inflation Reduction Act and…
Report: Building emission reductions plateauing across G20 countries
Concurrently, British landlords have urged the Government to support energy efficiency improvements in the private rental sector. While emissions reduction in the built sector has decreased across several G20 nations,…
Autumn Budget: Chancellor boasts £20bn business boost and outlines grid reform measures to speed renewables
…and the rest of the G7 nations. This comes after the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) recently revealed that the public investment commitments to low-carbon technologies in the UK…
Financing a Just Transition
…Ingrid Holmes, Executive Director of the Green Finance Institute (GFI). “We are already starting to see some interesting innovations but a Just Transition will require smarter use of government money,…
UK’s ZEV mandate enters into force
…UK, with the Government aiming for 300,000 by 2030. At a glance: The stop-start history of the ZEV mandate The Government unveiled plans to implement the ZEV mandate back in…
COP26 President Alok Sharma to oppose North Sea fossil fuel expansion bill
…the Bill “reinforces the unfortunate perception about the UK rowing back from climate action”. Sharma said: “Just a few weeks ago at COP28, the UK Government signed up to transition…
Climate adaptation: London unprepared for ‘lethal risk’, report warns
…for the Government to advance London’s adaptation to increasing climate change impacts. These include: Launching a collaborative forum with Government representatives and London’s local authority leaders Setting out a clear,…
How is sustainable finance faring amidst policy uncertainty and the anti-ESG movement?
…necessary public finance to catalyse the crowding in of private capital. Last week, the Labour Party confirmed that it will not include a commitment to £28bn of public spending on…
Why the UK’s net-zero and levelling up visions are linked – and key to winning the general election
…Hotspots and those regarded by the Government as the UK’s most deprived. For example, Hartlepool, Nottingham, Redcar and Cleveland are among the top 10% local authorities for income deprivation in…
UK gas imports set to rise if heat pump targets weakened, study finds
…this mechanism could displace approximately 260TWh of gas—equivalent to the energy needed to heat 22 million homes for a year. However, it was reported earlier last month that the Government…
Enfinium to invest £200m to add carbon capture to energy-from-waste plant
…will support the Welsh Government’s target to decarbonise its power grid by 2035 and create more than 1,000 jobs in the green economy during the construction phase. Enfinium’s chief executive…
Hundreds of businesses drop net-zero commitments due to Scope 3 challenges
…targets within 24 months of committing. Failure to comply results in being marked as “Commitment Removed” on the SBTi Dashboard, due to a change in commitment compliance policy implemented in…
Hydrogen, electric heat and carbon capture: UK Government invests £80m in energy tech
…St Albans and trials of thermal energy storage at the Annadale Distillery near Edinburgh. Carbon capture innovation The Government has also confirmed funding for 11 carbon capture, usage and storage…
Public confused by Government’s petrol car phase-out plans
In 2021, the Government announced that the ban on new petrol and diesel cars had been moved forward to 2030; however, there are some exceptions to the ban, with some…
Government overhauls to unlock renewables ‘would save Brits £1.5bn on energy bills’
…The Government shields them from potential dips in price for a multi-year period. The ECIU believes that only a “few” projects will make it through Treasury rules after entering the…
Government urged to set official standards on EV accessibility
RECHARGE UK, the EV and charging arm of the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA), has called on the Government to have accessible charging standard PAS 1899:2022 mandated….
Scottish Government unveils landmark onshore wind sector deal
…and component refurbishment and recycling and low-carbon transport. Another key facet of the plan is a requirement for all developers to engage with the Government and with communities “at the…
UK Government receives final advice on forming a green taxonomy
This marks the culmination of nine advisory papers provided to the UK Government since GTAG’s inception in June 2021. In the two years since GTAG’s establishment, the global landscape for…
Rosebank: UK Government faces legal challenges over oil field approval
…development was approved under the false claim that it is entirely compatible with the UK’s legally binding climate commitments. This is a lie. “The Government used a rigged climate assessment…
Government at odds over contradicting Rosebank oilfield claims
…project was approved by regulators in September 2023, following a series of delays, as regulators sought more information on the environmental impacts of the project. At the time the Government…
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