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Why geospatial data is critical to climate change adaptation
…crucial role in the fight against global heating now and even more so in the future.” Last month in edie, we discussed some of the ways Earth observation data might…
Businesses urged to spearhead global fossil fuel phase-out
…High-Level Expert Group recommendations and use the latest models for achieving 1.5C global heating limits and net-zero emissions by 2050. Fossil-to-Clean principles For companies consuming fossil fuels, the campaign recommends…
An £8bn problem: How should businesses respond to Sunak’s net-zero knock back?
…the future, like EVs and low-carbon heating technologies, and their accompanying supply chains, are only possible if there are stable, long-term policies in place,” Virley said. “The constant uncertainty that…
TUC: UK risks 800,000 manufacturing jobs without green industrial strategy
…for international investors as global competition heats up. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has promised a British response to these plans, which offer billions in subsidies and tax credits for low-carbon manufacturing,…
Climate Crisis: Will we ever get to the heart of the challenge?
The perfect storm is no longer somewhere, down the road. It’s here, now. We’re already experiencing increasingly severe and damaging climate events, with heatwaves, wildfires and floods, along with further…
MSC Cruises: Debut net-zero emission ship voyage
…available during the voyage. In addition, all the required heat for galleys, heating systems and hot water on board was recovered from MSC Euribia’s engines; therefore, reducing the need to…
WATCH: Business leaders outline green policy demands in Queue for Climate and Nature
…back some key policies relating to low-carbon buildings and transport. The edie editorial team attended the Queue in scorching late-summer-heatwave temperatures to capture the views of those taking part in…
UK axes energy efficiency taskforce as MPs press for price crisis support before winter
…heating and home energy efficiency targets, made last week, in mind. Taskforce members Lord Callanan and NatWest’s chief executive Alison Rose were selected in February to co-chair the Taskforce. Further…
Climate resiliency funding needs to scale threefold to at least $160bn annually
…warns that “significant gaps” have emerged in UK policy that are slowing the flow of finance into projects that can mitigate against climate impacts like heatwaves, drought, storms and flooding….
NatWest joins UN-backed Bankers for Net-Zero initiative
…situation has led to a funding gap of up to $137trn, posing a risk of failing to meet the 2030 deadline. Bankers for Net-Zero’s director Heather Buchanan said: “Banks and…
Google and Microsoft named as founders of new European hub to decarbonise data centres
…replace diesel generation at data centres and reusing heat. Renewable options will be explored and the Hub will aim to tackle Scope 3 emissions by working with suppliers on how…
Activating partnerships will be vital to accelerating sustainability action
…climate scientists are calling for greater action to tackle this crisis. The cross-border and cross-sector fallout from unprecedented flooding, wildfires and heatwaves has reinforced that responsibility for this cannot sit…
Pragmatic net-zero plans and fake meat for astronauts: Who said what at the Conservative Party Conference?
Last month, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that his Government will weaken policy proposals relating to electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing, home heating and building energy efficiency. He justified these modifications…
More renewable energy, fewer private jets for Ministers: Seven green announcements from the Labour Party Conference
…private investment for every £1 provided through the Fund. In this way, Britain could unlock funding for sectors such as EVs, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and low-carbon heating by…
Starmer accuses Government of ‘sticking plaster politics’ on climate and energy
…and low-carbon heating last month. Sunak said he took these measures to reduce upfront costs for households now; Starmer countered that this will simply pass costs and risks on to…
IEA: Annual electricity grid investments must double to keep 1.5C alive
…to come online rapidly enough, and sectors such as transport and heat will be too slow to electrify. Some 1,500GW of renewables projects are currently waiting to be connected to…
Elemis eyes plastic-free sachets as ‘world’s first’ wrapper-free snack bars launch
…market), but with plant waste from Elemis ingredient supply chains as the feedstock. It is hoped that, within six months, the collaboration will yield heat-sealable films that can replace single-use…
General Mills and Walmart join forces to drive regenerative farming
…across various crops, including wheat. Under the program, the NFWF will provide financial support to local grantee organisations, with an emphasis on enhancing educational and coaching resources necessary for the…
Council-run pension schemes ‘funnelling £8bn into oil and gas expansion’
…insulating heat-leaking homes to facilitating mass public transport, councils are key to effective climate action, but this is undermined if local authority pension funds continue to fund fossil fuels.” More…
UN University: World ‘dangerously close’ to multiple environmental risk tipping points
…on human wellbeing and the economy of passing tipping points. For example, a popular response to combat heat beyond the threshold bearable by the human body is to roll out…
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