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COP28: Can the UK’s leadership survive the fallout of its policy pushbacks?
Tomorrow (30 November) marks the kick-off of COP28, drawing together nearly 170 world leaders, among them King Charles. Lee McDonough, the director general for Net-Zero, Nuclear, and International at the…
Conservative MP Chris Skidmore quits over oil and gas expansion plans
…of the net-zero commitment by 2050, Skidmore has been a consistent advocate, urging the Government to adhere to its net-zero goals. However, today, (5 January), the Tory party’s net-zero hero…
Unlocking finance and building accountability: Behind the scenes of Vodafone’s climate transition planning process
…global net-zero value chain in late 2020, setting a 2040 deadline. It subsequently unveiled a vision to reach net-zero operations in the UK by 2027. Several innovative projects are underway…
Project Gigaton: Walmart achieves supply chain emissions goal ahead of schedule
…driving further climate action within and beyond its supply chains. Future focus areas will include zero-emissions transport, innovative materials and low-carbon infrastructure. The business will also, in tandem, work to…
WATCH: Chris Skidmore says UK has ‘missed opportunities’ to lead on climate policy at COP28
…around whether the agreement should cover all oil and gas or only that which is not ‘abated’ by carbon capture. Skidmore said that after the initial “flurry of announcements, some…
UrbanTide and Smart DCC: Energy Innovation Platform of the Year
…improving societal welfare, reducing and costs and catalysing carbon reduction effects. The results The impact of uZero can be extremely far-reaching. For example, the UK could reduce emissions by 670kg…
edie Explains: Carbon Offsetting
What is carbon offsetting in the terms of a business’s carbon emissions strategy? How does the carbon offset process and its market work? And, at what point should a business…
Google unveils major renewable PPAs in Europe
…Crosswind & Ecowende Consortia, joint ventures between energy companies Shell and Eneco, to support 478MW of carbon-free energy capacity with two new-to-the-grid offshore wind farms HKN V and HKW VI….
Tesco: Supporting innovative start-ups to cut carbon and increase biodiversity
…carbon-negative. Lastly, Farm Carbon Toolkit has worked with RBO organic to enhance the functionality of its Scope 3 (indirect) emissions measurement tool. The firms will work together next year to…
Navigating to net-zero
…to deliver a net-zero water supply to customers 20 years ahead of the national net-zero target that the government has set, saving an estimated 10 million tonnes of greenhouse gas….
IPPR: ‘Dragon’s-Den-style’ investment needed for UK to lead competitive global green economy
…fossil fuel activities into public investments for the net-zero transition. It recommends levies on share dividends and buybacks for high-carbon businesses. IPPR associate fellow Simone Gasperin said the idea for…
Cabinet reshuffle: Grant Shapps ousted from DESNZ and appointed Defence Secretary
…rebelled. This means she is regarded as having generally voted against new climate policies proposed by opposition parties, including a net-zero remit for the Financial Conduct Authority and a net-zero…
COP28 Presidency launches new SME climate hub
The MENA branch of the SME Climate Hub will enable companies with fewer than 500 employees to participate in the internationally recognised Race to Zero campaign, endorsed by the UN….
UK Government pledges £200m to decarbonise freight industry
…This comes after the Government published its updated zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate, in line with the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s recent pushback on net-zero policies. Roads Minister Richard Holden said:…
Report: Building emission reductions plateauing across G20 countries
…respective net-zero pathways.(no country has a 2040 net zero target that I know of). The report scrutinises Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) data, revealing minimal improvements in the energy efficiency of…
‘Bitterly disappointing’: Scotland abandons 2030 climate goal citing credibility concerns
…reach net-zero emissions by 2045 while introducing a target system based on five-year carbon budgets, with annual progress reporting. CCC’s interim chair Professor Piers Forster said: “The removal of Scotland’s…
Global heavy duty vehicle manufacturers falling short on EV transition, research finds
…the transition towards zero-emission HDVs is crucial to align with the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s Net Zero Emissions (NZE) scenario. However, only a fraction of the required number of zero-emission…
National Infrastructure Commission: UK should rule out hydrogen for home heating
…This edition places much focus on the transformation the nation’s energy systems will need to undergo to align with the nation’s 2050 net-zero goal and interim carbon budgets in an…
‘British power for British jobs’: Labour Party outlines vision for the green economy
…system for energy projects; ending legacy barriers to onshore wind development and giving all regulators binding new-zero remits with instructions to prioritise projects that enable the low-carbon transition. Labour will…
‘We cannot be complacent’: MPs urge Rishi Sunak not to water down green policies
…needs of people across society, then the politics of the net-zero transition become almost impossible.” Sunak told journalists earlier this week that he will not give up on net-zero but…
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