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Levelling Up White Paper: Government accused of ‘sidelining’ net-zero in new plans for regional economies
…ensuring that each UK region is host to a “globally competitive city”. These commitments are welcome, given that, last November, the National Audit Office criticized the Government for having a…
Environmental Improvement Plan: Government unveils ‘comprehensive’ to-do list to reverse nature decline
…be unveiled by Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey, but the Government has already laid out some fresh new commitments that will form part of the plan. The Government has committed to…
Transition finance but not taxonomies: What’s in the UK’s new Green Finance Strategy?
…Strategy states that the UK Government intends to establish two advisory committees on integrated sustainability reporting in line with the ISSB’s frameworks. One will be Government-led and the other will…
From renewables to fossil fuels: Everything you need to know about the UK’s Energy Security Strategy
…awarded to innovative production projects from the last quarter of 2022. Also reiterated are the Hydrogen Strategy’s commitments to launch new business models for hydrogen storage and transportation by 2025,…
8 pressing green policy challenges the next UK Prime Minister must tackle
…up its own environmental watchdog, the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP). The OEP published its first report in May, assessing progress toward the Government’s 25-Year Environment Plan commitment to leave…
‘Oil and gas companies aren’t the ones in need of help this year’: Green economy reacts to the Spring Statement
…ability to invest in UK growth, UK jobs, and UK-grown green tech, could become compromised without government intervention, so we welcome the commitment to reform R&D tax credit and to…
Boris Johnson’s green policy legacy: Net-zero hero or climate laggard?
…the net-zero transition. The UK was the first major economy to legislate for net-zero. Now, net-zero commitments by national and sub-national governments cover the majority of global emissions and GDP…
Ending the post-Brexit ‘bonfire’ and enhancing energy skills: 7 key green policy gaps for the UK Government to close in 2023
…to lay the foundations for the changes needed to create a net-zero, nature-positive economy here in the UK. Yet the Government has faced practical challenges in delivering any policy to…
The key green policy gaps for the UK Government to close in 2023
…Yet the Government has faced practical challenges in delivering any policy to time in the second half of 2022 – green or otherwise – amid two changes in leadership. Boris…
Prioritising net-zero or ignoring non-energy emissions? UK’s green economy reacts to Sunak’s department shake-up
…been handed the top job at the new Department for Energy Security and Net-Zero. The Department is being tasked with feeding into the Prime Minister’s commitments to “securing our long-term…
Is the new Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy ambitious enough?
…Technology’s (REA) transport policy manager Jacob Roberts: “The REA strongly supports the Government’s commitment to delivering a world-leading EV charging infrastructure network that meets the needs of all EV users….
At a glance: All the key announcements in the Net-Zero Strategy
…at the Conservative Party Conference, would be enshrined in law. As well as reiterating that commitment, the Strategy outlines that the UK will support 59,000 jobs by 2024 and up…
Queen’s Speech to Parliament: Green groups push Government for ambitious Energy Bill
…more than a decade and will outline how, precisely, the UK plans to end unabated fossil-fuelled energy generation by 2035. This commitment was first announced in October 2021. The Government…
‘Missed opportunities’ on energy efficiency and cleantech: UK’s green economy reacts to mini-Budget
…REA notes today’s re-commitments to the Government’s previous energy package announcements, including moves to do more on energy efficiency through the Energy Company Obligation. “Much of the innovation and growth…
Government failing on net-zero emissions reporting and measuring, MPs find
…different departments across Government. The Treasury, for example, offers guidance on sustainability reporting requirements for annual reports and accounts, while Defra imposes the ‘Greening Government Commitment’ (GGC) targets across different…
‘Weak and unambitious’: Green groups criticise Defra’s legally binding environment targets
…a further milestone on the road towards environmental recovery mapped out in last year’s Environment Act. “The Government’s renewed commitment to halting the decline in species abundance by 2030 is…
‘A credible path to net-zero’: Green groups react to UK’s Sixth Carbon Budget
…ongoing ambition to do what is necessary to tackle climate change. “These concerted commitments are welcome but there is an increasingly urgent need to see action in support of these…
‘A long-overdue first step’: Green groups react energy to windfall tax aiming to ease energy price crisis
…living crisis. As things stand there is no end in sight to rising energy bills, and no prospect of meeting the UK’s climate commitments.” Luke Murphy, associate director for energy…
UK Government commits to ‘nature-positive’ future following landmark biodiversity review
…Stern Review on climate change. In its response to the Review, the UK government reiterates a commitment to improve nature. The nation is currently well off-track to deliver on a…
Report: UK risks missing net-zero due to poor engagement with households, businesses and councils
…as the UK “builds on its track record of decarbonising faster than any other G7 country.” “The Government’s Net-Zero Strategy requires government, local government, regulators, businesses, and consumers working all…
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