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Germany launches €50bn ‘climate contracts’ for high-carbon sectors
…submissions of interest are open for industrial sectors like cement, steel, chemicals, glass and paper. The government hopes to be able to award the finalised contracts within the year following…
Green skills: Businesses take matters into their own hands in absence of national strategy
The UK Government has not provided a comprehensive update to its skills strategy since legislating for its net-zero target in 2019. Businesses, academics and policymakers have long been calling for…
Infrastructure experts cast doubt over UK’s biggest energy projects including nuclear clear-up
The Infrastructure and Project Authority (IPA) has also raised concerns about the majority of the Government’s other key energy infrastructure programmes, including the Low-Cost Nuclear Programme funding R&D for small…
Report: UK’s net-zero transition could bring £240bn economic boost
…could be £165bn extra, through to 2050, than it would be using the existing policy pathway set by the Government. This investment would help to catalyse a 6.4% growth in…
Heat pumps and EVs still too expensive for the majority of Brits, survey finds
…savings.” Carrots or sticks? The survey revealed far greater levels of support for Government funding to make lower-emission options more affordable than interventions that would essentially price most people out…
£230m tranche of Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme funding opened
…of a new £230m round of funding under the Scheme. Successful applicants will be able to spend the money between the 2024 and 2025 financial years. The Government estimates that…
Weekly food waste collections to launch in England by 2026
…The Government has since clarified that while it did explore segregated recycling as promised in the RWS, this would not have resulted in as many bins as seven, but this…
UK sued for counting wood burning with carbon capture as ‘negative emissions’
…emissions will not contribute to the government’s legal obligation to achieve net zero by 2050,” they warned. Carbon payback period The UK government’s biomass strategy, published in August, contains a…
UK’s new oil and gas bill won’t improve energy security or lower bills, study warns
…resigned from the Conservative whip in protest against the new bill, calling it ‘a global signal that the UK is rowing even further back from its climate commitments.’ Later in…
British food manufacturers call for pre-competitive industry pact on sustainable agriculture
…February), the Manifesto reiterates the Federation’s commitment to net-zero by 2040 and includes several policy recommendations to ease the industry’s transition. These include expanding grants and other incentives for food…
Bank of England urged to accelerate climate work to reduce risk and grow the economy
…crisis. Their letter, orchestrated by think-tank Positive Money, implores Bailey to do more to build upon the Bank’s top-line commitment to address its financed emissions in line with the UK’s…
Towards Zero Waste: The Circular Economy Action Sessions
…Meanwhile, the interrelation between zero-waste commitments and wider net-zero carbon goals is becoming ever clearer. So, with an increasing number of businesses putting the circular economy at the forefront of…
Are major asset managers greenwashing with their net-zero targets?
…But less than one-quarter (23%) of the asset managers assessed have commitments to restrict investment in coal across all their funds. The proportion is even lower (13%) for those restricting…
Pharmaceutical giants launch new science-based target requirements for suppliers
…make SBTi-aligned commitments by 2025 and include green transportation solutions in their core offerings by 2030. “Healthcare supply chains must become greener, more efficient and circular,” the letter states. “We…
British SMEs moving from ambition to action on sustainability, survey finds
…already set top-line commitments and those that have now. Of those with commitments, a key concern, cited by 37%, is the risk of making a loss on investment this year….
Lidl nearly cuts food waste by half and plastic packaging by a third
…retail giant was announced as the first discount supermarket to sign up to WWF’s ‘Retailers’ Commitment for Nature’ initiative, in a bid to halve the environmental impact of the average…
VIDEO: Stephanie Akrumah urges us to go beyond ‘tokenism’ on women in climate at COP28
…Funding from governments has taken the majority of the COP28 headlines, including more than $700m of commitments to a landmark Loss and Damage fund. Akrumah welcomed the initial commitments despite…
The eight biggest stories of COP28, from Loss & Damage funding to fossil fuel lobbyists
…took place in Abu Dhabi in November after negotiators were unable to agree on fund specifics to time. These were successful. As COP28 began, initial commitments to the fund were…
COP28: A significant moment for climate and health
…extreme heat, air pollution and infectious diseases. This political commitment was backed up by a new set of finance commitments on climate and health – which will be essential to…
European nations including France and Germany pledge clean power systems by 2035
France, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands pledged their support to the 2035 commitment late on Monday (18 December). In doing so, they followed the lead of…
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