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Introduce affordable loans for home solar and energy storage, MPs tell Government
…by a “considerable” margin without “urgent” action. The target was set in March after first being recommended in January through Chris Skidmore MP’s Net-Zero Review. The Government is in the…
National Grid could lose electricity system operator role under new BEIS and Ofgem plans
…is one area of government strategy that is actually providing clear and concrete actions that will enable a smart, flexible, decarbonised electricity system. The progress made since the last iteration…
‘Woodlands for Water’ and the ‘Northern Forest’: Defra confirms multi-million-pound funding for UK forest projects
…targets and, overall, is not on track to deliver its flagship commitment to leave nature in a better state for the next generation. Official figures published in August revealed that…
Net-Zero Strategy ‘achievable and affordable’ but policy gaps need addressing, CCC notes
Last week, the UK Government finally published its Net-Zero Strategy, a comprehensive run-through of how the nation will decarbonise in a way that “transforms every sector of the global economy”….
Plans to ban peat compost in England and Wales doesn’t go far enough, green groups warn
…compost, by May 2024. That commitment was originally made in May under the new England Peat Action Plan. The consultation runs until 18 March 2022. It proposes that the sale…
COP26 engagement lead Nick Baker: Businesses are ‘key lever’ to delivering Paris Agreement
…to the less tangible commitments taken by governments in the form of NDCs.” Additionally, he stated that businesses often have “masses of influence” in engaging other non-state actors or, when…
Consumer goods giants plot first steps towards ‘forest-positive’ supply chains by 2030
…All participating businesses are dependent on forest-related key commodities such as palm oil, soy, beef and paper and pulp for products and/or packaging. Building on the 2030 headline commitment and…
We Mean Business coalition calls on G7 to deliver just net-zero transition
…communique states that the new targets are “consistent with our 2030 NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions), our power sector transition commitments and our respective net-zero commitments, concrete and timely steps towards…
Target pledges to reach net-zero and become a ‘circular’ business by 2040
…(direct) and Scope 2 (power-related) sources by 2030 against a 2017 baseline. There are new commitments to reach 60% of operational electricity consumption with renewables by 2025, growing to 100%…
Mars targets net-zero value chain by 2050
…often, this simply isn’t the case – and the gaps that exist in some net-zero commitments risks undermining their credibility, and even more importantly, the climate action movement. We can’t…
Global fossil fuel divestment movement surpasses $39trn as cities and faith groups make new pledges
…assets under management. Auckland claims that it has already divested from the fossil fuel sector, meaning that its commitment “creates a further impetus” for climate action. Meanwhile, the 72 religious…
COP26: US, China, major brands sit out of new global pledge on transitioning to 100% zero-emission vehicles
The UK Government had stated, before COP26 began in Glasgow, that it intended to gather global momentum around its own commitments to end new petrol and diesel car sales by…
‘Narrow focus’ leaving world off-track on climate crisis and nature loss, major UN report warns
…the report claims that governments have broadly siloed their policy responses to climate change and nature loss. This approach, the report argues, has, at a top-line level, left the world…
Turkey reverses ban on plastics imports for recycling
…Megan Randles said. “With the Turkish government stalling on their own restrictions, the UK Government must even more urgently ban all plastic waste exports and stop our plastic mess impacting…
UK’s fossil fuel generation reached a record low in 2020, as renewables reached new heights
…DUKES comes a month after the UK Government officially brought the ban on coal-fired electricity generation forward by one year, to 1 October 2024. Concerns for the future Despite this…
UK businesses call for coherent Net-Zero Strategy supported by Treasury
…Reviews. You will also need to align other government policies and action across transport, housing, our natural environment and our international aid budget.” Strategic waiting The UK’s Net Zero Strategy…
UK urged to set end-date for gas-fired electricity as wholesale energy prices skyrocket
…combination of factors is responsible for the price hike, which has already caused some small energy suppliers to go bust. The UK Government’s own website lists contributing factors as increasing…
World leaders’ Covid-19 recovery plans risk failing to address climate crisis and social inequality, report warns
…on climate change and fail to deliver many key outcomes for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). On climate, the UN this month stated that nations’ current commitments to the Paris…
After a bumper year for UK green policy updates, what gaps remain on the road to net-zero?
…the fallout of the physical impacts of the climate crisis. “We’ve had, since the pandemic, such a deficit in the Budgets across a whole government. Having a carbon tax that…
Ships set to switch from diesel generators to electricity at UK ports
…the DfT. While acknowledging the costs, the Government has emphasized that the transition to shore power would create jobs and unlock private investment in coastal regions. “Shore power has the…
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