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What’s in the UK’s new battery strategy and advanced manufacturing plan?
…jobs and growth for the UK,” Badenoch added in her foreword to the Strategy document. The Strategy stipulates that the UK Government expects to leverage £5 of private investment for…
From flooding to wildfires: Why 2024’s elections will make or break Europe’s climate adaptation policies
…the situation will worsen. Wednesday (13 March) saw the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) warning that the national Government’s current national adaptation programme is “inadequate”. Committee members have accused Ministers…
WWF urges policymakers to restore nature at scale this decade
…respondents feel that the Government’s efforts in addressing climate change have diminished over the past year. Official Government polling last year revealed that 71% of over-16s in the UK do…
Are we on the brink of a nature finance breakthrough?
…that trajectory,” says Avery. She elucidates that it has become a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation where both the government and businesses are hesitant to make the first move. Governments…
New joint commitment launched to boost carbon market integrity
…new commitment outlines the ways that corporates can purchase high-integrity credits and where these fit in with broader decarbonisation plans. The commitment emphasises that companies must first prioritise decarbonisation across…
Government reveals next two locations for CCUS clusters
The Acorn project in Northeast Scotland and the Viking project in the Humber have been chosen as the next set of clusters for the Government’s CCUS programme. The Acorn project…
UK Government remains cautious as it consults on future of hydrogen in heating
…rather than via a separate business model, would reduce administrative burdens for producers, the government and the government appointed counterparty to manage the HPBM contracts,” the consultation documents state. The…
Government accused of ‘deep-rooted complacency’ on water industry sustainability
…a deep disappointment in the Government’s response to the Committee’s report on failures in water and sewage regulation, first published in March. The letter calls the Government’s response “dismissively brief…
UK Government to keep homes warm using waste heat from data centres
The Government has selected five new projects that will receive a share of £65m to keep nearby homes warm using waste heat from local data centres. The Old Oak Park…
King’s Speech: UK Government to double down on oil and gas expansion
…the Government for the coming year – in this case, the last year before the next general election. More than 20 bills are on the table for the next period…
Price cap falls as Government unveils new funding pot for energy tariffs
The Government has launched a number of initiatives to help households save on energy costs, as Ofgem confirms that the current price cap will fall by more than £200 from…
Government shirks request to disclose carbon impact of net-zero policy rollbacks
…diesel cars; compelling landlords to improve building energy efficiency and mandating a shift from fossil fuel boilers to heat pumps in homes. The Committee requested “clarity on how the Government…
Drax secures Government planning approval for its major BECCS project
…Ember estimates that Drax has received an average of £785m in UK Government subsidies each year between 2018 and 2022. The Government subsidises the Selby power plant by guaranteeing it…
Stellantis invests £10m in UK EV manufacturing, calls on Government for more support
…the 92-year-old Luton hub. Nonetheless, the business has stated that further investment in electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing in the UK will depend upon interventions from the UK Government which could…
Business giants named and shamed for flouting science-based targets pledges
…businesses that fail to have targets approved within this timeframe from its dashboard. Going forward, these firms will be kept on the dashboard and marked as having their ‘commitment removed’….
Finance and consumer goods giants ‘ignoring deforestation risks’ despite a decade of warnings
…failed to publish a single deforestation commitment or policy within a decade. Global Canopy described this group as “continual laggards” and stated that they are “willfully ignoring” deforestation-related risks and…
Labour waters down £28bn green investment pledge
…of Labour’s financial commitment has drawn significant criticism from the green economy sector. Here, edie rounds up the key reactions. Champa Patel, executive director of governments and policy, The Climate…
UK lacks ‘coherent plan’ for clean electricity grid by 2035
A new report from the Business and Trade committee today (28 April) concludes that the Government lacks a “coherent, overarching plan” to achieve the commitment. Set in October 2021, under…
Budget 2024: How Jeremy Hunt sent mixed messages on clean energy
…commitment to bring unabated gas-fired electricity generation offline by 2030, five years sooner than the incumbent Government. He said this could only be delivered with “tax rises on working families”….
WATCH: Business leaders outline green policy demands in Queue for Climate and Nature
…the ‘Queue for Climate and Nature’ called on MPs to make Manifesto commitments to rapidly deploy renewable energy; conserve and restore nature at pace and scale; and outline plans to…
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