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Tag: Climate policy

‘Economically feasible’: New study maps how China could shift from coal to green energy in the 2020s

15/01/2021 - Leave a Comment

China must electrify as much of its economy as possible and generate almost all its electricity from zero carbon sources to meet its 2060 carbon neutrality goal, according to joint …

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UK government won’t block first deep coal mine in three decades

07/01/202108/01/2021 - Leave a Comment

Despite pressure from green groups, the UK Government has said it will not intervene in a county council’s decision to approve a deep coal mine – the first facility of …

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Flogging a dead horse

14/12/202018/12/2020 - Leave a Comment

Japan’s new leader is looking to revive the nation’s economy with the same strategy that floored it. Dr. Chris G. Pope explains. Abe Shinzo stepped down in September after becoming …

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UNEP: Net-zero pledges provide an ‘opening’ to close growing emissions ‘gap’

09/12/202011/12/2020 - Leave a Comment

The recent net-zero pledges by major emitting countries and the potential for a “green recovery” from the Covid-19 pandemic “presents the opening” for the world to close the growing “gap” …

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Unsustainable Inequalities

04/12/2020 - Leave a Comment

From the publisher: A hard-headed book that confronts and outlines possible solutions to a seemingly intractable problem: that helping the poor often hurts the environment, and vice versa. Can we …

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UK plans to slash carbon emissions 68% by 2030 – how banking, building and borrowing can help

04/12/2020 - Leave a Comment

For those conscious of the growing climate crisis and the perilous economic situation, the path out of the coronavirus recession looks like a tightrope. On one side, the urgent need …

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India Is the Only G20 Nation on Track to Meet Paris Agreement’s 2°C Goal: Report

23/11/202027/11/2020 - Leave a Comment

India is the only “2°C compatible” country out of all the G20 nations, including the US, Brazil, Australia and several EU countries, a new report has found. The Paris Agreement, which came …

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Green Flamingo: Portugal hopes to export green hydrogen to EU

20/11/2020 - Leave a Comment

Thanks to Portugal’s high sun exposure, the nation has the potential to produce green hydrogen for Europe. The EU-backed Green Flamingo initiative may enable it to ship the green gas …

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Government funds five ‘state of the art’ circular economy R&D centres

12/11/202013/11/2020 - Leave a Comment

Innovation centres in London, Loughborough and Exeter secure £22.5m to develop waste-cutting techniques for textiles, metals, electronics, construction and chemicals. Several state-of-the-art circular economy research and innovation centres are to …

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Global food system emissions alone threaten warming beyond 1.5°C – but we can act now to stop it

05/11/202006/11/2020 - Leave a Comment

How people grow food and the way we use the land is an important, though often overlooked, contributor to climate change. While most people recognise the role of burning fossil …

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