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Major emitters ‘may retain or expand’ fossil fuels despite net-zero plans

11/05/2024 - Leave a Comment

Some sectors, such as livestock farming and heavy industry, are viewed as particularly hard to decarbonise. This is due, in part, to a perceived lack of cheap technological solutions. Any “residual …

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UK weighing exit from controversial energy treaty

01/09/202301/09/2023 - Leave a Comment

LONDON — The U.K. is reviewing its membership of the Energy Charter Treaty, a controversial international investment agreement, over fears it could hold back the country’s net zero plans. Energy …

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Net zero targets among world’s largest companies double, but credibility gaps undermine progress

16/06/202316/06/2023 - Leave a Comment

Bonn, 12th June 2023: The globally-agreed mission to curtail climate change will be impossible unless national & sub-national governments and the largest companies urgently strengthen their targets, reports the Net Zero …

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India’s central bank sets a vision for a net-zero economy

09/06/202309/06/2023 - Leave a Comment

India’s goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2070 raises important questions for policymakers regarding potential risks to the financial system and necessary policy reforms. These concerns are particularly relevant …

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Zurich Insurance becomes second firm to quit climate alliance

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LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) – Zurich Insurance Group (ZURN.S) said on Wednesday it was withdrawing from the Net Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), becoming the second founding member to quit the climate group …

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Heard of “Net-Zero Oil” or “Carbon Negative” Bioenergy? In 2023 You Will

06/01/2023 - Leave a Comment

Last year, DeSmog chased ambitious stories all along the climate spectrum. We investigated allegations of workers exposed to radioactive oilfield waste, reported from the frontlines of climate-fueled extreme weather and climate migration, expanded our coverage …

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Why investors suddenly care about saving the environment

17/06/2022 - Leave a Comment

Here’s a big number: $44 trillion. That’s how much of the world’s total economic output is dependent on animals and ecosystems, according to the World Economic Forum. Insects pollinate commercial crops, coral reefs protect coastal …

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Climate versus cost: what does the UK’s energy crisis tell us about the economics of net-zero in an energy-scarce world?

10/06/2022 - Leave a Comment

The UK is in the grip of a fierce cost-of-living crisis. In May, the country’s inflation rate hit a 40-year high of 9%, and although the current crisis is global, the …

Climate versus cost: what does the UK’s energy crisis tell us about the economics of net-zero in an energy-scarce world? Read More

Fraught G20 meeting highlights divisions

29/07/202129/03/2022 - Leave a Comment

G20 environment ministers in Naples, Italy, concluded a “hard-fought summit” yesterday, reports the Financial Times, which “at times appeared to be on the brink of disintegrating”. The newspaper continues: “In the …

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Funding net-zero could cost UK less than pandemic

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There is widespread coverage across the UK newspapers of the latest annual report by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), in which the UK fiscal watchdog focuses on both the …

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