‘Catastrophe’ or ‘nothingburger’: How will Sunak’s weakening of UK climate policy effect the green economy?

Rarely has the business community and the environmental movement been so united. The criticism of Rishi Sunak's shock decision to rollback a host of key decarbonisation policies came from trade bodies...

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Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance calls on governments to unlock $275tr investment opportunity

The Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has this week called on policymakers around the world to remove political barriers it claims are blocking climate investment opportunities. The UN-backed alliance estimated there will be investment opportunities of up to $275tr by 2050…

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‘Now is not the time to delay’: Over 400 businesses urge Prime Minister not to weaken climate policies

Ahead of Rishi Sunak's speech yesterday announcing the watering down of a host of key climate policies, a group of over 400 business leaders wrote to the Prime Minister urging him to reconsider plans to weaken the UK's Net Zero Strategy.…

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Scorched earth: Rishi Sunak’s attack on climate policies is worse than the sum of its parts

I must admit, I didn't think they would do it. After a summer of whispers about Number 10's wavering commitment to climate action, I assumed the recent government funding for new electric vehicle and green steel plants meant the national economic…

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‘Investors spooked’: Rishi Sunak confirms speech on the future of UK’s net zero plans

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last night confirmed he will give a major speech within days on the future of the UK's Net Zero Strategy, after leaked documents revealed the government is planning a major roll back of a host of key…

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Climate Action Tracker warns world badly off-track to meet power sector emissions goals

None of the world's major economies are currently on track to decarbonise their power sectors in line with 1.5C warming scenarios, despite record levels of clean energy deployment and increasingly ambitious targets to phase down the use of fossil fuels. That…

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Study: Biodiversity Net Gain could secure over 23,500 football fields worth of land for nature each year

The government's proposals to roll back 'nutrient neutrality' rules for housebuilders may remain hugely controversial, but alternative plans to ensure developers fund biodiversity improvements could yet have a transformative impact on habitats across the UK, according to new research published today.…

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