The article reports on the need for the haulage industry to work cut carbon emissions to meet the government climate change targets in Great Britain. Professor Alan McKinnon, director of the Logisti...
which held that the government's existing net-zero strategy was unlawful because it failed to show how the UK's legally binding climate targets will be achieved. The government has now confirmed
Britain’s landscapes will have to be redrawn. A fifth of farmland will need to be converted to ways of reducing and storing carbon, including a tripling of tree-planting, to 27,000 hectares a year. The CCC says targets will also have to apply to greenhouse gases including methane ...
▲ Premier Li Qiang delivers a government work report at the opening meeting of the third session of the 14th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 5, 2025. Photo/Xinhua - China to issue more local ...
(2024), we argue that environmental disclosures are more likely to be credible when they indicate that the firm has already taken action on (or is committed to taking action on) climate change mitigation and adaptation and when it provides tangible and verifiable targets. Using this lens, we ...
It marks the beginning of an event that has been talked about for more than a year whenever the topic of climate change has arisen, and the UK has appointed itself a general on the front line of tackling the problem. But can the government's ambitious climate targets really be achieved?
Khan confirmed that he remained opposed to a new runway because of the “severe impact it will have on noise, air pollution and meeting our climate change targets.” He said he will look at the new proposals carefully, including the impact it will have on people living in the are...
It is tempting to think public and private investment in renewable energy might allow governments, businesses and civil society topull togetherand fight climate change. But there remain significant obstacles. For one, many of the major energy firms investing in wind and solar power, likeShellandBri...
We will ensure that China meets the targets for its intended nationally determined contributions in response to climate change by 2030. We will expedite the transition of China's growth model to one of green development, and promote both high-quality economic growth and high-standard environmental ...
6.11.4 Policy Targets Policy targets for the increased deployment of renewable energy technologies existed in 144 countries as of early 2014, up from the 138 countries reported in GSR 2013. The types of the policies refer to the following categories: power generation policies, heating and cooling...