The need to deploy a portfolio of GGR technologies in order to decarbonise sectors with the 'hardest-to-abate' emissions, particularly to achieve net-zero emissions targets, has become increasingly evident in recent years. In May 2019, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) published a report ...
In a controversial move, the United Nations chief is today calling on polluting developed countries like the UK to "fast forward" net zero targets by a decade to 2040, warning the "climate time bomb is ticking". It comes as the most comprehensive review yet of...
“Achieving net zero will require companies across all sectors to transform, drive innovation and grow whilst managing transition risks. This needs to happen at scale and speed over the coming two to three business cycles. It’s one thing for leading companies to set ambitiou...
The Guidance further notes that the independent statutory body that advises the UK and devolved governments on emissions targets, the Climate Change Committee, has emphasized that to meet net zero targets, consumer behavior must change. The Guidance therefore explains that the ASA coul...
The government is likely to miss its targets for reducing emissions to net zero by 2050, a parliamentary committee has warned today. The government is also being urged by the House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee to explain how the transition to net zero will be funded. ...
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“The U.K. leads the world in the race to net zero,” he said in the foreword to the ‘Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener.’ “The likes of China and Russia are following our lead with their own net-zero targets, as prices tumble and green tech becomes the global norm,...
Shift comes after intense lobbying from industry over incoming penalties tied to net zero targets November 19 2024 John Gapper Teesside should not risk its clean energy future by fighting The net zero transition gives the region’s port a historic chance to grow if territorial tensions ease ...
A host should set the tone for a gathering. And so, as delegates descended on Glasgow for the COP26 summit last November, the UK government announced that the country would become “the world’s first net zero-aligned financial centre”. Listed companies and big asset managers would be requi...
The UK’s new net zero strategy will fail to cut greenhouse gas emissions enough to hit its own legally enforceable targets, the government has admitted, with environmental analysts and politicians criticising the plans unveiled on Thursday as incoherent. Ministers were forced to publish a raft of ...