As reported in the Guardian, advisers say refusing new licences would signal green ambition, but final decision must be for ministers. The prospects for an expansion of oil and gas drilling in the North Sea have cleared a major hurdle, as the Committee on Climate Change said “stringent tests” must be applied to any new exploration licences […]
WWF UK farming and nature must not be ‘an afterthought’ in Government plans to tackle climate change Landmark report highlights untapped extra potential of sustainable farming, which could deliver emissions cuts equivalent to taking an extra 900,000 cars off the road. WWF urges UK governments to get behind farmers shifting towards nature-friendly approaches to tackling […]
The Defra website is jammed with individual organisation Climate Change Adaptation reports. Click here to see these: Adaptation reports to Defra for part of the third round of the adaptation reporting process under the Climate Change 2008 Act. You can read the Ofwat report as well as the individual company reports e.g. South West Water […]
2022: The Year of Climate Adaptation Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency speech to the Coastal Futures conference “Thank you for inviting me to speak at this year’s Coastal Futures conference. In 1953, 307 lives were lost on land and more than 177 people were lost at sea in the east coast surge. […]
Business Green: Chatham House speech by Alok Sharma since UN Climate Conference will see Minister call on countries to set aside geopolitical tensions to tackle climate goals. COP26 President Alok Sharma has this morning urged countries to deliver on the promises they made at the COP26 Climate Summit, warning the commitments set out in the […]
Alok Sharma, Climate summit president, makes clear UK net zero agenda is responsibility of all government colleagues Tackling the climate crisis must be a whole government effort or risk the Cop26 climate summit becoming “just a bunch of meaningless promises”, the cabinet minister who chaired the UN summit has said. Alok Sharma, who acted as president for […]
Corporate leaders group – CBI, TUC, Green Alliance, WWF – writes to Government urging action Climate Change Committee Just published: COP26: Key outcomes and next steps for the UK CCC ‘COP26 concluded with a material increase in ambitions to reduce emissions across the world and the launch of a raft of new initiatives and sector […]
Aligning climate finance for an equitable & sustainable net zero future – COP26 Universities Network Briefing Managing the climate crisis and pensions Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency speaking at the Investment & Pensions Europe Conference & Awards, 2 December 2021 This year, the IPE conference and awards comes hot on the heels […]