04 Jan 2022

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 […]

27 Apr 2021

‘Biden vows to slash US emissions by half to meet ‘existential crisis of our time’ US president tells virtual climate summit that ‘time is short’ to address dangerous global heating in a break from Trump era. The initiative has also fostered a new climate of co-operation between world leaders’ – Guardian overview Climate Action Tracker: […]

16 Dec 2020

PM announces the UK will end support for fossil fuel sector overseas The Prime Minister will announce an end to the UK Government’s direct support for the fossil fuel energy sector overseas, as he opens the Climate Ambition Summit. In the last four years, the government supported £21 billion of UK oil and gas exports […]

26 Nov 2020

The 10-point plan comprises: A ban on combustion engine sales by 2030, with grants for electric cars, and funding for charge points. The sale of some hybrid cars and vans will continue until 2035. A previously announced pledge to quadruple offshore wind powerby 2030, to 40GW, enough to power every UK home. Moves to boost hydrogen […]

18 Nov 2020

The Prime Minister has set out his ambitious ten point plan for a green industrial revolution which will create and support up to 250,000 British jobs. Covering clean energy, transport, nature and innovative technologies, the Prime Minister’s blueprint will allow the UK to forge ahead with eradicating its contribution to climate change by 2050, particularly […]

07 Jul 2020

£40 million announced to fund green jobs Posted by: Defra Press Office, Posted on:1 July 2020 Defra: Yesterday (June 30) we announced a fund of up to £40 million to create jobs in nature recovery and conservation to kick start the nation’s green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Plans to create thousands of new jobs to kick-start the […]