UK unprepared for COP 26 conference, warn climate leaders
Former UN climate envoy joins list of experts frustrated at Britain’s lack of leadership The UK is showing a “lack of coherence” in its leadership of vital UN climate crisis… »
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Scores of Extinction Rebellion protesters face London courts
Green party’s Caroline Lucas condemns action against ‘brave XR activists’ Scores of environmental activists will appear in court this week in one of the UK’s biggest legal crackdowns on climate… »
UK ‘needs billions a year’ to meet 2050 climate targets
Report estimates up to £20bn a year in investment needed to build net-zero carbon economy The UK will need investment worth billions of pounds every year to remove enough greenhouse… »
UK should cut vehicle use to hit zero-carbon target, say MPs
Scathing report says Tory governments have held back progress on clean energy goals The government should discourage personal vehicle use and reward energy-efficient homebuilding to meet its legally binding target… »
£680m of UK foreign aid spent on fossil fuel projects – study
Cafod says UK is saddling poorer nations with outdated, polluting technologies The British government has spent £680m of its foreign aid budget on fossil fuel projects since 2010, according to… »
Global heating: London to have climate similar to Barcelona by 2050
Nearly 80% of cities to undergo dramatic and potentially disastrous changes, study finds London will have a similar climate in three decades’ time to that of Barcelona today, according to… »
Theresa May commits to net zero UK carbon emissions by 2050
UK to put down legislation but Greenpeace warns of impact on developing nations Theresa May has sought to cement some legacy in the weeks before she steps down as prime… »
Cutting UK emissions to net zero would cost £1tn, says Hammond
Chancellor says target would mean less money available for schools and hospitals The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has warned Theresa May that reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero could cost… »
Packaging producers to pay full recycling costs under waste scheme
Government strategy to make ‘polluter pay’, with penalties for difficult to recycle items Retailers and producers of packaging will be forced to pay the full cost of collecting and recycling… »
UK bids to host 2020 UN climate change summit
Chile and Costa Rica thought to be considering alternative bids after Brazil withdrew offer Britain is bidding to host the UN climate change conference in 2020, the biggest since the… »
Dowden says beauty salons can reopen on Monday; theatres can put on outdoor shows from this weekend; repaying crisis debt will take ‘decades’ and higher taxes likely, says IFS Full… »
EQT Ventures, the Stockholm-headquartered venture capital firm that invests in Europe and the U.S., is losing founding partner Hjalmar Winbladh, TechCrunch has learned. Rumours that he was leaving the “multistage,… »
