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Global Briefing: Denmark announces end to North Sea oil and gas exploration
From lab grown meat to oil industry write downs, BusinessGreen brings together the biggest green business stories from around the world this week
2030 Vision
The implications that flow from the upgrading of the UK's 2030 carbon target are hard to underestimate - the economy is about to change for the better
The UK's short and long term climate plans must invest in nature
A higher 2030 NDC target is to be welcomed, but it must be underpinned by plans to protect and restore nature, argues WWF's Gareth Redmond-King
'We are taking the lead': Boris Johnson significantly strengthens UK's 2030 carbon target
Prime Minister announces new target to cut emissions 68 per cent against 1990 levels by 2030, confirming a major tightening of carbon goals as part of UK's pre-COP26 submission to the Paris Agreement
Reports: Boris Johnson mulls more stretching 2030 climate target for UK
Prime Minister considering raising current 2030 target to cut emissions by 69 per cent from 1990 levels in new Paris Agreement plan
COPping it
Claire O'Neill's blistering testimony yesterday was full of Westminster Village drama, but it also raised serious questions for the government's climate agenda
'Extraordinary ineptitude': Former COP26 President Claire O'Neill accuses Number 10 of 'cavalier' attitude to Climate Summit
Former Energy Minister and COP26 President says progress has been made in recent months, but warns Ministers continue to underestimate need for intense focus on climate efforts in the lead up to crucial Glasgow Summit
Building on the Ten Point Plan
Eliot Whittington of The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group presents a new analysis that suggests the government's welcome plan to accelerate the Green Industrial Revolution will not yet put the country on track to meet its net zero goals
The path to sustainable farming
Environment Secretary George Eustice's speech unveiling plans for overhaul of agricultural subsidy regime over the next seven years
Scottish Government promises 'indicative' Paris Agreement climate plan
Scotland to set out individual nationally-determined contribution to the Paris Agreement ahead of COP26 in Glasgow next year
Government urged to make UK tree planting target legally-binding
Enshrining goal to plant 30,000 trees each year by 2025 in law could help catalyse wider action on woodland, petition argues
Can the government deliver on its 'climate-friendly farming' promises?
As Ministers announce fresh details on the biggest shake-up in agricultural policy in 50 years, questions remain as to how effective promised subsidy reforms will prove
Zero Emission Vehicle Transition Council: Governments pledge to move green auto industry into fast lane
Ministers from many of the world's largest auto markets team up to collectively advance transition to zero emission road transport
Why business needs to see an ambitious NDC
ScottishPower's Keith Anderson argues that the growing band of businesses and investors committed to accelerating the net zero transition need the government to submit a suitably ambitious national climate action plan to the UN
Why anyone who cares about climate action should have Georgia on their mind
As Andrew Warren argues, the high profile re-run election for Georgia's two Senate seats could yet determine the direction of US - and by extension global - climate efforts for years to come
EU watchdog slams Commission for appointing BlackRock as ESG finance advisor
European Ombudsman calls on EU to update its conflict of interest guidelines for procurement contracts following its decision to hire a business division of world's leading fossil fuel financier to develop ESG banking regulation study
The clock keeps ticking
Climate change and the green recovery was notably sidelined by Rishi Sunak in a speech that added little to the 'Build Back Better' vision the government touted over the summer
The Spending Review: Green announcements at a glance
All the green details from the government's new Spending Review and National Infrastructure Strategy
'He muffed it': Green economy reacts to Rishi Sunak's first Spending Review
National Infrastructure Bank welcomed, but failure to build on government's new 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution is roundly condemned by green groups
Chancellor unveils plan for National Infrastructure Bank, as Treasury hints at new net zero test
But speech provides little new support for green recovery, as Rishi Sunak details bleak economic outlook and controversially cuts overseas development aid
Biden ramps up plan to put US on 'irreversible path to achieve net zero emissions'
President-elect's ambitious climate strategy secures first victory, as General Motors ditches support for emissions standards legal battle
Business leaders call on government to put carbon pricing at heart of UK climate plan
Groups as diverse as Tesco and Greenpeace back letter urging government to deliver stronger and more consistent carbon pricing regime
John Kerry vows to tackle climate crisis with 'the seriousness and urgency it deserves'
Newly appointed US Climate Envoy provides further evidence President-elect Biden intends to prioritise climate action on the world stage
G20 reiterates commitment to tackling 'pressing' climate challenge, as Trump left isolated
President Trump may have raged against Paris Agreement, but the rest of the G20 simply reaffirmed plans to ramp up national climate strategies and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies
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