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'Growing pains': BNEF warns carbon offset market faces uncertain long term outlook

Offsets

'Growing pains': BNEF warns carbon offset market faces uncertain long term outlook

Influential analyst firm argues prices for carbon offsets could reach as high as $120 a ton by 2050, or as low as $47 a ton

clock 13 January 2022 • 4 min read
A.P. Moller - Maersk ships forward net zero target to 2040

Shipping

A.P. Moller - Maersk ships forward net zero target to 2040

Global logistics giant becomes latest major firm to pull forward its net zero emission target to 2040

clock 12 January 2022 • 3 min read
Government announces £5m fund for hydrogen from biomass technologies

Biomass

Government announces £5m fund for hydrogen from biomass technologies

Funding aims to support development and commercialisation of nascent technology

clock 12 January 2022 • 3 min read
'Milestone': Record $210bn of certified climate bonds issued worldwide in 2021

Investment

'Milestone': Record $210bn of certified climate bonds issued worldwide in 2021

clock 12 January 2022 • 3 min read
'Pie-in-the-sky approach': Net Zero Strategy taken to court by environmental groups

Policy

'Pie-in-the-sky approach': Net Zero Strategy taken to court by environmental groups

Separate law suits filed by ClientEarth and Friends of the Earth allege the government's flagship Net Zero Strategy focuses too heavily on unproven future technologies and could breach carbon budgets

clock 12 January 2022 • 5 min read
'Faster than expected': EV sales predicted to overtake fossil fuel cars within three years across Europe

Automotive

'Faster than expected': EV sales predicted to overtake fossil fuel cars within three years across Europe

Transition to electric vehicles now 'inevitable' in UK and much of Europe thanks to declining upfront costs, major new study finds

clock 12 January 2022 • 4 min read
RE100 calls for better clean energy support for business, as it approaches 350 member mark

Energy

RE100 calls for better clean energy support for business, as it approaches 350 member mark

Limited availability of renewable electricity, lack of procurement opportunities and prohibitive costs are key issues hampering firms' clean power ambitions, group warns

clock 11 January 2022 • 3 min read
Alok Sharma confirms COP26 unit to be shrunk by around a third

Politics

Alok Sharma confirms COP26 unit to be shrunk by around a third

COP26 President tells peers the team working on the government's COP26 agenda will fall from around 220 to under 150

clock 11 January 2022 • 2 min read
'The worst way to cut energy bills': Campaigners slam reports government is considering cutting energy efficiency levy

Energy

'The worst way to cut energy bills': Campaigners slam reports government is considering cutting energy efficiency levy

The Treasury is reportedly reviewing the Energy Company Obligation as it looks to ease rising energy bills, despite warnings from BEIS that cutting levy would be 'short termist'

clock 11 January 2022 • 4 min read
'Biggest year yet': Most energy meters set to be 'smart' by end of 2022

Infrastructure

'Biggest year yet': Most energy meters set to be 'smart' by end of 2022

Leading network operator DCC says last year saw a record-breaking eight million new meters connected, despite COVID disruptions

clock 11 January 2022 • 2 min read