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The latest green video’s and opinion about the environment and climate change, watch the best environmental videos on the impact of climate change and a low carbon economy.
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The latest environmental policy and regulations news from climate change policies, to sustainability, renewable regulations and CO2 Reduction guidelines. Find the latest environmental...
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The latest environmental policy news from business cashback schemes, to emission targets and climate change policies. Find the latest Green Policy news affecting your business.
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...news and issues affecting CO2 reductions, carbon footprints, from biofuels and technology to climate change policies and regulations
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...before it there is a powerful factor driving the commercial development of this technology – climate change. The UK has already committed £25 million since 1999 towards the wave and...
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...3,000 firms also found that over half of UK businesses feel they have a responsibility to manage climate change, but that only a minority of businesses have used the services of the Carbon...
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...financial institutions could soon establish the sector’s first guide to best practice on tackling climate change, it has emerged. [summary]Leading non-governmental organisation, The Climate...
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Those in the UK advocating more urgent action to move to a low carbon economy and to tackling climate change will be closely scrutinising the creation of a new Government Department for Energy...
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...site renewable generator in the UK.“At Drax, we are only too well aware of the need to tackle climate change and the competence we have developed in biomass procurement and project...
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...four modest portions of meat and one litre of milk a week if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change.The make up and timescale of the new Council has yet to be decided.Meanwhile,...
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...back carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. [summary] At the same time, the UK Government’s Climate Change Committee has called for cuts of greenhouse gas emissions of at least 80 per...
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The UK Met Office has joined forces with HSBC to offer fund managers specialist research on climate change to help them with investment decisions about clean energy and carbon...
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...in funding would help meet the UK’s renewable energy targets. Last week, the Government's Climate Change Committee recommended that the UK should cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent...
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...have fallen to Minister of State Mike O’Brien at the newly formed Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).[summary]Secretary of State, Ed Miliband, will lead on overall strategy and...
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...independent report commissioned by the UK Government has recommended.[summary]The Eliasch Review, Climate Change: Financing Global Forests, is calling on the international community to help...
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...all.”Addressing the House of Commons for the first time on Thursday (October 16), new Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, said the new targets – 20 per cent more than the 60...
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...in the years ahead."Mike O'Brien, Minister of State at the new Department of Energy and Climate Change, who visited Lynn and Inner Downsing on Tuesday (October 21), said: "Offshore wind is...
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...this month, Ed Miliband, the Secretary of State for the new Department of Energy and Climate Change, told Parliament he planned to bring an amendment to the Energy Bill, currently before...
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...our cars and planes if we are to deliver the deep cuts in carbon emissions necessary to tackle climate change,” said Dr Mark Williamson, Innovations director at the Carbon Trust. “Algae...
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...4. Sustainable Procurement 5. Sustainable Building 6. Adapting to and Mitigating Climate Change7. Access to Goods and Services for Disadvantaged Communities 8. Environmental...
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...of a vote in Parliament today (October 28), a spokesperson from the Department of Energy and Climate Change said the Government was “determined” that aviation and shipping should be part of...
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...If we can inspire more people to use them, it will help us to make a positive impact on climate change.”The UK’s Technology Strategy Board will manage and invest in the five-year programme,...
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The Environment Agency has launched its latest guide to help farmers meet the challenges of climate change and save money. [summary]The Best Farming Practices is a revised practical guide...
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The Government rejected calls to include an amendment to its Climate Change law that would see all new coal-fired power stations having to be fitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS)...
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...emissions within the next four years after MPs voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Government’s Climate Change bill yesterday (October 28).[summary]MPs voted by 463 votes to three in...
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More UK consumers are committed to tackling climate change, despite feeling financially worse off, according to new research.[summary]However, as they tighten their belts, British consumers...
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A three-year joint venture project between the UK and China has found that climate change will present a major challenge to China in feeding its growing population within the next 50 years,...
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...agreements are part of an effort by the UK Government to diversify its energy supplies and tackle climate change through global alliances. Commenting on the agreement with Masdar, Brown...
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...“Defra is committed to working closely with voluntary and charitable organisations to tackle climate change and help everyone make positive environmental changes in their lifestyle – no...
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...greenhouse gas (GHG) target. “An overall GHG target is one of the most basic requirements of a climate change programme, and without it organisations should be sceptical about a provider’s...
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...election of Barack Obama as president elect of the United States is expected to put the issue of climate change at the top of the US political agenda.[summary]Obama has pledged that a...
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...he championed throughout his campaign—policies that will not only help us avoid catastrophic climate change, but will jumpstart the global economy and restore America’s reputation as a...
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Ed Miliband, Secretary of State at the new Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the Environment Agency’s annual conference to be held...
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...of crops and reduce waste. We also need to investigate the future crops we should be growing as climate change starts to affect the land and agriculture of this region. These crops can be...
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...four modest portions of meat and one litre of milk a week if the world is to avoid catastrophic climate change.One of its first tasks is to contribute to the policy for food security and...
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...tap into these emerging green markets. “The UKTI report shows the global commitment to combating climate change can create jobs and give small businesses the chance to expand,” said UKTI...
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...the capital to get assessed, earn their awards and help London to lead the way in tackling global climate change.”Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who backs the scheme, said: “Becoming more...
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...for businesses, institutions and individuals to reduce their carbon footprints and help mitigate climate change. It was set up by Braun, a former NBC Network president. TCNC’s acquisition...
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...impacts every aspect of our lives, and the more we use it to help slow and combat climate change, the better things will be for us all.
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An international competition to help innovative ideas on tackling climate change become a reality has been launched with £50,000 of prize money.[summary]The FT Climate Change Challenge is...
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...are still rising, despite agreements and the urgency to cut back to prevent catastrophic climate change consequences, a United Nations (UN) report has revealed.[summary]The figures,...
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...Government, warning of the urgency to curb deforestation in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and financial devastation. The Eliasch Review, Climate Change: Financing...
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...a feed-in tariff amendment to the Energy Bill.This week also saw the Government tighten its Climate Change Bill, which will be passed into law over the coming days, by imposing a limit on...
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...carbon would have fetched earlier in the year before the economic downturn. However, Energy and Climate Change Minister of State, Mike O'Brien, said the auction demonstrated the UK’s...
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...households a year. An increasing number of them are keen to prove that they are taking action on climate change, but the Carbon Trust says more needs to be done.At the same time, a survey...
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...revenue a year, which it said it would plough back into improving the environment and adapting to climate change. “By developing these renewable energy projects we are helping to limit and...
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...with one stone by using the Pre-Budget Report to tackle both the economic downturn and global climate change,” said Friends of the Earth executive director Andy Atkins. "Creating new jobs...
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...25), that volatile oil prices and an economic downturn were coming together to make action on climate change a potential boom industry. “Climate change is a major threat, not least to...
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...country for offshore wind and we are the first country to legislate for binding targets on climate change.[summary]But after seven weeks in this job, after seven weeks in which we committed...
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...boost, today (November 26), when three pieces of legislation, including the world’s first on climate change, received Royal Ascent. [summary]The Climate Change, Energy and Planning Acts all...
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...and the benefits of improved environmental management.Last year, the company launched its Climate Change Strategy, in which it committed to reducing its bus and rail operations’ carbon...
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...to the table, providing some indication of the new Barack Obama administration’s objectives on climate change, according to analysts. The 12-day Poznan conference is a crucial staging post...
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The Committee on Climate Change has recommended that the UK Government cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than 30 per cent over the next 12 years.[summary] In its first report, in which it...
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...per km by 2020.Environmenal campaigners said it fell well short of was was needed to tackle climate change.Friends of the Earth's Senior Transport Campaigner Tony Bosworth said: "This is a...
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...business over the next decade – from the end of cheap finance and resources, to the impact of climate change and the rise of markets, such as China. It concludes that by taking the...
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...for sustainability standards in new buildings as part of tough new planning policies to tackle climate change. The planning system needs to do more to encourage the take-up of new renewable...
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...of British Industry (CBI) has called on the Government to speed up the pace of action on climate change and not be derailed by the global economic crisis. [summary]At the same time, the...
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Despite a growing public eco-consciousness, the unrelenting effects of climate change have seen flooding become a regular threat to communities across the country. [summary]The destruction...
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...since a few weeks ago the UK leads the world in.Announcing the Gwynt y Mor greenlight, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said it would help turn North Wales into a “powerhouse...
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...but was nevertheless seen as a breakthrough against the backdrop of two weeks of global talks on climate change in Poznan, Poland, which delivered little concrete action.Speaking from...
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...multi-million pound project is being financed by Ventus Funds, run by London based specialists Climate Change Capital.Belfast City Council is working with Northern Ireland Electricity to...
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...would put a price on maritime carbon emissions, which should lead to cleaner ships and help fight climate change. Martin Watson, president of the UK Chamber of Shipping, described the UK...
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...first international emissions trading scheme to be established following the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change. As it enters its second phase, how is it regarded? A. It’s the biggest market...
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2009 is expected to be one of the top-five warmest years on record, according to Met Office climate change researchers.[summary]The global temperature is forecast to be more than 0.4 °C above...
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...4). He said as part of a massive programme of public works, jobs would be created to tackle climate change through investments in green technologies, such as electric cars and wind and wave...
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A new £1 million UK centre dedicated to managing climate change and environmental risk has been given the greenlight.[summary]The Centre of Excellence in Understanding and Managing...
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...UK to move further towards its ambition to become a low carbon economy."Given the challenge of climate change and energy security, it is right to embrace nuclear power as one of the...
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...says it has sourced a fleet, which is “75 per cent recyclable” and is working with The London Climate Change Agency on the first hydrogen powered taxi in London. The company claims to...
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...taking part in a major project to help urban areas across the continent adapt to the effects of climate change.[summary]The £2.5 million (€3 million) project, which has just got...
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...would buck the trend. “The environmental industries and innovation are crucial in fighting climate change and must be supported during this economic downturn,” he said. Triodos clients...
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...the CDM looking more secure following improvements to the mechanism reached at the international climate change negotiations in Poznan in December 2008.Several other carbon trading...
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...backing from the likes of E.ON, Rolls Royce and BP in the race to meet the UK’s energy and climate change targets. [summary]The first four projects of a potential £1.1 billion...
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...paid to global climate talks, and governments have reiterated their commitments to moving the climate change agenda forward. However, reality is soon about to set in.The fact of the matter...
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...a third runway at Heathrow Airport in a wide-ranging announcement that promised to meet Britain’s climate change commitments.[summary]Although the emphasis of the announcement was on...
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...you can deliver a low carbon economy.”Commenting on the plans, Greg Clark, the Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, added: "What we are proposing today is nothing less than an...
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...(SFL) for an undisclosed sum.[summary]PwC, which has grown its in-house sustainability and climate change team four fold in recent months, said the deal would help it respond to growing...
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...with an equivalent store built in 2006.Tesco said the store had been built as part of its Climate Change Programme and was a blueprint for the stores it would be building in the future. ...
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...cars”.He also said that science would be restored to its “rightful place” in the battle to tackle climate change.Obama has pledged that a green recovery will be his number one priority. He...
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...today, Nicholas Stern, who led The Stern Review that assessed the economic challenges of climate change, says low carbon technologies can provide job opportunities in the short run, and in...
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A new UK research centre on climate change economics and policy to be headed by Lord Stern has officially launched today. [summary]Lord Stern is former head of the UK Government Economic...
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...fossil fuel power stations.The shortlist was unveiled yesterday by the Department of Energy and Climate Change as part of its Severn Tidal Power Feasibility Study Consultation. At the same...
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...blue chip companies, such as Shell, HP, Procter & Gamble, Google and BT. Shadow minister for Climate Change and Environment Greg Barker, was also present.The research revealed that...
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...Merseytravel, to follow its example and “prove that they too are taking tangible steps to fight climate change.”Other PTE members are Centro, the public transport operator for the West...
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...National Grid said it had handed its report on biogas to Ed Miliband, Minister for Energy and Climate Change.
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...UK can deduct emissions by buying in credits from other countries. The Department for Energy and Climate Change said yesterday that greenhouse gas emissions totalled 636.6 million tonnes in...
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...campaign to get UK business to save £1 million a day through cost effective action on climate change. [summary]The ‘One Million A Day’ campaign, announced yesterday, is urging...
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...of the ETS in doing the job it was set up to do, namely to reduce C02 emissions to combat climate change. Vincent de Rivaz, the chief executive of EDF Energy, was quoted as saying that the...
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...as usual will not deliver low-cost, clean, renewable energy soon enough to avoid devastating climate change, which is why we are so committed to building a clean energy future. Google has...
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...today, former members of the team that produced the influential report ‘The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review’, including Lord Stern himself, conclude that US$400 billion...
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...target of an 80 per cent cut in emissions by 2050. Announcing the strategy yesterday, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said: "The country needs to move from incremental steps...
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...fall under the Kyoto Protocol commitments and are not currently managed under an international climate change treaty. The coalition, which has the support of international NGO The Climate...
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...Paul Campbell, chief executive of The Clapham House Group “We are committed to working to reduce climate change in London and indeed across the UK. We hope to inspire other organisations to...
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...clients and users.Max Fordham Consulting Engineers won the prize for Adapting to and Mitigating Climate Change for its award-winning work on energy-efficient systems for building services...
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Governments around the world are committing to meeting the challenges of climate change despite the global economic downturn, making investment in green technologies and industries still...
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...for clothing products with the aim of informing the consumer of the impact of their clothes on climate change from raw materials to manufacturing, as well as their own through retail...
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...(73 per cent) planned to do so over the next two years. However, it also found that other climate change initiatives, such as risk management, were receiving far less attention, while...
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...modest, HSBC Bank as a whole has bigger ambitions and a wide range of strategies for tackling climate change. Notably, it has invested £71 million in the HSBC Climate Partnership – a...
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...tempted to wait until March 2011 to start cutting carbon emissions, according to a new paper by climate change and energy consultants AEA.[summary]Organisations with this level of energy...
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...at the EcoBuild exhibition in London this week, with funding from the Department of Energy and Climate Change. “The construction industry faces challenging times; new homes must be built...
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...is one of a growing band who believes the Government now has the legislative framework for its climate change policy in place, and the time has come for action.[summary]His message came in...
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...or irreversible climatic shifts”. [summary]The 2,500 delegates attending the 'Scientific Congress Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions', also concluded there was no excuse...
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...companies, to purchase annual carbon allowances upfront each year. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), which has published the guide and is leading the consultation on the...
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...of information and communications technologies (ICT) to improve energy efficiency, help combat climate change and drive economic recovery – but says the ICT sector should also do more to...
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...to manufacturing, at the same time as informing the consumer of the impact of their clothes on climate change, including their own – through retail choice, washing, drying, ironing and...
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...Local Transport Act includes a duty for local authorities to consider Government policies on climate change when creating their transport strategies. “We also spend £2.5 billion a year...
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...shortlisted for a £52,000 ($75,000) prize in a global competition for innovation to tackle climate change.[summary]The FT Climate Change Challenge, backed by the Financial Times, HP...
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...said he was ex-pecting the course to be extremely popular. “The Government’s pledge to tackle climate change means there is plenty of work out there already, with more to come. There are 26...
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If the Government is serious about tackling climate change, next month’s Budget should redirect some of the public money earmarked for ‘grey’ infrastructure, such as roads and buildings,...
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...have signed an open letter to Joan Ruddock, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, complaining that inconsistencies in the Government’s approach are turning...
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Provisional figures from the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) suggest that UK greenhouse gas emissions were reduced by two per cent in 2008, which would mean the UK is on track...
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...than Spain or Morocco. But it expects things to get much worse. It estimates that the effects of climate change will reduce the amount of water available in rivers in England and Wales by...
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...energy by 2010. It is perhaps not surprising then that Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband has recently said the Government has got to get tougher on facing down...
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...the world and have the potential to deliver some five per cent of the UK’s electricity.Energy and Climate Change Minister, Mike O’Brien said: “This funding will help us understand the...
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...to build sustainable economies.“We reaffirm our commitment to address the threat of irreversible climate change, based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, and to...
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...expected to make the investment in green technology necessary to meet the Government’s ambitious climate change targets – unless it is offered more certainty over the direction of the...
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...of villagers in developing countries has won the top prize in a global competition to tackle climate change.[summary]The Kyoto Box, which targets the three billion people who use firewood...
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...like to see an ‘offshore wind investment programme’ to be run by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and administered through Regional Development Agencies (RDA) and UK...
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...is concerned that this drive for quantity should not be at the expense of quality. Its head of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Tony Grayling, said: "The biomass heat and power...
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...for example, or support a particular technology.Each unit of renewable energy comes with numbered climate change levy exemption certificates (LECs) attached to specific power plants, along...
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...to open up as existing nuclear and coal-fired stations shut down. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) says it has vetted all eleven applications to ensure that they are...
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...in the UK – will be presenting two environmental awards early next year. The first of these, the Climate Change Business Opportunity Award, advances what a spokesperson says is a “key...
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...solar energy company, Solarcentury, said subsequent meetings with Department of Energy and Climate Change officials confirmed there is no prospect of the grant suspension being lifted for...
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...the biological and environmental factors that affect the health and lifespan of pollinators. Climate change – in particular warmer winters and wetter summers – is thought to have had had a...
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The Government expects flooding to become an increasing problem for the UK as a result of climate change – a fact it has acknowledged today with the opening of a new flood forecasting centre...
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...valued at £525 million; £70 million to go towards small-scale renewable energy; a climate change levy exemption for combined heat and power projects, and a new funding mechanism...
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...green strategy was the setting of UK’s first three carbon budgets as required by the new Climate Change Act. These set a new legally binding 34 percent reduction in emissions (based on 1990...
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...BERR (Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform), DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change), and Dius (Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills), and expands...
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Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband has today launched a multi-million pound global competition to help cut the cost of offshore wind energy.[summary]Up to £20...
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...major step in reaching our 2013 and 2020 landfill targets and play an important role in battling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions created by landfill. But it’s not only...
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...planet’s energy-related carbon footprint by 2050, as called for by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, it says.The WBCSD, a ceo-led, global association of some 200 companies...
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...to harness consumer pressure and business creativity into a virtuous circle of actions to tackle climate change, that will help travellers cut the overall emissions generated by their...
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...habitats.[summary]Its announcement coincides with the publication of a new report by the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) – a partnership between scientists, Government,...
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...to each form of low carbon power, but the truth is that on grounds of energy security and climate change, we cannot afford this luxury.Everything we know suggests that there can be no...
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...Economies Forum was initiated by President Obama to allow more informal and open discussion on climate change issues ahead of formal UN negotiations in Copenhagen in December. In advance of...
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...on the future of food provision as it faces what the organisers describe as “a perfect storm of climate change, diminishing water and soil resources, peak oil and population growth”. The...
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...also determine whether a full SEA for England and Wales is required.The plans were announced by Climate Change Minister, Lord Hunt, at the British Wind Energy Association’s (BWEA) Wave and...
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...free loans and other support available to help.” Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, said taking advantage of the loans was important if British businesses were...
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and Climate Change, said taking advantage of the loans was important if
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...free loans and other support
available to help.” Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy
and Climate Change, said taking advantage of the loans was important if
British businesses...
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...free loans and other support
available to help.” Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy
and Climate Change, said taking advantage of the loans was important if
British businesses...
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...free loans and other support
available to help.” Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy
and Climate Change, said taking advantage of the loans was important if
British businesses...
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...free loans and other support
available to help.” Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy
and Climate Change, said taking advantage of the loans was important if
British businesses...
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...free loans and other support
available to help.” Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy
and Climate Change, said taking advantage of the loans was important if
British businesses...
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...free loans and other support
available to help.” Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy
and Climate Change, said taking advantage of the loans was important if
British businesses...
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...free loans and other support
available to help.” Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy
and Climate Change, said taking advantage of the loans was important if
British businesses...
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...free loans and other support
available to help.” Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy
and Climate Change, said taking advantage of the loans was important if
British businesses...
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...free loans and other support
available to help.” Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy
and Climate Change, said taking advantage of the loans was important if
British businesses...
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...a member network to help organisations share best practice and a website providing information on climate change science, emissions reductions and additional sources of help and funding....
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...are embarking on a four-year project examining how to make UK transport systems resilient to climate change. [summary]The findings of the project will also predict what the UK’s transport...
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...leverage “significant” third party funding from the public and private sectors. UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband described the agreement as an important contribution to...
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...£30 million that will help push forward the Northwest as the UK’s leading region in tackling climate change. [summary]The funding will go to support the development and installation of...
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...businesses access to the expertise of its in-house environment team to help them take action on climate change. Business in the Community (BiTC) will act as facilitator to other companies...
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...module for site managers which, the
company says, will help them become “ambassadors for climate change in
the workplace”.
The company says the new e-learning module complements its...
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...a handheld battery-operated fan, according to Nuttall. Speaking at conference on aviation and climate change this week, Nuttall said the open rotor engine had the potential to deliver a...
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...if a global measure works?” he asked.Meanwhile, Ben Combes, economic adviser to the Committee on Climate Change – which was formed following the UK Climate Change Act, passed last November...
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Climate change and pollution are significant global concerns. The Boeing Company is clear about its environmental responsibilities. Our task is to find a way to significantly reduce the...
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...carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050 and the Government advisory body, the Committee for Climate Change, has suggested an interim cut of at least 34 per cent by 2020.The CCS research...
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...Commission (SDC) added: “Making our buildings more energy efficient is vital in tackling climate change, so we welcome this step towards the Welsh Assembly Government’s aspiration of zero...
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...on carbon emissions reporting by business to be published later this year. Under the 2008 Climate Change Act, GHG emissions reporting is expected to become mandatory for businesses in 2012....
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...surrounding energy usage is one of the biggest problems holding back the UK's fight against climate change. And without the uptake of smart metering, this situation was not going to change...
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...and deliver important outcomes on biodiversity, landscape and access, water quality and climate change.”The RDPE is not short of cash; its 2007-2013 budget is £3.9 billion. But the...
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...towards renewable energy requirements in the North West.""There is an urgent need to tackle climate change and the wind farm at Hellrigg will make an important contribution to meeting the...
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...in the Greater Manchester city region and co-ordinate with a range of organisations to tackle climate change, energy, water, green infrastructure, transport, waste and other issues.A...
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...its recommendations on how it should work. Louise Bateman asks Rhian Kelly, CBI’s head of Climate Change, why its system would be fit for purpose?[summary]Q. You have published...
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...renewable power can be taken to its next level and so make a real difference to the fight against climate change."Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband commented: "This is another...
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...sustainable travel city should be the first of many and given the positive impact on health and climate change of enabling people to travel more actively, we look forward to a rapid roll...
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...their planning procedures wrong, then this will jeapordise Northern Ireland’s goals of tackling climate change and of securing its energy supply, as Northern Ireland is entirely dependent...
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Plans to protect our lakes from the threat of climate change and pollution from farming and sewage are to be drawn up today at a conference being held on the shores of Windemere, England and...
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...energy consumption is over £500,000, are due to come into force next year under the 2008 Climate Change Act. “Energy360 helps organisations to identify where their energy is being used...
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The need for action on climate change has resulted in a flurry of ambitious outpourings from policy-makers aimed at improving results from a variety of sectors of the economy.[summary]The UK...
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...IB really has a central role to play in a low carbon future. “The important decisions we make on climate change are the decisions we make in the next five to 10 years. The role of...
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...Report, to be published today. In the report Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy writes: “Climate change remains the major strategic challenge of our age. I fundamentally believe that...
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...using the most appropriate technology mix and maximising our contribution to the fight against climate change.”Established in 2007, the ETI is a UK-based company made up of global...
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...August, but it could be early next year before the Senate takes it up – after crucial UN talks on climate change take place in Copenhagen at the end of the year. However, this first step in...
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...replicated across the UK and internationally.The fund has been launched as part of the Northwest Climate Change Action Plan, a document that sets out the northwest's vision to become the...
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...economic recovery and safeguard the planet. [summary]Meeting at the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen over the weekend, seven hundred delegates from leading business...
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...they were encouraging London councils to do this – and there was lots of enthusiasm. It reduces climate change emissions, removes waste from landfill, produces a relatively clean fuel and...
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...as ‘storage space’ for CO2 was announced by Lord Hunt, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change in the UK, and the Norwegian Minister Terje Riis-Johansen, at a conference on Climate...
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...driving the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, which is one of the main causes of climate change.The new Greenpeace report, Slaughtering The Amazon, tracks beef, leather and other...
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...to support ‘green’ causes and who believe in the power of consumer action to make a difference to climate change, to the ‘Wasteful and Unconvinced’ who have no interest in changing their...
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...become law by April 2010. Speaking at a two-day conference on the CRC in London today, Energy and Climate Change Minister Joan Ruddock described the scheme as "ground-breaking" and one that...
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...of carbon offsetting. Responding to the report, a spokesperson for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) defended the Government’s position, saying: “Offsetting has a role to...
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...to hit some snags. As the final submissions get emailed over to the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) today, the CRC team there is no doubt bracing itself for some fairly...
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...track to almost double its greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction obligations under the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.[summary]The report released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change...
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...Festival has joined hands with the UK Government to launch a campaign to reach a global deal on climate change at Copenhagen.[summary]In an exclusive arrangement announced to coincide with...
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...of 1000 adults revealed overwhelming public support for new green initiatives and a concern about climate change and its impact on the planet. However, it also found a majority of people...
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...regulation to ensure the UK can move to a low carbon economy.[summary]Speaking at the Politics of Climate Change Conference in London today, he said Government, business and consumers must...
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...because it confirmed, independently, the supermarket was delivering on its plans to fight climate change while growing the business. Tesco will build its first zero-carbon store in Ramsey,...
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...in Bonn today, increasing the likelihood of aviation being included in a new global deal on climate change in Copenhagen in December. [summary]Aviation emissions, which currently account...
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...an issue that can easily be avoided – all 141 companies participating in this year’s Index say climate change is now a key issue affecting the future viability of their business, and 62 per...
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...launch of the consultation process is the first step towards compliance with the terms of the Climate Change Act 2008, which requires the Government to publish guidance on the measurement...
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...altered the way business thinks about carbon emissions. So much so that the debate about whether climate change is genuinely an issue and whose job it is to tackle the problem has largely...
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...being conducted by Forestry Commission England (FCE) on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to evaluate the potential for fast growing trees species, or short...
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...London 2012 Olympic Park have been specially selected because of their qualities at adapting to climate change.[summary]The trees, which will form the backbone of the largest urban park to...
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...when converting from traditional boiler technology. Other benefits include exemption from the climate change levy, cost savings relating to the new Carbon Reduction Commitment, improved...
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Climate change investments have outperformed global equities by almost half, according to the latest quarterly review of the HSBC Climate Change Index.[summary]The index, which was launched in...
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...to investors and investment portfolios in terms of new regulations (a new global deal on climate change to be hammered out in Copenhagen in December is likely to include a mechanism to...
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...have increased by 180 per cent.
In addition, Acre says the average salary within the climate change
industry this year is up 14 per cent from last year, to £49,000.
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...be morally wrong to do nothing. But there is a strong business case, too, to taking action on climate change. Research commissioned by Business in the Community from Ipsos MORI, showed...
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...proposed new coal units at Kingsnorth in Kent.Under the Government’s proposals, which Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband described today as “the most environmentally ambitious...
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...and findings that are now publicly available online and give a detailed regional breakdown of how climate change could affect the UK.In one scenario, they show that by 2080, the South East...
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...on European member states. The fund will target projects that are having a positive effect on climate change, soil and freshwater conservation and biodiversity.The EIB said it was backing...
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...targets pitched for 2020 are ambitious, but essential given the scale of challenge posed by climate change. [summary]Britain is leading the way by targeting an 80 per cent carbon emissions...
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...in its ‘ Long Term Investment Strategy For England’, published on Friday, are based on the latest climate change impact predictions which were also released last week.The agency says that...
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...high specification electric sports cars on the road for 12 months. The consortium is made up of climate change and data management consultancy AEA, car manufacturers Delta Motorsport,...
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...this pioneering development will enhance the ability for institutional investors to implement climate change related investment strategies.”In particular, the sector classification provides...
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...£8 billion a year in the process. Today’s announcement, made by Lord Hunt, Energy and Climate Change Minister at the BWEA Offshore Wind Conference, means that the Crown Estate can...
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...of FirstGroup said the company was seeking to “lead the surface transport industry in combating climate change.” The company has committed to reducing its emissions from its UK bus...
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If all councils got serious about climate change they could cut carbon emissions in their local areas by 40 per cent by 2020 and create 70,000 jobs in the process, new research from...
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The Scottish Parliament has backed the world’s strongest legislation to
tackle climate change after voting yesterday to cut the nation's CO2 emissions by 42 per cent by 2020....
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...large polluting nations, such as the US and China, is seen as critical to prevent catastrophic climate change. The Prime Minister Gordon Brown will deliver a speech today at London Zoo, in...
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The House of Representatives passed the Climate Change Bill on Friday, legislation that will cut US greenhouse gas emissions by 83 percent by 2050.[summary]The legislation, which still has to...
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...sector organisations take advantage of energy efficiency technology.Minister for Energy and Climate Change, Joan Ruddock said at the time: “We estimate this fund could help public sector...
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...and clean coal power stations is falling short of the level necessary to combat the threat of climate change because of on-going uncertainty about the future direction of planning policy in...
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The Government has reasserted the importance it places on regional delivery on climate change targets by signing an agreement today with the nine English regional development agencies (RDAs)....
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...by 2030.“Home energy efficiency has never been so important in achieving our long term goals on climate change and to making a real difference to householder’s energy bills. [This]...
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...can deliver significant business benefits."Lambert added: "The CBI has just published its second climate change tracker, which monitors the progress of Government and business towards...
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...a vote last month by the Scottish Parliament to back the world’s strongest legislation to
tackle climate change by cutting the nation's CO2 emissions by 42 per cent by 2020Cabinet...
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...report says.In other words, the major economies can have no justification for delaying action on climate change.Although the report is clear that in the short term it makes sense to...
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...that many fund managers are investing in carbon-intensive companies and ignoring the issue of climate change in a bid to make short-term financial returns.[summary]But the report warns that...
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...by the same
date – something many see as important measures to achieving an
agreement at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December.However,
no indication was given as to...
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...across Government – preferably through one department, for example the Department of Energy and Climate Change – easier, something the CBI believes needs to happen if a successful low...
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...approach is making energy security harder to achieve and jeopardising the UK’s ability to meet climate change targets.[summary]In the report 'Decision Time', published today, the CBI warns...
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...of British industry.
Malcolm McVicar, vice-dhancellor at UCLan, said: "Against the backdrop of climate change there is a pressing
need to undertake intelligent research that identifies...
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...equal numbers – one third – thought
that it could play a significant role in fighting climate change, while
another third disagreed.The Which? report concluded: “If you
decide to pay to...
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...she said. "Measuring how you’re doing is the first step towards tackling the urgent challenge of climate change."Boss of Festival Republic Melvin Benn said: “In 2008 over a million festival...
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...huge cost to the consumer in terms of energy bills. In a statement,
the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said, on average,
an additional eight per cent – or £92 – would...
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...at the expense of nuclear technology. However, Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change was keen to stress that renewable, nuclear and clean coal should be seen as,...
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...to be operational." David Kidney Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, added: "The Tees Renewable Energy Plant brings a range of economic and...
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...driving the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, which is one of the main causes of climate change.Tesco has disputed the Greenpeace claims, saying: “We have received written assurances...
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...China Clay in
Cornwall. The Government is developing the eco towns to
address two challenges – climate change and a national housing
shortage. It believes these first towns will pioneer...
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...be harnessed to produce renewable, predictable electricity and help the UK towards its energy and climate change goals. It is believed the Cardiff-Weston Barrage alone could save as much...
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...weight to the argument that human activity is the primary cause of rising temperatures, and that climate change impacts are accelerating. [summary]'Climate Science 2008: Major New...
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...It's about the history of humanity."This is also the line being taken by the Campaign Against Climate Change, which is organising a protest in support of the Isle of Wight workers outside...
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...gas emissions. [summary]The report, 'Carbon Connections: Quantifying Mobile’s Role In Tackling Climate Change', demonstrates that mobile technology has the potential to be a major catalyst...
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A package of funding for the wind energy industry announced by Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband yesterday, includes more than £6 million for Vestas Technology UK's offshore wind...
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...Ruddock, who opened the plant, commented: “Cleaning up coal power is a must if we’re to meet our climate change goals whilst keeping the lights on. The development of CCS offers high...
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...who oppose the construction of wind turbines are ‘nimbies’ and accusing them of being so, as Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has done, is counterproductive and hinders the progress of...
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...its existing research and development operations on the Isle of Wight. Earlier this week Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said that, subject to certain approvals, the Government would...
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...Britons to consider UK holidays as opposed to foreign travel, the contribution made by the car to climate change is something we are more aware of as we’re sat in a queue of vehicles. The...
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...of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 2009, published last
week by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), overall UK energy consumption in 2008 also decreased by 1.1 per cent,...
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...things. Campaigners are still hoping for a last-ditch intervention by the Government, despite Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband telling the BBC last week that: “We can't reverse the...
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...not everyone has been so positive about the report’s findings. Liberal Democrat Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Simon Hughes, is reported to have condemned it “as an attempt to...
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...Mayor wants London to be recognised as a world leader in improving the environment by tackling climate change, reducing pollution, developing a low-carbon economy, consuming fewer resources...
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...them."Food systems must become less dependent on fossil fuels, more resilient in the face of climate change, and able to contribute to the Government's pledge to cut greenhouse gas...
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...create jobs and can provide valuable benefits for the
communities they serve. "Our comprehensive climate change laws demand
that we continue to support good projects that reduce emissions...
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The Isle of Wight Council has written to Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband calling for a renewable energy strategy to be developed for the island. [summary]The move comes as a day of action...
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...of enough energy to power 120,000 homes without harming the environment.Tony Grayling, head of Climate Change and Sustainable Development at the Environment Agency, said: "The Environment...
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...to complement and extend existing Government programmes. In June the Department of Energy and Climate Change launched its Community Energy Saving Programme which, from this autumn, will...
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...from 39 industrialised countries, excluding the US, were issued to delegates at this week’s UN climate change conference in Bonn, the latest in a series of meetings leading up to the...
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...transport the RDF in from across the region.Commenting on the development, this week, Energy and Climate Change Minister Lord Hunt, said: “We need to increase our use of renewable energy...
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Against a background of Government calls for a rethink of food production in the face of climate change and rising food prices, a programme in the Northwest will begin to addresses the...
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...to Lafarge staff. Water efficiency is crucial for the sustainable growth of UK business. Climate change and a rising population are predicted to place pressure on the UK’s finite supply of...
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...the negotiating text, Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) described this progress as “limited”.He expressed concern that with only two...
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...the energy related opportunities presented through Scotland's leading global effort to reduce climate change. Scotland's natural capital can create tens of thousands of green jobs." SEGEC...
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...Certification Scheme (MCS) was designed by BRE Global, on behalf of the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), to ensure microgeneration products and installers meet robust...
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...of confidence with the announcement that the third largest pension fund in the US will use two “climate change solution” indices to invest $200 million (£121 million).[summary]The...
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...in 2001, and brings Australia into line with targets set by the European Union.Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong said: “In 10 years time the amount of electricity...
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...reduce the country's waste, meet our highly ambitious waste targets and contribute to the work on climate change. This is a positive step in tackling Scotland's waste – viewing it as a...
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...track to reach the recommended level of greenhouse gas cuts 39 years too late to avoid dangerous climate change, the authors of a new report have warned.[summary]‘The Carbon Chasm’,...
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...in helping us towards achieving our 42 per cent cut in emissions as set out in our world-leading Climate Change (Scotland) Act,” he said. However, he said it is important that any high...
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...these new projects to get hooked up to the grid as soon as they are ready – both to help tackle climate change and secure our future energy supplies. “The Government will do whatever is...
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...trees and reflective buildings could all be valuable weapons in the battle against dangerous climate change, buying the world extra time to decarbonise the global economy, a new report...
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...£250 million in
the plant and said it would create 120 jobs. The Department
for Energy and Climate Change said it was giving the greenlight to the
project because it tackled both...
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...climate and the need to find solutions for some of society’s greatest challenges – from tackling climate change to supporting an ageing population – presentsopportunities for new areas of...
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...2010.[summary]The nationwide drive, which is also aimed at homeowners and is part of a major new climate change campaign by the public and private sector dubbed 10:10, is...
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...a week after the release of a report on the potential benefits of geo-engineering to help tackle climate change, the Royal Society has called for investment into research on the subject,...
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...people and the environment, but we face not having enough if we do not make changes now. By 2050, climate change could reduce the amount of water available by up to 15 per cent so everyone...
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...in June, is hoping for a decision within the next 12 months from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on the £300 million development. Under the proposals, the plant will...
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...Minister Edwin Poots stressed the province’s commitment to renewable energy in the fight against climate change and said wind was the key to meeting its targets. “I am firmly committed to...
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...reducing the environmental impact of unfit produce going into landfill.“But most importantly for climate change,” explained Dr Grieve, “it could also reduce the total synthetic fertilisers...
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...figure of 70 million tonnes.Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change, commented: "These figures for 2007 are good news, which show that we are making...
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...Talbot plant demonstrated just how serious Wales was about addressing the issues associated with climate change through sustainable technology.The plant uses 160,000 tonnes of wood annually...
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...of a new business unit, Ofgem E-Serve, which has been set up to respond to the rapid growth of climate change programmes and offshore transmission. Ofgem E-Serve will focus on administering...
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Any global deal on climate change made in Copenhagen this December must include an undertaking by developed countries to make significant cuts in aviation emissions, the Committee on Climate...
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...(CBEX) and Jilin Food Group (the second largest food producer in China) to explore solutions for climate change on a 36 square kilometre development in Hainan Province in south China. The...
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...loss of more than 400 jobs.Soon after the closure in August, the Isle of Wight Council wrote to Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband calling for a renewable energy strategy to be developed...
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...pumped into the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Demonstration programme by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The programme is the latest in a series of measures for stimulating low...
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...up to €15 billion (£13 billion) a year by 2020 to help developing countries adapt to climate change, have been slated by leading charities for lacking ambition and placing too...
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Whilst most consumers are aware of the threat of climate change, many are unwilling to change their lifestyles and are fed up with green marketing techniques that leave them feeling resentful...
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With less than 80 days to go until the global climate talks in Copenhagen, and with more high-level climate change meetings taking place in New York this week, the Government has today written...
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...the world to have signed a communiqué calling for world leaders to agree a credible deal on climate change in Copenhagen in December.[summary]The launch of ‘The Copenhagen Communiqué’ is...
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Ahead of crucial negotiations on a global deal on climate change in Copenhagen in December, China – the world's biggest polluter – today made its strongest commitment to date that it will curb...
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...to early-stage commercial generation. Announcing the launch of the fund yesterday, Energy and Climate Change Minister, Lord Hunt, said: “The Proving Fund will help marine projects get off...
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...leaders to "rise to the greatest challenge we face as a human family" and secure a global deal on climate change.His words come just a day after the one-day climate summit he convened in...
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...an “ historic opportunity for aviation to join the mainstream of the world's efforts to combat climate change”."International aviation emissions were not included in the Kyoto Protocol 12...
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...community need to come together far more to achieve greater impact, especially in relation to the climate change agenda. Leapfrog, in my view, is a welcome and long overdue conduit through...
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...years – measures that the paper says are essential to meet rising demand for food and to combat climate change. Intensive farming, industrial pollution, erosion by wind and rain and a loss...
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...with the G20 meeting in Pittsburgh, argues that bold and rapid policies by these governments on climate change is likely to create tens of millions of new jobs.[summary]The report –...
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The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has said there is no provision for further deferment of payment under the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) in light of the recession – but...
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Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has announced an extra £20 million in Government-backed venture capital (VC) support for "the clean energy technologies of the...
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...and the Mayday Network – the UK’s largest group of businesses committed to taking action on climate change – to create the placements, “so that our young people can make the most of the...
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Met Office scientists, this week, issued a the stark warning that we could see major climate changes within our lifetime – with global warming exceeding four degrees by the end of the century...
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...has warned. [summary]The Government-funded agency issued its warning in light of research from climate change consultancy firm WSP showing more than 90 per cent of sustainability...
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...apprenticeships and keep it going for 10 years.Q. What are you hopes for a global deal on climate change in Copenhagen?A. My main hope is to get every country leader attending Copenhagen –...
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...claims about their products and services. In a statement, Defra and the Department of Energy and Climate Change, said companies could be carbon neutral by following a transparent...
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...waste to generate local energy.“Local generation of energy will play a key part in achieving climate change goals,” said the ETI’s chief executive, Dr David Clarke.“There is considerable...
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...the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) (now Department of Energy and Climate Change, DECC) in November 2007.The permit for the Prenergy plant comes just weeks...
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...paying for a 100 per cent green energy tariff they are not reducing CO2 emissions or combating climate change – they are buying from a limited, existing renewable energy supply," said...
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The Conservative Party has set out its climate change and energy policies should it come to power at the next elections.[summary]At the Tory conference yesterday, shadow energy and climate...
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...organisations’ cash flow.In a press release issued today, however, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said that, following extensive consultation with businesses and trade...
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...2009 report – presented earlier than usual this week to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate change talks in Bangkok – the agency says the effects of the...
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...10 years – a level of investment the EC says is necessary if European countries are to address climate change, secure their energy supplies and ensure the competitiveness of their...
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...review was published in 2006 calling for urgent action from the Government and businesses on climate change, environmental sustainability has shot up the corporate agenda....
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...have a key role to play alongside renewables, gas and nuclear, in tackling the global threat of climate change while ensuring affordability and security of energy supplies.”Kingsnorth is...
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...Earth and its resources are finite – making better use of them would save money and help tackle climate change.”As a result of its findings, Friends of the Earth has called on the...
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...typically offered through feed-in tariffs is 10 per cent.The REA is urging anyone concerned about climate change to respond to the consultation on feed-in tariffs before it closes. “Tariffs...
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...and sensible [...] We are determined to make electricity clean and contribute to preventing climate change. As more clean power is generated in the UK by wind farms, the opportunities to...
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...Britain faces in maintaining secure energy supplies whilst at the same time meeting its climate change targets, at a time of volatile world energy prices and Britain’s growing dependence on...
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...travel and tourism industry faces to its future sustainability and profitability. These include climate change, increased travel, resource scarcity and the carbon footprint of the...
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...any other English region. "As lead Regional Development Agency for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the NWDA will play a key role in national strategies to hit carbon targets...
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...new £50 million research centre to try and meet the global challenges and opportunities of climate change.[summary]The new Centre for Low Carbon Futures (CLCF) aims to improve the...
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...– in some areas rethinking its whole policy approach – if
the carbon budgets set in the Climate Change Act are to be met.[summary]These are the findings of the the Committee on Climate...
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...of sustaining clean, affordable and secure energy supplies while addressing the looming issue of climate change.”The UK and Norway commissioned a joint study into the role the North Sea...
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Scallop stocks in UK waters are growing because of climate change, according to a new study published in the research journal Marine Biology. [summary]According to analysis collated from 20...
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...be implemented and some that have been do not effectively contribute to resource efficiency and climate change mitigation as intended.Commenting on the Environment Secretary’s...
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...coal consuming nations endorsed carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a critical tool to combating climate change at a meeting in London, yesterday – agreeing that no less than 20 industrial...
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...observed Caines. (Plan A set out 100 commitments to be achieved in five years, aimed at combating climate change, reducing waste, using sustainable raw materials, trading ethically, and...
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...the MCS’s predecessor scheme, Clear Skies.A spokesperson for the Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) said that it is hard to provide accurate figures for the current levels...
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...quickly enough, new research led by a leading academic on energy, sustainable development and climate change concludes.[summary]The report – ‘Consumers, Business And Climate Change’ –argues...
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...Gordon Brown has warned of the dire consequences for the planet if an agreement on tackling climate change is not agreed at the Copenhagen conference in December.[summary]The prime minister...
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...in store. Leahy announced his plan at the same time as a new report – ‘Consumers, Business and Climate Change’ – was published by Manchester University’s Sustainable Consumption Institute....
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...of a strong commercial return.The £18 million is coming from the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Commenting on the cash injection, Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy...
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Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has expressed the view that securing a new global deal on climate change in Copenhagen this December is looking “more do-able” after progress...
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...or withdrawn in the UK.The 19 month research and development programme launched by the Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband at the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA)...
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...factory farming that is already wiping out wildlife, destroying communities and making climate change worse," she said."The UK Government has already invested millions of pounds in GM...
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...says anything less, or too much emphasis on renewable energy, could mean the UK misses its climate change targets and undermines its energy security.In a new report launched today –...
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...£2 million from the Crown Estate and £1.55 million from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
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...carbon pollution by 10 per cent by the end of 2010.[summary]Liberal Democrat Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Simon Hughes said: “This is a bad day for Parliament, Labour and the...
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...aims to protect three million hectares of rainforest in the state of Acre, Brazil, to help combat climate change and preserve the unique habitat and species of the Amazon.The campaign wants...
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Climate change and becoming greener will be high on the agenda for the film industry at a documentary festival being held in Sheffield next month. [summary]Following the worldwide storm...
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The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced the launch of a £6 million fund to explore geothermal energy. [summary]The funding, which is available to bid for from...
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...planners and countryside and environmental organisations, has called on the Government to make climate change a vital factor in all planning decision-making in England.[summary]The Planning...
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...that new nuclear could power the equivalent of all 26 million homes in the UK,” said Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband. “This sale is further proof that we’re giving industry...
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...Stavros Dimas said: "This legislation is another important step for the EU in combating climate change and reaffirms the EU's commitment and leadership ahead of the Copenhagen...
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...was published, David Kidney, MP, Under Secretary of State for the Department of Environment and Climate Change, said the route to a “a healthier, greener life” was through providing “a...
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As European leaders gathered for a summit in Brussels, with climate change at the top of their agenda, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) late last night...
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A new Friends of the Earth report warns that climate change could cause the price of staple foods, such as bread and beer, to increase by four and a half times the normal inflation...
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...sums of public money will be needed to help developing nations cope with the challenges of climate change, they have failed to set out Europe's share or to flesh out options for new,...
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The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launched a satellite to study the Earth's climate change today.[summary]The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite was launched into...
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...our environmental impact is a key objective of our members,” added Stephen Reeson, head of Climate Change and Energy Policy at The Food & Drink Federation. “The Carbon Trust's...
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...here could transform our whole energy landscape, helping the country meet its stringent climate change targets”. Alison James, Environment and Energy co-ordinator at Yorkshire Building...
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The failure of the world's oil and gas companies to fully appreciate the risks associated with climate change and put in place strategies to deal with them, could have implications for all...
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...with a capacity greater than 50 MW have to get consent from central Government and Energy and Climate Change Minister David Kidney said about the approval: “This plant will provide...
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...research revealed today showed how resource efficiency could be the ‘secret weapon’ in meeting climate change targets. The research, which looked at potential ways of increasing resource...
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...Summit, it is difficult to see if enough progress is being made to deliver a new global deal on climate change next month.[summary]Much of the five day United Nations Framework Convention...
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...up in a new set of grievances and tribunal claims. Peta Hodge reports.[summary]“I believe that climate change is the most important issue of our time and nothing should stand in the way of...
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...legal and moral commitment to provide money and technology to help developing countries adapt to climate change."Pushing a world carbon market as part of a global agreement to tackle...
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...management.Eighty-five per cent said that the pace of their company’s strategic response to climate change had ”significantly or moderately” accelerated compared with two years ago.The...
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...to make the America’s Cup campaign as low in CO2 emissions as possible and to inspire action on climate change. “Sport has a unique ability to change the behaviour of millions. A naturally...
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Ed Miliband, the Secretary of State for Climate Change, was forced to concede yesterday that the UK Government might not get the legally binding global agreement on climate change in...
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Environment Agency chairman, Lord Chris Smith, has called for a new Climate Change Fund to put the UK at the forefront of international research on combating climate change, and has asked...
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...District Council and is now waiting final consent by the Government’s Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC).After the vote, last week, the chairman of North Yorkshire County...
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...up a £30 million bill in the process.Announcing his proposals, Miliband said: “The threat of climate change means we need to make a transition from a system that relies heavily on high...
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The food and farming sector is not pulling its weight when it comes to tacking climate change and food shortages could be the consequence if we fail to make fundamental changes to the way we...
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...Fortis and wind developers took place at a city forum event hosted by Ed Miliband, Energy and Climate Change Secretary and the Chancellor of Exchequer, Alistair Darling, on Tuesday...
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...by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), which claims the UK is already losing the climate change battle, as "defeatist".[summary]Responding to the report, which was published...
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...business stay among the front runners, all stakeholders must work together and use the issue of climate change to inspire young people to study for and pursue careers in the STEM...
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...business into “prime position within the energy and property report sector” and aimed to "tackle climate change head-on”. Group managing director of the merged company, Martin Brayshaw,...
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...on all developers, landlords, homeowners and tenants to join in a "national crusade" to tackle climate change.He also said the proposals would help “save up to hundreds of pounds in fuel...
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...share issue will mean we can build our renewable asset base and continue to fight the impact of climate change. This is a good time to invest in renewable energy.”Roughly 97 per cent of...
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...‘safe’ level of temperature rise – is to be avoided.[summary]In its latest report on climate change, the Met Office states that if this curb on emissions is not met, the end of the century...
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...the Copenhagen Climate Summit, there is renewed optimism about the prospects for a global deal on climate change.[summary]The summit had been expected to ratify a new global treaty to...
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...a low-weight rechargeable battery, and small wind turbine technology company Quiet Revolution."Climate Change is one of the biggest challenges facing our society and therefore one of the...
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...the programme.Paul Dickinson, chief executive officer of CDP, said: “Much of the impact of climate change will be felt through changing patterns of water availability, with shrinking...
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Global industry opinion group 3C – which stands for ‘Combat Climate Change’ – has today launched a ‘score card’ evaluation tool to help businesses evaluate and interpret the results of the...
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...than the £150 million committed by suppliers in the final year of the agreement Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said: “The new Energy Bill is an example of the...
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...Future are the leading environmental NGOs businesses should choose to work with to support their climate change, sustainability and environmental goals, according to a new...
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...although many locals and experts have questioned the accuracy of this claim. As the impacts of climate change become more frequent, it is likely that dramatic disturbances in weather like...
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...generate 15 per cent of the UK’s energy from renewables by 2020 and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said the funding will further what it calls the "important role" it...
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...necessity.”The Van Best Practice programme is fully funded by the DfT and will be managed by climate change consultants AEA. The initiative has attracted strong support from the transport...
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...Government officials in Washington confirmed today that Barack Obama will visit the climate change conference at the beginning of the talks. And yesterday, officials said the Obama...
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...George Osborne today spelt out how a Conservative Treasury would meet the twin threats of climate change and energy insecurity head-on – proposing a ‘green investment bank’ as the...
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The University of East Anglia (UEA) has strongly defended the quality and integrity of its climate change research following the illegal online publication of emails which, according to...
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...film entitled ‘Low Carbon, High Potential’, which is being launched ahead of the UN Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, next month. The 10-minute film aims to show the opportunities...
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...are the companies that have set emissions reduction targets above the UK Government’s Climate Change Committee target of 1.7 per cent a year, are reducing emissions, and report their carbon...
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...increasing the amount of green energy in the UK.Q. Why is renewable energy such a vital issue?A. Climate change is going to be such an enormous problem for my children and their children,...
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...infrastructure that could potentially be a powerful tool to help towns and cities to adapt to climate change and improve public health. It describes green infrastructure as "a new milestone...
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Ahead of Copenhagen, China has demonstrated that it is serious about tackling climate change by announcing that it will reduce the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 40...
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...believe the UN Summit in Copenhagen next month could have a significant impact on combating climate change but few believe they can have influence over the outcome of the...
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...(CHOGM) in Trinida and Tobago today, says the meeting presents a “unique opportunity” to discuss climate change ahead of Copenhagen.[summary]The meeting of leaders from Britain’s former...
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...of the Carbon Trust said: "As the UK looks to develop new low carbon solutions to tackle climate change, the breadth and depth of innovation here is deeply encouraging. Whilst many of the...
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...machinery.The results of the FPB’s panel research were provided to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) at the latest external stakeholders meeting for its Small Emitters...
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...GM. While it remains controversial, Dr Johnson had this to say about the team’s findings: “Climate change means increasing extreme weather; meanwhile the world’s population is growing and...
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...to the environment and the local community. "If we want to meet our renewable energy and climate change targets it is essential that we support independent generators who are fundamental in...
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...may also result in global benefits to public health and will offset at least some of the costs of climate change mitigation, according to research published in one of the world’s most...
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...that the measures put in place to reduce carbon emissions following the Kyoto Protocol Treaty on climate change have only made matters worse.In a statement, Dr Böhm and Dabhi, said: “Carbon...
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...taxpayers’ money to the banks to finance anything from destructive fossil fuel companies driving climate change, to hostile takeovers that threaten UK jobs.” The letter – whose signatories...
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...part of the roadmap for the whole energy system to 2050.Making the announcement today, Energy and Climate Change Minister Lord Hunt said: “Smart grids will help manage the massive shift to...
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...promised these world-leading zero carbon developments would address the twin challenges of climate change and the national housing shortage and that each development under the scheme would...
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...computers without incurring the environmental risk. During the opening of a recent conference on climate change Prince Charles talked about Reed, a recruitment company, that has reduced its...
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With three days to go to the start of the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, business is looking for firm policy commitments. Sue Wheat reports.[summary]Today, leading UK and...
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...and contributing around 10 per cent of GDP. The sector will play a crucial part as the UK tackles climate change, as emissions from buildings account for around 44 per cent of Britain’s...
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...manager and director level. Indeed, the research found that more than half of directors are ‘climate change cynics’. Nevertheless, the CMI is now calling for all UK organisations to have a...
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...next two weeks. [summary]Rajendra Pachauri, the chairman of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), vociferously condemned the hacking of the emails from the UEA’s...
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...within the carbon constrained world of the future,” he addedToday’s report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) comes to similar conclusions.It suggests that the use of biofuels in...
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...Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden and Ireland. As the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit gets underway, the signing of the declaration signals the countries’...
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...environmentalists were also heartened by the launch of the ‘Aviation Report’ by the Committee on Climate Change, which put forward options to the UK Government for the aviation industry for...
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...generation and open loop pump technology is being used to cool offices.Tony Grayling, head of Climate Change and Sustainable Development at the Environment Agency said: “Ground source...
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...Summit will be vital to ensure that the Northwest does not suffer the impacts of dangerous climate change.[summary] There is a need for decisive action to be agreed at the summit...
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...this transformative technology off the ground,” he said.Ben Caldecott, of green investment firm Climate Change Capital, agreed: ”This sends another positive signal to those taking part in...
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...was not tough enough they said, for the countries most vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. They wanted a new legally-binding protocol to run alongside the existing Kyoto...
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As the Copenhagen Climate Change talks get underway, GreenWise has teamed up with London creative agency Dri Riser to launch SUMMIT_UP, a family of 'eco' pictograms available to anyone to...
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...friendly ways to process rubbish.Mayor Boris Johnson commented: "As the world meets to discuss climate change, London is taking practical action to tackle all aspects of waste that damages...
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...their computers are using, but that was the subject of one of today's sessions at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit and it's a major issue facing many businesses across the globe as they...
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...five of the UN talks in Copenhagen, it was the European Union’s opportunity to show leadership on climate change and present a united front – and it appeared to pull it off, promising in...
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...apartheid it toppled over! Here we are and we marched to demonstrate to ask that the injustice of climate change will end because climate change effects are being felt most by those who...
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...Limited and is part of an £18 million fund provided by the Department of Energy and Climate Change to speed Britain’s move towards a low carbon economy. It will enable New Earth to...
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...Business Link has launched a new service on its website based around the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s public campaign ‘Act on Copenhagen’, to help companies enter the low...
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...problems, such as identity theft and terrorism, but also problems such as energy security and climate change. IBM says it has chosen to focus on making cities smarter because the world is...
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As ministers from around the world entered the fray of the Copenhagen Climate Change talks today, the drama continued in the city’s UN Bella Centre with the African delegates boycotting the...
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...– even if it’s hard to do. “Like many, he called on governments to take on a war-like focus to climate change and the same commitment as was taken to bailing out the banks.“There is not a...
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...funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Energy and Climate Change (£11.5 million) and Regional Development Agency One North East (£3.5...
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The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published its response to the 2009 Consultation on the Renewable Obligation (RO) and has confirmed that it will extend the RO to 2037....
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...set a deadline of April 22 2010 – the 40th Earth Day - for President Obama and the Senate to pass climate change legislation. “What Obama has done in one year is a sea change compared to...
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...energy bills and savings from improved energy efficiency.Greg Clark, the Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said that the Green Deal would "help millions of families to benefit...
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...the climate talks in Copenhagen today.[summary] At the Bella Centre, where the UN Summit on Climate Change is being held, the day started with outrage as the entire Friends of the Earth...
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...in cost between a biomass boiler and its fossil fuel alternative. The Department of Energy and Climate Change says that applications are welcome from all sizes of business – from pubs,...
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...into disarray this week, a British communications and social innovation organisation working on climate change, offered up a more positive way forward to those still left in the city to...
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...by US secretary of state Hilary Clinton that America would support a $100 billion global climate change fund from the rich nations to the developing countries from 2020 that was the ‘game...
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...multinationals was the winner of an award for doing the most to sabotage effective action on climate change, voted for by 10,000 people and awarded at Copenhagen’s alternative summit this...
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...CCS is a technology that must be adopted all around the world to stand any chance of containing climate change. In practice, CCS captures up to 90 per cent of the CO2 produced in...
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...At a time when world leaders are gathering in Copenhagen to try to come to an important deal on climate change, it is heartening to know that renewable energy projects are being consented...
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...deal as yet.The White House described it as “a meaningful agreement – not sufficient to fight climate change in itself but an important first step.” In the words of one BBC presenter, the...
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...Earth, and is drawn from a new £18 million fund, provided by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, announced by the Carbon Trust last month. The new fund is designed to speed up...
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...clearer from business in the lead up to Copenhagen. Back in May, at the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen, 700 delegates from leading business called on politicians to...
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...to lead an international campaign to turn the agreements established at the Copenhagen summit on climate change into a legally binding treaty. And he told delegates at a post-Copenhagen...
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...Hill Community Windfarm will aid the fight to reduce carbon emissions in Scotland and tackle climate change”.
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...many times over. The rapid development of renewables is a tangible example of our fight against climate change and we are working to become an international leader in turning alternative...
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...and support the cleantech sector in 2010, despite the widely regarded failure of the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. [summary]According to a cleantech investor survey by global securities...
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...and public sector organisations to bring down the town’s carbon emissions. [summary]The Reading Climate Change Partnership (RCCP) aims to encourage all sectors in Reading, including...
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...facing Britain in maintaining a secure food supply at a time of rapid population growth and climate change, and in light of the big price increases seen in 2008 following droughts and the...
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...become increasingly necessary as the UK experiences more extreme weather events as a result of climate change. [summary]“The amount of snowfall has had a huge effect on some businesses,...
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...forcefully, last month, after the failure of Copenhagen to deliver a binding global agreement on climate change. The CBI called for urgent action from Government and business in order to...
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...is the first of the C40 Cities, a group of the
world's largest cities committed to tackling climate change, to
appoint energy
services companies to help save approximately 340,000...
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...specialists is launching a new green mat for urban rooftops that will help UK cities adapt to climate change and improve their biodiversity.[summary]Lindum is launching the pre-grown...
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...by only about one per cent per year, instead of the two to three per cent that the Committee on Climate Change says is needed to avoid dangerous climate change.It calls for urgent action to...
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...will open the way for much-needed local power generation and other developments to help tackle climate change. This increase, according to the regulator will give “better customer service,...
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...emissions, and there have been calls to ration the amount of meat we eat a week to help fight climate change. Last week, the Government launched its food strategy, which calls on farmers...
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...part in delivering the low carbon society we are working to achieve,” said the UK’s Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Miliband.“With Government creating an environment in which...
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Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Environment and Climate Change, has hinted that mandatory carbon reporting for UK business could be brought in before 2012.[summary]Speaking at a reception...
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...Scotland's low carbon economy and further examples of the action we need to take now to tackle climate change."The Lewis wind farm at Muaitheabhal in the Western Isles will provide green...
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...Hilary Benn commented: “The terrible effects of the 2007 floods are still fresh in our minds, and climate change will only increase the threat of extreme weather in the future. We can’t...
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The UN’s top climate change official today put a positive spin on the work done in Copenhagen last month, suggesting that it has prepared the ground for a global climate change deal to be...
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...Midlands, said:“We are delighted to be working with Imperial College on Europe’s trail-blazer on climate change alongside our regional partners from academia, local government and business....
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...said: "We need to have a biodiversity equivalent of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. One of the reasons we have made big progress on climate change is because we had a...
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...Policy (BICEP), Carbon Markets & Investors Association (CMIA), Clean Economy Network, Combat Climate Change (3C) and Copenhagen Climate Council – that last month’s UN Climate Change...
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...buyers in developed countries.But the CDM looks to be in trouble. The failure of the UN Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen in December to agree decisive action to cut emissions means...
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...commitment was made in a joint letter to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by the Spanish Presidency of the Council and the European Commission. The letter...
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The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published a revised Carbon Reduction Energy Efficiency Scheme (CRC) user guide in preparation for the new regulations coming into force...
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...a further bonus payment for power exported back to the grid.According to Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), power generated from a 2.5 kW PV installation could earn £900...
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...are already at risk of flooding – and this number is likely to increase due to the effects of climate change. The effects of flooding are felt by businesses too. A recent report from the...
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...confirmed Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).However, he added that he saw the pledges as “clear signals of willingness...
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...statistics released today. [summary]The figures released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show that UK GHG emissions covered by the Kyoto Protocol stood at 628.3...
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...money invested in RBS is spent in a way consistent with its own commitments on human rights and climate change is that such a restriction would be harmful to the “financial stability” of...
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...buyer – to attract the investment necessary to secure Britain’s energy supplies and help combat climate change beyond the middle of this decade.[summary]According to the energy regulator,...
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...powerful wave and tidal resource not only has the potential to play a crucial role in meeting climate change targets, but also presents a significant economic opportunity.“The demonstration...
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It’s been described as a "ground-breaking" European climate change programme that will create low carbon jobs, innovation and enterprise, and help bring UK cities and regions out of recession....
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...Lancaster Cohousing, which submitted its application for funding to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in December, is going to spend another tranche of the grant on solar...
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...that penalties applied are proportionate to an offence,” said Rhian Kelly, the CBI’s head of Climate Change.Manufacturers’ organisation the EEF and the National Farmer’s Union (NFU) also...
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...'climategate' and 'glaciergate' have called into question specific details within the body of climate change evidence. In the case of ‘climategate’, scientist from the University of East...
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...raising £69 million.[summary]The fund, run by the low carbon asset manager and adviser Climate Change Capital Limited (CCC), was first raised in August 2008 and has already invested...
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...(£87.5) per tonne, or even higher."Emissions trading should be helping us to combat climate change, but at the moment the price of carbon simply isn't high enough to make it work,"...
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...on oil,” commented Brian Souter, ceo of Stagecoach Group.“The twin threats of the oil crunch and climate change make that unsustainable. We need urgent Government action to support...
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...is budgeted. It also calls for the abolishing of allowances against Petroleum Revenue Tax and the Climate Change Levy, which it believes could save £2.9 billion. In addition, it says...
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...The Woodland Trust says native woodland will play a vital role in helping us adapt to future climate change by creating valuable wildlife habitats, aiding flood alleviation and offering...
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...under its Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Demonstration programme. Devised by Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), the programme aims accelerate...
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...Meles Zenawi joined UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to launch the High Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing in a live videoconference on Friday (February 12). The aim of the...
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...sustainable alternative to jet kerosene. We are absolutely determined to reduce our impact on climate change and are proud to lead the way on aviation's environmental initiatives."Fueling...
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...along with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Energy and Climate Change announced £15 million of funding for Narec to test wind turbine blades of...
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...renewable energy industry.”Grant funding will support new generation of wind turbinesEnergy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, also visiting the site this morning, said the £8...
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...Rural Affairs. It was one of the low carbon initiatives launched by the NWDA at its third annual Climate Change Conference in Manchester and part of the revised Northwest Climate Change...
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Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has said a successor to Yvo de Boer, the top UN climate change official who has just announced he is stepping down, must be found urgently to...
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... – also known as the Clean Energy Cashback scheme – announced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) at the beginning of this month, all solar PV, wind, hydroelectric and...
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...in Europe and the United States means the extent of the changes needed to mitigate dangerous climate change are being “vastly” underestimated.[summary]This is the conclusion of a University...
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...its leadership in offshore wind generation into leadership in manufacturing," said Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband, who signed today’s MoU with Business Secretary Peter...
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...as it attempts to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy.[summary]In a new report – Tackling Climate Change Closer To Home –published today by the CBI, the UK business group makes a...
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...which are being introduced next month) and existing low carbon transition measures, such as the Climate Change Levy and Renewables Obligation. It also takes account of Ofgem’s...
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...these barriers to deployment by speeding its development in the UK.The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) estimates that measures such as putting in solid wall insulation could...
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...meet their renewable energy targets.[summary]The guidance, issued by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) at the end of last week, aims to provide a more standardised approach...
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...information on the negative impact the widespread use of biofuels in the EU is having on climate change. [summary]At issue in the lawsuit - brought by ClientEarth, Transport &...
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Hopes for drawing up a global climate change treaty this year appear to be fading.[summary]Connie Hedegaard the minister in charge of the Copenhagen Climate Change conference last year and the...
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...This is a view back up by Cresswell, who says the UK building industry is more switched on about climate change than many other countries and this is creating opportunities. “General...
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...joint review by the Department of Business Innovation and Skills, Department of Energy and Climate Change and UKTI is designed to match the UK's strengths and competitive advantages, both...
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...results come against a year that saw economic and political upheaval. The failure at the UN Climate Change summit in Copenhagen in December to agree an international treaty on carbon...
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...Kent and ScottishPower’s Longannet site in Scotland.The funding announced by Department of Energy Climate Change (DECC) on Friday (March 12) means there are now three CCS projects in the UK...
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...95 per cent compared to fossil fuelsThe Department for Transport and the Department of Energy and Climate Change are investing £7 million over the next three to four years into the...
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...has been struck with Imperial College London’s Faculty of Engineering and Grantham Institute for Climate Change. The aim of this initiative is to seek out solutions to a looming energy...
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...(MW) CCS project at Ferrybridge in Yorkshire. [summary]The announcements came as the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Miliband, launched the Government’s new CCS Industrial Strategy,...
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...climate for creating a sustainable energy sector going forward – including reform of the Climate Change Levy, a UK tax levied on energy-intensive industries. The paper also proposes to...
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...is to develop technologies that will help the UK meet its 2050 carbon reduction targets under the Climate Change Act. Related news:Green transport newsGreen technology...
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...the energy regulator, said the current system wouldn’t deliver on either energy security or climate change.Energy efficiency "missed opportunity"The great missed opportunity within the...
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...of plants expected to be built between 2015 and 2020 as part of the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s demonstration projects.”To meet the criteria for this £25 million R&D...
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...with £1 billion coming from the private sector."It is clear that to reach Britain's climate change targets market and Government forces must come together,” commented Simon Walker,...
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Louise Bateman asks Joan Ruddock, Minister for Energy and Climate Change, about Government plans to incentivise businesses to reduce their energy usage and cut their carbon emissions and...
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...head of UK/EU energy and environment policy at environmental investment and advisory group Climate Change Capital, was among those expressing disquiet today. Green equity won't be raised in...
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...UK ports host offshore wind manufacturers – is being described by the Department of Energy and Climate Change as extremely good news for offshore wind.Secretary of State Ed Miliband said:...
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...UK. The Woodland Trust says native woodland will play a vital role in helping us adapt to future climate change by creating valuable wildlife habitats, aiding flood alleviation and offering...
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...a boost to the heating industry. Declaring the scheme “a great success”, Lord Hunt, Energy and Climate Change Minister, said this week that the scheme had helped “to sustain work for the...
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...cent of the UK’s total carbon emissions and need to be in the front line of our efforts to tackle climate change,” said Paul King, chief executive of the UK Green Building Council....
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...recession.[summary]According to statistics published this week by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), UK emissions of the six GHG covered by the Kyoto Protocol were...
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...benefits of carbon emissions reductions, as has the lack of perceived progress at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December, according to report out today.[summary]In the latest...
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...been installed in new build estates and industrial settings. The Department for Energy and Climate Change intends to have 47 million meters installed by suppliers in 26 million properties...
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...smart metering”, in line with guidance provided by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and UK regulator Ofgem. “Our partnership with British Gas represents a major...
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...has shrunk by over 28 per cent post-Copenhagen, according to the latest quarterly HSBC Global Climate Change Index, resulting in two companies losing their place on the list. [summary]The...
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...to get on board.Launching the campaign today, Joan Ruddock, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, said: “The Government’s ambition is to see all lofts and cavity walls in the UK...
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...the size of their carbon footprint by investing in projects that directly help children adapt to climate change, whether it be disaster risk reduction, water, education, health or...
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...campaign group characterised as the Prime Minister’s “last chance to make progress in tackling climate change before the General Election”. [summary]The purpose of the climate finance...
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...founder Paul Clarke ranks his top ten sustainable business opportunities. [summary]1 Climate ChangeAlthough the COP15 outcome, Climategate emails and IPCC errors were PR disasters, the need...
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...pads.[summary]The radar project will receive £4 million from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and will allow the construction of the Sheringham Shoal wind farm off...
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...by 2010. [summary]The Greenpeace report – 'Make IT Green: Cloud Computing and Its Contribution to Climate Change' – has been published ahead of Saturday’s launch of Apple’s new cloud...
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...role for low carbon industries and different ways of living and working to reflect the effects of climate change.”2,500 wind energy apprenticeships will help transition to low carbon...
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...affordable and sustainable heat and power to Larkfleet’s customers. At a time of concern over climate change, volatile energy prices and uncertainty over future supply, Lark Energy will...
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...globally across the Sony Group from April 2011. They cover four distinct environmental areas – climate change, resource conservation, control of chemical substances and biodiversity – and...
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...agenda.[summary]‘Ask The Climate Question’ aims to get all parties to raise the profile of climate change in their election campaigns. The coalition includes WWF-UK, RSPB, Christian Aid,...
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...switch. Another invites university students to pit themselves against their friends in a mini climate change quiz. Over 3,000 students have so far taken part in the quiz and have been...
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...2010 was already showing signs of modest growth and that the need to tackle food security and climate change meant sustainable production systems would continue to grow. Organically managed...
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Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband has said that Labour’s election manifesto is "pro-business" and supports a green economy.[summary]The Labour Party is unveiling its...
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...plans.
Clearly attempting to send out a message that the party is committed to tackling climate change and creating a green economy, the manifesto devotes a whole chapter to a green...
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...The Government of Britain’, devotes several pages to protecting the environment through combating climate change and conserving and enhancing the natural environment, although in contrast...
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The Liberal Democrats today attempted to position themselves as the only main party to put climate change and a green economy at the fore.[summary]Launching their manifesto, today, Liberal...
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...sector and is one of the UK’s leading organisations set up to address the damaging effects of climate change.All current Sony TVs meet power consumption requirements laid down by The EST...
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Serco is leading a new partnership to help Government achieve its climate change commitments through the greater use of the UK's sizable offshore wind energy resources. [summary]
Serco,...
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...through population growth, urbanisation, changing diets, pollution of water resources and climate change, and we are at risk worldwide instability if we do not find ways to reduce our use...
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...(PIK) in Germany said today the Copenhagen Accord pledges made by countries since the UN Climate Change Conference last December might even lock the world into exceeding three degrees...
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...clean, secure energy," said Ed Miliband, Secretary of State at the Department of Energy Climate Change.
Greg Clark, Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, congratulated the offshore...
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Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg disagreed over what was the right approach to tackle climate change, last night, in the second 'Leaders’ televised debate of the election campaign....
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...has slammed Conservative candidates for their lack of support for a package of measures to tackle climate change the charity is calling on prospective parliamentarians to sign up...
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...Democrat leader Nick Clegg, presented his party as the only credible choice to put tackling climate change at the heart of government.
"This election is not like any other. Climate...
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...campaign – the size of the annual bill the public will have to foot for the UK to address climate change and energy security. [summary]
In a BBC televised debate between Labour’s Ed...
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...and it would be sending its research to the solar trade bodies and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
Vicary-Smith said: "The solar industry is too important to our...
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...been hit by uncertainties over its future size, losing almost a third of its value since the UN Climate Change talks in Copenhagen failed to deliver binding emissions targets. CLE’s share...
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Governments must confront risks that the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol for fighting climate change will collapse because of splits about a successor treaty, the U.N.'s top climate official said on...
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...to a cleaner, safer, low carbon one. EU ETS auction windfall According to the Committee on Climate Change, between 2012 and 2020 the UK will raise approximately £40 billion from the auction...
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...key policies. Where you’ll find key policy differences between the three main parties are over climate change and energy. Emissions cutsLabour is committed to 34 per cent cut in emissions...
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...Mexico oil spill threatens to become the final nail in the coffin for the Obama administration’s climate change bill, with more Democrats saying they cannot support a bill that allows...
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More than 250 U.S. scientists on Thursday defended climate change research against "political assaults" and warned that any delay in tackling global warming heightens the risk of a planet-wide...
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...Liberal Democrats, who in their campaign claimed to be the only party of the main three to put climate change and a green economy at the fore, have also had a disappointing result in the...
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The White House said on Friday the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico showed the need for climate change and energy legislation, dismissing calls from a Republican backer of the bill to...
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...Nick Clegg to use the party’s leverage in the talks to ensure the Conservatives agree to key climate change policies.
Clegg and the Liberal Democrats made climate change and green...
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...in the Community charity, is a collaborative movement of UK businesses committed to action on climate change. It is backed by large organisations such as Alliance Boots, The Carbon Trust,...
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...all the time. [summary]Unfortunately, under the former Government, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has favoured a global regulated carbon market that would be incapable...
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...there was no indication tonight on who would take over as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and what if any concessions the Lib Dems might have had won on green policies,...
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Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne is expected to become the new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in Britain’s new coalition Government. [summary]This morning neither the...
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...also agreed to increase the target for energy from renewable source, subject to the advice of the Climate Change Committee, although what that target is remains unclear.
Interestingly,...
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...The outcome could have significant implications for peatlands and their role in our response to climate change.
This article originally appeared in Green Futures, the magazine...
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...Kelly, ceo of EcoSecurities, commented: "Forestry has always been at the centre of international climate change negotiations. It’s hugely encouraging to see that despite the lack of...
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The United States' future as a global economic power depends on what it does to fight global warming and it is lagging behind other countries like China, Europe's climate chief said on...
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...Facility, the world's largest public green fund that helps developing countries tackle climate change.[summary]...Read more...
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...needs to be leading from the front on? Business has been calling for urgent, decisive action on climate change for long enough from politicians and the niggling fear has to be that – just...
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Prime Minister David Cameron and Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne have promised to take "real action" and go "further, faster" on green policy.[summary] Declaring...
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...Leapfrog is a unique charity that has the potential to make a difference in the fight against climate change," said Jessica Brown, director of the Tellus Mater Foundation. "It uses its...
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...coalition said they would set a floor price for carbon. Meanwhile, speaking at a House of Lords climate change event, recenlty former Government Scientist Sir David King said: "The price of...
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Climate Change Capital Private Equity (CPE) has invested a further £7.5 million into its majority-owned portfolio company Climate Energy, a leading energy efficiency services...
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...Mayday Network, the UK’s largest collaborative movement of UK businesses committed to action on climate change.
For almost a year now, Lloyds has been part of a London-based...
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Tory Lord Jonathan Marland has joined the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.[summary]Marland, a former Treasurer of the Conservative...
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...includes playing a leading role in tackling the long-term issue of security of supply and climate change facing the energy industry, the company said.National Grid confirmed that it had...
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...Government and lists more than 40 individual pledges in the areas of the environment, energy and climate change. But it presents few green policies not already set out in the Conservative...
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...keep the wheels of industry turning, and wean us off our addiction to oil. A fuel that could stop climate change in its tracks, and send carbon levels plunging to pre-industrial levels. A...
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The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is to slash £54 million from green support programmes and delivery bodies as part of £6.2 billion of public spending cuts announced today by...
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...of firms with revenue of $1 billion (£70 million) or more say they plan to increase spending on climate change initiatives in the next two years, a global survey reported on...
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...reaching the bill will be still remains unclear.
This afternoon, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) confirmed the bill would include the implementation of a 'Green Deal’...
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...of the conference programme can be found at www.siemens.co.uk/afe.The contribution cities make to climate change will be tackled in the Sustainable Cities exhibition. Although major urban...
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...Soros said on Wednesday he would guarantee $50 million to help slow deforestation and contain climate change, bolstering Norwegian plans for a partnership of rich and poor states to save...
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...since records began in the 19th century yet voters seem to be cooling to strong action to combat climate change.[summary]...Read more...Related news:CO2 reductions news
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...Trading Association (IETA) is proposing to introduce a green sector bond mechanism to unlock climate change investment.[summary] The IETA issued a paper this week to discuss the proposal,...
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...of carbon dioxide. The draft says such a tax could make a four per cent contribution to the EU's climate change goals.
The second taxation would be on energy, taxing the highest...
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...year, brought on by the world economic crisis and political uncertainty post 2012, when the UN’s climate change treaty the Kyoto Protocol is due to expire. Project-based transactions...
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...become more sustainable through its Mayday Network, a campaign to encourage UK business to act on climate change. Under the new partnership, FSB members will gain access to the Mayday...
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...Directive as a means of achievingtargets set to reduce carbon emissions as part of its policy on Climate Change. It has already supported and implemented a range of EU policies aimed at...
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...EuropeNot surprisingly, in contrast to other territories, in Europe – which leads on energy and climate change legislation – existing legislation was one of the top three factors for...
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...G20 countries agreed to phase out energy subsidies by 2020 to promote energy security and fight climate change.IEA chief economist Pharih Birol told GreenWise phasing them out was a...
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Climate Change Capital (CCC), the environmental investment manager and advisory group, has set up a new asset management team to capitalise on the growing investment opportunities being...
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...well as doubling the number of annual inspections to drilling rigs, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is reviewing the indemnity and insurance requirements for operating in...
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...from aviation and shipping, it has been reported.[summary]The High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing was set up in March to work out how to raise $100 billion a year from...
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...forward the case for green gas."The industry is calling for DECC (the Department for Energy and Climate Change) to review the RHI consultation [initiated under the previous administration]...
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Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne says he will use his first European Union (EU) meeting today to underline the Coalition Government’s support for a 30 per cent cut in...
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The British public is less concerned about climate change than it was five years ago, but more people think companies should take greater responsibility to tackle it, according to a survey...
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...to be vigilant to ensure no such disaster would happen in UK waters. The Department of Energy and Climate Change has already announced it will increase the number of inspections of North...
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...and measures to reduce global emissions and help avoid the most serious consequences of climate change. In Britain, the new Coalition Government has honoured a commitment by the previous...
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...and help it achieve its targets for reducing CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050 as set out in the Climate Change Act 2008."Headquartered in Alloa, CADmeleon has offices in Edinburgh and Michigan,...
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...one explanation for this, but another is lack of awareness of the implications of doing nothing, climate change fatigue and a deep dislike of red tape.
The Carbon Trust’s interest-free...
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...200,000 cars off Britain’s roads.[summary]A study conducted by Cambridge University for the 10:10 climate change campaign has found that putting the clocks forward by an hour during the...
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...country’s carbon footprint and the take up of clean, electric transport can help the UK meet its climate change targets," said EDF Energy managing director of ESCS Martin Lawrence.No need...
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...are to take to the skies to gain a clearer picture of how the world's forests could alleviate climate change[summary]....Read more...Related news:Biodiversity newsGreen research news
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...is no longer viable to ignore the future of the region’s economy in relation to the challenge of climate change," said Dan Griffiths, head of Climate Change at the North West Development...
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...slash spending. Non-ring-fenced Government departments, including the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department of Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will be among...
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...both to the recession and the over-generous provision of free permits by the 27 governments.The Climate Change Committee (CCC) is charged with ensuring that UK governments comply with the...
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...Budget did, however, outline that the Government would in the Autumn consult on reforming the Climate Change Levy and setting a floor price for carbon, as well as publish proposals on a...
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The Regional Development Agencies (RDAs), which have been responsible for delivering climate change targets across England are to scrapped, it has emerged.[summary]Budget documents show that...
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...Williams, ceo of INEOS Bio.
The grant funding has come from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and regional development agency One North East.
"This grant from One...
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...targets. It estimates that as much as £550 billion worth of investment could be needed to meet UK climate change and renewable energy targets between now and 2020.The UK has to source 15...
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...businesses more energy efficient – especially small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – the UK climate change watchdog said today.[summary] The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) called for...
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...cost effective prototype solutions."Today (June 30), carbon emissions watchdog the Committee on Climate Change published its 2nd progress report to Parliament on the UK’s carbon budgets,...
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...by the savings made on fuel bills.In a statement issued yesterday, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said the Green Deal "is expected to be available in late 2012".The...
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...of £5,000 towards the purchase from next year.Earlier this week, the UK watchdog the Committee on Climate Change recommended that the current level of around 2000 electric cars on Britain’s...
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...Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and WWF, which aims to inspire action on climate change. Working with their coalition of leading businesses and city and regional...
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...over the next four decades, to a low-carbon economy.[summary] We have to meet the challenge of climate change, to establish energy security and to create new jobs, new export opportunities...
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...the effects of global warming and said they hoped it would restore faith in the fight against climate change.[summary]...Read more...
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...will restore some of the faith that has been lost over the past months in the fight against climate change.Doing away with fossil fuels The news that Germany could become 100 per cent...
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The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has launched a consultation on microgeneration in a bid to develop the sector into a mass market industry.[summary]The consultation on...
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...from the decline in biodiversity should be viewed as larger and more urgent to business than climate change.[summary]That is one of the conclusions made by professional services firm...
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...Fund (EDRF), East of England Development Agency (EEDA) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change.Like this story? Please subscribe to our free weekly e-newsletter at the top of the...
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...push with France and Germany to get Europe to cut its emissions by 30 per cent by 2020.[summary] Climate change ministers Chris Huhne, Jean-Louis Borloo and Dr Norbert Röttgen set out the...
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The Government adviser on climate change has said the UK should ring-fence funding for green technologies in order to meet long-term climate change targets and low carbon economic...
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...Trust said it had deliberately launched the new service on the same day as the Committee on Climate Change released a report saying that the Government needed to spend more on low carbon...
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...by these turn of events that I have written to Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to urge him to finalise and publish details of this important scheme to reward...
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...commented Paul King, chief executive of the Green Building Council. "Although the Committee on Climate Change has a critical role as watchdog and advisor on carbon emissions, the SDC had a...
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...Senate Democrats said on Thursday they will wait until September at the earliest to take up broad climate change legislation, a potentially fatal blow to the White House push to curb...
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Overstuffed holiday luggage is contributing to climate change, according to a new study.[summary]The survey by travel group TUI, parent of Thomson First Choice, released today shows a third of...
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...£34 million cuts to green technology programmes were announced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Although not welcome they were broadly expected and may not be too damaging to...
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The Democratic leadership in the US Senate has suspended efforts to pass a climate change bill. It abandoned not only its planned comprehensive cap-and-trade measure, similar to one already...
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...and virtually eliminate emissions from power stations by 2050 if it is to meet legally binding climate change targets, the government said on Tuesday.[summary]...Read more...Related...
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...scientists have injected fresh evidence into the debate over global warming, saying that climate change is "undeniable" and shows clear signs of "human fingerprints" in the first major...
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...week urgently need to focus and speed up as time runs out to secure a global deal on combating climate change by the end of the year, delegates at the opening of negotiations on Monday...
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The cost to the taxpayer of meeting Scotland's climate change target has been put at about £8 billion by 2020.[summary]...Read more......
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...In its second progress report, published last month, the Government watchdog the Committee on Climate Change concluded that not enough has been done to date to get small to medium-sized...
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon acknowledged on Monday that a key UN conference on climate change in Mexico at the end of this year might not produce the definitive agreement the world body is...
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Global climate change is partly to blame for the abnormally hot and dry weather in Moscow, cloaked in a haze of smoke from wildfires, say researchers.[summary]...Read more...Related...
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...latest developments shaping the green business agenda.[summary]Preparing for a changing climate
Climate change science has been under fire of late, but reports that global warming is...
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...the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), industry sources told Reuters, citing a lack of US action on climate change.[summary]...Read more...Related news:Carbon trading news
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CBI director-general Richard Lambert described Government policy on energy security and climate change as being on "amber", today, as he reviewed the Coalition administration’s first 100 days...
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...the energy efficiency in large, low energy-intensive organisations not already covered by the UK Climate Change Agreements and the European Union Emissions Trading System. Around 5,000...
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...reported in June that as much as £550 billion worth of investment could be needed to meet UK climate change and renewable energy targets between now and 2020. …Remains on 'amber...
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...to re imagine the smart use of today’s technologies to address key sustainability issues like climate change, biodiversity and water conservation. Community members from across the globe...
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...cleantech leader:1. The UK Government has strong cross party political support for cleantech and climate change. The Government recently passed the Climate Change Bill with cross party...
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...to register with us should not be concerned about facing fines," said Tony Grayling, head of climate change and sustainable development at the Environment Agency. For further information on...
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...with a common goal – to drive global competitiveness and respond to the very real challenges of climate change. As one of the country's largest employers of engineering talent, Jaguar Land...
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...technology is vital in any new international pact to battle global warming, Switzerland's top climate change negotiator said on Wednesday.[summary]...Read more...Related news:Green...
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...who is launching her Foundation at the Science Museum later today, where guests will include Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne and a number of UK and European business leaders, said our...
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...nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global...
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...course delivered virtually. It covers regulation and legislation, as well as issues such as climate change, water use, responsible sourcing of materials and impact on biodiversity. It also...
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...group the CBI, which last year recommended it be part of a number of strategies to meet UK climate change targets and energy needs. The Government’s decision not to invest any public money...
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...it is supported by industry and other environmentalists, which see it as important to help meet climate change targets and energy needs. Cutbacks are thought to be reason for the...
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...attempted to position London as the world centre for low carbon finance with the launch of a new climate change investment forum.[summary]The Capital Markets Climate Initiative (CMCI)...
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...leadership, can help a company gain competitive advantage and make it easier to adapt to climate change.
The 42 companies that have made a public commitment so far to reduce their water...
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...report, to be published today, the Mayday Network, a collaboration of businesses taking action on climate change, highlights some of the innovative green business ideas that its members are...
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...early next summer.
The UK is facing increasing pressure on its water supplies due to climate change and a growing population. This summer the North West faced a hosepipe ban just six...
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The Committee on Climate Change has called on the Government to adequately fund the Renewable Heat Incentive, saying financial support will be necessary to meet renewable heat...
