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COP26 CEO Says Climate Negotiations Will Likely Go Down To The Wire

20 Oct Environment

The CEO of COP26 has warned that climate negotiations at the upcoming conference are likely to “go to the wire”.

20 Oct Environment

Pig Culling Will Continue For Weeks With Visa Scheme Rollout Set To Take Until Next Month

19 Oct Environment

Minister Says Heat Pump Grant Is "First Step" To Green Homes But It Could Take 15 Years To Phase Out Gas

17 Oct Environment

Exclusive: Government Set To Announce Ambitious Carbon Emission Reduction Target For Power Sector By 2035

12 Oct Coronavirus

Packaging Industry Says It Is Too Late To Stop Shortages Of Cans And Cardboard

IKEA continues to champion climate action by joining COP26 as a Partner

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06 Oct Environment

IKEA continues to champion climate action by joining COP26 as a Partner

05 Oct Coronavirus

The Pig Industry Thinks The Cabinet Is Split Over Visas As Mass Cull Continues

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22 Oct Environment

Ahead of COP26, the Chancellor must use the spending review to deliver on green investment

20 Oct Environment

Our national response to climate change needs to be rooted in communities

Mobile UK’s landmark report highlights how 5G will be key to reaching net zero ahead of COP26

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19 Oct Environment

Mobile UK’s landmark report highlights how 5G will be key to reaching net zero ahead of COP26

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22 Sep Environment

Climate action must advance the rights of women and girls

The UK government must ensure there is a global commitment to limit climate change to 1.5 degrees and give concrete support for gender equality and women and girls’ leadership.

15 Sep Environment

We must back British farming 365 days a year

We must support all our farmers to keep doing what they do best - feeding us, caring for the environment and maintaining the varied and beautiful landscapes across the whole of the UK.

14 Aug Environment

Flood Zone MPs Issue Plea To "Radically Reform" Green Plans After Alarming Climate Report

After this week’s “code red” climate report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned the planet is warming at a more alarming rate than expected, MPs from both major parties fear recent flooding is set to get much worse and are calling for more to be done at both a local and global scale.

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21 Oct Environment

Budget 2021: MPA calls for targeted spending in 4 key areas

The Mineral Products Association is calling on the Chancellor to do the right thing in four key policy areas in its budget submission ahead of the 2021 Budget and Spending Review on 27th October.

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19 Oct Environment

Commitment to retrofit vital for Heat and Buildings Strategy says CIOB

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19 Oct Environment

Rail industry responds to Net Zero Strategy

Evidence Week 2021: learn from top researchers how we can best tackle the climate crisis

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19 Oct Environment

Evidence Week 2021: learn from top researchers how we can best tackle the climate crisis

To reach net zero we need policies that achieve public support. This means equipping policy makers with the insights into what their priorities are. We are on a mission to make that happen.

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14 Oct Environment

RIA: The UK is electrifying its railway at less than half the rate needed to decarbonise by 2050

New data has been published from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) showing that the UK is not electrifying its railways quick enough to meet Net Zero by 2050.

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14 Oct Coronavirus

When it comes to levelling up, the UK’s fractured health outcomes should be high on the agenda

A new report reveals stark disparities in the way Covid-19 affected different areas of the country – so can policy heal the UK’s North-South health divide?

06 Oct Environment

A strong and resilient economy is crucial for net-zero Britain – and the private sector must be given the confidence to invest in green jobs

The government needs to help clear up the confusion, as it is itself yet to define what it means by a green job

Reversing biodiversity decline will require decisive action across our society

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04 Oct Environment

Reversing biodiversity decline will require decisive action across our society

Amid the urgency of action to tackle climate change, the issue of biodiversity collapse can easily get lost. In the UK and most countries across the world, biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate, yet understanding of the correlation between climate change and biodiversity loss is lacking.

Six decades on, Coca-Cola’s Sidcup site is leading the way on sustainability

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01 Oct Environment

Six decades on, Coca-Cola’s Sidcup site is leading the way on sustainability

This week the first of our 500ml bottles made from 100% recycled plastic have come off the line at our Sidcup factory. This is just the start of our green journey as we strive to become Net Zero by 2040 – and Sidcup is at the heart of our sustainbility plans

01 Oct Environment

To tackle both climate change and inequality we need a Labour government

The net-zero transition must go together with a just transition protecting jobs, training workers, and helping communities

Net Zero with the Lights On: Nuclear’s Role in Our Energy Future

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30 Sep Environment

Net Zero with the Lights On: Nuclear’s Role in Our Energy Future

The UK’s energy system can only survive the transition to net zero if we invest urgently and heavily in homegrown nuclear power.

Serious about combatting climate change? - It’s time to talk about the cow in the room

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30 Sep Environment

Serious about combatting climate change? - It’s time to talk about the cow in the room

Today marks the start of the Pre-COP summit, the last chance for world leaders to discuss climate change mitigation strategies ahead of the upcoming negotiations at the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November in Glasgow. If COP26 organisers are serious about meeting the Paris Agreement and “keeping 1.5 degrees alive” to limit the potentially catastrophic impact of global warming, it’s crucial that all leading drivers of climate change are acknowledged and addressed. Yet, until now, one topic has remained the cow in the room: intensive animal agriculture.