Net Zero

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The Climate and Nature bill didn’t pass its second reading yesterday, by Thursday evening it had become obvious that the Government wouldn’t let it progress. It seems however that a compromise which the Government will work with was reached. This Facebook post from Dr Roz Savage, the Liberal Democrat MP who reintroduced the Climate and…

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Climate deniers and the far right could have a field day in Parliament this Friday unless your MP turns up to the CAN Bill’s Second Reading on 24 January. Last week, Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attended a climate sceptic group launch. On Monday, Donald Trump, who’s pledged to “drill, baby, drill”, was inaugurated as President.…

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25th October 2024

Golden October!

Members may wonder what has been happening recently and how we are approaching the new government. We have been involved in informing relevant UK stakeholders about the Citizens’ Climate EU conference on ETS2 implementation, organised by CCL UK member and CC EU Chair, James Collis. The EU has realised that the 2030 emissions reductions target…

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Yesterday the Climate Change Committee released its summary of the implications of the Cop28 outcome for the UK. The CCC warns that the government’s “mixed messages” did damage its reputation on the world stage and decarbonisation progress beyond electricity generation is lagging. Non energy generation emissions must quadruple to meet the UK’s target under the…

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Yesterday the Prime Minister was forced to react to a leak and bring forward a speech about his more ‘pragmatic’ approach to Net Zero. A lot of ink has been spilled over the speech and there are extensive minute by minute reports of the speech and this morning’s R4 Today programme interview in the Guardian…

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As readers will know we at CCL UK are affiliates of a worldwide organisation, Citizens’ Climate International, which endorses building the political will for a liveable world through five levers of political will. This type of people power has had notable results, most famously in Canada. The current Bretton Woods project has also given the…