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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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The Climate Legacy of Justin Trudeau A Perspective from Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada Justin Trudeau’s tenure as Prime Minister marks a pivotal chapter in Canada’s climate history, having accomplished more on climate policy than any other Canadian leader. The climate agenda began in 2015 with the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change. Developed in…

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Statement from the CCI newsletter for October 2024 At the end of October, parts of Spain were inundated with more rain in one day than normally falls in several months. Torrents of water pushed cars through the streets of cities, and more than 200 people perished in the floodwaters. A month earlier, similar scenes unfolded…

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Last week we reported on the CC EU conference on the implications of the forthcoming EU ETS2 policy, putting forward the benefits of a Climate Income scheme as adopted by Austria. On Friday the Guardian reported how Brexit has put £370m a year on price of power from EU since 2021 when a stand alone…

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Reports on the need for policy reform to curb emissions are coming thick and fast. The Lethal Humidity global council of scientists is alerting the world to the fact that the concept of carbon offsetting just doesn’t stack up, quite literally as trees fall down and die, emitting carbon dioxide! Oxfam’s new briefing paper, ‘Carbon…

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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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On the 22nd September the United Nations General Assembly adopted the “Pact for the Future” which, reports Reuters, UN secretary-general António Guterres describes as a landmark agreement that is a “step-change towards more effective, inclusive, networked multilateralism”…… UN News reports that….. ‘The Pact’s five broad focus areas include: sustainable development; international peace and security; science…