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Return of the Environment Bill

This post was first published in Business Green The Environment Bill makes a welcome return to Parliament next week in a prime slot after Prime Minister’s questions. It is wide-ranging
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The secret life of stuff remains a secret to most of us

It is nearly ten years since my book The secret life of stuff was published. Those ten years have seen some big changes to the planetary agenda, and the book
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What might the reshuffle mean for climate and nature?

There’s nothing quite like reshuffle day to get the politicos amongst us out of bed in the morning – in the words of Pamela from Gavin and Stacey: “It’s the
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The PM’s “technological optimism” won’t be enough for a low carbon revolution

This post was first published in CityMetric. Launching the countdown to the COP26 climate talks last week, the prime minister was right to say climate action presents a huge industrial opportunity,
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The government needs to shift gear fast to make COP26 a success

The COP26 UN climate conference opens in Glasgow in just under nine months’ time. That really is not much time, and the conference matters deeply. In a relatively trivial sense,
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Wishful thinking about carbon removal is slowing down climate action

What if the mere possibility of future greenhouse gas removal technologies (GGRs) could be influencing the perception of climate risk and policy decisions being made today? This is the premise
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Could the next budget be the greenest ever?

This post is by Colin Hines, convenor of the UK Green New Deal Group. Shaun Spiers correctly cites the concerns felt by many in industry about the effects of chancellor Sajid
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Aviation needs a less risky strategy to get to net zero

The aviation industry body Sustainable Aviation has just released a road map to net zero by 2050. While this is a welcome change in ambition from the previous industry-set target
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