All posts tagged "net zero"

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  COP27: how finance ministries are working to net zero – but ‘missed a trick’ on COVID-19 response

  Much talk at the COP27 has already touched on the centrality of finance to helping the world reach net zero and tackle the effects of climate change, with many developing

  • Posted November 8, 2022
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  An ideas accelerator: how the UK’s Data Challenge built two new public services

  Gathering ideas from the workforce, the 2021 Civil Service Data Challenge put the best on the path to delivery, bringing benefits for UK citizens overseas, peatlands conservation and the net

  • Posted November 2, 2022
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  UK’s net zero strategy ruled ‘unlawful’ by high court

  The UK high court has ruled that the government’s net zero strategy does not sufficiently detail how it will meet its emissions targets and that as such it has contravened

  • Posted July 27, 2022
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  A sustainable roadmap to net zero: interview with WSP’s Rachel Skinner

  WSP’s Executive Director has recently completed her term as ICE President. She speaks to Global Government Forum about how to get to net zero, boosting skills in transport, and meeting

  • Posted July 19, 2022
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  Achieving zero: how are governments to reach climate neutrality in an age of permanent crisis?

  National governments are grappling to understand how net zero can be achieved, and world events are making that task harder still. During a GGF webinar, experts discussed some of the

  • Posted June 13, 2022
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  Carbon offsetting is one way to net zero, but it must be done sustainably

  The Net Zero Challenge In the race to limit global temperature rises to 1.5°C, nation states and other stakeholders on a national, regional and local level are rapidly increasing their

  • Posted June 6, 2022
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  How will governments fund net zero?

  It is estimated that half of the world’s population is ‘highly vulnerable’ to the impacts of climate change. Driven in part by COP26 last year, the race to decarbonise economies,

  • Posted May 2, 2022
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  Not yet sustainable: the public sector is lagging behind on ESG reporting

  Government organisations need to step up on reporting on their sustainability. Nina Johansson sets out what the challenges can be – and how they can be overcome As with so

  • Posted April 18, 2022
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  ‘An active role for the state’: can net zero and the green deal kickstart the global economy?

  Governments have substantial ability to use fiscal policies to influence and craft the path to net zero, experts on a Global Government Forum webinar have indicated – but many governments

  • Posted March 30, 2022
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  Boosting skills for sustainability: how governments can make every job a green job

  A major climate report has highlighted the need for green skills investment. Craig Burnett, editor at climate change charity Ashden, explains how governments can do it Last week, a major

  • Posted March 4, 2022
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