All posts tagged "net zero"
- 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
- 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
- ‘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
- 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
- Water resilience: why we must take a new approach to preserving a shrinking resource
In the UK, it is easy to take water and its free availability for granted. The reality, however, that water is a precious and finite resource is something we simply
- Posted March 1, 2022
- Investing energy: what’s needed to fund the transition to a green economy?
At a Global Government Forum webinar, Mia Hunt heard panellists explore the issues around shaping public investments for a net zero world, touching on the need to consider social as
- Posted February 14, 2022
- From ‘wicked’ problems to brilliant solutions: how governments should work with energy innovators to tackle climate change
Clean energy, accessible to all, is both a human right, and one of the most effective tools the world has to respond to the climate crisis. Yet energy poverty remains,
- Posted February 1, 2022
- Energy transition: a complex but necessary journey
COP26 demonstrated the huge swathe of support at all levels for strong action on climate change. But recognition of the need to act is not the same as action itself,
- Posted February 1, 2022
- COP26 chief urges transparency from governments to make good on climate pledges
The president of COP26 Alok Sharma has urged leaders to be open and transparent on the delivery of climate commitments made at last year’s summit in Glasgow. Speaking before a select
- Posted January 16, 2022
- Averting climate catastrophe: how can civil servants help deliver COP26 commitments?
Now the hubbub of COP26 delegations have left Glasgow, pledges made, and deals struck, attention has turned to what happens next. At a Global Government Forum webinar, climate experts discussed
- Posted December 13, 2021