All posts tagged "net zero"
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UK urged to follow European peers and quit controversial energy treaty
The UK has been urged to end its membership of an energy treaty that enables fossil fuel companies to sue governments over policies that threaten their profits. The Energy Charter
- Posted February 13, 2023
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Top trends in 2023: what will governments prioritise in the year ahead?
As the calendar changes from 2022 to 2023, the mammoth challenges faced by governments only grow bigger. From dealing with a looming global recession to decarbonising economies, the key items
- Posted January 29, 2023
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‘International leadership’: UK review sets out roadmap to achieving net zero
A major review has set out the key steps that the UK government must take to both reach net zero and unlock the economic benefits of green growth, with recommendations
- Posted January 17, 2023
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The green gold rush: a sustainable future for finance policy
Finance departments have rarely been the loudest champions of environmental sustainability – but at the Government Finance Summit, it was clear that some of their underlying assumptions have shifted: in
- Posted December 20, 2022
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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