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13 January 2025

Technology and the green transition are reshaping the labour market

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Increased investments to reduce carbon emissions and adapt to climate change are driving business transformation and dictating global skills demand.

10 January 2025

Leading the way in zero emission transport: lessons from the Norwegian system

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88.9 per cent of all new passenger cars sold in Norway in 2024 were fully electric, with the Norwegian government on track to achieve 100 per cent in 2025.

23 December 2024

2024 big green review: UK sustainability highs and blows

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Renewable energy milestones, green policy rollercoasters, and biodiversity woes. Here’s what happened with UK sustainability in 2024.

16 December 2024

Clean Power by 2030: UK’s bold plan for renewables, jobs, and energy security

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The government’s ‘ambitious’ Clean Power 2030 plan focuses on unblocking networks, the creation of new energy industries and skills, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. We had a look at the plan to see what’s included.

11 December 2024

The $3.6 trillion cost of climate inaction: why CEOs must act now

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Intensifying climate risks will cause significant economic costs in the next two decades, with a lack of action reducing global GDP by up to 22 per cent by 2100.

05 December 2024

UK behind on peatland restoration: action needed for vital carbon sinks

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The UK is off target to restore or sustainably manage two million hectares of peatland by 2040, an essential tool of biological carbon capture.

25 November 2024

Closing a contentious COP: financial plan a ‘band-aid on a bullet wound’

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This year’s COP negotiations have reached their conclusion, with protestors and developing nations calling the flagship climate finance plan a “band-aid on a bullet wound.”

21 November 2024

£3.2bn Boost for Green Heating: 300,000 UK Homes to Benefit

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300,000 homes will benefit from the new government initiative next year, with more funding for homes to take on green alternatives to gas.

19 November 2024

COP29 heats up: money, methane, and missing leaders

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Protests, pessimists and some progress. Here’s what’s happened at COP29 so far.

18 November 2024

New carbon calculator tool launched to simplify journey to net zero for Greater Manchester SMEs

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A carbon calculator tool has been launched to help Greater Manchester businesses understand their consumption of energy, fuel and materials

06 November 2024

Five firms enter solar market following innovative new training programme

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A new training programme has led to five new solar installers entering the green technologies supply chain, to help deliver Greater Manchester’s transition to net zero.

30 October 2024

Rachel Reeves delivers Labour’s first budget since 2010: here’s what you need to know

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Labour’s Autumn budget was delivered to a raucous room, outlining £40bn in tax increases and far-reaching investment to drive net zero forward.