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COP26: 11 countries expected to commit to boosting climate finance
Later today at the COP26 climate summit, 11 countries are expected to announce new pledges to boost climate finance for the world’s most vulnerable countries. The governments will make their commitments through the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), which has provided more than $1.7 billion (£1.25bn) in grants to developing countries to fight the climate […]
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Octopus Energy to help Manchester hit net zero
Greater Manchester has announced a new partnership with Octopus Energy to help it become carbon-neutral by 2038. The announcement came on the same day as the COP26 climate summit talks about the ways science and innovation can help countries and organisations achieve their commitments. The partnership will see the company trial new green energy tariffs […]
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The Future is Now: Automation, Robotics & AI are Safeguarding Energy and Utilities Industries
With ageing infrastructure in need of continuous maintenance, high levels of customer churn and retention as well as high costs and manual processes in place, there’s plenty of opportunities here for Automation, Robotics and AI to come in and streamline those old processes while cutting costs and increasing customer satisfaction. Predictive Maintenance can help […]
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ENGIE to sell its EQUANS division for €7.1bn
ENGIE has announced it has entered into exclusive negotiations with Paris-based industrial group Bouygues to sell its business unit EQUANS for €7.1 billion (£6 billion). The company said: “Bouygues’ offer was the most compelling taking into account all criteria including financial valuation.” That follows a ‘rigorous and competitive’ process, ENGIE continued. ENGIE’s subsidiary was created […]
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UK to invest £1bn in Zambian green energy transition
The UK has signed a new Green Growth Compact with Zambia – to drive sustainable economic growth and collaboration between the two nations. The agreement was signed by the UK Minister for Africa, Vicky Ford and the Zambian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stanley Kakubo. It involves upwards of £1 billion of new investment from the […]
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Kew Gardens collection digitised to combat climate change
The government has announced £15 million of funding to digitise the plant and fungal specimens at Kew Gardens, reshaping climate change research. The Herbarium is the world’s largest collection of its kind, housing more than 8 million specimens that date back to 170 years and include specimens collected by Charles Darwin. The move will allow […]
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Youngsters take centre stage at COP26
Young people came to COP26 today ensuring their voices were not lost behind the policymakers and celebrities taking centre stage. Today’s focus was on ‘Youth and Public Empowerment’ and proceedings were co-chaired by YOUNGO, which is the official children and youths’ constituency of the UNFCCC. YOUNGO represented the views and thoughts of more than 40,000 […]
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COP26: 45 countries make pledge to farm sustainably
The UK is leading 45 governments in making pledges to urgently protect nature and shift to more sustainable ways of farming at COP26. Around 25% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions derive from agriculture, forestry and other land use – which has led to the industry being considered critical to protect. The focus on agriculture […]
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Indonesia calls COP26 deforestation deal ‘unfair’
Indonesia has labelled the agreement to end deforestation as ‘unfair’, which could see the Southeast Asian country take a U-turn on its decision to sign up earlier this week. The deal to end deforestation by 2030 was signed by more than 100 countries at the COP26 climate summit earlier this week and includes upwards of […]
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COP26: Climate change to be at the heart of education from 2023
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi is set to announce a range of measures to put climate change at the heart of education in his speech at the COP26 climate summit later today. The measures aim to empower young people to take action to protect the environment and mitigate climate change. Teachers will become supported to deliver […]
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