In November 2020, Boris Johnson, the then-Prime Minister, pledged that the UK would capture and store between 20 and 30 million tonnes of...
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COP27 was a mixed bag. Important progress made on ‘loss and damage’ – the mechanism by which poorer countries are compensated for climate...
Introduction This year’s demand letter to Shell’s board members by the NGO ClientEarth has drawn a lot of attention across corporate...
As the world seeks to deliver the Paris Agreement, every industry will be transitioning to lower-carbon operations. Shipping has...
On 8 November 2022, the third day of COP27, the UK’s Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) published its draft recommendations for a transition...
Since consumers are paying more attention to climate-friendliness and sustainability when it comes to purchasing decisions, companies are...
‘Cash, Coal, Cars and Trees to keep the world to 1.5 degrees’ was the mantra at COP26. With COP27 ongoing and as promised in our ‘Turning...
With COP27 in Egypt now taking place, we’re focusing on one of the four key themes of the Egyptian presidency, “collaboration”, and...
World leaders and legislators, particularly in the EU and UK, have set ambitious goals as they seek to combat climate change. Similarly,...
In this post in our series looking at the four pillars of the COP27 goals and vision, we look at mitigation. A core objective of COP27...