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Planners call on government for stronger direction on climate action

Envirotec Magazine

An overwhelming majority of UK planners want the next government to give stronger direction and more resources to enable local planners to deliver net zero carbon emissions by 2050. A total of 994 out of the RTPI’s 25,000 members responded to the RTPI’s climate change survey.

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Local Leaders and mayors call for power shift to meet net zero

Envirotec Magazine

Call for powers and resources to shape local energy markets, decarbonise transport, and tackle emissions from homes and offices. Local and regional leaders appeared at a public event in Birmingham on 13 July to make the case to Government for additional powers to tackle climate change. Addressing energy market failure.

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Corporate climate action: 3 acceleration areas to get ahead on in 2024

Corporate Knights

The global stocktake finalized at the 28 th United Nations’ annual conference on climate change, or COP28 , took place from November 30 to December 12, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. support climate innovation and encourage cross-border and inter-generational collaboration for sustainable social and economic development.

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White vans go green: Half a million builders and plumbers needed to reach Net Zero

Envirotec Magazine

The finance should be predominantly met from the private sector with the Treasury pump-priming £5bn via a Net Zero Development Bank.[1]. The UK Green Building Council has estimated that to achieve Net Zero carbon by 2050, we will need to improve almost all of the UK’s 29 million homes, meaning we need to retrofit more than 1.8