New Delhi: Tata Motors on Monday said it has tied up with the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), a global alliance launched by governments of Sweden and India at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2019. As a member of LeadIT, the auto major will be able to harness the power of global … Read more
UK industries and businesses are set to get a major boost to take the net zero transition leap as the UK government has announced over £190 million in funding. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero announced £190 million in funding for 12 winning projects on January 22. This is to develop plans to … Read more
The UK nuclear sector is set for a major overhaul as the UK government has announced the biggest expansion of nuclear power to reduce energy bills and strengthen the energy security of the country for the next 70 years. The new roadmap announced by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on January 11 … Read more
The new year began with exciting developments in the UK automotive sector as the zero-emission vehicle mandate became law. On January 3, the Department for Transport and the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles announced that the zero-emission vehicle mandate had become law. According to the mandate by 2030, 80 per cent of new cars and … Read more
LONDON — A new law to introduce annual licensing rounds for North Sea oil and gas exploration is a “distraction” that risks undermining the U.K.’s green “credibility” on the world stage, the country’s former top climate diplomat has warned. MPs will vote on the government’s Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill for the first time on Monday. But … Read more
Miguel Otero-Iglesias a senior analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute in Madrid. Faced with a choice between successfully completing the green transition, effectively achieving economic security and aiming for fiscal discipline, the European Union is confronted with a new trilemma — and it cannot accomplish all three. But while Germany — with its debt brake, … Read more
A Tianjin native, Xie was trained as an engineering physicist at Tsinghua University in the 1970s and started his career in various government agencies responsible for environmental affairs. While he rose through the ranks, he earned a master’s degree in environmental law from Wuhan University in 1993. Xie was made the head of the State … Read more
The United Kingdom is set to introduce a pioneering import carbon pricing mechanism by 2027, aimed at bolstering the nation’s drive toward decarbonisation. According to a recent release by the UK government, this initiative will enforce a comparable carbon price on imports of crucial goods such as iron, steel, aluminium, ceramics and cement originating from … Read more
For the first time, countries that attended the COP28 climate summit this week have signed a deal that will see the end of fossil fuels being used. In an attempt to reach global net zero emissions by 2050, the countries agreed to work towards “ambitious” anti-pollution goals over the next two years. The COP28 President, … Read more
Daniel Litvin is the founder of Critical Resource and a visiting senior fellow at the Grantham Research Institute at LSE. He is the author of “Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest and Corporate Responsibility.” He writes here in a personal capacity. The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28, has ended with what its host, the … Read more
