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Applications for new £6m fund has opened, with environmental charities, not-for-profits, local authorities and protected landscape bodies encouraged to apply. The Trees Call to Action-fund will competitively allocate funding to up to 24 regional or national projects managed by partnerships of environmental charities, not-for-profit organisations, local authorities and protected landscape bodies. Grants of £250,000 to £500,000 will be awarded to projects...

New Global Methane Pledge has been announced by EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden on the second day of COP26. Parties signing the Pledge agree to take national-level, voluntary actions to contribute to reducing global methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030, using a 2020 baseline. Scientists believe this could eliminate 0.2°C of...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have jointly launched a new flagship international initiative at COP26 today. Jointly led by the UK and India and backed by over 80 countries, the new initiative, called “Green Grids Initiative – One Sun One World One Grid” (GGI-OSOWOG), is set to accelerate the development and deployment of interconnected electricity...

The UK Prime Minister has launched an international plan to deliver clean and affordable technology everywhere by 2030 at COP26 today, the UK Government has announced. Over 40 world leaders have backed and signed up to the new Breakthrough Agenda, including the US, India, EU, China, developing economies and some of the countries most vulnerable to climate change – representing...

The governments of South Africa, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, along with the European Union, have announced a new Just Energy Transition Partnership to support South Africa’s decarbonisation efforts. The Partnership aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of South Africa’s economy, with a focus on the electricity system, to help it achieve the goals set...

Her Majesty the Queen called for 'true statesmanship' from the world leaders in her profound speech delivered via video message during the COP26 Evening Reception on Monday. The Queen, who 'regretfully' decided not to attend the summit at Glasgow following medical advice, stated: "For more than seventy years, I have been lucky to meet and to know many of the...

On 29th of October the Environment and Climate Change Committee wrote to Alok Sharma, COP26 President, to highlight concerns about cross-Government delivery of the event and climate change policy more widely. The Committee received submissions from nine Government departments setting out what they see as their roles in preparing for COP26, and how they are developing climate-credible policies as part...

Leaders representing over 85% of the world’s forests will commit to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030 at COP26 today. According to the UK Government, the pledge is backed by almost £14 billion ($19.2 billion) in public and private funding. Countries spanning from the northern forests of Canada and Russia to the tropical rainforests of Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia...

The UK will struggle to reach the net zero target by 2050 unless Government steps up efforts to work together with local councils on climate action in areas such as housing and planning, low-carbon heating and energy efficiency, the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee states in a new report. The report recommends the Government immediately begin working with local...

A new survey from the Fusion Industry Association (FIA) and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) provides a snapshot of the state of the growing industry of fusion energy, which aims to capture the same energy process that powers the sun. The Global Fusion Industry in 2021-survey, the first by FIA and UKAEA, aims to build a directory of fusion...