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| Beyond Carbon | Mon, Feb 1st 2010 |
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Towards a Resource Efficient Future The UK must adopt an industrial strategy which goes ‘beyond carbon’ to address critical resource efficiency challenges in all areas of the economy if it is to maintain employment and a competitive, sustainable advantage in global markets, now and in the future. |
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| Mind the Gap | Thu, Nov 19th 2009 |
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Skills for the transition to a low carbon economy The UK does not have the necessary skills to make the transition to a low-carbon economy at the pace required to meet mandatory targets - or the training arrangements in place to fill the gap. |
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| Financing the Transition | Thu, Oct 15th 2009 |
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A Strategy to Deliver Carbon Targets Finds that major reform to financing low carbon projects is required to significantly shift the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions trajectory and ensure that a minimum of £250 billion of private sector investment flows into the low carbon economy by 2020. The adoption of new financial mechanisms, such as green bonds and a dedicated infrastructure bank, would reduce investor uncertainty and the cost of capital. |
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| Commission Statement | Wed, Jun 3rd 2009 |
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Driving Investment and Enterprise in Green Markets Interviews with the former members of the Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Performance to review Government performance to date and make recommendations for a low carbon strategy and economy. |
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| Green Foundations 2009 | Thu, Dec 4th 2008 |
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The path to a vibrant economy, competitive advantage and sustainable prosperity Launched at the House of Commons, the report draws on new evidence and research that substantiates a positive interaction between high quality environmental regulation and economic growth – enabling companies to become more efficient and productive, and creating new opportunities to secure the jobs and wealth of the future. It argues that far from presenting a crisis for environmental policy making, the challenges posed by the credit crunch actually reinforce the urgent need to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon, resource efficient economy and align economic, environmental and societal impacts. |
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| Better Regulation | Wed, Jul 16th 2008 |
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For a Sustainable Built Environment Finds that despite ambitious Government targets, current policy and regulation is fragmented, inconsistent and poorly applied. The report also urges Government to do more to address the performance of the existing stock and is critical of what it sees as a lack of urgency in the way that the Government and other public authorities deal with their own estates. |
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| Trading for Growth | Fri, Dec 7th 2007 |
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The role of the EU ETS in cutting emissions and stimulating wealth creation A briefing that looks at how the EU ETS can best deliver the necessary cuts in carbon emissions and maximise the economic benefits that can flow from higher environmental standards. By analysing key policy decisions such as the setting of caps, the distribution of allowances and the role of off-setting, this proposal builds on what has been achieved to date, so that scheme delivers on the high objectives that it has been set. |
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| Carbon Costs | Tue, May 15th 2007 |
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Corporate Carbon Accounting and Reporting 'Carbon Costs' argues that a lack of a standardised carbon accounting system is impeding the UK Government’s long term goals of reducing emissions and creating a low carbon economy. It finds that very few FTSE 350 companies have credible carbon reporting mechanisms in place, and those companies that do could not be compared because they calculated emissions differently. |
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| Green Foundations | Tue, Jun 6th 2006 |
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Aldersgate Group Launch Report Our launch report 'Green Foundations' sets out the Aldersgate Group’s core argument and lists the founding members. It argues that high environmental standards provide the ‘green foundations’ which are essential for the UK’s long-term economic competitiveness and a high quality of life.’ |
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