At the World Leaders Summit opening ceremony, the UK PM will urge countries to take concrete steps on phasing out coal, accelerate transition to e-vehicles, and halt deforestation. Glasgow: The world must move from aspiration to action to limit rising global temperatures, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell world leaders at the COP26 climate […]
Boris Johnson Plans Fossil Fuel-Free U.K. Power Grid by 2035 – EQ Mag Pro
The U.K. will reserve a key role for nuclear power in the nation’s electricity system as a backup for renewables in a plan to phase out natural gas by 2035. Fossil fuels will no longer be used to generate power by the middle of the next decade as the U.K. tackles the double threat of […]
Will Progress at Climate Week Spur More Action Ahead of COP26? – EQ Mag Pro
This year’s UN General Assembly (UNGA) and Climate Week NYC saw several major announcements that injected a much-needed jolt of energy into international climate action. As extreme weather events including devastating wildfires, floods and droughts escalate across the globe, these developments must usher in a new wave of climate commitments between now and the COP26 […]
Commercial EV Charging Points the Way to Green Driving
Late last year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his green plan to ban new cars and vans, powered wholly by petrol and diesel, in the UK from 2030. That November announcement has highlighted a range of possibilities and challenges for designers, manufacturers and distributors of electric vehicle charging solutions such as Solid State Group, to […]
UK says it will sell world’s first sovereign green savings bonds
The savings bonds will fund projects in areas such as renewable energy and clean transportation and will go on sale this year, the Treasury said. LONDON: Britain’s government plans to launch the world’s first sovereign green bonds for retail investors as part of its push to create a net-zero-carbon economy by 2050. The savings bonds […]
India leader on renewables, natural partner for Britain: Thompson
India is a leader on renewables and a natural partner for Britain in the shared mission to create a greener planet and enable a clean and resilient recovery from Covid-19, British Acting High Commissioner to India Jan Thompson said on Friday. New Delhi: India is a leader on renewables and a natural partner for Britain […]
Boris Johnson praises India’s ‘incredible’ solar power strides at climate summit
Boris Johnson has hailed the ‘incredible things’ being done by India in the solar energy sector as he warned that the emergency facing the world from climate change was far more destructive than even the coronavirus pandemic LONDON : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the “incredible things” being done by India in the […]
UK’s Johnson to sink millions into wind power
Johnson is expected to make the pledge Tuesday in an address to the annual Conservative Party conference, which is being held online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to pledge that every home in the country will be powered by offshore wind in a decade. Johnson […]