The Climate Change Committee 2021 report to parliament

The Climate Change Committee 2021 report to parliament

The UK Government has made historic climate promises in the past year, for which it deserves credit. However, it has been too slow to follow these with delivery. This past, defining year for the UK’s climate credentials has been marred by uncertainty and therefore delays to a host of new

New EU rules agreed to determine which investments are green

New EU rules agreed to determine which investments are green

EU Parliament negotiators reached an agreement with Council in late 2019 on new criteria to determine whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable. The so-called ‘taxonomy regulation’ stipulates that the following environmental objectives should be considered when evaluating how sustainable an economic activity is: - climate change mitigation and adaptation; -