UK government advised to harness pandemic to speed zero-carbon aims
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation From creating jobs in home insulation to hiking dirty fuel taxes and expanding electric-vehicle charging, Britain’s government should harness the COVID-19 pandemic to accelerate cuts in planet-heating emissions, an advisory panel said on Thursday. With public support for low-carbon shifts growing and the state spending billions to boost its flagging economy, […]
New Zealand passes law aiming for net zero carbon emissions by 2050
Wellington, New ZealandReuters New Zealand has placed itself on the right side of history in the battle against climate change, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday, after lawmakers adopted a measure to cut carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Thursday’s framework enshrines in law the new 2050 greenhouse gas reduction target and makes […]