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The UK government is considering incentives for electric vehicle manufacturers to adopt vehicle-to-grid technology, which allows cars to sell power back to the electricity network during peak demand periods.
UK Conservatives cited an incorrect £957 billion net-zero cost figure in a policy document, apparently stemming from a spreadsheet error that doubled the Climate Change Committee’s actual 2020 estimate of £478 billion.
The UN Environment Programme reports that exceeding the 1.5C warming limit is now “inevitable” due to decades of insufficient climate action, with only potential to minimize the extent of overshoot.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged Britain will achieve net zero emissions by 2050 despite approving the Jackdaw gasfield, vowing to block future North Sea oil and gas licenses.
Officials and environmental leaders gathered in Armenia for Cop17 to negotiate a comprehensive agreement aimed at halting nature destruction, amid concerns that current 2030 targets remain significantly off schedule.
According to Carbon Brief analysis, 58% of countries have submitted new biodiversity pledges two years after the original deadline, ahead of the COP17 summit in Armenia next week.
