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Spring Statement: Green groups and farmers urge Chancellor to protect sustainable farming budget
Dr Anupama Sen urged the Chancellor not to "fall prey to an unsubstantiated runaway narrative that net zero trades off with longer-term economic growth, security, and prosperity for UK households" in a comment ahead of the Spring Statement in Business Green.
Top climate standard-setter responds to carbon credit backlash
Kaya Axelsson commented on changing climate standards in the Financial Times. "There was a lot of concern from companies about how they were going to meet emission reduction targets", she said, adding that the Science Based Targets initiative has tried to meet some of these concerns.
Trump’s corporate critics fall silent
Corporate silence doesn’t necessarily mean every major tech company is abandoning its clean energy and climate goals, Kaya Axelsson told Politico. “People are pretty freaked out... Being loud and proud might be risky for companies right now.”
Climate law: new AI tool produces fast, accurate reports on fossil fuel company activities
A new open access AI tool created by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Sustainable Law Programme produces reports on the historical activities of fossil fuel companies in respons
Kemi Badenoch’s net zero rant comes close to political tragedy
Drawing on Oxford research, Telegraph World Economy Editor Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reminds readers of the falling costs of clean technology and the 'unstoppable' trajectory of the global energy transition.
Oxford-led programme improves water security for over 10 million vulnerable people
A global research initiative led by the University of Oxford has exceeded its target of improving water security for 10 million people across Africa and Asia, demonstrating a scalable approach to tackling one of the world’s most pressing challenges.
University of Oxford establishes Oxford EARTH, a new programme for sustainable resource research
Caitlin McElroy, Smith School lead for regenerative and circular economy research, joins new multidisciplinary, pan-Oxford initiative OxEARTH (Ensuring equitable Access to sustainable Resources for a Thriving Habitat).
Greenwashing And What To Do Instead: Lessons From The Oxford Ad Archive
"Clarity about how corporate claims connect to strategy is not nice-to-have. It’s an imperative," writes Mary Johnstone-Louis for Forbes. She references the launch Oxford Carbon and Climate Advertising Library (OxCCAL) by the Oxford Sustainable Law Programme, which is a searchable database of over 1,700 fossil fuel industry ads.
Republicans want to repeal Biden’s climate legacy. Good luck with that.
A repeal of the inflation reduction act by the Trump administration is "hardly a fait accompli," write Noah Mihan and Dr Stephen Lezak. The article references a policy brief by Mihan and Professor Sam Fankhauser, which identified 32 republican representatives who are likely to rebel against such a measure.
With more collaboration, export credit agencies could supercharge climate finance
Professor Andreas Klasen and Noah Mihan write on how Export Credit Agencies can unleash huge sums of climate finance to developing countries - if they work together.
Oxford to help establish safe drinking water for schools and clinics in Zambia
Guided by a Presidential Decree in 2022, the Government of Zambia is focused on delivering safe drinking water to all public facilities. The University of Oxford’s water programme is supporting this work with the pilot of a results-based contract in Mumbwa District, with the goal to deliver a national model to all public facilities by 2030.
Is Nature’s code just a commodity to be traded?
Reflections on Digital Sequence Information (DSI) and benefit sharing, which stem from genetic sequencing and were a key part of the COP16 agenda.