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The countdown to COP26
There are fewer than 100 days to COP26 but the gap between climate ambition and action is as wide as ever

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Rebekah Diski
30 July 2021

There are fewer than 100 days until the UK hosts COP26, arguably the most important global climate summit yet. The prime minister marked this point with a video cautioning us to ​“not pat ourselves on the back just yet”, before patting himself on the back for the UK’s climate achievements, including — erroneously — being the first country to legislate for net zero (Sweden did it

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Preparing for a just transition in Yorkshire and the Humber
Workers and communities must be involved to ensure a fair approach to industrial change

By
Rebekah Diski
10 June 2021

Climate action and ​‘levelling up’ don’t have to be incompatible, but workers and communities must be involved to ensure a fair approach to industrial change: protecting jobs in crucial industries while creating thousands of good, green jobs where they are most needed.
Yorkshire and the Humber has long been one of our most important industrial powerhouses. Even since the decline of UK

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The green homes grant was deeply flawed — but scrapping it is bad news
With eight months until the COP climate summit, cutting our only major green stimulus policy doesn’t exactly scream ‘climate leadership’.

By
Rebekah Diski
31 March 2021

The UK has some of the leakiest homes in western Europe, with heating and hot water accounting for around 15% of our domestic greenhouse gas emissions. Retrofitting our homes with low-carbon heating and energy efficiency are vital for hitting even the insufficient target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
Last July chancellor Rishi