Rudi Henley

Sustainability and SDG advocate. Green Finance Professional. Blogger. Dad

[Paul Polman @PaulPolman]

A coalition of over 70 pension funds and investment managers representing assets of $16tn have designed a “net zero” framework to cut emissions from their portfolios by 2050. https://t.co/gQ94vMcoQM

[Bloomberg Green @climate]

Coal consumption in the U.S. has hit a record low https://t.co/2RAX545Y1W

[Plan B Earth @PlanB_earth]

We've received the Gov's response to our pre-action letter on its disastrous "Covid Recovery" programme.

They're denying the Paris Agreement is a relevant consideration (here we go again ...)

We've asked for permission to publish it and expect to be able to do so by tomorrow.

[WWF UK @wwf_uk]

Another day, another devastating headline - but things don't have to be this way!

The UK government can help prevent this with new laws requiring companies to cut deforestation out of their supply chains. #ActForTheAmazon https://t.co/qfaU1eSR12

[Plan B Earth @PlanB_earth]

BREAKING: Today we've served the Government with a Pre-Action Protocol letter over its disastrous bail-outs for business-as-usual.

@BorisJohnson is following neither the science nor economics, just his corporate sponsors. We can't let this happen:

https://t.co/zRqSH29Voj

[Plan B Earth @PlanB_earth]

Governments know what needs to be done but they're not doing it. We're being sacrificed to their corporate gods. It's the most basic breach of the social contract, conferring a right (and duty) of revolution:

https://t.co/hK0UPjt3xI

@fionaharvey

[Rudi Henley @sustimes]

Biden to Call for $2 Trillion in Spending on Clean Energy #ClimateJustice https://t.co/OGM5M0L6sY

[Rudi Henley @sustimes]

A new report from @UK100_ suggests that a further £5bn of ‘kickstart’ investment from the UK government in energy efficiency projects could unlock £100bn of private capital investment and create 300k new jobs #buildbackbetter #greenrecovery https://t.co/DLGigsnlVU

[Rudi Henley @sustimes]

Energy efficiency home improvements are not the cheapest way to reduce emissions. The gov’s £2bn fund will save c.0.5m tonnes of CO2 p.a. A cost of c.£200-£250/tonne saved, about twice the cost of a new large solar farm. Thanks to @ChrisGoodall2 for the maths #BuildBackBetter

[Bloomberg Green @climate]

Record carbon emissions from wildfires in the Arctic Circle are another sign that the heatwave could be making the fire season worse https://t.co/LXyODhLzgv

[Rudi Henley @sustimes]

@Nature reports that grinding up basalt and spreading it over agricultural land can capture CO2 from the air could improve fertility. It is cheap and as much as 5% of global emissions (0.5-2bn tonnes per year) could be captured like this #CCS https://t.co/QIUdvg9JGq

[Rudi Henley @sustimes]

Climate charity @PlanB_earth of Heathrow expansion fame are threatening legal action against the UK government’s COVID recovery strategy on the basis that funding set aside for a green recovery is less than bailouts for climate-wrecking projects and industries #buildbackbetter

[Rudi Henley @sustimes]

@UN has published a fascinating report, Preventing the Next Pandemic: Zoonotic Diseases and How to Break the Chain of Transmission. Sections 1 and 3 echo the points we discussed in back in May https://t.co/k50LyZ0Fsw full report here https://t.co/rq2e7z92EV
#pandemic #COVID19

[Bloomberg Green @climate]

A green investing tool is now being used by pension funds on three continents with $1 trillion of assets https://t.co/pCYDrfgZFd

[Fiona Harvey @fionaharvey]

UK government's £3bn for green recovery must only be the start, much more needed, say campaigners. https://t.co/z8b0B5IqE2

[Climate Home News @ClimateHome]

Jamaica has become the first Caribbean nation to submit a tougher climate action plan under the Paris Agreement by adding targets for forestry and stepping up curbs on greenhouse gas emissions from energy. https://t.co/UMThljZBNl

[Rudi Henley @sustimes]

The Green Community were underwhelmed with @BorisJohnson New Deal’ COVID recovery strategy. @RishiSunak has gone some way to alleviate concerns today but there is a long way to go https://t.co/CkF4O63LeT #buildbackbetter #greenrecovery #greeneconomy

[Rudi Henley @sustimes]

Strong Institutions are critically important for the progress of all the other SDGs; but institutions must be strong for everyone, not just the people who built them https://t.co/yfvJtSeqSt #BlackLivesMatter #BLM #Racism #inequality

[Rudi Henley @sustimes]

"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others"
- George Orwell

The virus does not discriminate, but its impacts do.

Read more https://t.co/QbdXyEavh2

#inequality #racism #COVID19

[Green New Deal UK 🌍 @GreenNewDealUK]

Boris Johnson is spending less on this 'New Deal' than we did on TWO aircraft carriers.

Looks like Boris hasn't done his homework.

#GreenNewDeal #BuildBackBetter