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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.cbi.org.uk/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:vb="urn:the-xml-files:xslt-vb" xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>CBI Climate Change - RSS Feed</title><link>http://climatechange.cbi.org.uk/rss</link><pubDate /><generator>umbraco</generator><description>This is a feed of the latest Climate Change related information from the CBI Climate Change website.</description><language>en</language><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.cbi.org.uk/ClimateChangeFeed" /><feedburner:info uri="climatechangefeed" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><title>   CBI COMMENTS ON DECISION TO DISCONTINUE FIRST CABON CAPTURE AND STORAGE PROJECT</title><link>http://feeds.cbi.org.uk/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~3/8RKaaUD9h8w/cbi-comments-on-decision-to-discontinue-first-cabon-capture-and-storage-project</link><pubDate>2011-10-19</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The CBI today commented on the announcement by Chris Huhne, the Energy Secretary, that the UK’s first Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) plant at the Longannet power station in Fife will not go ahead.

 

Rhian Kelly, CBI Director for Business Environment, said:

 

“This is disappointing news, but we hope an alternative Carbon Capture and Storage scheme at Peterhead goes ahead as soon as possible.

 

“Carbon Capture and Storage technology should play a key role in a balanced energy mix. This would help us achieve our ambitious emissions reductions targets, while making energy bills more affordable in the longer term.

 

“It is crucial that the Government does all it can to provide the policy certainty that companies need to invest in energy infrastructure, and we must see a plan for action on CCS before the year is out.”
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~4/8RKaaUD9h8w" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://climatechange.cbi.org.uk/news/cbi-comments-on-decision-to-discontinue-first-cabon-capture-and-storage-project</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Building resilience: resource security and the role of the circular economy</title><link>http://feeds.cbi.org.uk/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~3/UxnSvgOFmlU/building-resilience-resource-security-and-the-role-of-the-circular-economy</link><pubDate>2011-10-17</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ In partnership with the Green Alliance



Global demand for resources could treble in the next forty years, but access to resources is becoming more difficult as energy costs rise, resource-exporting countries impose restrictions and climate change impacts bite.



Keeping costs affordable and predictable will require a long term strategy for resource security, bringing change to all sectors of the UK economy.  A more circular economy, that rewards the stewardship of resources, will not only decrease our environmental impact but will help protect the economy from future shocks and uncertainties while opening up new commercial opportunities.



Join Green Alliance and the CBI to discuss and debate the risks and opportunities of the new approach to resources required from us all and how to build a framework for action that puts resource resilience at the heart of the green economy.



Speakers include:

Vince Cable MP, secretary of state for business, innovation and skills
Janez Potočnik, European commissioner for the environment
Neil Bentley, deputy director-general, CBI
Caroline Spelman MP, secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs (tbc)
Liz Goodwin, CEO, WRAP

Delegate fees:

Businesses: £300 plus VAT
CBI members, Green Alliance Business Circle members and funders: £250 plus VAT
SMEs (businesses with 250 employees or fewer, includes consultants): £200 plus VAT
Trade associations: £150 plus VAT
Academia, NGOs and public sector: £75 plus VAT (NB these are limited)


To book your place go to the Green Alliance's online registration page<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~4/UxnSvgOFmlU" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://climatechange.cbi.org.uk/events/building-resilience-resource-security-and-the-role-of-the-circular-economy</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Neil Bentley at the Int Green Business Dinner</title><link>http://feeds.cbi.org.uk/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~3/TYFLql8Dt9A/neil-bentley-at-the-int-green-business-dinner</link><pubDate>2011-10-11</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ CBI Deputy Director General on why business needs a global deal<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~4/TYFLql8Dt9A" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://climatechange.cbi.org.uk/media/videos/neil-bentley-at-the-int-green-business-dinner</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Christiana Figueres at the International Green Business Dinner</title><link>http://feeds.cbi.org.uk/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~3/rfAJjnq0szI/christiana-figueres</link><pubDate>2011-10-11</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Executive Secretrary of the UNFCC on what we can expect from Durban<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~4/rfAJjnq0szI" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://climatechange.cbi.org.uk/media/videos/christiana-figueres</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>International Green Business Dinner, in association with Tata</title><link>http://feeds.cbi.org.uk/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~3/ysp4lmBBKr0/international-green-business-dinner-1</link><pubDate>2011-10-11</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ An audience of senior business figures, politicians, ambassadors and media came together last night for the CBI’s inaugural International Green Business Dinner, in association with Tata. Hosted at the Museum of London, the evening was an opportunity for businesses from all sectors to make clear their commitment to tackling climate change and the urgent need for a global deal.
The keynote speech was delivered by the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, Christiana Figueres. In a rare trip to London, Ms Figueres thanked the room for the pioneering work done by UK businesses and called for them to pressure their political leaders for positive action: “Business has the power to change consumer and supplier behaviour and turn it into a powerful vocal support that gives policy makers a clearer space in which to act.  I am encouraged that many enlightened companies, present company included, have embarked on this”
Making clear that “the business success of tomorrow is born of the low carbon opportunities of today”, Ms Figueres called on businesses to continue to ensure action was taken in all the countries in which they operate to deliver real progress on climate change.
Also speaking at the dinner was Dr Neil Bentley, Deputy Director General of the CBI. Dr Bentley’s speech made clear that, while British businesses are committed to tackling climate change, their ambition is being thwarted by the failure of politicians at home and abroad to provide certainty for investors.
He warned that the UK was at particular risk from political inaction and that the gap left by the lack of a deal had forced the UK government to create increasingly complicated policy: “We find ourselves not ahead of the pack, but out on a limb. We’ve got no international deal, no global carbon price, no meaningful EU price and the UK tying itself in costly green policy knots. 
“The UK is in danger of straining to hit its targets but missing the point: that we need an economy that’s low carbon and competitive. 

“To get there we need clarity and certainty for investors. And to my mind, all of this makes the case for a global deal even more compelling – not less.”
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~4/ysp4lmBBKr0" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://climatechange.cbi.org.uk/news/international-green-business-dinner-1</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>CBI calls for action to support industries vital for tackling climate change</title><link>http://feeds.cbi.org.uk/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~3/nRgQKykkc3A/cbi-calls-for-action-to-support-industries-vital-for-tackling-climate-change</link><pubDate>2011-08-05</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The Government needs to act swiftly to ensure the global competitiveness of the UK's most energy-intensive manufacturers is not undermined by rising costs and climate change and energy policies.


In a new report Protecting the UK's foundations: a blueprint for energy-intensive industries, the CBI argues that these companies form a crucial part of the manufacturing and supply chain and will play a key role in tackling climate change. Energy-intensive companies also employ 225,000 people in the UK and account for one percent of annual GDP (£15bn).

But the carbon floor price is making it increasingly uncompetitive for the most energy-intensive users to remain in the UK, and the CBI is calling on the Government to consider exempting these firms from the tax.

Katja Hall, CBI Chief Policy Director, said:

"Energy intensive industries underpin the UK's manufacturing sector, making products as diverse as the steel and chemicals needed for wind turbines and low-rolling resistance tyres.

"The Government is in serious danger of throwing out the baby with the bathwater if it continues to pile new costs onto industries that are responsible for hundreds of thousands of jobs and bring in £15bn to the UK economy every year.

"Businesses accept that they must share the cost of moving to a low-carbon economy, but we simply cannot afford to price out this vital sector. The Government must ensure its autumn energy strategy looks at ways of exempting companies most at risk from the carbon floor price, while encouraging them to be as energy efficient as possible and use new technology to reduce emissions further.

"Unless the Government acts swiftly, there's a real risk that these companies will decide it's not cost effective to remain in the UK and simply relocate elsewhere."

The CBI welcomed the Government's recent impact assessment on its energy and climate change policies but argued it should go further. The CBI's proposals to ensure that energy-intensive industries can compete globally include:

Working with business to assess the cumulative impact on energy-intensive industries of current and proposed energy and climate change policies
Exempting those energy intensive industries most at risk from the carbon floor price - this offers the most immediate solution
Using EU state aid to create a level playing field so that all member states are able to protect the competitiveness of their energy intensive industries equally
Looking at letting conglomerates negotiate long-term power contracts with energy suppliers
Undertaking an investigation of the industrial sectors' ability to contribute to balancing the electricity network
Exploring ways of giving credit to energy industries for decarbonising their UK supply chains
Working with business on private procurement standards for low-carbon products made by energy intensive industries

The CBI's proposals for support to new and existing energy efficient technologies include developing:

Roadmaps to show how different sectors can de-carbonise
New plans to support combined heat and power
A carbon capture and storage strategy for energy-intensive industries
Financial support for industrial efficiency programmes from the Green Investment Bank
Low-carbon heat and bio-energy strategies which include using waste heat and take energy intensive industries into account
Address barriers to better waste management for energy intensive industries.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~4/nRgQKykkc3A" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://climatechange.cbi.org.uk/news/cbi-calls-for-action-to-support-industries-vital-for-tackling-climate-change</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Protecting the UK’s foundations: a blueprint for energy-intensive industries</title><link>http://feeds.cbi.org.uk/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~3/GJt4JFdHIz8/protecting-the-uks-foundations-a-blueprint-for-energy-intensive-industries</link><pubDate>2011-08-05</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ A successful low-carbon economy will include industries that require a lot of energy.

These energy-intensive industries have an essential role to play in delivering the UK's transition to a low-carbon economy as well as contributing to economic growth and employment. They provide the lubricants for wind turbines, the light-weight materials for electric vehicles and the fibreglass to insulate our homes. But the UK's energy-intensive industries are at risk of being undermined by increases to their energy costs. Without mitigating action, damage to their competitiveness could endanger their chances of remaining in the UK.

If we do not secure the future of these industries, we will be forced to import what we should be exporting.

Energy costs have to rise

The CBI has led industry calls for carbon emission reduction polices on the basis that climate change poses a significant risk, but also presents major opportunities for UK businesses. Change on this scale does not come free. Businesses fully understand this will mean increased energy costs for everyone in the short to medium term.

The CBI believes this cost is a worthwhile price to pay for the massive upgrade needed to provide a more secure, lower-carbon energy mix for tomorrow. But we need to ensure that those businesses most reliant on energy are able to survive and grow through this transition but they must not put energy-intensive industries at riskWe set out our landmark report for a sustainable energy future in 2009 in our CBI Decision time report.

Two years later we remain committed to delivering a future energy mix which is secure, low-carbon and achieved in a way which does not undermine the UK's competitiveness. In the case of certain energy-intensive industries, however, the cumulative impact of climate change and energy polices - and in particular the recently announced carbon floor price - risks making them uncompetitive within the European Union as well as outside it.



The government has rightly recognised the issue



We welcome the government's plan to produce a strategy this autumn to support energy-intensive industries. This report is intended to help shape the forthcoming strategy, based on the following analysis:

Energy-intensive industries are essential to the UK's low-carbon economy
The cumulative impact of energy and climate change policy is putting the competitiveness of key UK energy-intensive industries at risk
Policy changes are needed to support energyintensive industries:-  Exemption from the carbon floor price is the most effective immediate solution-  A range of other policy changes - at no cost to the government - could help ensure these energy-intensive industries remain in the UK-  Much can also be done to support further development of energy efficiency technologies<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~4/GJt4JFdHIz8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://climatechange.cbi.org.uk/reports/protecting-the-uks-foundations-a-blueprint-for-energy-intensive-industries</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>International Green Business Dinner</title><link>http://feeds.cbi.org.uk/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~3/GVX-c37vWgM/international-green-business-dinner</link><pubDate>2011-07-28</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The CBI is holding our first International Green Business Dinner to bring together leading figures from UK and world business and government to discuss international action on climate change.

With Durban 2011 approaching, we are working for an effective deal that meets the needs of business. The dinner will provide a springboard for this work, and will ensure we have a clear, constructive role in the global debate on climate change.

We are also very excited to have Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary UN Framework Convention on Climate Change as our keynote speaker. Christiana is the lead on negotiations at the UN and will have a central role on the shape and outcome of negotiations.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~4/GVX-c37vWgM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://climatechange.cbi.org.uk/news/international-green-business-dinner</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>CBI RESPONSE TO ELECTRICITY MARKET REFORM WHITE PAPER - HARD WORK STILL NEEDED TO SECURE £200 BILLION INVESTMENT IN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE</title><link>http://feeds.cbi.org.uk/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~3/hSLzSMgPbTg/cbi-on-electricity-market-reform-white-paper-hard-work-still-needed-to-secure-£200-billion-investment-in-energy-infrastructure</link><pubDate>2011-07-12</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The CBI has commented on the Government’s Electricity Market Reform White Paper published today (Tuesday).
 
John Cridland, CBI Director-General, said:
 
“This White Paper is an important step in the right direction, but the hardest work is still to come. There is much to do if we are to secure the £200 billion of essential investment needed in our energy infrastructure, including a mix of nuclear, clean coal, gas and renewables. The big decisions remain to be taken.
 
“We have long called for our electricity markets to be reformed. The Government’s package contains some good measures, including its decision on feed-in tariffs. But these need to be made to work.
 
“More detail is needed on tariffs, and the case must be made for a capacity mechanism. We need a clear decision on both by the end of the year to avoid damaging investor confidence.
 
“Everyone wants to make our energy infrastructure more secure and sustainable for the future, but businesses cannot be expected to write a blank cheque. The Government still needs to spell out what it thinks the final bill for all of its electricity market reforms will be.
 
“Some energy intensive industries are already on a knife edge, and without help to shield them from new measures like the carbon floor price, they could struggle to stay in the UK.”<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~4/hSLzSMgPbTg" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><feedburner:origLink>http://climatechange.cbi.org.uk/media/press-releases/cbi-on-electricity-market-reform-white-paper-hard-work-still-needed-to-secure-£200-billion-investment-in-energy-infrastructure</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>CBI COMMENTS ON COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT </title><link>http://feeds.cbi.org.uk/~r/ClimateChangeFeed/~3/AnYLwbQtJDU/cbi-comments-on-committee-on-climate-change-report</link><pubDate>2011-06-30</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[ The CBI today commented on the Committee on Climate Change’s report to Parliament which found that emissions increased by 3% in 2010. Earlier this month, the CBI published its Climate Change Tracker, which showed that not enough progress had been made in decarbonising energy, buildings, transport and industry. Further details can be found here.

Commenting on the CCC’s report, Rhian Kelly, CBI Director for Business Environment, said:

“Our Climate Change Tracker shows too many gaps in reducing emissions from key sectors including energy, buildings, transport and industry. Recent policy shifts have also dented investor confidence, such as the sudden removal of the incentive behind the Carbon Reduction Commitment.

“To get back on track, the Government must clarify a number of grey policy areas, including the Green Deal, electricity market reform and the Green Investment Bank.”
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