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EU referendum: UK's EU commissioner Lord Hill to resign

2016-06-25 14:53:44| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The UK's EU Commissioner Lord Hill announces he is to stand down, saying "what is done cannot be undone" after the UK votes to leave the European Union.

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Lord Sugar re-hired as government 'tsar'

2016-05-25 11:11:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Apprentice star Lord Sugar has been appointed as the government's enterprise tsar.

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China's emissions may have already peaked says economist Lord Nicholas Stern

2016-03-08 12:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Age: China's mammoth carbon dioxide emissions are likely to peak before 2025, and may have already done so. New research by prominent economist Lord Nicholas Stern has found that China, easily the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, may have already applied the brakes, well ahead of schedule. If true, it would mean China has already met one of its key pledges in last year's landmark Paris climate agreement - to peak its emissions by 2030. The new forecasts follows similar work last...

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China's carbon emissions may have peaked already, says Lord Stern

2016-03-07 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Carbon emissions may have peaked already in China, years earlier than its leaders pledged, according to a study co-authored by the world-renowned economist Lord Stern. The countrys emissions have fallen, partly as a result of its globally relevant economic slowdown, and partly owing to government policies to pursue a low-carbon path and reduce the rampant air pollution in its major cities. If this trend continues it would show that the countrys emissions have already peaked, said Fergus Green,...

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