Month: July 2026

New plan to make English farming profitable, productive, sustainable and resilient

Stuart Mitchell

For the first time in this country’s history, the government is today committing to the future of farming beyond the next harvest, ending years of uncertainty with a landmark roadmap that marks the most significant moment for English agriculture since the Second World War.  Farmers produce around 65% of the nation’s food, manage 70% of England’s land, and underpin the £153 billion agri-food sector recognised as Critical National Infrastructure. With the growing impacts of extreme weather and climate, Farming Roadmap 2050: Growing England’s Future sets out how farmers can adapt through nature-based solutions such as improved soil health and water management. …

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Google and Energy Dome Advance Multi-Continent Energy Storage Buildout with First Bilateral Project in Ireland

Stuart Mitchell

Energy Dome, a leading long-duration energy storage technology developer, and Google announced their first bilateral commercial contract for a 23MW / 200MWh CO2 Battery project located in County Offaly, Ireland. The project is part of a long-term partnership the companies announced last year to deploy Energy Dome’s CO2 Battery technology at scale and advance Google’s ambition to expand access to affordable, secure and 24/7 clean energy for grids globally. This announcement is on the back of a 19 MW/200 MWh project in Arizona announced this month by Energy Dome, Google,…

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CDP Launches Earth-Positive Economics Advisory Board to Leverage CDP Data into Mainstream Economic Principles

Stuart Mitchell

CDP, the world’s environmental disclosure system, has announced the launch of the CDP Earth-Positive Economics Advisory Board, to bring together leading economists, academics and corporate strategists to leverage CDP’s decades of corporate sustainability and resilience data into mainstream economic principles. Grounded in the principle that environmental health underpins economic prosperity, the Earth-Positive Economics Advisory Board will guide work to utilize the power of CDP’s deep environmental data and insights, to move beyond the correlation of environmental impacts on economic value towards the identification of cause and effect based on proven…

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Help shape Fairtrade’s Add-on Standard for Advancing Farmer Livelihoods

Stuart Mitchell

Public consultation open from 16 July to 15 August Living income has long been at the heart of Fairtrade’s mission. Across our work with farmers, companies and partners, we know that supporting farming households to improve their incomes is essential to creating resilient supply chains, reducing poverty and delivering lasting impact. Today, many companies are looking for credible ways to accelerate progress in this area. To support this ambition, Fairtrade International is developing an Add-on Standard for Advancing Farmer Livelihoods. This is an important next step that provides a harmonised…

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GWEC backs ‘Electrify Now’ movement to accelerate wind and renewable energy

Stuart Mitchell

Electrify Now, a new global campaign to supercharge electrification powered by renewable energy, launches today. The initiative seeks to expand opportunities for wind and other renewables and is spearheaded by the Global Renewables Alliance with support from the Global Wind Energy Council as the voice of the wind industry worldwide. Ben Backwell, CEO of GWEC and Chair of the Global Renewables Alliance, will join business leaders and government ministers to officially launch the campaign at a Global Energy Transition and Electrification Summit during London Climate Action Week. The new international…

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