Analysis
UK International Climate Finance and Food Imports
UK joining forces with 60 other countries to help farmers directly responsible for producing staples like bananas, rice,…
Levelling up or letting down?
Tackling poor quality homes in marginal constituencies could swing election success…
Insulation and gas prices
Households are paying the price for slow progress on insulating homes…
Darren Jones, MP: net zero offers ‘huge opportunity’ for British businesses and communities, but needs the Government to walk the walk
COP26: Post-match analysis
What does the Glasgow Climate Pact mean for the world? What does it mean for the UK?…
Net zero transport - battery electric vehicles
What are the benefits and challenges of rolling out battery electric vehicles?…
Reasons to be cheerful: leadership in action
A collection of examples from around the world of genuine leadership on climate action.…
Climate Finance: A guide for the perplexed
COP26 is all about the $100bn, so we are too. Climate finance explained simply.…
Offsetting and Carbon Markets
Farming and food
G20 nations cause 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions; only half those emissions are covered by pledges to cut that a…
Why are forests important to climate change?
Forests play a critical role in regulating the global climate. They store vast amounts of carbon and also continue to ab…
Australia - high impact, low ambition
Australia is a wealthy, developed nation with one of the highest per-capita emissions in the world - and some of the wea…
Industry and emissions (globally and UK)
What progress has been made on reducing emissions from industry, and what options are available?…
Energy sources (globally and UK)
Where are we now with reducing emissions from our energy sources and what can be done post-COP26?…
Brazil - leader turned laggard on climate
A former leader on climate action, host of the 1992 Rio Summit, Brazil is one of the G20 nations with weak climate targe…
ECIU talks to... Andrea Leadsom MP
Andrea Leadsom MP on net zero ambitions, and what needs to happen post-Cop26 in our new interview series.…
Why emissions matter to China
Video from the briefing on China and emissions
Why emissions matter to China - and China's emissions matter to the world
China helped lead at COP21 to land the Paris Agreement. Although lower per-capita and historically, their annual emissio…
Stuck on the starting line: How the UK is falling behind Europe in the race to clean steel
The UK is falling behind other European countries in the race to decarbonise the steel industry, finds ECIU report.…