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Road to Dubai: COP’s first Health Day
As climate impacts worsen, the harm to health caused by climate change comes into sharper focus. As COP28 includes the f…
Energy Bill: From turbines to hydrogen, how is our energy system getting ready for net zero?
What is the latest with the Government's flagship legislation, the Energy Bill?…
What to expect from COP28?
With just weeks until the next UN Climate Summit, hosted by the UAE, we look ahead to what is likely to be on the table …
The road to Dubai: three summits and a stocktake
The international meetings and moments that build towards the next UN climate summit - COP28 in the United Arab Emirates…
Heatwaves, wildfires and climate change
In a globalised world, heatwaves and wildfires that would have been impossible, or many times less likely, without clima…
UK’s £11.6bn climate pledge: what if it steps back?
As warnings grow of Britain letting its climate leadership role slip, suggestions re-emerged of cuts and delays to UK cl…
Will new energy efficiency standards for privately rented homes send landlords packing?
Tightened energy efficiency standards could help to improve some of the worst performing housing in the UK - but what co…
G7 leaders and climate
Climate and energy loom large for G7 leaders as threats grow - but so too do the opportunities offered by the clean tran…
UK sitting out global clean tech race
As the US and the EU compete to invest in clean tech deployment, does the UK risk being stuck in the middle by its decis…
IPCC: final warning for a critical decade
The IPCC's sixth assessment warns we're running out of time to keep to 1.5°, but we have all the tools we need to get on…
Spring Budget: where is the UK in the green growth race?
After weeks of pressure from business, in Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget the response to the IRA was hotly antic…
COP15: what might come out of the biodiversity summit for nature and net zero?
COP15 has been delayed for two years and time is ticking.…
COP27: a loss and damage deal, and global momentum beyond
COP27 has come to a close. ECIU's International lead takes a look at what happened.…
From local to global
17 year-old campaigner Hattie Phillips works with the WI and others to influence MPs in Essex on climate issues. With CO…
Why the UK is not 'just 1%' and why that matters
It is too often said the UK is only a small part of global emissions, to argue we've done our bit. But investing in clim…
COP Context: The carbon footprint of a UN climate summit
If fully delivered, the announcements at COP26 could save over 72,000 more CO2e in 2030 than the summit emitted itself.…
Climate solutions: energy access in African nations
Distributed renewable energy projects are bringing opportunities, economic benefits and development to people and commun…