Insights
US Climate Summit - what to expect
On Thursday this week, President Biden – just 93 days into his term of office – welcomes 40 heads of government to a Lea…
COVID: emissions drop, but not from land and agriculture. Why?
Emissions from green and pleasant land remain steady…
Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy – not quite firing on all cylinders
Government strategies were expected to answer serious questions on getting to net zero, does the first hit the spot?…
Green Homes Grant: timeline and four lessons to be learned
What can the Government take away from the Green Homes Grant and apply to its successor, and what should it avoid?…
Budget 2021: Tackling the green jobs dilemma
Despite aims to support jobs, the 2021 Budget failed to tap the potential of green employment…
Scrapping the Green Homes Grant will see less than 50,000 measures installed
Flagship energy efficiency scheme could see only a fraction of the 600,000 target measures installed, if it is scrapped …
Moving from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to the UK-only ETS
What is different now the UK has left the EU-wide Emissions Trading Scheme and entered its own, UK-only version?…
Energy bills: getting the balance right
Rebalancing levies on energy bills is seen as an enabler of clean heat, what could it look like?…
Brexit: implications for energy and climate change
What are the implications of the Brexit deal on climate change and energy?…
Outcomes of the Leaders Summit on Climate
We distil what the major outcomes from Biden’s summit were and what this means for the UK.…
A US re-energised on climate: what does it mean for the UK?
The new Biden administration is set to shake up global climate dynamics. What does this mean for the UK?…
There is more than 'low wind' behind our electricity system woes
A growing number of margin notices are the result of years of slow progress on upgrading the grid…
No, Net Zero will not ‘cost 10 million jobs’
Reports of 'staggering' job losses raised eyebrows, but were they right?…
The road to Glasgow, what to expect in 2021
In 2021, in the context of Covid-19 recovery, we are looking a year ahead to the most important climate change summit s…
Climate Ambition Summit 2020: a good start but much more needed in the year to COP26
This blog explores what happened a the Climate Action Summit 2020, what did it achieve and what happens next?…
Net zero: from ‘tell us’ to ‘show us’
With so much of the world now covered by net zero pledges, it's time to change the focus to delivery…
Energy White Paper: time for delivery
The Government's White Paper gives us a welcome glimpse of the future…