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    The London Array offshore wind farm.

    Analysis: UK renewables still cheaper than gas, despite auction setback for offshore wind

    A UK government auction has secured just 3.7 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable capacity – only a third of the total last year – and failed to contr...Read More

    UK policy| Sep 8. 2023.

    Q&A: What does the UK’s new biomass strategy mean for net-zero?

    Last week, the UK government released its long-awaited biomass strategy, which lays out the steps it intends to take to develop a sustainable, well-r...Read More

    UK policy| Aug 18. 2023.
    Grant Shapps and Rishi Sunak arrive for a weekly cabinet meeting in Downing Street on 7 January 2020.

    CCC: Chance of UK meeting climate pledges has ‘worsened’ since last year

    Hopes of the UK government meeting its domestic and international climate targets have “worsened” over the past year, according to the Climate Ch...Read More

    UK policy| Jun 28. 2023.
    A gas supply ship pictured arriving Sheerness, Kent, on 29 September 2021.

    Analysis: UK would need less imported gas under a Labour government

    The UK would need less imported gas by 2030 under pledges made by the opposition Labour Party, than under the Conservative government’s current pla...Read More

    UK policy| Jun 19. 2023.
    A general view of disused oil rigs in Cromarty, Scotland.

    Factcheck: Why banning new North Sea oil and gas is not a ‘Just Stop Oil plan’

    Over recent days, a small but prominent group of Conservative politicians in the UK have attempted to whip up a frenzy over Labour’s pledge to end ...Read More

    UK policy| Jun 8. 2023.
    Secretary Grant Shapps arrives for a Cabinet Meeting in Downing Street on 28 March 2023.

    In-depth Q&A: The UK’s ‘green day’ avalanche of climate and energy announcements

    The UK has published an avalanche of climate and energy documents in a chaotic policy move dubbed “green day” by some within government – and �...Read More

    UK policy| Mar 31. 2023.
    A large wildfire in Lickey Hills Country Park, Birmingham, July 2022.

    CCC: England has ‘lost a decade’ in fight to prepare for climate change impacts

    .shadeBg{ background: rgba(0,0,0,0.18); } No single sector in England is prepared for the impacts of climate change – with the last 10 years b...Read More

    UK policy| Mar 29. 2023.
    A traffic jam on the M8 Motorway and Kingston Bridge approach roads in Glasgow city centre, Scotland, UK.

    Analysis: Fuel-duty freezes have increased UK CO2 emissions by up to 7%

    The cuts and freezes in fuel duty since 2010 means the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are as much as 7% higher than they would have been, Carb...Read More

    UK policy| Mar 16. 2023.
    The Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, accompanied by his ministerial team and watched by his wife and children, leaves 11 Downing Street on his way to deliver the budget on March 15, 2023.

    UK spring budget 2023: Key climate and energy announcements

    Headline-grabbing announcements about nuclear power and carbon capture and storage (CCS) have featured prominently in Jeremy Hunt’s first budget ad...Read More

    Policy|UK policy| Mar 15. 2023.
    Wind turbines beside national grid high voltage power lines in Gloucestershire.

    CCC: Here’s how the UK can get reliable zero-carbon electricity by 2035

    The UK can build a reliable, secure and cost-effective electricity system that is decarbonised by 2035, says the government’s advisory Climate Chan...Read More

    UK policy| Mar 9. 2023.
    Sheep farmer droves his flock of sheep up Mastiles Lane, North Yorkshire.

    Q&A: Will the UK’s new farm payments cut emissions and help nature?

    The UK government has released details of its new funding schemes for farms in England, which are intended to boost the nation’s biodiversity and h...Read More

    UK policy| Feb 1. 2023.
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