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Can a strong UK Paris Agreement pledge inspire international ambition?
Can a strong UK Paris Agreement pledge inspire international ambition?

It will be a massive own goal if the UK fails to announce a substantial commitment at the Climate Ambition Summit it is hosting in December, argues ECIU's Dr Alison Doig

  • Politics
  • 27 October 2020
'Hidden emitter': Air pollution from domestic gas boilers expected to soar this winter as people work from home
'Hidden emitter': Air pollution from domestic gas boilers expected to soar this winter as people work from home

New analysis from ECIU warns of a 12 per cent increase in toxic nitrogen oxide emissions across the UK this winter if lockdown persists

  • Buildings
  • 22 October 2020
Net Zero Festival: Is decarbonisation a pipe dream or the new reality for oil and gas?
Net Zero Festival: Is decarbonisation a pipe dream or the new reality for oil and gas?

ECIU's Richard Black grills Shell's Sinead Lynch and Colette Cohen from the Oil & Gas Technology Centre on the sector's ability to forge an effective decarbonisation pathway

  • Net Zero Now
  • 07 October 2020
Green Homes Grant: Demand expected to soar as energy efficiency scheme launches
Green Homes Grant: Demand expected to soar as energy efficiency scheme launches

The government's Green Homes Grant scheme opens for applications today, but demand from homeowners expected to outstrip 600,000 vouchers available

  • BusinessGreen
  • 30 September 2020
A green recovery would give young people the sustainable future they crave
A green recovery would give young people the sustainable future they crave

Young people have been hit disproportionately hard by the Covid-19 crisis, but a green recovery offers them a brighter future, writes ECIU's Jess Ralston

  • Energy
  • 24 August 2020
Britain's 2019 power cut - One year on
Britain's 2019 power cut - One year on

ECIU's Dr Jonathan Marshall reflects on whether the right lessons have been learned from last year's high profile - and remarkably rare - grid blackout

  • Infrastructure
  • 07 August 2020
'Action is needed now': CBI leads flurry of calls for green recovery
'Action is needed now': CBI leads flurry of calls for green recovery

Reports from CBI, EnergyUK, ECIU, and ScottishPower all hammer home calls for ambitious green recovery package

  • Policy
  • 23 June 2020
How bank holiday blackout fears could accelerate the shift to a net zero grid
How bank holiday blackout fears could accelerate the shift to a net zero grid

Unprecedented low demand for power coupled with high renewables generation offers both headaches – and lessons – for the energy transition

  • Energy
  • 04 May 2020
Climate change re-emerges from the Covid smog
Climate change re-emerges from the Covid smog

Statement from world leaders show climate action is firmly still on the international agenda, but how that plays out remains to be seen, writes ECIU's Richard Black

  • Politics
  • 30 April 2020
Low oil price could be a boon for net zero
Low oil price could be a boon for net zero

Historically, low oil prices were bad for climate action, but these are new times, writes ECIU's Dr Jonathan Marshall

  • Energy
  • 27 April 2020
COP26: Postpone, virtual, or as you were?
COP26: Postpone, virtual, or as you were?

With the planet reeling from Covid-19, whether or not to go ahead with the critical UN climate summit in November is no easy decision, says ECIU's Richard Black

  • Politics
  • 23 March 2020
Half the world's economy now eyeing net zero transition, analysis shows
Half the world's economy now eyeing net zero transition, analysis shows

Almost $39tr of the world's GDP is now aligned, or proposing to align, with net zero emissions targets, according to ECIU

  • Policy
  • 18 February 2020
COP25: Nations promise 2020 action as crunch climate talks reach Madrid crossroads
COP25: Nations promise 2020 action as crunch climate talks reach Madrid crossroads

Opposing countries are refusing to budge as this year's crunch climate talks draw towards their final day, despite surge of ambitious pledges from businesses

  • Policy
  • 12 December 2019
Study: Net zero targets spreading around the world at 'startling' rate
Study: Net zero targets spreading around the world at 'startling' rate

ECIU analysis highlights how a significant chunk of the global economy is already subject to existing or planned net zero emissions targets

  • Policy
  • 12 December 2019
UK Capacity Market secures green light from EU following State Aid probe
UK Capacity Market secures green light from EU following State Aid probe

Government says it expects back-up power auction scheme to soon be restored, with almost £1bn of back-payments to be made to generators in January

  • Infrastructure
  • 24 October 2019
Report: Boost renewables for 'no-regrets insurance' against nuclear gap
Report: Boost renewables for 'no-regrets insurance' against nuclear gap

The UK should scale up solar and wind to make up looming potential shortfall in nuclear energy capacity, ECIU argues

  • Nuclear
  • 07 June 2019
How climate contrarianism soared… then shot itself in the foot
How climate contrarianism soared… then shot itself in the foot

Richard Black reflects on Denied - his new book on the rise and decline of UK climate scepticism

  • Climate change
  • 30 November 2018
Car firms' advertising spend for EVs fell in 2017
Car firms' advertising spend for EVs fell in 2017

Manufacturers spent 32 per cent less in 2017 on advertising electric vehicles than a year earlier

  • Automotive
  • 09 August 2018
Planning tweak delivers 'glimmer of hope' for onshore wind repowering projects
Planning tweak delivers 'glimmer of hope' for onshore wind repowering projects

Government revises National Planning Policy Framework to enable English local authorities to green light proposals to upgrade or repower existing wind farms

  • Wind
  • 26 July 2018
'This is not the end of the journey': What next for UK tidal energy?
'This is not the end of the journey': What next for UK tidal energy?

Having turned down state funding for Swansea Bay project, can the UK still become a world leader in tidal energy technology?

  • Marine
  • 26 June 2018
'Repowering' older onshore wind turbines could save billpayers millions, analysis finds
'Repowering' older onshore wind turbines could save billpayers millions, analysis finds

ECIU analysis argues repowering older turbines rather than shutting them down could boost cheap energy in the UK

  • Energy
  • 27 March 2018
Record-breaker: British wind power output tops 10GW
Record-breaker: British wind power output tops 10GW

BREAKING: Output from UK wind farms exceeds 10GW for first time ever thanks to blustery winter weather

  • Wind
  • 17 January 2018
Report: UK's 'outdated' onshore wind ban blocks cheapest form of new energy
Report: UK's 'outdated' onshore wind ban blocks cheapest form of new energy

ECIU analysis finds 1GW of new onshore wind would cost £30m a year less than 1GW of offshore wind and £100m less than new nuclear or biomass

  • Wind
  • 25 October 2017
Brexit bonfire of EU energy efficiency rules 'could add £90 to bills'
Brexit bonfire of EU energy efficiency rules 'could add £90 to bills'

Analysis by ECIU finds cutting EU red tape on vacuum cleaners and lightbulbs standards could lead to a huge hike in UK electricity demand

  • Energy
  • 24 August 2017
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