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IEA declares nuclear renaissance 'well underway', but can industry now deliver projects on time and on budget?

Nuclear

IEA declares nuclear renaissance 'well underway', but can industry now deliver projects on time and on budget?

IEA report predicts nuclear is set to generate a record level of electricity in 2025, but warns governments and industry must overcome 'significant hurdles' if sector is to successfully enter new era

clock 16 January 2025 • 9 min read
Tony Blair Institute: UK must prepare for 'new nuclear age'

Nuclear

Tony Blair Institute: UK must prepare for 'new nuclear age'

Almost 30 gigatonnes of CO2 could have been avoided since 1991 if nuclear growth rates had continued at same rate as before Chernobyl disaster, new report claims

clock 02 December 2024 • 6 min read
Climate must be put at the centre of the AI agenda

Technology

Climate must be put at the centre of the AI agenda

The AI revolution and the energy transition are interconnected - governments need to stop treating them as separate agendas, writes the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change's Devorah West

clock 18 June 2024 • 4 min read
Could vertical farms help cities feed themselves?

Technology

Could vertical farms help cities feed themselves?

New report from Tony Blair Institute explores how cities could source 30 per cent of their own fresh produce by 2030 using a range of innovative new technologies

clock 28 April 2022 • 3 min read

Policy

'No plausible argument for inaction': What can climate policy learn from the Covid-19 crisis?

The pandemic has offered a crash course in how to effectively deliver climate action, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change argues

clock 08 April 2021 • 8 min read

Politics

Avoiding a climate culture war: How can the UK maintain broad support for net zero action?

Difficult policy questions lie ahead that could sow seeds of division – but could a 'patriotic sense of national mission' help smooth the path to net zero emissions?

clock 22 March 2021 • 11 min read

Policy

Going green: The 11 questions the UK government's net zero strategy 'must answer'

The UK government has said it will publish a net zero strategy in advance of the COP26 climate conference in November - now a new report from the Tony Blair Institute sets out 11 questions Ministers "must answer" if they are to provide a credible blueprint...

clock 09 February 2021 • 6 min read