2015 General Election manifestos on climate change
Analyses what the parties standing UK-wide are promising to do about climate change.
View ArticleWhat the new Conservative government means for UK energy policy
Tory manifesto indicates no major change in energy policy, with exception of end to subsidy for onshore wind. But UK engagement with EU energy union looking less likely.
View Article2015 Lancet Commission report on health and climate change
Key quotes from, and a few of my comments on, the excellent Lancet Commission report
View ArticleOctober 2015: Committee on Climate Change report on electricity scenarios
The Committee on Climate Change sensibly calls for an 'all of the above' approach to decarbonisation.
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27 October 2015: Ghana is a renewables pioneer, but is still not doing enough.
A post by Melody Waterworth on energy in Ghana, where she is currently volunteering.
View Article19 November 2015: Well done Amber Rudd
UK climate and energy policy are not perfect, but are in significantly better shape this morning than they were yesterday morning
View Article7 December 2015: UK climate and energy policy: small steps forward, large...
The advance represented by Energy and Climate Secretary Amber Rudd’s ‘reset’ speech on 18 November has been pretty comprehensively destroyed by Chancellor George Osborne.
View Article15 July 2016: New British government: a step forward for climate strategy
The UK no longer has a department with the words ‘climate change’ in its title. Climate policy is now the responsibility of a new Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. This could be...
View Article18 January 2017: Why the Swansea tidal lagoon should be supported
Last week the former energy minister Charles Hendry published his review on tidal lagoons (https://hendryreview.wordpress.com/) I am a consultant to Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP), so not disinterested. But...
View ArticleThe case for a Clean Energy Alliance
The low-carbon energy sectors - efficiency, most renewables, CCS and nuclear - should work together more strategically
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