Click here to buy: How retail delivery can help Britain meet its Net Zero target
Online deliveries – is there anything more convenient? You browse through endless options, click on the product that tickles your fancy, and wait for it to arrive from the comfort of your settee. There is no hiding that this practice has surged over the last 18 months or so, incentivised by lockdowns and unsettling times. […]
Oxford climate experts call for action head of COP26
In the run-up to Glasgow, 10 leading Oxford climate researchers including Professors Myles Allen, Lavanya Rajamani and Nathalie Seddon, have been asked to record their concerns and hopes for the November conference. The first of these new videos featuring the well-known climate attribution expert, Dr Friederike Otto, predicts that heat waves have become 100 times more […]
Commercial motor trade calls for government roadmap for electric HGVs
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has called on government to work with industry to develop a plan that facilitates the transition to zero emission HGVs, before it commits an end of sale date for conventionally fuelled trucks. All of Europe’s major truck manufacturers have agreed that new HGVs will be fossil fuel-free […]
Net Zero, carbon capture and hydrogen: Regulatory developments
By Matt Lewy (pictured), Energy Partner at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson The UK government is pressing ahead with the development of the regulatory regime for carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), following the latest suite of updated business models published in May 2021. Ultimately the CCUS regime will look like many regulated utilities, with […]
Four essential questions behind a credible net zero strategy
By ENGIE Impact The Race to Zero is on. More than 1,000 companies, including 82 Global Fortune 500 companies, have announced Net Zero targets, with many joining the race within the last 12 months alone. Yet, in the absence of finalised, widely-accepted Net Zero standards, many are questioning the credibility of corporate Net Zero pledges. […]
Every UK job ‘has the potential to be green’, says Green Jobs Task Force
Every UK job has the potential to be green, according to an independent expert report backed by the UK government, which has welcomed 15 new recommendations from the independent Green Jobs Taskforce. It is already estimated that the Prime Minister’s ambitious Ten Point Plan will support up to 90,000 highly-skilled green UK jobs within this Parliament, […]
UKAEA CEO mentors young influencers on low carbon energy ahead of G7
UKAEA CEO Professor Ian Chapman has mentored young influencers from across the globe at a forerunner event to the G7 summit, being held in the UK later this week. The Youth 7 (Y7) is the official youth engagement group for the G7 – the annual gathering of leaders from the seven most advanced economies in the world. […]
No more public contracts unless suppliers have Net Zero plan, says government
New measures unveiled by the UK government will require businesses to commit to net zero by 2050 and publish clear and credible carbon reduction plans before they can bid for major public contracts. The rules will support the government’s plan to build back greener by ensuring that potential government suppliers publish plans to reduce carbon […]
Oxford-led greenhouse gas removal initiative receives £30m
Research teams across the UK, coordinated by University of Oxford experts, have been chosen to probe innovative ways of removing greenhouse gases to help to stabilise the climate. Encompassing a dozen universities and with funding for nearly five years, this is the UK Government’s largest-ever research programme to understand and scale-up greenhouse gas removal (GGR) […]
Cambridgeshire County Council sets out region’s path to net zero
SSE Enterprise and Bouygues Energies & Services have been named preferred partners to develop a series of framework energy projects intended to support Cambridgeshire County Council and its regional local authority partners in meeting their commitment to decarbonising the region by 2050. SSE Enterprise and Bouygues Energies & Services will work as a consortium to deliver for […]