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New research: unlocking a triple-win for UK ports and shipping
New research highlights that Government support for “shore-power” is essential to unlock a triple-win of cleaner air, lower climate pollution, and smart 21st century electricity grids in UK ports. Shore-power, the provision of electricity for ships while in dock so they don’t need to use their diesel engines, is taking off in Europe, but is held back in the UK by high electricity taxes and a lack of Government support.
Governments in France, Germany, Norway, Denmark and Sweden are helping their ports deploy shore-power, with grants for investment and reductions in electricity taxes. But the UK is not. The imminent Transport Decarbonisation Plan is a big opportunity for the UK Government to rectify this and meaningful support should start as soon as this week’s Budget.
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Carbon Brief has extracted the key components relating to climate and energy from the 1,250-page document, as well as gauging the views of experts.
Some welcomed it as the best free trade deal on climate ever agreed – a potential “game changer” that enshrines in the text both sides’ net-zero targets and a commitment to the Paris Agreement.
However, there is also concern about weakening environmental regulations due to the UK’s efforts to “water down” the climate language and distance itself from European oversight.
This Q&A examines the circumstances surrounding the Brexit deal, what it actually says about climate change, and the likely influence it will have on climate action in the years to come.
14 January 2021
The potential role of ‘Carbon Capture and Storage’ (CCS) seems to be shrinking, as shown in a new report commissioned by Friends of the Earth Scotland and Global Witness and written by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
The research finds that current operational global CCS capacity is 39 megatonnes of carbon dioxide per year, roughly 0.1% of global annual emissions. The UK-based research organisation also found that the country would need to quadruple the entire global CCS capacity by 2050 to achieve its net zero targets. A collection of global modelling reports lean heavily on the usage of CCS to capture carbon in the future, instead of proposing more rapid cuts in fossil fuel burning in the short term paired with more bullish deployment of renewable energy.