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ECIU founder Richard Black steps down as director The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has confirmed that its founder Richard Black is stepping down as director, after setting up the environmental non-profit in 2014. Pictured: Black giving an interview with Sky News in 2019. Image: ECIU Former BBC environment correspondent Black set up the ECIU with the aim of helping policymakers, journalists, think-tanks and thought leaders to engage in what he calls “informed debate” around en...

The role of gases in the European energy transition [GGP] Dec 16, 2020 2:30:pm Summary The role of gases in the energy transition is a different, and much more immediate, issue in the EU, compared with other global regions. by: Jonathan Stern, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Posted in: The role of gases in the European energy transition [GGP] The role of gases in the energy transition is a different, and much more immediate, issue in the EU, compared with ot...

Image: Shutterstock The government has published its Energy White Paper in a bid to clean up the UK energy system and provide a roadmap to net zero. The policy paper builds on the Prime Minister’s ten-point plan for clean energy, aimed at creating more than 200,000 jobs in the UK. But what does the industry think? Scale and opportunity of the energy transition is revealed Emma Pinchbeck, Chief Executive at Energy UK, said: “Today’s White Paper reveals the scale and opportunity of the ene...

14 December 2020 10:22 GMT Updated  14 December 2020 12:15 GMT The UK government was slammed for clinging to nuclear as part of its decarbonisation strategy, as it released its long-delayed Energy White Paper on Monday. The Energy White Paper – the country’s first since 2003 – is seen as crucial to providing a legislative framework to underpin a blizzard of policies unveiled so far this year, including a pledge to quadruple offshore wind capacity to 40GW by 2030, as the UK hones its...

A quantum leap for climate action: UK pledges to end support for overseas oil and gas projects Prime Minister announces UK will cut off all taxpayer support for new overseas oil, gas, and coal projects ahead of COP26, in move that has been applauded by campaigners, economists, and opposition parties The government has pledged to stop direct financing of overseas fossil fuels projects, bowing to years of pressure from campaigners who have argued the UKs continued financing of oil and gas project...

New analysis summarising latest thinking on climate attribution, reveals increasingly clear evidence climate change is leading to increased extreme weather risks

Countries pledge net-zero emissions by a certain year, whats the big fuss about it? Experts say net zero plans should clearly separate targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions from future carbon removal schemes. Dec 10, 2020 12:03:02 IST The worldwide effort to prevent Earth from becoming an unlivable hothouse is in the grips of "net-zero" fever. More than 110 countries have committed to becoming carbon neutral by mid-century, including major greenhouse gas emitters such as Britain, Japan ...

news Have countries kept their climate change promises? © Getty Images It was all smiles in Paris in 2015 but have countries fulfilled their climate promises? Agreed by 196 parties in the French capital in December 2015, the Paris climate deal aims to keep the rise in global temperatures this century "well below 2C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C." Every one of the signatories has had to lodge a climate action plan with the UN to sp...