The G7 nations have struck a landmark deal for coal power phase-out by 2035, marking a watershed moment in the fight against climate change. Energy ministers from the G7 group of advanced economies have reached a significant breakthrough agreement to phase out coal-fired power plants by 2035. Announced during a ministerial meeting in Turin,
Last year was the hottest on record, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). Not surprisingly, the summer of 2023 was also the hottest, according to global records dating back to 1880. Forecasts suggest this summer is likely to be just as hot or hotter, which means the urgency for energy storage and demand
Pallavi Sethi explains the basis for complaining to the Independent Press Standards Organisation about the newspaper’s piece on electric vehicles misrepresented in a report from the Asphalt Industry Alliance and why such reporting continues to damage the British public’s understanding of climate change policies. In yet another instance of British newspapers promoting misinformation about
From flooding, drought and disease to total societal upheaval, Robbie Griffiths investigates the grim future that awaits our capital if climate change and global warming is allowed to continue. One summer day two years ago, a compost heap in Wennington, East London, spontaneously caught fire. It was July 19, 2022, the hottest day since British
New research from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found that the UK government achieved just three out of ten major green commitments laid out in the 2022 British Energy Security Strategy. The analysis found that the government is not on track to insulate the 450,000 homes in it's green commitments, which would
Statistics released in the government’s latest Energy Consumption Trends report showed that wind generated a record 28.7% of the UK’s electricity needs in 2023. This represented a year-on-year 4% increase, with wind remaining the UK’s biggest clean power source, generating over 60% of the nation’s renewable electricity in 2023. The report showed that offshore wind
For many years we have had a stand at the Fully Charged / Everything Electric show. This year we are expanding our outreach by also exhibiting at the UK's largest net-zero congress, Innovation Zero. Tanjent at Everything Electric Show Innovation Zero, the UK's largest sustainability conference, returns to London Olympia for the
“No comprehensive strategy for Scotland” has led the Climate Change Committee (CCC) to withdraw its previously made assertion that the country will meet its climate goals to reduce emissions 75% by 2030. The goal was set out in the most recent Climate Change Plan update in 2020 (2020 CCPu). Today’s (20 March) announcement follows
Oil and gas (O&G) giant Shell has scaled back its 2030 and 2035 emission reduction targets, indicating that it expects the globe to fail the Paris Climate Agreement. The landmark Paris Climate Agreement, a legally binding international treaty on climate change signed by 196 parties, requires the world to almost halve emissions this decade. Detailed
This article was edited on 13 March to correct an error. The introduction of zonal pricing in Britain has not been confirmed but has been maintained as an option in the second Review of Electricity Market Arrangements consultation. Energy secretary Claire Coutinho has announced that a zonal pricing system could be introduced in Britain and