How Sunak’s back-pedalling on net zero could damage efforts to decarbonise Britain’s homes: Clare Louise Jackson/Shutterstock Rishi Sunak, the UK prime minister, has announced his government will scrap or delay a number of measures designed to help the UK reach net zero by 2050, with a particular focus on housing. This includes getting rid of …
How to help UK households manage rising energy bills – and decarbonise at the same time: UK households's rising energy costs. Ink Drop/Shutterstock The cost of electricity rose sixfold between January 2021 and November 2022 as the impact of the COVID pandemic combined with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to push up wholesale energy prices. Without …
One in four homes is ‘hard to decarbonise’ – without help their inhabitants could get stuck in fuel poverty: Existing decarbonisation measures are often unsuitable for the least efficient homes. Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock Millions of people are facing soaring energy bills this winter. Yet according to our research, at least 20% of homes in the …
New deal to decarbonise shipping isn’t enough – here’s how global trade can reach net-zero: Ships with everything. imageBROKER Much of the world has been left disappointed by the Glasgow Climate Pact, the outcome of the COP26 climate conference. Scientists say it will not lead to the decarbonisation required to limit global warming to less …
COP26: Seven reasons global transport is so hard to decarbonise: SnvvSnvvSnvv / shutterstock Transport accounts for 21% of global carbon emissions. It is now the largest emitting sector in many developed countries. While Europe and North America dominate historic transport emissions, much of the projected growth in emissions is in Asia. Even if current and …
E-highways: why motorway cables are probably not the best way to decarbonise lorries: Road transport accounts for around a quarter of all CO? emissions – reducing this is crucial to reaching net zero emissions in the next 25 years. When it comes to alternative fuels in passenger vehicles like cars, the automotive industry seems united …
Why a more equal world would be easier to decarbonise: Andrey Armyagov / Shutterstock US billionaires experienced a trillion-dollar surge in their combined net worth in 2020, more than enough to hand out a $ 3,000 (£2,140) stimulus cheque to every American. Meanwhile, entire sectors were put on hold, removing the basis of subsistence for …
The future of nuclear: power stations could make hydrogen, heat homes and decarbonise industry: Frédéric Paulussen/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Nuclear power has provided low-carbon electricity to the UK for over 60 years and today it generates 17% of the country’s electricity. Until mid-2018, 15 nuclear reactors were the country’s largest source of low-carbon energy. Of these, …