All pages with keywords: UK climate policy

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How much can onshore wind contribute to the UK’s renewable energy targets?

The UK government has adopted an EU-wide target for renewable energy, according to which, the share of energy from renewables will have to reach 15 per cent by 2020. Actions … read more »


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Climate change priorities for the next UK Government

a policy report by Samuela Bassi, Chris Duffy, Ajay Gambhir, Bob Ward, Dimitri Zenghelis 30 March, 2015

The next UK Government after the General Election on 7 May should reform the UK’s overly-complex energy taxation and create new institutions to depoliticise infrastructure investment, particularly in the energy sector. These recommendations are among several new measures outlined in the Institute’s latest policy brief ‘Climate change priorities for the next UK government’. read more »


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Non-identical quadruplets: four new estimates of the elasticity of marginal utility for the UK

a working paper by Ben Groom 1 August, 2013

This paper reviews the empirical evidence on the value of the elasticity of marginal utility for the United Kingdom. This parameter is a key determinant of … read more »