All pages with keywords: UK policy
Response to Government announcement about new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C
Co-Director, Professor Sam Fankhauser, responds to announcement that the UK Government will allow the construction of a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C in Somerset. read more »
The Budget will have a mixed impact on the fight against climate change
Commenting on the publication today (16 March 2016) of Budget 2016, Professor Sam Fankhauser, Co-Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School … read more »
Consultation response: ‘Reforming the business energy efficiency tax landscape’
This policy paper was submitted to HM Treasury in response to its consultation on ‘Reforming the business energy efficiency tax landscape’. read more »
Carolyn Fischer – Environmental and Technology Policy Options in the Electricity Sector: interactions and outcomes
Speaker: Carolyn Fischer, Resources for the Future read more »
Taxing Energy Use: A graphical analysis of OECD energy use and taxation
Grantham Research Institute hosted this policy seminar by the OECD. Michelle Harding, Economist at the OECD, presented the key findings of the report “Taxing Energy Use: A Graphical Analysis … read more »
Climate change policies and the UK business sector: overview, impacts and suggestions for reform
The UK has a complex system of energy taxes which affect the business sector. Overlaps between taxes mean that carbon prices are uneven across sectors and fuels, and … read more »
The British Feed-in Tariff for small renewable energy systems: Can it be made fairer?
The British Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme, which launched in April 2010, pays £500 million each year to the owners of small scale renewable energy installations for the clean … read more »
The Climate Change Act
The Climate Change Act received Royal Assent on 26 November 2008 and set an overarching target to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 per cent by … read more »
Climate change policy UK
The Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change and the Environment and the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) have published a policy paper, originally commissioned as a working paper … read more »
Launch of report about the future role of natural gas in UK electricity generation
On Wednesday 20 March, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (LSE) launched their policy brief, ‘A dash for ‘smart gas’? The future role of natural gas in UK … read more »
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