Energy is needed for economic growth, and access to cheap, reliable energy is an essential development objective. However, in the... Read more
clean energy
It is vitally important that the public debate about the UK’s options for managing the risks of climate change is... Read more
The COP-21 meeting in Paris produced an important result. For the first time all countries developed and developing agreed to take... Read more
Lord Stern responds to a pledge made by 20 countries to double government investment in clean energy innovation to US$20 billion over five years. Read more
A cost-effective balance between taxes on fossil fuel pollution and support for cleaner alternatives
There is a danger that the current tinkering to subsidies and taxes affecting renewables in the UK will result in incoherence that will hinder efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Read more
The longer governments wait to promote clean energy innovation, the greater the eventual cost to the environment and the economy,... Read more
Executive summary The British Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme, which launched in April 2010, pays £500 million each year to the... Read more
Private investors need to be persuaded to spend billions of pounds to create a cleaner and more efficient power sector... Read more
Briefing note The Climate Change Act received Royal Assent on 26 November 2008 and set an overarching target to reduce UK... Read more
Overview The Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change and the Environment and the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) have... Read more