UK policy
The UK government’s spending on climate aid reached its highest-ever level last year, with more than £1.8bn channelled into projects aimed at cutt... Read More
UK government targets for “sustainable aviation fuels” (SAFs) will only cut emissions from the sector to 0.8% below current levels in 2040, Carbo... Read More
The share of electricity in Great Britain generated from burning coal and gas fell to a record-low 2.4% earlier this month, Carbon Brief analysis sho... Read More
The UK government has reclassified nearly £500m of aid for war-torn and impoverished countries as “climate finance”, in a bid to meet its intern... Read More
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5.7% in 2023 to their lowest level since 1879, according to new Carbon Brief analysis. The last time U... Read More
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt failed to mention the term “climate change” at all when setting out the government’s spring budget – the first sinc... Read More
The UK would be able to increase its emissions while still meeting its next legally binding climate goal if the government uses a “surplus” to we... Read More
Chris Skidmore has been both UK energy and science minister and led an independent government review into net-zero published in 2023. He recently res... Read More
The installation of solar panels and heat pumps in UK homes soared in 2023, driving the country to its highest-ever level of domestic low-carbon tech... Read More
Amid heightened concern last winter about the security of the electricity supply across the island of Great Britain, National Grid Electricity System... Read More
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his autumn statement, laying out plans for revitalising the economy at a time of inflation and slow growth. ... Read More
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