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The climate emergency: a game of two halves

...to do so, adjusting our regulatory permits to account for climate change. We will also support the development of more flexible regulatory approaches to accommodate rapid environmental change. Climate change...
Panel discussion at International Energy Week 2025

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Climate Challenge: Action is imperative 

...food, jobs, safety. Making changes towards a just energy system delivers these core benefits.” AI: A new tool in the climate arsenal Asked what developments in climate science could help...

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Immediate decarbonisation must be a priority for next PM

...targets than those it has proposed under the Environment Act. In April, as the latest and most climate-alarming Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was released, UN Secretary-General Antonio...

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Time to change the oil?

Maurice MacSweeney, director of litigation funding at Harbour explains how climate litigation is seeking to change corporate behaviour. Maurice MacSweeney, director of litigation funding, Harbour In the summer of 2015,...

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What is the direction of travel for the UK energy sector?

...politicians to describe what they are doing to tackle climate change. Both the major parties have previously underlined their commitment to tackling climate change and decarbonising the economy, with the...

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Investors welcome Shell net zero emissions plan

...to tackle climate change. This applies to the fuels and products companies sell, as well as emissions from operations,” explains Stephanie Pfeifer, a member of the global Climate Action 100+...
Portland report July

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The UK energy sector: What is the direction of travel?

...action on climate change and the green energy transition and has contributed to various outlets on the topics of lifestyle, politics, climate change, energy and broad environmental as well as...

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UKPIA welcomes FuelsEurope climate neutrality pathway

A FuelsEurope pathway describing how low-carbon liquid fuels could enable the transport sector to contribute to EU’s climate neutrality objective by 2050, has been welcomed by UKPIA. The ‘Clean Fuels...

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BP Energy Outlook 2022 Edition – the outlook to 2050

...in the past few years, resulting in added momentum in tackling climate change, but with significant uncertainty around how successful countries / regions will be in achieving pledges. The structure...

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Vital statistics for oil

...rose by £81, compared to 2011   Oil quarterly tables ET 3.1 – 3.7 are available on the DECC section of the gov.uk website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-energy-climate-change/series/oil-statistics     Energy Trends...

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UK Hydrogen Policy Commission to give UK lead on hydrogen

...to help build the hydrogen economy with many leading industry producers already investing in hydrogen projects. A vital role for UK refineries According to the Climate Change Committee, “A significant...

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A review of COP 26: the key ‘take-aways’

Amidst all the hype, ‘blah-blah-blah’, hard negotiating and compromising at the recent COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, there were really four key areas for which the issues needed to...

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Decarbonising transport: are additives the answer?

...has been on the fossil fuel producers being the cause of climate change and increasing CO2 levels. However, if the fuel produced can be treated to significantly reduce, or eliminate,...