United Kingdom (UK)
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News
UK government reveals plans for ÂŁ4bn hydrogen investment by 2030
The government hopes to attract at least ÂŁ4bn of investment to the hydrogen economy by 2030 under plans to produce the equivalent of enough hydrogen to replace fossil fuel gas for heating and cooking in about 3m households in the UK.
Report: Clean electricity accounted for record two-thirds of EU’s generation mix for first half of 2021
Renewables and nuclear power accounted for a record 66% of electricity production across the EU during the first half of 2021, with clean energy proving far more resilient to the pandemic than fossil fuels.
UK government spending plans ‘don’t add up’ to climate ambitions, WWF warns
The UK government’s spending plans on tackling climate change “don’t add up” to its ambitions, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has warned.
Reports
Demand Recycled: Policy Options for Increasing the Demand for Post-Consumer Recycled Materials (Eunomia)
A new report by Eunomia, an environmental consultancy, analyses a range of policy options to promote the use of more recycled materials. It investigates in detail a shortlist of four
Reform Options: Initial Thinking – Rethinking Decarbonisation Incentives (Energy Systems Catapult)
Creating a new trading scheme for all UK carbon emissions, setting standards for the carbon intensity of energy or taxing carbon like VAT. These are some of the options being
At the Crossroads: Balancing the financial and social costs of coal transition in China (GSI)
This report by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) examines the current status of the coal transition in Shanxi and proposes how reform can be managed to ensure that economic, social