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24/7/2024 News

UK ‘off track’ for net zero, says Climate Change Committee

In its latest progress report to government, the independent Climate Change Committee (CCC) says that the UK is ‘off track’ for net zero, with only a third of the emissions reductions required to achieve the country’s 2030 target currently covered by credible plans.

Energy security

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13/7/2022 Comment / Rob Gross

More can be done to help energy consumers through this crisis

With the Energy Institute’s (EI) Energy Barometer member survey focused on the UK’s response to the energy crisis, EI Trustee and UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) Director Professor Rob Gross FEI examines three options that could yet be put in place to start reducing consumer bills before this winter.

Energy policy

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2/8/2023 News

Council of the European Union adopts new energy rules

The Council of the European Union (EU) has formally adopted a raft of new energy rules, including a revised Energy Efficiency Directive, Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) and the FuelEU maritime initiative, that aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change.

COP

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26/11/2025 News

Hot and bothered: key outcomes of COP30 climate summit in Belém

There have been mixed reactions to the UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil. Heated debate and all-night discussions led only to a ‘voluntary plan’ to curb fossil fuels by some countries, a plan to triple adaptation finance, and sustained efforts to strengthen climate targets in the face of opposition.

Law

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10/9/2025 Comment / Glenn R George,Benjamin Sokol

Dispute resolution revolution for the energy transition

The energy transition is changing the shape of the international energy business, with new renewable generation, carbon markets and climate change complexities. These changes are being matched by new methods of dispute resolution, argue Glenn R George and Benjamin Sokol, both with US-based Bates White Economic Consulting.

Climate change

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8/5/2024 News

NGO report calls for fossil fuel tax to help poor countries recover from climate change damage

A tax on the extraction of fossil fuels in the world’s richest advanced economies could raise $720bn by the end of the decade to support the world’s most vulnerable facing climate damages, according to a new report backed by over 100 climate organisations worldwide including Christian Aid, Greenpeace, Climate Action Network, Stamp Out Poverty and Power Shift Africa.

Energy policy

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8/10/2025 News

Parties clash as UK energy policy turns into political battleground

Energy has become one of the most fiercely contested issues in British politics, as the main political parties issued new statements setting out sharply diverging visions for the country’s future energy mix. What had once been an area of broad consensus – support for net zero and a transition to cleaner power – is now fracturing under the pressures of rising household bills, industrial competitiveness and ideological divisions over the pace of decarbonisation.

Oil markets

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2/7/2025 News

Oil supply growth outpaces demand as fossil fuel phaseout could fall short ahead of COP30

Oil markets are undergoing significant shifts as global oil supply growth is set to outpace demand through 2030, driven by slowing consumption in China and reduced US shale expansion, according to the latest International Energy Agency (IEA) outlook. Meanwhile, new analysis from E3G and Zero Carbon Analytics reveals that while more countries are signalling a move away from fossil fuels in their updated climate plans, only a few have made concrete commitments, leaving the pace of change too slow to meet global climate targets.

International Energy Week

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14/2/2024 Comment / John MacArthur

Can International Energy Week provide a bridge between polarised energy debates?

In advance of the London-based conference in two weeks’ time, John MacArthur FREng CEng FEI, Chair of the International Energy Week Board, previews this year’s varied programme.

International Energy Week

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12/3/2025 Comment / Steve Hodgson

Looking forward to 2040 and an end for new UK oil and gas projects

While plans for the how the UK can transition to not-far-from-zero by 2040 are published, shorter-term priorities of the oil and gas industry intrude. Steve Hodgson FEI, Editor-at-Large at New Energy World, spent a day at International Energy Week.

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