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Energy security

20/7/2022 News

UK provides increased support for Ukraine’s energy sector

The UK’s Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has announced a £5mn support fund to provide safety and security equipment to Ukraine’s civil nuclear sector.

Power generation

View of chimney emissions at a power plant

9/11/2022 News

G20 support for fossil fuels highest since 2014

G20 member countries provided almost $700bn in support for coal, oil, gas and fossil fuel power in 2021 – up 16% from the year before, according to a new report.

Energy policy

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at his first Cabinet meeting

2/11/2022 News

New UK government energy team announced and fracking decision reversed

New UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has reshuffled the team responsible for energy in his Cabinet and reimposed the ban on fracking across England.

Energy policy

Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister for Energy Transition in France, speaking as the European Council announced higher targets for renewables and energy efficiency

6/7/2022 News

Europe agrees on higher targets for renewables and energy efficiency

The European Council has adopted its negotiating positions on legislative proposals that tackle the energy aspects of the EU’s climate transition under the ‘Fit for 55’ package.

International Energy Week

Nick Wayth ,CEO, Energy Institute, presenting from conference lectern

7/2/2024 Comment / Nick Wayth

COP28 goals frame the debate as global energy sector heads to London

As International Energy Week 2024 approaches, the Energy Institute’s CEO Nick Wayth CEng FEI FIMechE says this coming year will be a big test for the public support and political will needed to accelerate the energy transition, but that progress is achievable.

Policy and Governance

Photo of Esin Serin, Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE, sat at table with laptop in front of her

20/3/2024 Comment / Esin Serin

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Esin Serin AMEI

In our latest Spotlight on Energy People interview with Energy Institute (EI) members, Esin Serin AMEI, Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics, highlights the formative role that the EI played in her career.

Climate change

Group of smartly dressed young people standing on bottom steps of an internal staircase with curved stone ballistrades in a grand building,

30/7/2025 News

International Court of Justice publishes landmark opinion regarding climate change accountability

The UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave a landmark ‘advisory opinion’ on 23 July stating that nations can be held legally accountable for their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, the opinion is non-binding.

Environment, social and governance (ESG)

Graphic with different sized coloured cogs representing different perspectives from different workshops

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22/10/2025 Feature / Benjamin Sovacool,Anna Wilson

Research update on… public perceptions and just transitions

Industrial decarbonisation is central to the UK’s strategy for achieving net zero and ensuring long-term environmental and economic sustainability. However, technological progress alone is not sufficient. Securing public trust and delivering a just transition – one that is inclusive, equitable and locally grounded – is essential, write Benjamin Sovacool, Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Sussex, and Anna Wilson, Director, Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning, the University of Glasgow. Below is an edited and abridged synthesis of UK research on the topic commissioned by the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) over the last few years.

Carbon capture and storage

Graphic showing web of green lines representing biomass routes across land, and blue line across land and sea representing BECCS supply change storing CO2

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30/4/2025 Feature / Benjamin Sovacool

Research update on.... policy and governance

The energy transition is not only about technological innovation; the ways in which public policy incentivises and regulates decarbonisation initiatives bear greatly upon society, writes Benjamin Sovacool, Professor of Energy Policy, University of Sussex. Below is an edited and abridged synthesis of UK research on these topics commissioned by the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) over the last few years.

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