A review of the fiscal arrangements between Scotland and the rest of the UK may be needed to address the “asymmetric shock” of climate change across the country, according to Scotland’s official...
Minimising the effects of extreme heat could improve sleep, prevent billions of pounds in lost productivity a year, the Environmental Audit Committee has said.
The government cannot demonstrate that biomass generators are meeting sustainability targets, the National Audit Office has said, casting doubt over the effectiveness of subsidies.
A state-owned renewable energy company will drive local investment in community-owned low-carbon energy and meet the Welsh Government’s net zero aims, ministers have said.
Ambitious Labour and Conservative plans to decarbonise the UK power sector will fail without a substantial increase in investment - and the money needed could be “politically infeasible”, a former...
The government will fail to accelerate the transition to net zero without the devolution of funding and additional resources to boost local authority capacity, city leaders have warned.
Upgrading public transport to meet net zero goals in England and Wales will also create high-quality jobs and add £52bn to the economy every year, researchers at the TUC have said.
Creating a state-owned company to generate electricity could save UK households £21bn a year and help accelerate the transition towards net zero, a think-tank has said.
The government will struggle to achieve its net zero targets if it continues without a clear plan to decarbonise the power sector – the “backbone” of its ambition – according to the national spending...
The Scottish Government will be unable to meet its net zero ambitions without reforms to departmental governance and oversight, an influential think-tank has warned.
Councils will struggle to meet their net-zero goals because the funding model is too short-term, experts have warned as some authorities begin scaling back their ambitions.
Councils in England need long-term, non-competitive funding and a clear strategy for the local delivery of net zero to help achieve emissions goals, a local authority organisation has said.
The London Borough of Camden has joined the growing number of authorities in the UK to launch a community bond to help finance carbon reduction projects.
A county council is set to begin releasing details about its carbon emissions together with its annual budget in order to monitor its impact on the environment.
The government has said it will set up a new ‘local net zero forum’ to support councils in contributing to the national ambition of reaching net zero emissions.
