Well, what a year! In our December review last year we said “2018 feels as if it has been so exceptional” – but it was nothing like as exceptional as…

Well, what a year! In our December review last year we said “2018 feels as if it has been so exceptional” – but it was nothing like as exceptional as…
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, argued that the financial sector must be at the heart of tackling climate change. He is one of the leaders of 34…
Assuming, perhaps optimistically, that governments really do get a grip on “zero-carbon” policies and that the costs of renewable energy continue to fall significantly, where does that leave the traditional…
In recent posts we’ve looked at the effects of the climate emergency, and at some technologies that might help mitigate them. In the next few posts, we’ll look into the…
It may well be that de-carbonising the power networks and electrifying transport are not sufficient to keep global temperature rise below the “safe” level of 2°C. So some are turning…
Despite the progress on renewables we noted last time, coal and other fossil fuels will remain a key part of the energy mix for many years. They provide more reliable…