highlighting that “fully credible” planning is only in place for five of 45 key risk areas, while evidence that the country is becoming less vulnerable to climate change is “lacking across the board.”
New York State is establishing a "Climate Superfund" that will make companies that release large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions financially responsible for some of the damage that climate change caused to the state's infrastructure, communities and ecosystems. On Thursday, Gov. Kathy Hochul, ...
The UK government published its Climate Change Programme 2006 and DTI Microgeneration Strategy 'Our Energy Challenge-Power from the People' on 28 March 2006.The documents may be downloaded from the Defra website at www.defra.gov.ukThe Climate Change Programme sets out the policies and priorities...
The@GOVUKhas committed to a net zero target for 2050. This is great news as we work towards our vision to create a world that runs entirely on green energy!#NetZero#ClimateChange#TogetherWeCan#LoveYourHomepic.twitter.com/Hoq5rRHhoM — Ørsted UK (@OrstedUK)June 12, 2019 Cranfield Unive...
Climate change, fighting crime and social care of the elderly were also included, as well as a roll-out of broadband and better connectivity. The ceremony, which started with a procession from Buckingham Palace, was the second State Opening to be performed by the British monarch in two months...
“Others denounced the plan to expand oil and gas projects in the North Sea, even as Britain has ambitious climate-change goals enshrined into law. The government said it would support domestic oil and gas in the “nearer term,” as it hopes to make 95 percent of electricity “low carbon...
UK Gov’s Climate Spokesperson Says She Prefers To Drive A Diesel Car Over an EV, And I Totally Get ItAllegra Stratton has caused outrage by claiming she drives a diesel Golf because it can be driven long distances without needing to be charged mid-route ...
Climate emergency local government citizen engagement 1. Introduction Local authorities (LA) in the United Kingdom (UK) have had a role in climate change for over twenty-five years. In that time, many have employed public declarations as a way of showing their intention to tackle climate change...
The recent Hartwell Paper on climate change policy offers an interesting description of such problems, one which Better Regulation stakeholders will find eerily familiar: Successive UK governments have declared war on red tape, announced 'bonfires of the quangos' and pledged to roll back the 'nanny...
(Gov.UK,2018; Sovacool et al.,2017). The SMIP process and the claims about what it will deliver in terms of energy demand issues have, however, been subject to a series of controversies and problems in the process of roll-out. These have included socio-technical issues, such as ...