Will Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement really cut planning “red tape”?
The Chancellor has big plans for UK infrastructure, but they may not be enough to clear the planning backlog.
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Pierre Friedlingstein: There are no “magical climate solutions”
Nothing matters more than ending fossil fuel consumption, says one of the world’s leading climate scientists.
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For-profit schemes can’t drive the transition to net zero
The failure of the last contracts for difference auction showed that market mechanisms alone won’t decarbonise the energy grid.
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South Africa’s long road to energy independence
Amid daily blackouts, the country’s firms are transitioning to net zero themselves.
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Do pensions hold the key to the UK’s net zero transition?
New research shows that pension funds could quadruple what they invest in climate solutions.
“On the outside looking in”: Labour’s shadow Cop
With an election looming, can Labour use Cop28 to its advantage?
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Quantifying climate
Liz Henderson, the head of Aon’s Climate Risk Advisory team, on new approaches to risk.
Expert comment and analysis from Chris Skidmore, Pierre Friedlingstein and Alex Sobel.
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