A new report from the House of Commons Transport Select Committee has urged the government to introduce road user charging, saying there is “no viable alternative”. The Treasury currently receives £35 billion a year from fuel duty and vehicle excise duty, a figure that will decline as motorists shift to [...]
The UK Government published its eagerly-awaited Heat and Buildings Strategy on 19th October 2021. We spoke to our energy specialist Laura Williams who carried out major research into the UK heat pump supply chain and workforce needed for the manufacture and installation of these systems about what this means for [...]
With wildfires spreading across the west coast of North America in past couple of weeks, our climate emergency specialist Alex Massie explains why this is something the UK should feel responsibility for as a historical emitter of greenhouse gases and calls on society to act on that responsibility by being [...]
New procurement rules have entered into force for companies bidding for large government contracts, with those seeking to win these contracts needing to prove that they have credible plans for reaching net zero by 2050 by the end of September 2021. Our principal consultant Duncan Oswald explains what this means [...]
When BBC journalist Andrew Marr interviewed America’s Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry about how the US plans to tackle climate change, the politician explained the public ‘don’t have to give up a quality of life to achieve some of the things we know we have to achieve.’ Kerry [...]
Thursday 22nd April 2021 is Earth Day, an annual event to support environmental protection. This year the theme is to Restore Our Earth and we wanted to show our support by sharing news about the small part we are playing. Our Carbon Fund As a business we operate a Carbon [...]
The UK Government has announced that it will be setting a target to reduce carbon emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels in law as part of its sixth Carbon Budget. The new target represents an increase in ambition relative to the previous target of 68% as it [...]
Liverpool City Council (LCC) has appointed Eunomia, the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) and independent experts Sarah Toy and Jess Read to develop a roadmap for the city to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2030. Liverpool City joined 277 local authorities in declaring a climate emergency in 2019 and [...]
Alex Massie, Principal Consultant and George Beechener, Offsetting Specialist, explain why they think carbon offsets have an important role to play in the transition to a low carbon economy and why organisations should be mindful when buying them. Hundreds of local authorities and companies have made declarations to reach net-zero [...]
We are proud to announce that we have been commissioned by the Environment Agency to deliver a review of carbon reduction approaches. The UK government has set a target of achieving Net Zero by 2050. Net zero means that total Green House Gas emissions to the atmosphere are equal to, [...]