UK policy
Reaching net-zero will be much cheaper for the UK government than previously expected – and the economic damages of unmitigated climate c... Read More
A forest area equivalent to the size of the Isle of Wight has not been planted because UK governments have failed to meet tree-planting goals since 2... Read More
Jonathan Brearley became chief executive of the UK’s energy regulator Ofgem in 2020. Since then, he has seen the organisation through the ... Read More
The amount of foreign aid the UK spends on climate action reached a record high of around £3bn last year, according to government figures obtained b... Read More
The UK government’s official climate advisers are now “more optimistic” that the country can hit its emissions targets than they were before th... Read More
Reform UK’s local-election victories in May 2025 could put 6 gigawatts (GW) of new clean-energy capacity at risk, according to Carbon Brief analysi... Read More
The UK’s chancellor Rachel Reeves gave the green light this week to the Sizewell C new nuclear plant in Suffolk, along with funding for “small mo... Read More
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled the first spending review under the current Labour government, announcing funding for nuclear power, energy ... Read More
The UK’s solar farms and rooftops generated more electricity than ever before in the first five months of 2025, as the country enjoyed its sunniest... Read More
The UK’s high electricity prices have become intensely political, with competing claims over the cause of rocketing bills and how best to get them ... Read More
British International Investment (BII), a UK government-owned and aid-funded company, has a portfolio of overseas fossil-fuel assets worth hundreds o... Read More
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