Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 27/04/21.
News: Industry responds to PM’s new 78% emissions reduction target by 2035 – Future Net Zero
20 April 2021, Dimitris Mavrokefalidis. Boris Johnson has just set the climate bar higher – but what does industry think?:
News: Ofgem gives green light to half-hourly settlement in retail electricity market – Current News
21 April 2021, Molly Lempriere. Ofgem has given the green light to rolling out half-hourly settlement across the retail electricity market in Britain:
Research Briefing: District heat networks – House of Commons Library
21 April 2021. MPs will debate District heat networks in Westminster Hall on Wednesday 28 April 2021 at 4.50pm:
Blog: Major system upgrade to hit net zero and help cut energy bills – Ofgem
20 April 2021, Anna Rossington. Ofgem has given the green light to rolling out market-wide half-hourly settlement across the retail electricity market.
Corporate report: Annual statement of emissions for 2019 – Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
19 April 2021. Twelfth annual statement of emissions required under section 16 of the Climate Change Act 2008:
News: Rishi Sunak urged to end hostility to green spending or miss net zero target – Guardian Online
20 April 2021, Fiona Harvey. Treasury review will help determine whether UK meets climate goals, and experts say radical change is required:
Press release: UK enshrines new target in law to slash emissions by 78% by 2035 – Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Prime Minister’s Office
20 April 2021. The UK’s sixth Carbon Budget will incorporate the UK’s share of international aviation and shipping emissions for the first time, to bring the UK more than three-quarters of the way to net zero by 2050:
Open consultation: Role of biomass in achieving net zero: call for evidence – Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
20 April 2021. To inform the development of the upcoming biomass strategy, we’re seeking evidence on how sustainable biomass should be sourced and used to best support our net zero target:
News: Climate change: Growing doubts over chip fat biofuel – BBC News Online
21 April 2021, Matt McGrath. New research questions the environmental impact of rising imports of used cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe. Chip fat and other oils are considered waste, so when they are used to make biodiesel it saves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil:
link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56819257
News: Climate change: UK to speed up target to cut carbon emissions – BBC News Online
20 April 2021, Roger Harrabin. Radical new climate change commitments will set the UK on course to cut carbon emissions by 78% by 2035, the UK government has announced. Hitting the targets would require more electric cars, low-carbon heating, renewable electricity and, for many, cutting down on meat and dairy:
link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56807520
News: COP26: Delaying key climate meeting preferable to ‘messing it up’ – BBC News Online
14 April 2021, Matt McGrath. A former UN climate chief says that delaying the critical Glasgow meeting this year would be preferable to risking a failed conference:
link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56738328
News: World’s wealthiest ‘at heart of climate problem’ – BBC News Online
13 April 2021, Roger Harrabin. The world’s wealthy must radically change their lifestyles to tackle climate change, a report says. It says the world’s wealthiest 1% produce double the combined carbon emissions of the poorest 50%, according to the UN. The wealthiest 5% alone – the so-called “polluter elite” – contributed 37% of emissions growth between 1990 and 2015:
link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56723560
News: Boris Johnson told to get grip of UK climate strategy before Cop26 – Guardian Online
12 April 2021, Fiona Harvey. ‘Worrisome’ policy decisions could undermine UK leadership and the talks themselves, say senior climate experts: