Last week’s announcement that the vast majority of new build homes in England will be required to be built with solar panels has been...

On the 05 March, Peers for the Planet hosted the Climate Change Committee in parliament for a briefing on its Seventh Carbon Budget  advice to the government. The advice sets out the recommended level for the carbon budget period 2038-42 to be 535 MtCO2e, including emissions from international aviation and shipping. If this is achieved, emissions during this period will be a quarter of the level they are today, and 87% lower than levels in 1990. The session explored the Balan

Great British Energy (GBE), a new publicly owned energy company being set up by the Government, will be endowed with £8.3 billion over the course of this Parliament to drive forward investment in clean, home-grown energy production.   Legislation to set up the new body has been scrutinised in the Lords, and while the Government’s aim is for the new body to support reaching our clean power targets, there was no mention of contributing to reaching net zero in the Bill.   P4P Pe