29 Jul 2025
Photo by Anthony Aird The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a public consultation on proposed reforms to environmental compensatory measures for offshore wind developments. The consultation, which opened on July 22 and closes on September 2, 2025, aims to gather feedback on a more flexible and pragmatic approach to […]
07 Jul 2025
Photo of offshore wind farm by Jesse De Meulenaere The UK Government has granted development consent for the Mona Offshore Wind Farm, a major clean energy project off the coast of North Wales. The announcement was made by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, confirming approval under the Planning Act […]
01 Jul 2025
Image description: Silhouette of windfarm against a sunset sky. Image by Anna Jiménez Calaf / Unsplash Following recent reports that there are just two years remaining at current emission rates to meet the international target of 1.5°C, it is welcome news that the UK can meet its net zero targets for 2050, according to […]
25 Mar 2025
One of the biggest challenges facing the scaling of marine renewable energy is identifying the most feasible and economically viable locations for ocean current energy projects. A pioneering study from the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Florida Atlantic University using more than 30 years of measured data from NOAA’s Global Drifter Program (GDP) […]
25 Mar 2025
The UK government has launched a major new strategy to make Britain’s shipping fleet net zero by 2050 and drive growth in coastal communities. The Maritime Minister revealed the government’s new goals for all vessels that operate in UK waters and dock at UK ports to be carbon free and help vessel owners, operators and […]
01 Oct 2024
The Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group has published a series of seven reports. Commissioned by the leaders of the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru through the 2021 Cooperation Agreement, the reports aim to renew and rapidly accelerate Wales’s approach to achieving net zero. The Group is led and Chaired by the former Welsh Assembly […]
31 Jul 2024
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has published four technical outputs as an early step in the process for the revision of the SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard. The SBTi announced the timeline and published the Terms of Reference for the review of the Corporate Net-Zero Standard in May 2024, ensuring that the Standard continues to […]
23 Jul 2024
The independent, statutory body which advises the UK and devolved governments on emissions has warned that the UK is significantly off track on its target to achieve Net Zero by 2030. In its 2024 Progress Report to Parliament, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) says that only a third of the emissions reductions required to achieve […]
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