Hydrogen: UK government sees future in low-carbon fuel – but what's the reality?

The UK government claims hydrogen could meet one-third of the country’s energy demand by 2050.

Tom Baxter, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Aberdeen • conversation
Aug. 17, 2021 • ~6 min

Climate change: six priorities for pulling carbon out of the air

New UK-wide trials aim to discover the best ways to suck carbon from the air.

Steve Smith, Executive Director, Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford • conversation
May 28, 2021 • ~8 min

Why corporate climate pledges of ‘net-zero’ emissions should trigger a healthy dose of skepticism

CEOs, including at oil companies and airlines, are relying on trees and oceans to capture and store carbon for them, but the numbers don't add up.

Matthew D. Potts, Professor, S.J. Hall Chair in Forest Economics, University of California, Berkeley • conversation
March 25, 2021 • ~10 min

Why companies' 'net-zero' emissions pledges should trigger a healthy dose of skepticism

CEOs, including at oil companies and airlines, are making net-zero pledges while planning to still produce carbon emissions for decades to come.

Matthew D. Potts, Professor, S.J. Hall Chair in Forest Economics, University of California, Berkeley • conversation
March 25, 2021 • ~10 min

Energy storage technology is accelerating – but grids aren't ready for the transition

Britain's electricity sector continues to decarbonise, but its capacity to store energy lags far behind.

Jonathan Radcliffe, Senior Research Fellow, Energy Storage, University of Birmingham • conversation
March 18, 2021 • ~7 min

Cumbria coal mine could usher in a net-zero-compliant fossil fuel industry – or prove it was always a fantasy

Woodhouse Colliery would be the UK's first new deep coal mine in three decades.

Nathalie Seddon, Professor of Biodiversity, University of Oxford • conversation
Feb. 9, 2021 • ~7 min

Climate Ambition Summit showed how much the pandemic has cost momentum on climate change

A year out from the postponed 26th UN conference, the UK held an online meeting to drum up goodwill for climate action.

Marc Hudson, Research Associate in Social Movements, Keele University • conversation
Dec. 15, 2020 • ~6 min

For a carbon-neutral UK, the next five years are critical – here's what must happen

The Climate Change Committee has laid out a road map for net zero emissions that the UK government could follow.

Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds • conversation
Dec. 9, 2020 • ~7 min

UK plans to slash carbon emissions 68% by 2030 – how banking, building and borrowing can help

Slashing carbon emissions by 68% by 2030 will depend on using the UK's infrastructure strategy effectively.

Anupam Nanda, Professor of Urban Economics & Real Estate, University of Manchester • conversation
Dec. 4, 2020 • ~7 min

UK Agriculture Bill: how farming and forestry could co-exist happily

Alternative farming models, like wood pasture grazing, would allow the UK government to maintain food production while regenerating ecosystems.

Stephen Hall, Emeritus Professor of Animal Science and Visiting Lecturer, Estonian University of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln • conversation
Dec. 2, 2020 • ~6 min

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