This report examines the competing views of the transition to a low-carbon economy of businesses across Europe. With partner thinktanks in France, Germany, Spain and Poland, we brought together...
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This report sets out to establish what impact a lack of competition in the energy supply market is having on consumers' energy bills. We conclude that there is a lack of competition in the energy...
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The Gordian knot that has bound oil and road transport together may be loosening. Untying the knot altogether now appears feasible in a nation such as the UK, but it will take a series of bold...
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The UK government is introducing a floor price for carbon - to be known as carbon price support. It will be levied as an additional tax on the carbon content of fuels used for power generation in the...
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This Global Climate Network report encompasses findings from a two-stage study of climate change financing, focused on mitigation and specifically clean energy. Overall, the report points to the need...
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Our evidence suggests that volunteer-run community groups can make important contributions to cutting carbon through energy projects. But there are limits to these groups' capacity and they need to...
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More and more people are being plunged into fuel poverty as energy prices rise and government programmes to tackle this major social problem fail to keep up with the scale of the challenge. This...
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Since 2008 there has been a significant increase in attention to the idea of jobs in lowcarbon and environmental services, known as 'green jobs' - which can help tackle climate change and unemploymen...
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Changing the public's use of energy at home and on the move is critical for reducing the UK's overall emissions contributing to climate change. However, beyond the environmentally inclined, there is...
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This guide provides 10 principles for making climate change communications more effective. They have been written following research by ippr with an influential segment of the group of people who are...
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