Ed Davey
US-China climate deal puts pressure on G20 leaders to step up
NEWS: Climate diplomats welcome US-China targets and call for action from other major economies at Brisbane G20 summit
1.5C climate target ‘out of range’, says IPCC chair
NEWS: Efforts to stop warming above 1.5C no longer possible, says Edenhofer, with dire consequences for small island states
EU delay could damage UN climate deal, warn ministers
UK climate chief Ed Davey calls for “urgent action” and commits to EU-wide 27% renewables target for 2030
UK floods prove case for UN climate deal, says Ed Davey
Ed Davey says extreme weather events have “shifted the debate” on climate change in the US, with UK floods having similar effect
UK slams Japan’s decision to slash climate target
Japan has revised its target to cut emissions which would see them rise by 3% on 1990 levels by 2020
Carbon budget row risks UK influence at UN climate talks
Changes to UK’s fourth carbon budget could undermine efforts at EU and UN to secure effective emissions reduction deal says Climate Change Committee
EU environment ministers demand ‘ambitious’ 2030 climate targets
New report from 13 European ministers urges EU to take quick action to spur private investment and reform ETS
Lord Deben: no justification for changes to UK carbon budgets
Head of UK Climate Change Committee says there is no legal or economic justification to change the country’s current decarbonisation plans
UK set to relaunch flagship energy efficiency scheme
Morning summary: Ed Davey, Secretary of State for the Environment, announced his intention at Liberal Democrat party conference to relaunch the Green Deal
Ed Davey fighting “guerrilla war” with Tory climate sceptics
Morning summary: UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey has said that sceptics in the Tory Party are determined to undermine his green energy policies
Ed Davey dismisses fracking with pledge to expand UK renewables
UK energy and climate chief says government committed to clean energy, promising more support in energy bill
UK outlines strategy to be ‘world leader’ in offshore wind
Government says developing wind is a strategic priority for country, which can currently power two million homes
Davey: climate deniers are crackpots and conspiracy theorists
UK climate and energy chief launches attach on hardline sceptics, and calls on EU to adopt 50% decarbonisation target by 2030
Ed Davey: vested interest & nimbyism drives climate contrarians
UK Secretary of State Ed Davey’s speech to Met Office Climate Services event at Institute of Physics, London on Monday 3 June
Climate change science ‘irrefutable’ – Ed Davey
UK Energy and Climate Secretary says sceptics are dogmatic, blinkered and risking their children’s future
Davey says £3.3 trillion clean tech market ‘booming’
UK climate and energy chief Ed Davey warns countries who fail to invest in low carbon economy will be left behind
UK government expects 2014 EU climate ambition boost
UK Energy and Climate Secretary of State Ed Davey says he is “working in assumption” that European Union will increase climate change targets in 2014
Doha climate deal: EU, USA, Russia, Brazil, Africa & Pacific Island reaction
COP18: Russian outrage at COP decision overshadows extension to Kyoto Protocol
UK calls for end to “binary” rich-poor divide at UN climate change talks
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The Energy and Electricity Market Reform debacle – how UK government policy is failing the green economy
Renewable energy and cleantech innovators need policy stability to prosper. In an article for RTCC Dr Harald Heubaum and Felicia Jackson argue the current UK government has manifestly failed to deliver this.