“There has been a huge amount of progress since 2015 in terms of the amount of solar that has been installed, and the amount of finance that has been flowing that way.” says Dr Nina Seega, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance at the CISL on LBC News.

ITS FAR TOO SOON! Introducing road taxes for EVs just as they are becoming competitively priced sends a confused signal to drivers, especially given the government is handing out subsidies to new owners, James Court tells Andrew Marr on LBC.

🎙️As #COP30 kicks off, CISL's Director for the Centre for Sustainable Finance, Dr Nina Seega, discusses how the conference presents an opportunity for the UK to 'lead on the world stage' on LBC. Find out more: cisl.cam.ac.uk/cop-climate-ch… #CISLAtCOP30

Zero-bill homes are becoming real and paying you back. Some new-builds with heat pumps, solar panels and batteries generate more energy than they use. Pilot Steve Hunt has a Net Zero home, paying nothing for a year of power while exporting surplus to the grid.

The UK chose not to pay into a new climate fund at COP due to fears of political backlash before the next budget. Yet #COP30 remains a crucial chance to protect nature, improve quality of life, secure our children’s future and rebuild consensus. Tom Rivett-Carnac, in Belém,

Drax shipped 90 truck loads of 🇨🇦 ancient tree timber in 2024. The UK's highly polluting wood-burning power station has continued to burn old-growth trees (those at least 250 years old), according to Canadian e-NGO Stand.earth. stand.earth/forest-eye/202…

"We've seen emissions slow dramatically" since Paris. While emissions have slowed fivefold since 2015, Gareth Redmond-King says: " Every single degree of a degree counts... and makes climate impact worse."

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Delhi imposes stricter anti-pollution measures after rare air quality protests in the capital. independent.co.uk/asia/india/del…

Congestion Charge changes were introduced today. Rising from £15 to £18 for standard vehicles, £13.50 for EV's & £9 for E-Vans from Jan 2. Campaigners say it doesn’t give enough support to small business and charities. Oliver Lord, Head of UK & Strategy at Clean Cities (🦋 find us @cleancitiescampaign.org)

"The road tax system was designed when electric cars weren't around, of course it needs updating now that one in four new cars is now electric." Tanya Sinclair, CEO of Electric Vehicles UK, calls for a proper consultation before EV road taxes are introduced, Tom Swarbrick on

“An 11th-hour policy shift away from heat pumps would devastate UK heating engineers and installers, with a budget cut to heat-pump subsidies having dire consequences for the industry,” - Aadil Qureshi, CEO of Heat Geek, the UK’s largest community of independent heating

Businesses must lead, not wait, on climate action. Forget greenwashing and carbon credits: businesses, not governments, must drive decarbonisation through private enterprise. Consumers and 60% of workers demand more climate action from employers, says Amber Rudd.

"The government needs to be clear on its messaging of heating and energy commitments, not just for homeowners but for engineers, installers, and the heating industry at large," Simon Francis, Coordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, tells LBC News

Fact-checking matters. Trump’s GB News interview repeated false claims on North Sea drilling, wind costs and basic climate science, none corrected, adding to public misinformation, says Bob Ward, Policy & Communications Director at the Grantham Research Institute, LSE.

🌡️ Almost 2 million elderly homeowners are living in 'non-decent' properties they can't afford to heat according to experts. 🏡 A new report says helping older people keep warm at home would reduce poverty, increase life expectancy and reduce pressure on the NHS.

Britain Sets New Wind Power Record, UK wind farms generated a record of electricity last Tuesday, enough to power 22 million homes and supply 44% of the country’s power. The National Energy System Operator said the grid could soon run fully on zero-carbon power.

England and Wales have lost nearly a third of their grasslands, including wildflower meadows, since 1930. Over 100 maps from the 1960s “second land use survey,” created by schoolchildren and students, are now digitised, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology says.

"ITS A PANTS CAP" "You should not be on the price cap if you can get off it." With the energy price cap going up in January as well as in April. Martin Lewis tells households "cheaper fixes are currently 10% less than the price cap with cheaper tariffs coming next week."