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Cabinet Reshuffle: Therese Coffey steps down, replaced by former Health Secretary Steve Barclay
…Former Health Secretary Steve Barclay has been appointed as the new Environment Secretary, following Thérèse Coffey’s resignation. Barclay served as the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care under…
What do we know about new Environment Secretary Steve Barclay?
Sunak began a Cabinet Reshuffle on Monday morning (13 November) after ousting Suella Braverman as Home Secretary. Braverman was sacked after referring to homelessness as a ‘lifestyle choice’ and making…
Cabinet reshuffle: Grant Shapps ousted from DESNZ and appointed Defence Secretary
There have been murmurings regarding a potential Cabinet reshuffle for weeks, but today (31 August) is finally the day, as MPs return from their summer holidays. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace…
Six green policy priorities for new Energy Security and Net-Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak completed a mini Cabinet Reshuffle on Thursday (31 August) after Ben Wallace formally resigned as Defence Secretary. Many commentators had bet on Grant Shapps as his…
Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting (SECR)
…TO DECARBONISE THE UK POWER SYSTEM, DRIVING THE CHANGE REQUIRED TO REDUCE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. ARE YOU OBLIGATED FOR SECR? SECR APPLIES TO ALL QUOTED COMPANIES, LARGE LIMITED LIABILITY…
Was ‘Green Day’ a success? Former UK Energy and Climate Secretary Chris Huhne weighs in
…former UK Energy and Climate Secretary and now chair of the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA). Former Lib Dem MP Huhne served as Secretary of State for Energy and…
UK Energy Secretary slams EU court ruling that green policy inaction undermines human rights
…the decision was made, the UK’s Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net-Zero Coutinho took to social media platform X to express how she was “concerned by the Strasbourg…
Labour Party reshuffle: Kier Starmer hands Steve Reed top environment brief
…Treasury. Starmer did not announce a move for Ed Miliband, the Shadow Secretary for Climate Change and Net-Zero, nor Jonathan Reynolds, the Shadow Secretary for Business and Industrial Strategy. Shadow…
From Rishi Sunak’s green policy rollbacks to COP28 controversies: The top sustainability stories of 2023 (part two)
…Minister conducting a mini cabinet reshuffle, in which junior Minister Claire Coutinho replaced Grant Shapps as Secretary for Energy Security and Net-Zero (DESNZ). Shapps was appointed Defence Secretary after Ben…
‘Breakthrough’ or ‘fossil-fuelled failure’?: Green economy reacts to final COP28 agreement
…includes here. Below, we round up all the reaction from notable COP28 attendees and green economy leaders from around the world. Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General: “COP28 occurred at a decisive…
UK to join Biden’s carbon emissions removal scheme
…crushed basalt rock to improve carbon sequestration on agricultural land. UK US deals Earlier this week, Transport Secretary Mark Harper met with US Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg to discuss how…
UK Government delays planning decision on mega-solar farm for fourth time
Energy Security and Net-Zero Secretary Clare Coutinho has re-set the statutory deadline for determining the development consent order (DCO) for the Sunnica Energy Farm, with the planning inspectorate confirming that…
UK and US explore sustainable aviation fuel partnership
Transport Secretary Mark Harper is set to meet US Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg on a visit to the US, starting on Monday (15 May). The two ministers will discuss how…
Pragmatic net-zero plans and fake meat for astronauts: Who said what at the Conservative Party Conference?
…“avoid falling into the trap of presenting net-zero as an all-or-nothing, binary choice” following his policy announcements last week, new Net-Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho welcomed the Government’s scaled-back targets and…
More renewable energy, fewer private jets for Ministers: Seven green announcements from the Labour Party Conference
…Labour Party Conference 2023. Ed Miliband’s plan to ‘rewire Britain’ Shadow Climate and Net-Zero Secretary Ed Miliband delivered a keynote on Monday 9 October to say that the Prime Minister…
COP28 Action Tracker: Last-minute climate talks in Abu Dhabi as UK offers new fossil fuel licences
…Prime Minister and Energy Secretary, includes a host of measures intended to ease the scaling of low-carbon industries including nuclear, green hydrogen, heat pumps and alternative fuels for aviation. It…
COP28 Action Tracker: The UN’s stark new climate warning and renewed China-US collaboration
…a new Home Secretary to replace Suella Braverman. James Cleverly was selected for that position. Elsewhere, Therese Coffey stepped down as Secretary of State for the Environment and has been…
Conservative MPs push UK’s controversial oil and gas expansion law past first hurdle
…will be any significant benefit to the British economy. These objections were on display in protests in Parliament Square this week. Energy and Net-Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho pushed the Bill…
Transition Plan Taskforce launches sector-specific guidance and transition finance tools
…transition and SMEs, examining how transition planning can go beyond achieving net-zero. The TPT’s secretariat co-head Dr Ben Caldecott said: “We need to back up net-zero targets with firm plans….
UN chief slams ‘pitiful’ progress at Bonn climate talks
…UN’s executive secretary for climate change, Simon Stiell, said: “Climate change is not a North versus South issue. It is a tidal wave that does not discriminate. The only way…