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Applications have opened today to help shape the COP26 venue in Glasgow ahead of the world's leaders coming together for crucial climate change talks later this year. Businesses, civil society, academia, trade unions, indigenous groups, and young people have the opportunity to bring climate action to life through fun and lively events, displays and workshops in November. COP26 President Alok Sharma,...

Councils are planning to install an average of only 35 on-street electric vehicle (EV) chargers between now and 2025, new research reveals. The research commissioned by Centrica under a Freedom of Information request to over 400 councils shows that there are 7,682 on-street chargers currently installed across the UK and only a further 9,317 are planned to be rolled out over the next four years.  According to researchers, this leaves drivers without...

New energy efficiency standards for all homes and businesses have been announced today as the government responded to the consultation on the Future Homes Standard. In their response, the government has set out plans to improve the energy performance of new homes, with all homes to be highly energy efficient, with low carbon heating and 'zero carbon ready' by 2025. According...

Water customers can expect a faster response to their complaints in the future, Consumer Council for Water (CCW) has announced after ten water companies answered the consumer watchdog’s call to show more ambition. CCW has praised the pledges made by a group of companies across England and Wales after it challenged the whole industry to improve on the existing standard...

Water regulator Ofwat has opened a £2 million Innovation in Water Challenge for entries to help tackle the biggest challenges facing the water industry, benefiting society and the environment. Run by Ofwat, in partnership with Nesta Challenges, Arup and Isle Utilities, the IWC is looking for collaborative initiatives that address the big challenges of today and the future, from achieving...

Consultation which sets out the government’s proposed approach to implementing the globally agreed international aviation carbon offsetting scheme, CORSIA, in the UK has been launched by the Department for Transport. CORSIA aims to meeting the International Civil Aviation Organization’s medium-term climate change goal of Carbon Neutral Growth from 2020. This consultation seeks views on draft secondary legislation covering the monitoring, reporting...

Citizens Advice, Energy UK and the Association of Decentralised Energy (ADE) have announced a risk register for domestic demand side response. Demand Side Response (DSR) incentivises people to change the way they use energy based on price signals, such as to charge their electric vehicles at night when there is less demand. The register, which was released as part of a...

UK water companies have joined forces as part of the Race to Zero campaign, pledging to deliver a net zero water supply for customers by 2030. Water UK, which represents all water companies in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, has announced to have become an official partner to the UNFCCC’s Race to Zero campaign, a global campaign to rally...

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is seeking views on proposals for a new Supply Chain Plan questionnaire which would be completed as part of the application process to enter a Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round. The questionnaire is set to form the basis of an initial assessment before an allocation round as well as the ongoing monitoring,...

A project which helps people struggling to heat their homes has become the first to receive a share of a £7 million Scottish Government fund to tackle fuel poverty this winter. The Fuel Bank Foundation will receive £444,500 to extend its work, which includes providing same-day support to top up prepayment meters for those at risk of disconnection, and help...