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The Index of Production for August 2026 shows seasonally adjusted movements in the volume of production across manufacturing, mining and quarrying, energy supply, and water and waste management sectors for the UK.
COP17 discussions find developed countries’ delivered finance for nature ‘falls far short’ of UN targets, with Carbon Brief reporting insufficient funding to meet global biodiversity goals and the sums pledged at the conference.
The government sets out its steel strategy, detailing policy measures and objectives to support the UK steel sector’s competitiveness, security of supply and decarbonisation across the industry.
Government updates proposed commercial frameworks for CCUS business models covering transport and storage, power sector arrangements and industrial carbon capture, setting out how commercial arrangements might support deployment and investment.
Consultation launched on the design and implementation of an energy smart data legislative framework, aiming to establish rules for access, sharing and use of smart energy data to support decarbonisation and consumer services.
Argues the Budget should begin delivering the Prime Minister’s ten‑year energy vision by creating a new policy lever to lower household bills and curb inflation, framing this as essential help for winter energy costs.
Polling by PF Global and IPPR Scotland finds 61% of Scots still back a transition to net zero; 69% want oil and gas decisions made case‑by‑case, 63% back more renewable investment, while 15% and 11% favour removing restrictions or ending drilling immediately.
Government consultation seeks views on decommissioning offshore installations, including the methodology for considering derogations under OSPAR Decision 98/3 and related policy changes affecting how exemptions from complete removal are assessed.
The IMF and World Bank’s review of the low-income country debt sustainability framework now incorporates greater weight for climate vulnerability and rewards adaptation investments, which E3G says will improve realism of debt outlooks for climate-exposed economies.
Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh delivered a speech at Energy UK’s annual conference outlining the government’s vision for the future energy system and priorities for delivering secure, affordable and net‑zero energy for consumers.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero plans reforms to strengthen regulation of the heating oil sector, aiming to improve consumer protections for households relying on heating oil.
DEMSNZ is consulting on revisions to the Clean Heat Market Mechanism, seeking views on targets for scheme years 3–6 (covering 2027/28) and proposals to support investment in resilient, sustainable supply chains.
Martin McCluskey outlined carbon capture’s role in renewing British industry at the CCSA conference, arguing CCUS is central to local energy jobs and industrial decarbonisation plans for net zero delivery.
Paper argues the North Sea transition is the central question for Scotland’s minority parliament, warning polarised debate risks losing voters and urging politicians to build cross‑party consensus to deliver jobs, lower bills and net zero progress.
Staff paper models optimal monetary policy responses to climate policy shocks, analysing how central banks should react when climate policies produce economic disturbances; aims to inform debate on policy frameworks and macroprudential interactions amid transition risks.
Sets a suite of climate and electrification benchmarks for a 1.5 °C-aligned pathway, arguing that a COP31 ‘35% electricity by 2035’ target (35-by-35) offers substantial economic and energy-security benefits when powered by clean energy.
Government publishes its response to the CMA market study into the retail supply of domestic heating oil, setting out how it will address competition, consumer protection and market functioning risks identified for households relying on heating oil.
Statistics detailing the nutritional supply provided by UK agriculture in 2025, quantifying the food nutrients produced domestically and informing assessments of food security and agricultural output.
The paper proposes six tests for the EU’s forthcoming Climate Resilience and Risk Management Integrated Framework, urging measures to prevent and prepare for severe climate impacts and ensure coherent EU-wide resilience planning.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted development consent for the Steeple Renewables Project DCO application, approving the proposed renewable energy development to proceed under national infrastructure planning rules.
Report provides catchment‑level source apportionment of nutrient pollution and estimates required diffuse sector reductions to meet protected area water quality targets, giving policymakers reductions by source and location to guide interventions.
A Conservative booklet appears to have overstated the “cost of net-zero” by double due to a spreadsheet error, prompting a Carbon Brief factcheck that identifies the numerical mistake and corrects the published figure.
Live coverage states a Tory proposal to weaken builders' energy‑efficiency requirements would raise running costs for new homeowners by about £1,000 a year, according to a thinktank analysis; reporting follows political developments as they unfold.
Estimates of Northern Ireland’s consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions (carbon footprint) are published for 2001–2023, providing a time series of GHG emissions on a consumption basis to inform regional net‑zero policy and monitoring.
Argues grid connection speed is crucial for industrial decarbonisation and growth, contrasting populist VAT cuts on household electricity with less attention to reforms that speed up grid access for businesses and new generation.
The Adam Smith Institute contrasts two 2050 scenarios: one pursuing fracking, North Sea gas and small modular reactors for domestic, firm power; the other pursuing net zero with wind and solar, arguing the choices compound over 25 years.
Regulator invites responses to draft supplementary guidance on decommissioning offshore oil and gas installations, setting out revised procedures for applying derogations and practical expectations for operators during removal or partial removal.
E3G argues MDBs are on track for 2030 climate finance targets, which still fall short of needs; it recommends balance‑sheet optimisation and private capital mobilisation as politically feasible levers to scale finance.
Government cuts the tax on household electricity bills from today to lower consumer charges, aiming to protect families from rising global energy costs through a targeted tax reduction this winter.
European leaders enter October meetings facing a coming winter energy squeeze, with rising global pressures complicating gas and power security and policy coordination across the continent, E3G warns in its commentary.