This list is good, and it is cunningly trying to do mid-Iran demand reduction very quietly. More bus travel > cars More domestic holidays > flying

The interesting thing about CCC's report is how acheiveable the policies are. Installing air con in hospitals/care homes is easy! Especially if we're putting solar on them. Flooding investment is tricky but ~£2bn a year is not impossible. Clarifying the future of FloodRe needs to be done by 2039!

This is the full, annotated transcript with explanations and fact checks where Tice’s comments contained inaccuracies or required additional context. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

As ever, I agree with @samalvis.bsky.social - we need to take adaptation more seriously - because people and communities deserve us to - but also because it’s politically smart. We wrote a paper for you on this very thing, which is in Sam’s thread below!

The removal of Russian sanctions is shameful. Govt knows this and trying to find a scapegoat. But the idea that the North Sea could ever plug a gap in jet fuel and diesel supplies, let alone plug a gap NOW is unhinged and uninformed www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...

The removal of Russian sanctions is shameful. Govt knows this and trying to find a scapegoat. But the idea that the North Sea could ever plug a gap in jet fuel and diesel supplies, let alone plug a gap NOW is unhinged and uninformed www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...

The @thecccuk.bsky.social report today is landmark. Adaptation is something politicians see as a future problem. Its not. We'll cross 1.5 degrees *this parliament*, the current govt will deal with those consequences Great coverage by @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Extreme weather is a growing political problem in the UK. As we’ve seen in Valencia & LA, when increasingly severe & frequent climate impacts strike, populists are quick to exploit public anger over a lack of preparation, using it to advance their own agenda & weaken support for climate action.

It’s at risk of being drowned out by other news, but great to see the CCC’s latest warning on climate adaptation on the front page of the Guardian. An issue that needs far more attention. Great to see @samalvis.bsky.social quoted on the case for more air con too…

There are clearly challenges with the price suppression on food proposal. But the retort from supermarkets that it will impact economic growth is mad. Supermarkets are not the missing growth engine we’ve had for the past 18 years.

Blimey, I hadn’t realised how much the forecast rise in energy bills in July was concentrated on gas. £162 of the £208 forecast rise comes from more expensive gas… (Chart courtesy of Regen and Cornwall Insight)

Does new transmission actually move the needle on clean energy? Here's a month of California data before and after SunZia came online. Wind is up by a third, and gas down by a third. Judge for yourself.

Silly silly numbers. Length of the UK and halfway back again

Policy jobs! We have several excellent – and rare – openings at @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social in London and Brussels. 1. Senior research fellow in European energy economics and climate policy, based in Brussels Closing date: Friday 29 May www.cer.eu/job/senior-r...

www.ft.com/content/692b... Hot nationalisation summer

www.ft.com/content/692b... Hot nationalisation summer

electionenergy.substack.com/p/ee23-bewar... Andy Burnham wants to take public control of energy, but which bit? There are certainly some rents being extracted but they aren't in the bit of the market that households notice or interact with

electionenergy.substack.com/p/ee23-bewar... Andy Burnham wants to take public control of energy, but which bit? There are certainly some rents being extracted but they aren't in the bit of the market that households notice or interact with

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A leadership race of andy burnham versus andy burnhams of the past is both going to be congested and fiercely fought

Another version of Toby’s swap-adjusted gilt premium and the same answer. The UK is not an outlier.

While chatting with some friends, it occurred to me that other people could benefit from a summary understanding of what's going on in the oil and gas markets. Here are some little pictures to give you the big picture. 🧵

Electrification league table: 🇳🇴 Norway 49% 🇸🇪 Sweden 33% 🇯🇵 Japan 31% 🇨🇳 China 29% 🇺🇸 US 22% 🇪🇺 EU 22% 🇬🇧 UK 21% 🇩🇪 Germany 21% Global average: 23%. China is ahead of every major Western economy. Want more of this? Sign up to my Substack: janrosenow.substack.com

I appreciate good media needs to be paid for but it is very annoying that a year old sponsored piece by the incumbent industry sits at the top of search results for North Sea

NEW: What exactly happened in the local and devolved elections in England, Scotland and Wales last week? @persuasionuk.bsky.social has some new polling out today which offers a first glimpse. Thread here on top line findings from each nation. 🧵

The bond markets are not a vehicle for your personal political grievances

The bond markets are not a vehicle for your personal political grievances

It will be a week of taking apart govt policies as the cause of Labour's woes One they should leave alone? Oil & gas. It might make people feel nice that security lies in the North Sea, but the numbers on production or tax don't stack up www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno... @ippr.org

The UK cannot afford to sit back and let the war in Iran drive up inflation and damage the economy. An energy price cap would reduce inflation, protect growth, avoid the need for damaging interest rate rises, and ultimately save the government money. 📻 @samalvis.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk 👇

1/ New piece on the NEIS Center Substack by @luukschmitz.bsky.social: conditionality in industrial policy isn't just a safeguard against waste — it also has real costs. And those costs are systematically underweighted in the current debate. neiscenter.substack.com/p/industrial...

It will be a week of taking apart govt policies as the cause of Labour's woes One they should leave alone? Oil & gas. It might make people feel nice that security lies in the North Sea, but the numbers on production or tax don't stack up www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno... @ippr.org

One of the lines ‘lots of people around the Labour Party just refuse to believe a position held by Ed Miliband could be either right or popular’ was left on the cutting room floor. Those people are going to have a fun couple of months.

Same. HUGE gap between experts & everyone else. This was already expert consensus 2 years ago. Now? Trump's horrible & evil war have wrecked the perception of oil & gas as stable and cheap in the decade when solar, wind, batteries, EVs are SURGING worldwide www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/daw...

Politics would be a lot better if more politics people spent the weekend watching sport

One of the lines ‘lots of people around the Labour Party just refuse to believe a position held by Ed Miliband could be either right or popular’ was left on the cutting room floor. Those people are going to have a fun couple of months.

You Loved the Hydrogen Ladder (I know, Version 6.0 is long overdue!), meet the Electrification Staircase. Electrify Everything is dead; long live Electrify Almost Everything. And here's the road map. mliebreich.substack.com/p/the-electr...

This is something fundamental happening in both demand and supply side of energy: people can now just buy gear, absent policy support, at a scale that shifts the energy system! It’s gone well beyond rooftop solar panels for rich households getting FiTs.

Prospects paywall is down until Monday which means you can read my piece on why there is no case for more drilling in the North Sea for free! www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno... @ippr.org @prospectmagazine.co.uk

Nice from @samalvis.bsky.social Crucial pt: new drilling in the N Sea won't do anything for bills or security. It won't even bring back voters to Labour (defectors don't really care), but pivot to drill will send a negative values signal to progressives www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/techno...

Capping prices in a supply shock? Wouldn't this just pretend that we have as much oil and gas available as before Iran? Price caps can work in supply shocks when they're designed well 🧵1/9

Cut UK speed limits to reduce Iran war impact on consumers, thinktank urges

Capping prices in a supply shock? Wouldn't this just pretend that we have as much oil and gas available as before Iran? Price caps can work in supply shocks when they're designed well 🧵1/9

NEW: faced with the ongoing Iran war energy shock, temporarily capping energy costs can be the optimal macro management tool. We did some in depth modelling, showing how this can lower inflation and interest rates, protect growth and be fiscally neutral. (1/5)

A big problem with a government for a government who's narrative has been completely different to it's policies. A majority of progressive defectors think Labour has *cut* public spending - because that's what they've been told!

A big problem with a government for a government who's narrative has been completely different to it's policies. A majority of progressive defectors think Labour has *cut* public spending - because that's what they've been told!

Our paywall is down until Monday, so you can get your fill of Prospect, including this, my piece about the stabbings in Golders Green www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/argument/731...

Is the Iran invasion just a sleeper pro-natalist policy? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UK Government has published the latest data on the Boiler Upgrade Scheme today, with the full set of data for 2025/26. I have a short blog up looking at some of the main trends. The scheme has been a success, but needs to grow fast to meet upcoming targets. www.nesta.org.uk/blog/four-ye...

Is the Iran invasion just a sleeper pro-natalist policy? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sadiq Khan’s London has allowed violent and dangerous pollen to soar on his watch. It’s out of control