COP26 has made progress but we are not where we need to be – LBC

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What we have from COP26 so far is another draft, we haven’t actually got an outcome yet. There is another whole period of negotiation going on as we run through the day, which is all pretty normal. I am more hopeful than I was at the beginning of the COP […]

Will enough progress be made at COP26? – LBC

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I am definitely looking forward COP26. I am both looking forward to getting a good result, and I am looking forward to being over. It has been pretty much at the centre of my life for the whole of this year, so I’ll be glad when we are done. COP1 […]

Investing in energy efficiency would offset gas price rises – Times Radio

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What this levy will do, is it will balance up the relative cost of gas or electricity for heating our homes. Right now, the green levies fall on electricity, which puts its price up. They don’t fall on gas, which means you’re not getting a clear signal on which way […]

How enthused should we be by what has been achieved at the G7? – Times Radio

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We are running out of time to do things, as David Attenborough is telling us. We are not going to scale. I think leaders have got the idea of the urgency, and they have understood that we need to make the recovery a green recovery, and they have understood that […]

Boilers, heat pumps and net zero – LBC

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I think people are building a mountain of speculation on not very much in the way of fact about what is actually being proposed…The government really needs to get beyond consulting, and actually get on with coming up with a policy to deploy these boilers, there is huge support for […]

We don’t need new nuclear to meet our net-zero by 2050 commitment – BBC Radio 4

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Let’s be clear, the government hasn’t made a decision, they have made an announcement about a future decision. When that happened a long time ago with the original nuclear power station at Sizewell, it was eight years between the announcement and the decision, and then another eight years before it […]

Are we able to meet the UK emissions target set for 2050?

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How do we achieve the emissions target the UK government has set for 2050? We do it by putting our money where our mouth is, and by following through on this commitment to get the law in the right place by investing in the right things, and most importantly, above […]

A million species are being driven to the verge of extinction by the impact of humans on the planet – LBC

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. This is an excerpt from an interview I did for LBC about a United Nations report that has just been released. It states that a million species are being driven to the verge of extinction by the impact of humans on the planet. The full interview can be listened […]

Discussing the impact of climate change protests – BBC Radio London

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What is really significant is what the protests have already accomplished, they have changed the conversation. There is no question about the significance of what they have accomplished by bringing attention to this issue. I think that we have not understood the urgency of the climate problem, and how serious […]

Discussing government failure in controlling air pollution – Radio 4 – 2 Feb 17

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                  This is the consequence of complete failure by the government to tackle a problem that it has known about for a long time. It is now in breach of our own laws about controlling air pollution, and it has known about […]