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Canada needs an energy poverty strategy. Here’s what it might look like.

With COP27 now underway in Egypt,  the question of how to deliver a just transition is very much on the agenda.  Greening a country’s economy in a way that’s fair and inclusive is a complex issue, with challenges that vary from

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Posted in All Posts, Energy efficiency and energy security, Energy Governance and Policy

Low carbon energy and national security: why incoherent policy risks delaying energy transition in Europe

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Energy transitions are progressing at increasing speed, stimulated by more ambitious climate policies in Europe and beyond. However, these positive gains are under constant threat from conflict and governance failures, heightened by the global geopolitical and economic importance of energy.

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Posted in All Posts, Energy efficiency and energy security, Energy Governance and Policy, Just and Sustainable Transitions to Net Zero, Political economy of energy, Politics of energy and energy institutions, The Co-benefits of the energy transition

Transforming the Low Energy Housing sector

“Insulation is not sexy. Energy efficiency is not sexy. Putting more insulation in your walls that you will never see and you will never even know is there, is not sexy.  But your bills are a bit lower,” said Alex

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Posted in CIED, Housing

The historical foundations of UK energy policy since the 1940s

Guest blog by Dr David Vincent Since 1945, UK energy policy has undergone seismic shifts, starting with the energy industry nationalisations of the late 1940s and moving on to energy industry privatisations of the 1980s and 90s. These shifts were

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Posted in CIED, energy efficiency, policy

Back to the DTI? – The merger of DECC and BIS is a new opportunity to integrate energy and industrial policies

As part of the new Prime Minister’s extensive reshuffle late last week, it was announced that the Departments of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) are to merge to form a new Department of Business,

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