At the Energy Cross Roads : Policies for a Low Carbon Economy

Climate change has become a defining environmental issue for UK politics.

Confronted with warnings of an unfolding climate disaster, already experienced through severe storms and floods, discussion has become yet more pressurised to find a solution.

Sustainable energy options such as renewable energy are a fundamental factor in combatting environmental disaster.

This text argues that, even with new money, we are not on course to meet current energy technology and carbon targets.

Setting out challenges, it calls for a radical political agenda, which recognises the need to modernise energy regulation and institutions, to stimulate new industries and technologies and to capitalise on the potential of this new market.

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