Energy and the environment

Read our reports on environmental breakdown and the climate crisis, the energy market, decarbonisation and more.

A smooth ride: Electric buses and the route to a fairer transport system

June 26, 2023

Green investment: The prudent choice for prosperity

December 12, 2022

Train local, work local, stay local: Retrofit, growth, and levelling up

September 15, 2022

A rising tide: Strengthening public permission for climate action

July 20, 2022

Fairly reducing car use in Scottish cities

July 8, 2022

Where next? Uncertainty in transport's path to net zero

July 6, 2022

Net zero places: A community-powered response to the climate crisis

February 14, 2022

Cambridgeshire Fens Climate Panel: Briefing and recommendations

October 26, 2021

Pump up the volume: A comprehensive plan to decarbonise the UK's homes

October 15, 2021

Fairness and opportunity: A people-powered plan for the green transition - SUMMARY

October 14, 2021

Fairness and opportunity: A people-powered plan for the green transition - Full evidence report

July 12, 2021

All aboard: A plan for fairly decarbonising how people travel

June 14, 2021

Thurrock Climate and Fairness Panel

June 2, 2021

A fair transition for farming

May 12, 2021

Forging the future: A vision for northern steel’s net zero transformation

April 13, 2021

Building a food system that works for everyone

April 7, 2021

The climate commons: How communities can thrive in a climate changing world

March 10, 2021

Skills for a green recovery: A call to action for the UK construction industry

February 22, 2021

Net zero North Sea: A managed transition for oil and gas in Scotland and the UK after Covid-19

December 3, 2020

Lessons learned: Just transitions from around the world

December 1, 2020

We are not ready: Policymaking in the age of environmental breakdown – Final report

June 22, 2020

Faster, further, fairer: Putting people at the heart of tackling the climate and nature emergency

May 26, 2020

Our responsibility: A new model of international cooperation for the era of environmental breakdown

November 26, 2019

Putting people at the heart of the green transition

October 16, 2019

Facing the crisis: Rethinking economics for the age of environmental breakdown

July 23, 2019

A just transition: Realising the opportunities of decarbonisation in the north of England

March 8, 2019

This is a crisis: Facing up to the age of environmental breakdown

February 6, 2019

Brexit and the UK’s environmental ambitions

November 29, 2018

Lethal but legal: Air pollution from domestic combusting

October 9, 2018

A distributed energy future for the UK: An essay collection

September 11, 2018

Beyond eco: The future of fuel poverty support

July 3, 2018

Net-zero North: Delivering the decarbonisation mission in the north of England

December 6, 2017

A Northern Energy Strategy

October 12, 2017

Keep it simple: Energy bills made easy

September 21, 2017

Energising the market

August 18, 2017