On a visit to Pakistan I noticed the proliferation of rooftop solar panels that has been a become a story of growing interest in the energy world. So whats going on?

On the 11th Nov COP29 begins in Baku, Azerbaijan. A COP of contrasts, on the one hand a petrostate with reports of O&G lobbying scandals the hosts for the second year in a row, and the COP is overshadowed by election of Trump in America pre-empting the USA’s retreat from Paris in 2025. On the other hand this year temperatures breached 1.5C, and climate financing needs to be agreed.

The High Court has upheld a challenge to the planning permission of the Cumbrian Coal mine, its mining licenses have been refused, and the last coal plant in the UK has closed. Does September mark the end of coal in the UK?

Second in our series on how we can decarbonise the “have-to-abate” sectors: Iron & Steel, Shipping, Cement, Aviation, Heavy duty transportation, and Chemicals & Petrochemicals. Part 2 - Shipping.

First in a new series on how we can decarbonise the “have-to-abate” sectors: Iron & Steel, Cement, Shipping, Aviation, Heavy duty transportation, and Chemicals & Petrochemicals. Part 1 - Iron & Steel.

In this blog we break down how concrete contributes to CO2 emissions, and look at a promising breakthrough by Cambridge Researchers that may have cracked how to decarbonise this crucial sector

CERA Week, one of the world’s biggest energy conferences, was held in Houston in March. A speech by Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco, raised some eyebrows, we take a look at his comments in this blog.

In this blog we pick out three decarbonisation trends, one good, one bad, one interesting, from researcher Nat Bullard’s annual presentation.

As COP28 wrapped up in Dubai, and 2024 begins, we take a look at the year ahead. What will 2024 bring, and what should we focus on to help fight climate change?

On the 12th & 13th August our friends at MOCK COP held a Mock Education Minister’s Summit, resulting in a Youth Statement on Quality Climate Education. The statement represents the first ever unified youth definition of quality climate education.

COP26andbeyond has a new name: “The Borrowed Earth Project”

On 7th July 2023 the IMO adopted a new strategy for reaching an improved set of climate targets. This blog explores whether those targets are enough, and what the future might hold for the decarbonisation of the worlds shipping industry.

As part of our efforts to hear from young people working on fighting climate change around the world we were delighted to be able to interview David Okenwa, a climate activist and recent mechanical engineering graduate from Nigeria who also works for MOCK COP.

Energy efficiency is the quickest way for the UK to reduce its energy consumption this winter, which is why a new insulation scheme & public information campaign from the Govt are very welcome, if well overdue.

Yesterday, on the 16th of August, President Biden signed into law the biggest piece of climate legislation that the US has ever managed to pass. The Inflation Reduction Act was the result of years of negotiations within the Democratic party. The bill provides significant investments in climate, energy and healthcare, which are projected to help reduce the US’s CO2 emissions to 40% below their peak by 2030. So how did the bill finally pass, what is actually in it, and what effect will it have?

In Part 1 of our Hydrogen Demystified series, we look into what Hydrogen is, how we produce it now, and how we could produce it in a much cleaner way.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused a humanitarian crisis and has pushed already rising energy prices sky high. This has left the energy transition at a crossroads, will we double down on fossil fuel production or shift to clean energy quicker?

In Nov 2021 we sat down with Kirils Holstovs, bridge engineer and one of the lead authors of the COP26 Joint Statement of International Youth Organisations, to discuss the statement and his experiences at COP26

As the dust settles on COP26 and the ink dries on the Glasgow Climate Pact, we have compiled the views of activists, climate scientists, negotiators and the COP president on what was achieved.

COP26 and beyond are proud to be an endorsing signatory of the Youth Climate Declaration.