UK FIRES | The Use Less Group

Rishi Sunak’s commitment to ‘long-term interests’ is anything but the case

– Sam Stephenson – 21st September 2023

The Prime Minister’s announcement to cut green policies means we won’t be meeting our climate targets – sacrificing our planetary and economic health for no real benefit.

Is Absolute Zero pessimistic about UK energy supplies?

- Professor Julian Allwood, March 2023

The most common response we receive when we present Absolute Zero to governmental or incumbent commercial audiences is “Oh, but your forecast of future energy supplies is far too low. You should be more optimistic.”

Economics does not hold the key to solving Climate Change

- Professor Julian Allwood, June 2022

We had a hot week, but that’s not the problem. The Bonn Climate Conference last week prioritised financing and compensation for loss and damage, but that’s not the solution. Energy prices are high, and that’s a hint. Food prices are high and will rise further as the Ukraine invasion leads to fertiliser shortages. That’s a portent. And perhaps, if we take notice, we might at last recognise what Climate Change is really about.

The solution space discussed at COP26 is unrealisable: comparing supply and demand for the three zero-emissions resources

- Professor Julian Allwood, November 2021

How energy demand and wellbeing change as we use our time differently

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Technology to the rescue? Techno-scientific practices in the United Kingdom Net Zero Strategy and their role in locking in high energy decarbonisation pathways

Energy Sector Under Absolute Zero

As the government launches its Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) focusing on electricity supply, UK FIRES publishes a new report detailing the even greater scale of opportunity for energy sector innovation on the demand side.

Materials & Manufacturing under Absolute Zero

Facing the reality that new energy-sector technologies won’t solve climate change fast enough reveals rich opportunities for innovation and growth in UK materials and manufacturing sectors. UK law commits us to zero emissions by 2050 with most of the reduction occurring by 2035. But we’re not on track to deliver. That’s because corporate and political strategy today is counting on new technologies, like carbon capture and storage, biofuels, hydrogen and negative emissions technologies to meet the challenge, while business elsewhere continues largely as usual.