Category Archives: Carbon Capture
UK Government Announces £1bn to Support Carbon Capture and Storage
A new £1 billion competition has been announced by the UK Government to support the development of industrial scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology. So far CCS has been developed on small scales but no commercial scale test of … Continue reading
Carbon Capture and Storage: Challenges and Opportunities – Panel Debate
16:50, Wednesday 23 November 2011, The Geological Society The Carbon Capture and Storage industry in the UK is thought by many to have the potential to become as large as the North Sea oil and gas industry has been over … Continue reading
Big success for BES ‘Forests and Global Change’ Symposium
Last week the University of Cambridge hosted the BES Annual Symposium, this year titled ‘Forests and Global Change’. The event was a huge success with 370 delegates attending the three day symposium which was called “the best symposium yet” by … Continue reading
Climate smart farming at the Royal Society
The 2008 Climate Change Act commits the UK to 80% statutory greenhouse gases emissions (GHG) reduction by 2050. The agricultural industry is responsible for approximately 25%, 50%, and 80% of global anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and … Continue reading
Climate change set to re-shape tropical forests
A paper published in the Journal of Global Change Biology this week indicates that climate change is already having an impact on tropical forests in Costa Rica. The study, which was conducted over 20 years, indicates that if current warming … Continue reading
Conservative – Liberal Democrat announce coalition agreements
Details of the agreements between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have been announced, outlining the coalition’s stance on several environmental topics. A document on the Liberal Democrat’s website outlines measures seeking to fulfill “joint ambitions for a low carbon and … Continue reading
The Environmental Side of the Queen’s Speech
The Queen’s Speech in Parliament today, in which she set out the legislative agenda for the Government, was just 7 minutes long. This is far shorter than normal, and reflects the fact that there is very little parliamentary time between … Continue reading
Committee on Climate Change Reports on Government Carbon Policy
The first annual report to Parliament by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), published today, concludes that a step change is required in the pace of UK emissions reduction to meet carbon budgets, and that in some areas, new policy … Continue reading
Geoengineering the climate: science, governance and uncertainty
This morning the BES Policy Team attended the launch of the Royal Society’s new report, “Geoengineering the climate: science, governance and uncertainty”. The report is the first to provide a wide-ranging assessment of potential future geoengineering options (the large scale … Continue reading