Carbon Brief site spells out 65 challenges facing Labour

Carbon Brief is a UK-based website covering the latest developments in climate science, climate policy and energy policy. Less than a week after Labour swept to power, it published a comprehensive analysis of the 65 actions the new government needs to meet its election commitments on climate, energy and nature – many of which have game-changing implications for the future of electricity.

We strongly recommend visiting the site and searching for the to-do actions which are most relevant to our industry. Essential reading!

Here’s how Carbon Brief sums up the challenges ahead:

Key pledges – reiterated by secretary of state Ed Miliband in a message to civil servants at the department for energy security and net-zero – include reaching zero-carbon power by 2030, relaunching the country’s ambition to be a climate leader on the global stage and rewriting the nation’s net-zero strategy.

Meeting such milestones will require the Labour government to enact extensive change across every sector of the economy, ranging from overhauling the planning system to developing a “just transition” plan for the North Sea oil and gas sector.

As well as meeting its own manifesto pledges, Labour will need to contend with a backlog of overdue frameworks, strategies and international pledges that were not completed by the previous government.

Labour has also committed to reversing climate policy rollbacks enacted by Rishi Sunak’s Conservative government.

To create a comprehensive picture of the to-do list facing Labour, Carbon Brief has analysed the party’s pledges, combed through official documents and Climate Change Committee (CCC) advice and spoken to climate policy experts.