Energy & Climate Change

COP17: The Final Verdict

Posted by Chris Dodwell, Knowledge Leader: International Energy and Climate Change on 12 December 2011

*After marathon negotiations which ran 36 hours beyond schedule, the UN climate change conference in Durban finally produced a new deal early on Sunday morning. The 5 key elements of the deal are:*

Outstanding next generation of environmentalists

Posted by Christine St John Cox, Knowledge Leader: Carbon Management on 8 July 2011

Yesterday I supported a West London initiative to encourage school children to think about their environment and consider what they can do to improve it.

What is driving sustainability?

Posted by Christine St John Cox, Konwledge Leader: Carbon Management on 10 June 2011

Over the past decade, in the private sector, we’ve seen customers commission an almost cyclic pattern of services. In the early years our solution was energy efficiency audits, and a little behaviour change crept in, then we had a wave of renewable assessments. In 2006 Carbon Management became the new thing and was all the rage. With the advent of carbon regulation for the wider audience, compliance became popular – because it had to be. Now we have a range of customers whose needs vary from strategy, mitigation (renewable, energy efficiency and behaviour change), GHG inventories and regulation.

ECOnomics - should we stop worrying about energy efficiency?

Posted by Evan Williams, Consultant on 6 June 2011

*Energy efficiency: its a no brainer right? Well maybe its not that simple.*