Green Policy
Analyzing environmental strategies, climate action, and corporate sustainability (ESG) commitments across the UK and beyond.
Air Quality Policy and Urban Public Health
Air quality policy is a central public-health responsibility for national and local government. Poor air quality remains one of the largest environmental risks...
Rachel FenwickJuly 22, 2026
Legacy Carbon Credits Excluded From New UN Market
Most legacy carbon credits from the Clean Development Mechanism have been kept out of the emerging United Nations carbon market after key host...
Amir QureshiJuly 19, 2026
Why Green Belt Policy Keeps Colliding With Housing Pressure
Green Belt policy exists primarily to limit urban sprawl by keeping designated land open. The political difficulty is that the same areas where...
Rachel FenwickJuly 17, 2026
Who Regulates Britain’s Environment — and How?
Environmental regulation in Britain is spread across several institutions rather than controlled by a single regulator. National agencies, government departments and local authorities...
Rachel FenwickJuly 13, 2026
Where Britain’s Climate Adaptation Is Most Exposed
Cutting emissions and adapting to climate change are different policy tasks. Mitigation is about limiting future warming; adaptation is about preparing homes, infrastructure...
Rachel FenwickJuly 7, 2026
A Home Battery Revolution Is Reshaping the Power Grid
The proliferation of residential battery storage systems is beginning to alter how national electricity networks manage demand. As home energy storage technology becomes...
Margaret EllisonJuly 2, 2026
What Heat Pump Policy Asks of British Homes
Heat pumps are central to Britain’s plan to reduce emissions from home heating, but the policy challenge is larger than replacing one appliance...
Rachel FenwickJuly 1, 2026
How Britain’s Net Zero Target Becomes Policy
Britain’s 2050 net zero target is a legal destination, not a single policy. Reaching it requires a sequence of decisions on electricity, transport,...
Rachel FenwickJune 25, 2026
What Extreme Heat Exposes About British Infrastructure
Extreme heat is not only a weather story. For British government and local authorities, prolonged high temperatures test infrastructure that was largely designed...
Margaret EllisonJune 23, 2026
