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This report is a WWF and Ecofys collaborative work which shows that all of the world’s energy needs could be provided cleanly, renewably and economically.

It demonstrates that by 2050, power, transport, industrial and domestic energy needs could be met overwhelmingly from renewable sources vastly reducing anxieties over energy security, pollution and not least, catastrophic climate change.



The report also investigates the most critically important political,…

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The Energy Saving Trust held an event recently about Feed in Tariffs for business.



Craig Bennett from Friends of the Earth, which was the organisation that took the initiative to get FiT in the UK in the first place, highlighted the benefits of businesses installing PV: Installing the technology to microgenerate your own electricuty can have a transformative effect on business and communities, and insulating them from the effects for oil price… Continue

Over 40 delegates attended this event at the School of Pythagoras, St John’s College. They heard inspiring talks experts in the field: Oliver Caroe, architect to Ripon Cathedral, Nigel Cooper of the Church Buildings Council, Philip Cooper, structural engineer, David Grech from English Heritage and…

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On 30th June MPs spent over 6 hours debating energy efficiency

policies in the House of Commons and the Green Deal feature heavily

as part of that debate. UK-GBC received a mention from Labour MP

Joan Ruddock and you can read the full transcript of the debate here. ACE

have a… Continue

The winners of the Cambridge Climate Change Charter Awards were

announced at an Awards Ceremony in the Grafton Centre on the 16th June to an

audience including the Deputy Mayor Ian Nimmo-Smith, Leader of the City Council

Sian Reid and South Cambs Councillor David Bard.



The Awards were presented by local busineswoman Anne Ridgeon, and were

accompanied by a talk from Rosemary Randall, founder… Continue

At the Better Procurement for Climate Change event, we launched the Cambridge Climate Change Charter Awards. The mechanics is very simple:Basically any organisations working locally to reduce their carbon emissions will describe why they merit an award, in 200 words or less. Download the Award Application form here. Winners will be chosen by an… Continue

CUSU signed the Charter on 11th January 2010!

"Climate change is the biggest threat to all our futures. It will affect every individual, every family, every community, every business and every country.



So it is fitting that today people from all over the world are coming together to blog on climate change for Blog Action Day."

Gordon Brown, PM



Blog Action Day is an annual event held every October 15th where bloggers across the world unite to write about… Continue