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The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) is a non-profit initiative that supports informed debate on energy and climate issues. X: @ECIU_UK
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The health impacts of net zero Climate change is affecting people’s health around the world in profound ways, but do you know what its impacts are in the UK?

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Heat pump roll out delays could leave households reliant on foreign imports Together, the Clean Heat Market Mechanism and Future Homes Standard could displace around 300TWh of gas by 2035, equivalent to quantity needed to heat around 26 million homes for a year.

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Chocolate prices up by almost half in just three years New analysis reveals chocolate price inflation accelerating as climate change hits West African cocoa production.

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Heat pumps to be sold with ‘smart’ function under plans to save households money The plan would necessitate heat pumps to be sold ‘smart-ready’ in line with regulations that already apply to electric vehicle chargers.

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‘They dictate the rules’: BBC tells PM’s Evan Davis to stop hosting heat pump podcast Presenter believes decision was taken due to the technology’s link with net zero after he was told he risked accusations of political bias. @michaelsavage.bsky.social

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Elliott ups stake in BP as it pivots away from renewable energy Activist hedge fund’s investment is now worth about £2.8 billion and it is urging the oil major to go further in its green strategy reset. @emilygosden.bsky.social

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UK scientists to launch outdoor geoengineering experiments Blocking sunlight could temporarily slow the climate crisis but the technologies remain highly controversial. @dpcarrington.bsky.social buff.ly/A2fH10Q

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The cost of Trump’s attack on American science Sweeping funding cuts threaten to undermine the innovation that has been a central part of US economic strength for decades. @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social @hannahkuchler buff.ly/nWjg5fv

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Miliband to ban Chinese ‘slave-trade’ solar panels Solar panels linked to Chinese slave labour will not be used by Britain’s state-owned energy company. @geraldinescott.co.uk buff.ly/0qe01PT

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How the climate crisis will push up prices for your Easter chocolate Cocoa bean harvests in key producer nations are increasingly under threat by the climate crisis, new data shows, which is only likely to push up the price of chocolate. buff.ly/SqaYgRP

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New York pension funds put asset managers on notice over climate plans Comptroller demands credible transition plans aligned with city’s goal to reach net zero by 2040. @leeharris.ft.com

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More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record Record high ocean temperatures have spread like an underwater wildfire over corals across the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans, damaging and killing countless corals. @readfearn.bsky.social buff.ly/aypO1hq

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New @ECIU_UK analysis finds UK’s electricity supply has become more British over the past decade. Simon Cran-McGreehin, @ECIU_UK comments: “UK industry has suffered from the ongoing gas price crisis which started in 2021 pushing up energy bills" eciu.net/media/press...

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Chocolate prices up nearly 50 per cent in three years as ‘Chocflation’ persists Chocolate prices have increase by almost half in just three years, latest inflation figures show, making products like chocolate bars, easter eggs and cocoa powder more expensive. @PA_Consumer

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Motorists ‘could save £850 a year by choosing an electric car over a hybrid’ Owners of hybrids save only £13 a year compared with petrol equivalents, finds ECIU analysis. @jjpjolly

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Environmental lawyers get ready to pounce on Trump’s energy deregulation moves US environmental groups prepare for a legal showdown with President Trump's administration over its sweeping efforts to sidestep federal regulations on oil, gas and coal development.

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Miliband in blistering attack on Farage’s UK net zero ‘nonsense and lies’ The energy secretary has accused Reform UK’s leader of peddling dangerous falsehoods about renewable power. @tobyhelm

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Poll: Ninety-seven per cent of global business leaders support clean energy transition New survey reveals vast majority of business executives want to shift to renewables and they could relocate if governments fail to boost clean energy generation.

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New @ECIU_UK analysis finds UK’s electricity supply has become more British over the past decade. Simon Cran-McGreehin, @ECIU_UK comments: “UK industry has suffered from the ongoing gas price crisis which started in 2021 pushing up energy bills" eciu.net/media/press...

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Renewables rollout making UK electricity supply ‘more British’, analysis finds UK’s rollout of wind and solar power over the last decade has made its electricity supply “more British”, with significantly less reliance on imported gas, finds analysis.

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Climate impacts on cocoa Average price per kilo of cocoa beans imported into the UK has risen 32% over the last three years.

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Global energy supplies still vulnerable to shocks, warns IEA International Energy Agency warns lessons of the energy crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have not been fully learned ahead of major London summit. @MalcolmMoore buff.ly/jTK5xGx

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UK electricity ‘becoming more British’, less import dependent – analysis Ahead of UK Government/IEA energy security summit, new ECIU analysis finds that UK’s electricity supply has become more British over the past decade.

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Pope Francis hailed as ‘unflinching global champion’ on climate crisis Officials and campaigners from around world pay tribute to pontiff who put environment at heart of his papacy. @fionaharvey

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Commenting on the news that countries party to the IMO have agreed a deal to establish binding emissions targets for shipping and a global carbon pricing scheme, @gredmond.bsky.social, @eciu.net said: "The IMO deal is not all that it could have been" eciu.net/media/press...

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Commenting on the Government's announcement that it will prioritise projects that drive clean energy for electricity grid connections, @jessralston.bsky.social, @eciu.net said: "Every wind farm we connect in the North Sea means less imported gas from abroad." eciu.net/media/press...

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Analysis of new ONS figures by @eciu.net reveals chocolate prices have gone up 43% since 2022. Amber Sawyer, @eciu.net comments: “Chocolate is just one of the many foods being made more expensive by climate change-driven extreme weather hitting crops." eciu.net/media/press...

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Commenting on the news that countries party to the IMO have agreed a deal to establish binding emissions targets for shipping and a global carbon pricing scheme, @gredmond.bsky.social, @eciu.net said: "The IMO deal is not all that it could have been" eciu.net/media/press...

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Commenting on ‘European State of the Climate’ report published by Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and World Meteorological Organization, Amber Sawyer, @eciu.net said: “This report shows that climate change is not a distant threat: it’s happening now." eciu.net/media/press...

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Commenting on the Government's announcement that it will prioritise projects that drive clean energy for electricity grid connections, @jessralston.bsky.social, @eciu.net said: "Every wind farm we connect in the North Sea means less imported gas from abroad." eciu.net/media/press...

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Europe suffers weather extremes as climate change drives up temperatures 2024 was Europe’s hottest year on record, leading to fatal flooding in Valencia and dangerously dry spells in the continent’s southeast, research reveals. @ben-cooke.bsky.social

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Analysis of new ONS figures by @eciu.net reveals chocolate prices have gone up 43% since 2022. Amber Sawyer, @eciu.net comments: “Chocolate is just one of the many foods being made more expensive by climate change-driven extreme weather hitting crops." eciu.net/media/press...

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Parliament has been recalled from Easter recess to discuss emergency legislation around British Steel, which is owned by Jingye Group. Commenting on the news, @jessralston.bsky.social, @eciu.net said: "Clearly, we cannot afford to stick with the status quo." eciu.net/media/press...

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UK may be on track to see worst year for wildfires, data shows 2025: *already* 2nd worst year on record by area burned and number of fires Area nearly the size of Edinburgh already been scorched in UK since the start of year - ⬆️ from same period in 2024

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Europe suffers weather extremes as climate change drives up temperatures 2024 was Europe’s hottest year on record, leading to fatal flooding in Valencia and dangerously dry spells in the continent’s southeast, research reveals. @ben-cooke.bsky.social

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4️⃣1️⃣3️⃣ ,0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ people The number of people hit by home-wrecking storms and floods that swept Europe last year. European State of the Climate Report, @NiranjanAjit

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Cocoa price up a third as extreme weather and climate change bite, finds new @eciu.net analysis. Amber Sawyer, @eciu.net comments: “Chocolate is just one of many foods on our supermarket shelves where British consumers are feeling the pinch" eciu.net/media/press...

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Cocoa prices ⬆️ by 1/3 as climate change takes bite out of Easter chocolate Result of climate change-driven extreme weather Av price per kilo of cocoa beans imported into the UK ⬆️ 32% over the last 3 years. @sstone26

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Commenting on the news that countries party to the IMO have agreed a deal to establish binding emissions targets for shipping and a global carbon pricing scheme, @gredmond.bsky.social, @eciu.net said: "The IMO deal is not all that it could have been" eciu.net/media/press...

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Net zero and clean energy can actually help save the steel industry UK’s net zero target being falsely blamed for the UK’s steel crisis in place of UK's acute exposure to fluctuations in gas prices. @Horton_official

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Commenting on the Government's announcement that it will prioritise projects that drive clean energy for electricity grid connections, @jessralston.bsky.social, @eciu.net said: "Every wind farm we connect in the North Sea means less imported gas from abroad." eciu.net/media/press...

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Parliament has been recalled from Easter recess to discuss emergency legislation around British Steel, which is owned by Jingye Group. Commenting on the news, @jessralston.bsky.social, @eciu.net said: "Clearly, we cannot afford to stick with the status quo." eciu.net/media/press...

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Commenting on ‘European State of the Climate’ report published by Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and World Meteorological Organization, Amber Sawyer, @eciu.net said: “This report shows that climate change is not a distant threat: it’s happening now." eciu.net/media/press...

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Analysis of new ONS figures by @eciu.net reveals chocolate prices have gone up 43% since 2022. Amber Sawyer, @eciu.net comments: “Chocolate is just one of the many foods being made more expensive by climate change-driven extreme weather hitting crops." eciu.net/media/press...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Commenting on ‘European State of the Climate’ report published by Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and World Meteorological Organization, Amber Sawyer, @eciu.net said: “This report shows that climate change is not a distant threat: it’s happening now." eciu.net/media/press...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Parliament has been recalled from Easter recess to discuss emergency legislation around British Steel, which is owned by Jingye Group. Commenting on the news, @jessralston.bsky.social, @eciu.net said: "Clearly, we cannot afford to stick with the status quo." eciu.net/media/press...

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Commenting on the Government's announcement that it will prioritise projects that drive clean energy for electricity grid connections, @jessralston.bsky.social, @eciu.net said: "Every wind farm we connect in the North Sea means less imported gas from abroad." eciu.net/media/press...

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Commenting on the news that countries party to the IMO have agreed a deal to establish binding emissions targets for shipping and a global carbon pricing scheme, @gredmond.bsky.social, @eciu.net said: "The IMO deal is not all that it could have been" eciu.net/media/press...

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Europe suffers weather extremes as climate change drives up temperatures 2024 was Europe’s hottest year on record, leading to fatal flooding in Valencia and dangerously dry spells in the continent’s southeast, research reveals. @ben-cooke.bsky.social

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Analysis of new ONS figures by @eciu.net reveals chocolate prices have gone up 43% since 2022. Amber Sawyer, @eciu.net comments: “Chocolate is just one of the many foods being made more expensive by climate change-driven extreme weather hitting crops." eciu.net/media/press...

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