16 July 2024
Andy Mayer writes for City AM
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7 August 2023
Mark Littlewood writes for The Times
30 June 2023
Matthew Lesh writes for City AM
31 January 2023
Andy Mayer quoted in City AM
30 January 2023
Andy Mayer quoted in The Mail
29 June 2022
Commenting on the Climate Change Committee progress report, Andy Mayer, energy analyst and chief operating officer at free market think tank … Continue reading “Climate Change Committee report a “manifesto for austerity”, says energy analyst”
28 April 2022
Kristian Niemietz writes for CapX
24 April 2022
Commenting on reports that Lord Deben, chairman of the UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) also works for a company providing … Continue reading “Public inquiry needed into the political role of the Committee on Climate Change, says IEA energy analyst”
6 December 2021
Annabel Denham writes for The Telegraph
3 December 2021
Commenting on the UK Climate Change Committee’s report on the outcome of COP26, Victoria Hewson, Head of Regulatory Affairs at free market … Continue reading “Climate Change Committee is “acting like an activist NGO”, says IEA expert”
22 November 2021
Andy Mayer comments for City AM
15 November 2021
Annabel Denham writes for The Telegraph
24 October 2021
UK CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITTEE IN URGENT NEED OF REFORM, SAYS NEW RESEARCH The Climate Change Committee (CCC) was established as … Continue reading “UK Climate Change Committee in urgent need of reform, says new research”
21 September 2021
Annabel Denham writes for The Spectator
16 June 2011
New IEA research released
24 September 2008
Focus should shift to market-based adaptation, not hairshirts and witch hunts
24 June 2024
On June 20 2024, the UK Supreme Court ruled by a 3 to 2 majority to uphold the appeal of climate activists against … Continue reading “Judicial activism will not solve climate change”
18 June 2024
Going into the 2024 general election, Ipsos rated Pollution/Environment/Climate Change at the bottom of their monthly issue index, with the … Continue reading “A review of the election manifestos: energy and climate change”
12 April 2024
On 9 April, six IEA staff members took part in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session organised by Reddit. One … Continue reading “The risks of climate change are very real – but the current “Net Zero” agenda will backfire”
18 January 2024
Earlier this week, the Guardian published a write-up of a report titled ‘Third of UK teenagers believe climate change exaggerated, … Continue reading “Is climate change denial really on the rise?”
18 April 2023
Harry Lime, the villain of the classic movie The Third Man, is an early example of the kind of smart … Continue reading “Never mind “climate change deniers” – it’s trade-off deniers we should worry about”
28 April 2022
There are plenty of irritating things about the new eco-militant movement, whether it is the Greta Thunberg faction, Extinction Rebellion, … Continue reading “What has Britain ever done to combat climate change?”
1 September 2021
Many so-called climate change activists are not really concerned about the climate and the environment. No, for them, these are … Continue reading “To anti-capitalists, climate change is just a pretext for a planned economy”
6 March 2020
High Speed 2 is being sold to the public as a crucial part of the UK’s low-carbon transport future. It … Continue reading “HS2 won’t help the government meet its climate change goals”
30 April 2019
It didn’t take long until the first hammer-and-sickle flags were spotted at the climate change strikes. Given the woeful environmental … Continue reading “Why “overthrowing capitalism” would not avert climate change”
4 March 2016
The Government has drawn an extremely positive picture of a “historic global climate deal [by which] the whole world has … Continue reading “What the Paris Agreement on climate change really means”
3 December 2015
As the Paris Conference of the Parties to the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change progresses, it would seem that … Continue reading “UK climate change policy is a colossal and pointless waste of money”
15 July 2014
The row between former chancellor Lord Lawson and the BBC has escalated over the past week. In a letter to … Continue reading “Don’t silence Lord Lawson: We can’t leave climate change policy to the scientists”
9 September 2013
Climate change is a poor excuse for blocking airport expansion There are two standard arguments against airport expansion, whether at … Continue reading “Climate change is a poor excuse for blocking airport expansion”
23 May 2011
I am a Libertarian. I believe that market processes based on secure property rights and competitive ‘exit’ provide the best … Continue reading “Institutional Failure and the Tragedy of Climate Change”
6 January 2011
After the failure even to reach an agreement through proper UN negotiating procedures at Copenhagen, expectations for the Cancun conference … Continue reading “Climate change policy: imposing immense costs but delivering nothing”
13 December 2010
The claim that the Copenhagen climate change conference was not a total failure, which still enjoys currency in public debate … Continue reading “Climate change: Why the notifications to the Copenhagen Accord are notifications of increased emissions”
29 July 2009
The government recently announced a series of measures designed to make Britain a low-carbon economy, including a large expansion of … Continue reading “The dark side of climate change policy”
29 July 2009
The government recently announced a series of measures designed to make Britain a low-carbon economy, including a large expansion of … Continue reading “The dark side of climate change policy”
29 December 2008
Politicians and ‘opinion leaders’ claim that damaging climate change is in prospect unless drastic centralised action is taken. The prevailing … Continue reading “Challenging the activists on climate change”
23 November 2009
On 23rd November 2009 the IEA hosted a debate on Climate Change. The participants discussed the question: “Do Science and … Continue reading “IEA Climate Change Debate – Dr. Sam Frankhauser”
23 November 2009
On 23rd November 2009 the IEA hosted a debate on Climate Change. The participants discussed the question: “Do Science and … Continue reading “IEA Climate Change Debate – Mike Hulme”
23 November 2009
On 23rd November 2009 the IEA hosted a debate on Climate Change. The participants discussed the question: “Do Science and … Continue reading “IEA Climate Change Debate – Nigel Lawson”
23 November 2009
On 23rd November 2009 the IEA hosted a debate on Climate Change. The participants discussed the question: “Do Science and … Continue reading “IEA Climate Change Debate”
23 November 2009
On 23rd November 2009 the IEA hosted a debate on Climate Change. The participants discussed the question: “Do Science and … Continue reading “IEA Climate Change Debate – Fred Singer”
24 September 2008
Colin Robinson discusses his latest book on climate change policy – Climate Change Policy: Challenging the Activists. He argues that … Continue reading “Colin Robinson – Climate Change Policy”
9 August 2022
Summary Both the UK and the EU have made commitments to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Political leaders all over … Continue reading “Carbon Conundrum: How to save climate change policy from government failure”
24 October 2021
SUMMARY The Climate Change Committee was established by the Climate Change Act 2008 to advise government on climate policies, in … Continue reading “Hot Air: A critique of the UK’s Climate Change Committee”
24 September 2008
A new book which argues that market-based adaptation should be favoured when contemplating the challenges of climate change
24 March 2006
IEA Media Fellow Richard D North Examines the BBC's presentation of the climate change debate
‘Rednecks’ and ‘Weird People at the IEA’: Moving the Climate Change Debate Forward (web publication)
22 November 2005
Has the Green Movement really won the climate change argument? Energy shortages will influence us more than climate catastrophe (or the Greens), argues Richard D North
1 January 2001
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1 December 1997
Contributions from Robert Balling, Roger Bate, Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen, Deepak Lal and Thomas Gale Moore.
5 October 2020
A carbon tax has long been a point of contention for many who support free markets. Could it be freedom’s … Continue reading “Think Tent 2020: What role could a carbon tax play in tackling climate change?”
9 September 2020
A government target of net zero by 2050…is it realistic and achievable? Is it the best way to address concerns … Continue reading “Climate Change and the Nation State – Anatol Lieven”
24 September 2008
Colin Robinson discusses his latest book on climate change policy, Climate Change Policy: Challenging the Activists. He argues that there … Continue reading “Colin Robinson – Climate Change Policy”
22 August 2016
A 2016 Beesley Lecture on climate change
3 October 2013
Professor Michael Beenstock speaks on climate change in relation to economic policy
11 November 2010
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