Prof Fred Singer will examine the fundamental question in the climate change debate: Is the cause of current climate changes primarily natural or is it human- caused? Aside from its scientific importance, the question has great significance for policy. If climate change is natural, if there is no appreciable Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW), then there (more…)

The government is promoting the High Speed 2 rail project as a solution to the North-South divide and as a green alternative to airport expansion. But the scheme will be very expensive and will require substantial taxpayer subsidies. The first phase, from London to Birmingham, has been costed at £18 billion, while the full route (more…)

Speaker: Paul Dawson, Head of Regulatory Affairs, RWE Group Chair and Respondent: George Yarrow, Chairman, Regulatory Policy Institute As the UK is moving towards major reform of the electricity market, this lecture will examine the carbon price floor in detail, outlining how it will work, how it will interact with the other measures to be (more…)