Carbon Connect is a high-level coalition of businesses and environmental organisations committed to exploring the key challenges and opportunities relating to UK energy and climate change policy. We were launched in June 2009 by Ed Milliband MP, then Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.

Research

Laura Sandys MP to Chair New Carbon Connect Research

Carbon Connect's latest research project is set to get underway at the end of march. Laura Sandys MP will chair a group of industry experts with the aim to examine how distributed energy is viewed and used by UK businesses
 

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Launch of 'Energy Efficiency: The Untapped Business Opportunity'

 


Carbon Connect's latest report was launched in Parliament on 1 March 2011 by Chris Huhne MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

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Events

A Policy Challenge: Energy Intensive Manufacturing and Carbon Reduction
December 2011
 

A joint meeting of Carbon Connect and APMG brought together Greg Barker, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, and speakers from industry, environmental groups and academia to discuss the challenge of reducing carbon whilst supporting the UK's manufacturing sector.

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Embedded Carbon under the Spotlight: A Carbon Connect Roundtable
November 2011


As intensity behind government's rhetoric on a legally binding global agreement on carbon reduction increases, our November roundtable focussed on the prospects for carbon consumption to be factored into efforts to manage emissions.   
 
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The Future of Business Energy Efficiency Policy: A Carbon Connect Conference

October 2011
 

Carbon Connect's recent event took place on Tuesday 18th October in the Attlee Suite, Portcullis House. Attendees listened to several leading industry experts and Parliamentarians talk about energy efficiency policy, and were given an update on the outcomes from Carbon Connect's last report, which looked into the issue.

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News


Distributed Energy event: Video news highlights



Carbon Connect's recent Parliamentary conference on Distributed Energy attracted significant media interest. Energy Live News covered the event, including interviews with Caroline Lucas MP, and speakers Tony Norton of Exeter University and Carolyn Roberts of ESKTN.

Caroline Lucas Chairs Carbon Connect Conference, Speaks Out on Priorities for Ed Davey 



In an interview at Carbon Connect's Parliamentary conference on Distributed Energy, Caroline Lucas MP spoke out on the role of local solutions in building a low carbon future and what she felt priorities for the incoming Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change should be. 

Watch a video of the interview here 

Charles Hendry Speaks about EMR, Energy Assets and the 'Big Six' 

In November, Energy Minister Charles Hendry addressed a Carbon Connect audience on the realities of the situation that UK energy faces and how the government plans to ensure sufficient resource goes into upgrading, and decarbonising, the grid. 

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Watch and Listen to MPs and Industry Leaders Talking about Greening the Path to Rio+20


 
In September international delegates, Parliamentarians and industry leaders met at a Carbon Connect reception to discuss the Hard Rain Project, Rio+20 and the urgent need for global action to promote sustainable living.

Find out what they had to say here


 

 


 

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