Why heightened engagement is imperative for Net Zero.

Focusing on the implications of Brexit for meeting net zero, this brief highlights areas that require urgent attention and calls for a renewed spotlight on Brexit and energy.

In what follows, a group of leading social scientists explore these themes, explaining what has happened in the past, the situation the UK finds itself in now, and the issues that might confront us going forward. The collection is intended as a guide to the big questions confronting the country in the years to come.

'Yet a no deal outcome would still have profound implications for the uK. as we analyse in what follows, from trade to connectivity to foreign policy to cooperation in policing, a failure to strike an agreement with the eu will impact on us in numerous ways.'

Even if the European Union and the United Kingdom conclude a highly ambitious partnership covering all areas agreed in the Political Declaration by the end of 2020, the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU acquis, the internal market and the Customs Union, at the end of the transition period will inevitably create barriers to trade and cross-border exchanges that do not exist today.

A review of evidence about opportunities, challenges and risks to the North East economy and its key sectors with recommendations for action.

Impact of the EU withdrawal referendum on British energy prices. Here we provide the results of additional calculations to show the final impact of the June 2016 exchange rate depreciation on British energy consumers, in terms of higher annual bills for both electricity and gas.

Brexit has already added billions to the UK public’s energy bills and leaving without a deal could wreak further havoc and cost the average household an extra £61 a year, according to research by University College London.