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Cold Comfort – Fuel Poverty and the Winter Fuel Payment
Simon Less and Andrew BrinkleyThis report calls for a more honest approach from government. We argue that if the government wishes to use the Winter Fuel Payment funding to boost the incomes of older people, it should do so transparently through the pensions or benefits system. If, on the other hand, it is serious about helping people who struggle to heat their homes, the government should focus on improving domestic energy efficiency and effective approaches to tackling poverty.

Negotiating the Next Climate Change Treaty
Robert McIlveenThis report not only sets out an alternative approach for the next climate change treaty; it also develops the reasoning behind it. While the result will be imperfect and is not, by design, as cost-effective as a Kyoto-style approach would have been if it had worked, the approach outlined has a much greater chance of actually delivering significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, as the case of HFCs demonstrates, it already has.

At a Rate of Knots: Improving public transport on the River Thames
Neil O'Brien, Ben Caldecott and Robert McIlveenAt a Rate of Knots argues that we can make much more of the river Thames for very little cost, producing a new, integrated and expanded service which will offer a great new option for many of London’s commuters. The river is a core part of London’s identity yet it is cut off from its transport network. This report sets out how to correct this.
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A Ten Point Plan to Clean up London’s Air
To mark the publication of our new report Up in the Air: Part 2, Richard Howard, Policy Exchange’s Head of Environment and Energy, sets out a ten point plan to solve London’s air pollution crisis.

Use fiscal policies to drive away from diesel and clean up air pollution
Richard Howard, Policy Exchange’s Head of Energy and Environment, discusses recommendations for a higher road tax on new diesel cars to improve air quality.

Use the housing market to drive an energy efficiency revolution
Richard Howard, Policy Exchange’s Head of Environment and Energy, argues that the best way to drive home energy efficiency is to structurally embed it into the housing market, as proposed in a new report Efficient Energy Policy.
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