Saving for a sustainable future

The government currently provides nearly £40 billion in subsidies each year for Pension Tax Relief, ISA allowances and Capital Gains Tax relief with no requirement for public benefit. In our new report we demonstrate how these powerful levers can be used to build a stronger, more sustainable economy.

Saving for a sustainable future: increasing public benefit from UK tax relief for savings 
Press release 9 May 2012

What do people really think about the environment?

Our analysis of recent public opinion polls and surveys reveals that public support for action on the environment is strong. It is weathering the economic storm, rather than being obliterated by it. Opinion polls and surveys also show that people largely want, and actually expect, government and businesses to take a bigger role in moving them towards green living.

Visit our blog for discussion and response to the paper.

What people really think about the environment: an analysis of public opinion
Press release 4 April 2012

The CCS challenge

Carbon capture and storage should be an essential component of Europe’s low carbon power sector in 2030. But our research shows that, without new action by the UK and EU, the economic opportunities and decarbonisation potential of CCS will be missed.

The CCS challenge: securing a second chance for UK carbon capture and storage
The CCS challenge: practical potential for gas carbon capture and storage in Europe in 2030 
Press release 27 March 2012 

What impact will the financial crisis have on the green transition?

DECC secretary of state Edward Davey and former German environment minister Klaus Töpfer discussed this question at our annual debate at the German Embassy in March.

More about the debate 

Green growth at a glance: how do Germany and the UK compare? 

Getting a good deal from the Green Deal

Our latest policy insight presents the conclusions of three workshops conducted with MPs in their constituencies in late 2011. We discussed with local stakeholders in very different locations how the government's flagship energy efficiency scheme, due to be launched later this year, would work in practice. We make recommendations for the changes that will help to realise the ambitions of the Green Deal and meet the needs of communities and the local economy.

Read Getting a good deal from the Green Deal: views from local communities 

The benefits of a circular economy

In late 2011 Green Alliance's Reinventing the wheel made recommendations to government on improving the UK's resource security through a more circular economy, an idea which is catching hold abroad.

To discuss the ideas behind this report, our Building resilience conference with the CBI in December, featured presentations from Vince Cable, secretary of state for business, innovation and skills,the EU environment commissioner, Janez Potočnik, and leading businesses.

See also on our blog: Why businesses need incentives for resource security