We frequently read, in both news reports and expert publications, that energy accounts for around 75% of human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and food – or, to be more accurate, forestry, land use and agriculture (FLAG) – accounts for the remaining 25%. This seriously understates the importance of FLAG, with serious consequences. There are two…

The increases in British energy prices in 2022 are unprecedented in our lifetime. The dual fuel price cap for electricity and gas supplied to a typical household is likely to be more than twice as high at the end of December as it was at the beginning of January. Within months electricity will cost more,…