A very British energy crisis

Climate change, Palestine, Brexit, the Iraq War. Westminster has seen it all when it comes to protests, and the inhabitants of Parliament are largely desensitised to the angry cries at the gates. This week on Westminster Insider host Sascha O'Sullivan asks: what's the point of ma ...  Show more

Ten years — and six prime ministers — ago Britain was on the brink of voting to leave the European Union. Host Patrick Baker was in his first job as a TV news producer during the referendum campaign. A decade on, he’s gone back to the people who lived through its biggest moments ...  Show more

At a time when much of Europe has been sweltering in record temperatures, it feels like a stark contrast to be worrying about winter.

These are very worrying times for Europeans, because of deep uncertainty over what will happen to the import of Russi ...

Leaders around the world are rolling back climate policies and pledges, purportedly to boost their economies. In Britain, the government has just approved a huge new oil and gas field in the North Sea, one week after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak slow-rolled carbon neutral targets. ...  Show more

The global decarbonization effort is colliding headfirst with the realities of great power politics. China currently controls more than 75 percent of the world’s electric vehicle battery and solar photovoltaic manufacturing supply chains. It also processes the bulk of the so-c ...

If you're in Europe, you may have been shocked lately by expensive power bills. Natural gas now costs six times more than at the start of the year. High energy prices have triggered protests in the EU. There are even claims that the bloc's main gas supplier, Russia, is deliberate ...  Show more