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As COP30 arrives, Bill Gates the founder of Microsoft, has just published a memo for world leaders.

I remember the first time I encountered this phrase, half-jesting this jibe was directed at me for daring to challenge an engineer on the costs his project was amassing, against some questionable benefits.

Last week the National Audit Office published a report into energy efficiency installations under the ECO 4 scheme.

A short while ago, in a land far, far away the ruling ministers pondered their next course of action

Last week the Conservative Party Leader announced her party was now opposed to the 2050 net zero target introduced by her party seven years ago. The political consensus has well and truly been shattered. But when the history books are written, who helped get us to this position?

The UN General Assembly or UNGA to its friends met last week and climate lobbyists waited patiently to hear from China. What commitments might they give towards carbon emission reductions given they are the biggest global emitter by far. The world waited and well frankly was underwhelmed. A commitment for a reduction of between 7 and 10 per cent from their peak by 2035 hardly sets the world alight in terms of global leadership (and doesn’t stop it warming).

The visit by President Trump heralded major announcements in tech investment, labelled the “Tech Prosperity Deal,” a £31billion of inward investment.

Last week, there was a notable intervention from the UK’s largest energy supplier.

Last week we saw plenty written about property, especially stamp duty (or the lack of it) but what many would have missed was another property story that is closer to home.

I once asked the Chief Secretary to the Treasury a question, which I knew was going to be difficult to answer, and their reply confirmed it.

I have just read some “research” from a leading energy retailer, the one that sounds like it is a soap powder, making claims of huge savings, over 15 years, for investment in low carbon and energy saving technologies.

It seems like a lifetime ago when an academic addressed a group of young, aspiring politicians about the pitfalls of elected office.

So, here’s what happened and why I acted.

It sounds a bit like lavatorial humour but no one will be laughing if we don’t address “constraint payments,” money paid to power generators to not produce electricity.

Imagine the scene, tucked away just off Trafalgar Square, a group of environmental activists have just been told that heat pump sales are not increasing at the rate their cult expected.

In short, that’s where the UK adult population is, at least according to polling recently undertaken for EUA.