The climate change debate has often been painted as something that concerns the left of British politics much more than it bothers the right. This is an unfair assumption. Not […]
A narrative that has emerged since the start of the Covid crisis is that lockdown has been a good thing for the planet. The story goes that being forced to […]
The full scale of the economic impact of the Covid crisis upon the United Kingdom is still difficult to fully grasp. In the second quarter of 2020, the UK economy […]
Since 1990, the United Kingdom has reduced carbon emissions within its borders by 39% and all greenhouse gas emissions by 44% over the same period. This sounds phenomenal on paper, […]
In the second quarter of 2020, the UK economy shrunk by over 20% due to measures required to contain the spread of Coronavirus. While there has been some recovery since, […]
Target audience(s): Policy experts, energy sector experts — Estimated reading time: 12-15 minutes Reference: Australian policy consultation — Energy Rules Framework Icebreaker One Response — August 2020 Executive Summary We […]
Icebreaker One is trying to work out how to rapidly evolve our financial and energy systems to embed net-zero into all investment in a manner that is demonstrable, provable and […]
At Icebreaker One we push ourselves to be more transparent in how we work. We will be experimenting in how we can be transparent about how our programmes are progressing. […]
On the 13th August we held an online event to launch Project Cygnus – a €1M EIT Climate-KIC funded programme focused on how to enable a net-zero economic recovery from […]
“I just wanted to say that this was the best presentation I’ve seen on climate data and its uses, and I’ve been attending 3+ events a week since April. Really […]
I believe we are at a critical juncture on two interrelated approaches to data sharing. I am not sure we are having the right conversations in the right places, and […]
“Open up the data” “If only we had the data we could make better decisions” “We should put all the data in one place so that we can run our […]
Guest post: José Cordovilla – Managing Partner of Solvere Infrastructuras and an Icebreaker One founding member. Their experience spans 30 countries and dozens of deals, with project investment/transaction values of […]
“While these risks may form in full over time, they are becoming apparent now. Firms are enhancing their approaches to managing these risks, but face barriers to implementing the forward-looking, […]