A number of energy policy announcements are anticipated over the next fortnight. These could determine whether the government’s energy policy genuinely addresses the triple crises of energy security, escalating household costs and the climate emergency.

If the government is truly committed to tackling these crises, all forthcoming policy decisions should be consistent with: providing maximum support to unlock renewables and fixing energy-wasting homes; ending support for coal and new nuclear; supporting a just transition away from offshore oil and gas instead of incentivising further investment in it; and confirming a ban on fracking.

This is in the context not merely of the war in Ukraine but also amidst a worsening climate crisis affecting health, wellbeing, the economy and food supplies globally – whether through heatwaves in India and Pakistan, Europe and California, or flooding in Bangladesh and Australia.

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