Last week David Attenborough came on television to tell the nation that climate change is something which we can no longer ignore. The significance of this is that this is the first time that the broadcaster has promoted a cause. He put forward a case that in order to stop climate change we have each and every one of us take small steps. He used R. Socolow's stabilazation wedges as the main form of scientific research. Socolow highlights particular areas for CO2 reduction:-

• Energy Conservation
• Renewable Energy
• Nuclear Energy
• Enhanced Natural Sinks
• Fossil-Carbon Management

The Met office has released the first phase of its survey into the effects of climate change on the electricity industry. Warmer summers, and milder winters would show a flattening of load (we see this in America where the peak is in the summer due to the air conditioning load). There is also the rather more scary effects of rising sea levels, which would drastically effect new nuclear build, with many having to be relocated in land.

Finally, a number of companies have got together (Shell, Tesco, Standard Life, and others) to have a delegation with the Prime Minster to incist on harder more stringent CO2 targets. Many of the companies are not directly involved in the EU ETS and so are looking to be involved but also to be the leaders in building and creating new technology.