Investment Uncut: Energy transition through a policy lens with Josh Buckland

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This episode was recorded on 29 September 2023 and therefore does not reflect any events after this date.

In our third episode of season five, Mary Spencer and Jacob Shah explore the policy side of the energy transition with Josh Buckland, Partner at Flint Global who leads Flint’s client work on energy, climate and sustainability issues.

Before we interview Josh, we also speak to LCP CEO Aaron Punwani as part of our new “Views from the Boardroom” feature. Aaron talks about his call for action on climate change, supported by re-interpretation of pension scheme trustees’ fiduciary duty. Aaron’s Professional Pensions article can be found here and his LinkedIn post summarising the debate he’s had on this topic can be found here.

We discuss:

• What the UK government has committed to do, tools available to help get there and Josh’s take on how the UK is actually doing against its committed net zero objectives.
• The contracts for difference schemes and what the performance of the scheme this year signals about the current investment environment in the UK.
• Rishi Sunak’s recent announcement to ditch or delay certain climate-related policies: the impact of these announcements on reaching net zero targets and why it is important to understand the details.
• What would a Labour government do if they win the next general election and how could that impact private sector investment in the energy transition?
• How other countries are tackling the net zero challenge and why China will dictate success or failure for us all.