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Commitment to open data crucial to optimising UK’s energy system for more complex, low-carbon future
A new report calls for higher standards in data sharing across the UK’s energy networks to improve its resilience and deliver better results for consumers and the environment – in line with recommendations made in the National Infrastructure Commission’s Data for the Public Good report. The Energy System Data Taskforce has recommended five priorities action...
Government’s ‘net zero’ pledge highlights urgency of shift to low-carbon economy
Responding to today’s government commitment to ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, National Infrastructure Commission Chair Sir John Armitt today said the recognition of the threats from climate change was an important step, but must be followed up by tangible actions to prepare the UK economy for a low-emissions future. The UK’s first-ever National...
‘Data now as important to UK Infrastructure as concrete or steel’ – Sir John Armitt speech to DAFNI
Sir John Armitt today gave the keynote speech to the DAFNI conference. DAFNI is the Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure. It is the first data and analytics facility of its kind to support infrastructure planning and research, facilitating collaboration across and between universities, government and the private sector. The data and modelling accessible...
Britain can become an electric vehicle country by 2030
After 100 years of incremental change, we are on the cusp of a revolution on our roads. The age of the internal combustion engine is being consigned to history, but all too slowly. Today vehicles contribute to 80 per cent of air pollution breaches in the UK. The Times’ Clean Air For All campaign is...
Letter to the Chancellor on four tests for a successful National Infrastructure Strategy
National Infrastructure Commission Chair Sir John Armitt has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to set out four tests which the forthcoming National Infrastructure Strategy will need to meet, in order to deliver the ambitious, long-term vision for the UK’s infrastructure set out in the National Infrastructure Assessment. These are: A long term perspective – the...
Armitt challenges government to commit to building a future infrastructure fit for a post-Brexit Britain
National Infrastructure Commission Chair Sir John Armitt has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to use this autumn’s Spending Review to commit to a once-in-a-generation transformation of the UK’s transport, energy and technology networks. In a letter to the Chancellor, Sir John lays down four key tests by which the Commission will judge the...
Consultation on flood and coastal erosion in England highlights need for new standard of resilience
The Environment Agency has today begun consulting on the national flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy for England proposing a new approach based on a recommendation made in the National Infrastructure Assessment. The Agency’s strategy will ensure the country is prepared for a potential 4° C rise in global temperatures and aims to ensure...
Excellent design will be at the “beating heart” of all new UK infrastructure, vows Stirling Prize winner as she announces members of influential new Design Group
Professor Sadie Morgan, a National Infrastructure Commissioner and Stirling Prize winner, today hails a “pivotal moment” for the future of UK infrastructure, as the ten members of a new Design Group are revealed. The Design Group will be champions for design excellence in all new national infrastructure. They will lobby to ensure that design is...
Design Group: supportive statements
Supportive statements in favour of the Commission’s new Design Group: “Louise’s appointment to the group is testament to her expertise and why we were so pleased she was able to come and work for the West Midlands Combined Authority. Our regional economy continues to grow at pace and billions of pounds of infrastructure including new...
Freight: a Young Professionals Panel perspective
Young people benefit from the UK’s freight industry – but they are also concerned about its impact. So, the Young Professionals Panel welcomes the Commission’s freight study Better Delivery: the challenge for freight and its recommendations to address this. A wide range of factors drive freight movements in the UK, including moving items we all...
New report highlights difficult – but achievable – steps necessary to deliver zero carbon UK economy
A new report today says big reductions in the cost of renewable energy generation mean the goal of zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is achievable. But only if steps are taken now to boost low carbon power and heating – in line with recommendations made in the UK’s first-ever National Infrastructure Assessment. The Committee...
Government must set clear vision for world-class UK infrastructure so economy can compete post-Brexit
Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission Sir John Armitt today said the UK needed to build a shared vision for infrastructure’s role in the economy – one that could unite people, mend fractures in society and build a true sense of community for millions of people. Speaking to an All-Party Parliamentary Group on Infrastructure panel...
Sir John Armitt: speech to All Party Parliamentary Group on Infrastructure
This is the full text of a speech by National Infrastructure Commission Chair Sir John Armitt to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Infrastructure event: ‘What should be in the National Infrastructure Strategy?’ Check against delivery. Thank you, Vicky, for your introduction. Thanks also to the All Party Parliamentary Group for Infrastructure for arranging today’s...
Phil Graham: speech to UK Infrastructure Show
This is the full text of a keynote speech on delivering transformed urban transport by National Infrastructure Commission Chief Executive Phil Graham at the UK Infrastructure Show at the NEC, Birmingham Check against delivery. It’s great to be here today and to see that so many of you are grappling with some of the big...
Young Professionals urge the next generation to share their vision for infrastructure
The National Infrastructure Commission’s Young Professionals Panel (YPP) today invite young people to share their vision for the future of infrastructure in the UK, as they mark one year on from their establishment. Having pledged to ensure the next generation have a strong voice in infrastructure decision-making, the Panel are launching an initiative which will...