Episode 21: Role of the energy regulator in achieving a net zero future: Interview with Sinead Murray

Episode 21: Role of the energy regulator in achieving a net zero future: Interview with Sinead Murray

39 Essex Chambers' barrister Steph David talks with Sinead Murray, General Counsel of Ofgem, who explains the key and expanding role that Ofgem plays in driving the transition to a net zero future in the energy sector.

She explains Ofgem’s role in administering various schemes to incentivise a transition to low carbon technology, and its role in regulating licensed gas and electricity suppliers, networks and infrastructure.

She sets out the diversification of Ofgem’s powers as the energy sector diversifies to meet the challenge of net zero, including through carbon capture and storage and hydrogen; and how Ofgem works alongside the new entity, National Energy System Operator (NESO).

Sinead then discusses the importance of Ofgem’s principal objective, in particular, protecting the interests of existing and future energy consumers, which is now defined to include assisting the Secretary of State in achieving the net zero targets set out in the Climate Change Act 2008.

She also gives an interesting example of Ofgem funding changes in relation to the use of gas, SF6, as part of Ofgem discharging its statutory obligation.

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Episode 28: Reducing Emissions from Aviation

Episode 28: Reducing Emissions from Aviation

At the global level, it is estimated that aviation accounts for 2.4% of annual anthropogenic CO₂ emissions and 4% of anthropogenic global heating up to 2021. As the sector continues to grow, those imp...

15 Apr 32min

Episode 27: Ecosystem Collapse and the UK's National Security

Episode 27: Ecosystem Collapse and the UK's National Security

In the first episode of 2026, Ruth Chambers, Senior Fellow at Green Alliance returns to discuss the UK Government’s assessment of global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse with Flora Curtis, bar...

11 Mar 16min

Episode 26: 2025 Caselaw Roundup

Episode 26: 2025 Caselaw Roundup

In this special end-of-year episode, 39 Essex Chambers' barrister Ella Grodzinski and Anna Tranter of Irwin Mitchell look back at the key climate caselaw developments of the year.Costs & Aarhus protec...

18 Des 202519min

Episode 25: The UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Interview with Dr Diana Casey

Episode 25: The UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Interview with Dr Diana Casey

39 Essex Chambers' barrister Christopher Moss discusses the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (“UK ETS”) with Dr Diana Casey, the Executive Director of Energy and Climate change at the Mineral Products Asso...

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Episode 24: The Challenges and Opportunities of Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage: Interview with Professor Paul Fennell

Episode 24: The Challenges and Opportunities of Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage: Interview with Professor Paul Fennell

39 Essex Chambers' barrister Celia Reynolds talks to Professor Paul Fennell, professor of clean energy at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London.His work encompasses the decar...

29 Okt 202530min

Episode 23: The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: Interview with Nikki Reisch and Lucy Maxwell

Episode 23: The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Climate Change: Interview with Nikki Reisch and Lucy Maxwell

39 Essex Chambers' barrister Flora Curtis talks to Nikki Reisch, Director of the Climate and Energy Programme at the Center for International Environmental Law, and Lucy Maxwell, Co-Director of the Cl...

24 Sep 202547min

Episode 22: The transition from oil and gas: Interview with Tessa Khan, Uplift

Episode 22: The transition from oil and gas: Interview with Tessa Khan, Uplift

Tessa Khan is the Executive Director at Uplift, a climate action organisation that supports efforts to transition rapidly and fairly away from oil and gas production in the UK. In this episode, she di...

31 Jul 202537min

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