Spotlight: COP30 begins, more calls for UK grid reform and London's housing crisis

ENERGY

✒️ Belém Climate Summit opens with calls to action | United Nations – latest news from COP30, reporting at the FT (paywall), Telegraph (paywall), Guardian, BBC, Independent, Reuters, Politico

✒️ Connections Reform: offer ambition for Clean Power 2030 | Joint letter from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Ofgem

📰 UK government issues ‘call to action’ on grid reform | Renewable Energy News

📰 SSE launches £33bn plan to invest in UK’s energy network | renews.boz

📰 UK renewable power capacity set to surge, says new data | Solar & Storage Xtra

📰 Diverse and resilient energy production is needed to meet future demand, global report says | The Independent

🗣️Opposition Day Debate – Energy | Westminster Hall debate 12th November

🗣️Progress on Carbon Budget Delivery Plan | Westminster Hall debate 12th November

📰 Parliamentary briefing addresses future of UK energy sector | Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce

📰 UK's biggest solar park in Faversham is 'blueprint' for future | BBC News

📰 North Wales to pioneer UK’s first small modular reactors | Press release from Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

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INFRASTRUCTURE

✒️ Parliamentarians Launch New Report Calling for a Radical Shift in Government’s Approach to Infrastructure Delivery | APPG for Project Delivery

📰 MPs call for radical overhaul of infrastructure delivery | Construction Enquirer News

📰 DfT lost over £2.7bn in cancelled UK transport projects | pbc today

📰 New report reveals cracks in UK’s construction pipeline | Scottish Construction Now

📰 Does Europe have the energy for its data centre needs? | Digit News

📰 New report reveals Scotland’s potential to lead data centre development | Planning, Building & Construction Today

✒️ Half-Built Britain: Unlocking the Nation’s Infrastructure Growth Plans | Oxford Economics

✒️ Is The UK Government Going Far Enough On Climate Resilience? | Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

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DEVELOPMENT

📰 Why does London's housing crisis matter to the UK economy? | BBC News

📰 AI-powered nimbyism could grind UK planning system to a halt, experts warn | The Guardian

📰 Planning, power and politics threaten Britain’s AI dreams | Politico

📰 New towns need decisive action to scale housing delivery | pbc Today

📰 Productivity: How digital tools are making construction projects better | Building (paywall)

📰 Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey hit by sales fall amid budget uncertainty | The Guardian