Ned Hammond

Deputy Director, Policy at Energy UK. All views are my own.

[Ned Hammond @nedhammond]

🚨New @ukonward report🚨
⚡️ Electric Feel 🚗
The EV transition has started strongly. But there’s a long way to go to get EVs from 17% of new car sales now to 80% by 2030. Our new paper provides a 5 point plan to overcome the barriers to mass EV adoption 🧵
https://t.co/0TCyZCHWjx

[Dan Simpson @iamthedans]

Everyone should have access to nature. It's great to see this new report - and that routes to, from and through green spaces are acknowledged. How we get there is a key part of helping more people enjoy green spaces.

[Wildlife and Countryside Link @WCL_News]

England has 140,000+ miles of footpaths, but @ukonward's new report shows that access to nature isn’t equal:
🌳 1 in 3 lack good access
🌳 Nature isn't prioritised in urban areas
🌳 ‘Notspots’ for nature exist nationwide

[Ned Hammond @nedhammond]

Our new report, Walk on the Wild Side, authored by @EdwardWinfield, is covered in The Guardian today. They lead with our call for a new North Sea National Trail to improve access to nature in eastern England
https://t.co/oXVC5A1X2H

[Ned Hammond @nedhammond]

And third, greater interaction with nature should be encouraged by expanding Green Social Prescribing across the country, launching a new 'Nature's Classroom' programme, and ensuring parks are pleasant, safe spaces to visit.

[Ned Hammond @nedhammond]

🚨New @ukonward report🚨
🏞️Walk on the Wild Side🏞️
England’s greenspaces are a great source of pride. But 1/3 of people have poor access to nature. We call for a new North Sea National Trail plus numerous initiatives to improve interaction with nature🧵
https://t.co/C3nNU6d2DC

[Ned Hammond @nedhammond]

Second, local nature ‘notspots’ need to be tackled by increasing public rights of way, introducing more access grant options in ELMs, harnessing the planning system and utilising innovative finance solutions.

[Ned Hammond @nedhammond]

Our report Electric Feel provided a five point plan to pave the way for the EV transition. Gov should focus on policies like those we recommended to drive greater EV adoption rather than loosening the ZEV mandate.
https://t.co/0TCyZCHWjx

[Ned Hammond @nedhammond]

Pleased to support @transenv_UK’s letter to Gov calling for ZEV mandate ambition to be upheld. ZEV mandate is doing its job as the main driver of UK’s EV transition. Any watering down of the reg risks missing out on the economic and environmental benefits of a swift transition…

[T&E UK @transenv_UK]

The ambition of the ZEV mandate must be upheld, 14 NGOs, think tanks and campaign groups have told the Government.

The groups call for no backtracking on the regulation, which is one of the UK’s single biggest carbon saving measures.

Read the letter 👇
https://t.co/ncYmV0BVoC

[Ned Hammond @nedhammond]

We’re not the only ones calling for the ZEV mandate’s ambition to be maintained. In recent days, several big business and asset managers have urged Gov not to row back on the regulation…
https://t.co/75IknoNzZB

[Colin Walker @colinwalker79]

Coverage of our analysis that 2nd hand EVs can deliver annual savings of £1,600 to their owners

ZEV mandate is critical in driving growth of the 2nd hand EV market

Something Government should keep in mind when it meets industry to discuss it this pm

https://t.co/1Ipvs2S52D