Sentences with phrase «as fuel poverty»

The lack of socioeconomic gradient in particular has implications for public heath policies aimed at reducing the burden of winter death, as fuel poverty relief alone may be only partially successful.

«They are really keen to drive this quality across our wider programme to help address important issues such as fuel poverty, high bills, indoor air quality and health.

Not exact matches

The assumptions of cutthroat libertarianism were so embedded in the worldview of these lucky newcomers that they spoke as though the victims of tech - fueled displacement and gentrification had chosen to live in poverty and squalor, just as they themselves chose to learn to code, chose a management - track job at a major corporation, and chose to set themselves up for a comfortable upper - middle - class suburban life.

To do this, we must take a look at all the factors that play into safeguarding our community from devastation, such as developing smart infrastructure, increasing mobility options, addressing the affordable housing crisis and closing the income inequality gap that is fueling high levels of poverty throughout Miami - Dade County.

Widely recognised as the largest fuel poverty and energy efficiency event in the UK, NEA's 33rd annual conference and exhibition is likely to attract over 300 delegates and 40 exhibitors.

As temperatures plummet, fuel poverty charity NEA is urging the Government to step back from ending insulation and heating grants for vulnerable people struggling to afford their energy bills.

As temperatures plummet, the UK's leading fuel poverty charity National Energy Action launches Fuel Poverty Awareness Day urging all households struggling to heat their homes to seek help immediately and avoid needless sufferfuel poverty charity National Energy Action launches Fuel Poverty Awareness Day urging all households struggling to heat their homes to seek help immediately and avoid needless sufpoverty charity National Energy Action launches Fuel Poverty Awareness Day urging all households struggling to heat their homes to seek help immediately and avoid needless sufferFuel Poverty Awareness Day urging all households struggling to heat their homes to seek help immediately and avoid needless sufPoverty Awareness Day urging all households struggling to heat their homes to seek help immediately and avoid needless suffering.

Fuel poverty is defined as the need to spend over 10 % of household income on fuel costs to maintain adequate warmth for health and comfFuel poverty is defined as the need to spend over 10 % of household income on fuel costs to maintain adequate warmth for health and comffuel costs to maintain adequate warmth for health and comfort.

Nick Eyre of the University of Oxford, Jan Rosenow of Ricardo - AEA and Hill all testified that the government was not on track to eliminate fuel poverty by 2016 by «reasonably practicable» methods, as stated in the House of Commons briefing paper and reiterated by Eyre during testimony.

As part of the Policy and Research Directorate, the team supports NEA as the expert voice on behalf of the fuel poor through the provision of evidence and insights to help the charity achieve its vision of no - one living in fuel povertAs part of the Policy and Research Directorate, the team supports NEA as the expert voice on behalf of the fuel poor through the provision of evidence and insights to help the charity achieve its vision of no - one living in fuel povertas the expert voice on behalf of the fuel poor through the provision of evidence and insights to help the charity achieve its vision of no - one living in fuel poverty.

The UK Fuel Poverty Strategy defines a fuel - poor household as one needing to spend more than 10 % of household income to achieve a satisfactory and healthy heating regFuel Poverty Strategy defines a fuel - poor household as one needing to spend more than 10 % of household income to achieve a satisfactory and healthy heating regfuel - poor household as one needing to spend more than 10 % of household income to achieve a satisfactory and healthy heating regime.

While social and environmental objectives are not necessarily in conflict (indeed action to meet green objectives through domestic heating and insulation improvements represents the definitive policy in eradicating fuel poverty), a range of factors mean that they are nevertheless often seen as competing for political priority and resources.

The Government's figures on fuel poverty only go as far as 2006, and they show that 3.5 million households were in fuel poverty then, compared to 1.8 million in 2005.

As the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome said, fuel poverty occurs across the country, in urban areas as well as rural, and affects the young, the old, single people and familieAs the hon. Member for Somerton and Frome said, fuel poverty occurs across the country, in urban areas as well as rural, and affects the young, the old, single people and familieas well as rural, and affects the young, the old, single people and familieas rural, and affects the young, the old, single people and families.

As the hon. Member for Ealing, North (Stephen Pound) has just said, the passion it generates is equally strong among Members in all parts of the House; Members in all parties are extremely concerned about fuel poverty and serious in their efforts to combat it.

This Monday 250 industry leaders and key stakeholders will meet in Scarborough to debate the issues affecting the 4.5 million UK households in fuel poverty, as part of leading fuel poverty charity NEA's 3 - day Annual Conference.

In the longer term, we need to fuel - poverty - proof older households through much more serious energy efficiency policies and programmes, such as Warm Front in England and its equivalents in other parts of the UK

The Conference will bring together key decision - makers, influencers and actors to debate the new strategy as well as the other issues and policies affecting the 4.5 million UK households in fuel poverty».

We look forward to being part of the discussion to help highlight the changes needed to tackle the challenge of fuel poverty as effectively as possible.»

It will allow debate and discussion around issues such as the implementation of the new fuel poverty strategy in England which is taking effect from 2015, how we can reduce the health impacts of fuel poverty and will explore the effect of the changes to welfare reform.

3) Fuel poverty is defined as when a household is required to spend more than ten per cent of its income after housing costs on total fuel Fuel poverty is defined as when a household is required to spend more than ten per cent of its income after housing costs on total fuel fuel use.

The fact that large pockets of people across the world are still living in extreme poverty is being exacerbated by rises in global food and fuel prices, as well as climate change.

Clearly this action raises serious doubts about the Government's commitment to the eradication of fuel poverty in England by 2016, as required by the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000.

As you may know, the Act enables councils working in co-operation with their communities to get Government help to assist them in reversing the decline of local services, dealing with fuel poverty, protecting the environment and obtaining greater involvement in civic activity.

Background on the Warm Front and the successor scheme: Since 2000, when the Home Energy Efficiency Scheme was re-branded as Warm Front, with substantial additional funding and the introduction of heating measures to supplement insulation works, the scheme has formed a major element in fuel poverty policy.

Those living with mental health problems are often prone to fuel poverty as individuals are often on low or fixed incomes, living in energy inefficient housing and spend more time at home thus have above average energy use.

Limiting the negative effects of fuel poverty is important to health, both mental and physical, and NEA recommends the following top 10 tips as a starting point:

Ron Campbell, Chief Policy and Research Analyst for National Energy Action said: «The original UK Fuel Poverty Strategy was described as «representing the start of the road to the end of fuel poverty in the United Kingdom», there is a consensus that in order to make meaningful progress in the right direction we are in urgent need of a «road map&raqFuel Poverty Strategy was described as «representing the start of the road to the end of fuel poverty in the United Kingdom», there is a consensus that in order to make meaningful progress in the right direction we are in urgent need of a «road map&Poverty Strategy was described as «representing the start of the road to the end of fuel poverty in the United Kingdom», there is a consensus that in order to make meaningful progress in the right direction we are in urgent need of a «road map&raqfuel poverty in the United Kingdom», there is a consensus that in order to make meaningful progress in the right direction we are in urgent need of a «road map&poverty in the United Kingdom», there is a consensus that in order to make meaningful progress in the right direction we are in urgent need of a «road map».

A major factor in this high incidence of fuel poverty is lack of access to mains gas and dependence on more expensive oil as a heating fuel.

The Government defines «fuel poverty» as spending a tenth of your income on heating bills.

A big «Invest to Save» in Health Prevention an injection of invest to save funding to tackle our biggest population challenges, in particular obesity, fuel poverty, employment for those with health problems and harm from alcohol, as part of a wider locally led health and wellbeing plan

Fuel poverty is currently defined as the need to spend over 10 % of household income on fuel costs to maintain adequate warmth for health and comfFuel poverty is currently defined as the need to spend over 10 % of household income on fuel costs to maintain adequate warmth for health and comffuel costs to maintain adequate warmth for health and comfort.

The government's adviser on fuel poverty says the controversial method of extracting shale gas, known as fracking, could reduce energy prices for some of Britain's poorest people.

Or at least focus the money on those who do actually need it, such as the 18.5 per cent of Winter Fuel Allowance recipients who are actually in «fuel poverty&raqFuel Allowance recipients who are actually in «fuel poverty&raqfuel poverty»?

1 - Pledge to reduce or remove VAT from domestic fuel bills as I think this would have mass political appeal and show real concern for people experiencing fuel poverty.

And giving a helping hand to all these other crises as a result of all the fossil fuel burning needed to power our lives and lift billions out of poverty: anthropogenic climate change.

Once you get a sense of the high emotional pitch at which these characters live their lives — and of the ever - present fear (of eviction, of imprisonment, of poverty and loneliness) that fuels those lives» exhausting intensity — Tangerine, which might be described as a steadily escalating 87 - minute cascade of F - bomb - laden shouting matches, begins to unfold some of its secret subtleties.

Kemp, befriended by staff photog Sala (Michael Rispoli), sees himself as a crusading reporter, exposing poverty and corruption fueled by U.S. greed.

Keeping Kids Cosy will target both rural and urban areas of higher deprivation across the two counties where the latest government statistics show fuel poverty levels as high as 22.9 %, or over one in five house holds.

Financial poverty often goes hand in hand with poverty of experience, and as well as the obvious educational value of the visits, children build a rich bank of experiences that fuel their imagination, build their self - confidence, raise their aspirations and enhance their vocabulary.

Students aren't trapped in failing schools as much as they are trapped in poverty fueled by segregation.

We've got a spoken rule around the TreeHugger virtual office that we don't write «save the planet» as it's simplistic cliché, but breaking that rule somehow seems appropriate at this moment: According to a new report from the UNEP investing just 2 % of global GDP could both alleviate global poverty, set us solidly on the path away from fossil fuels, and cut our collective ecological footprint nearly in half.

But Obama faces a reality that many of these groups seem slow to recognize: While the 20th - century toolkit preferred by traditional environmentalists — litigation, regulation and legislation — remains vital to limiting domestic pollution risks such as the oil gusher, it is a bad fit for addressing the building human influence on the climate system, which is driven now mainly by a surge in emissions mostly outside United States borders in countries aiming to propel their climb out of poverty on the same fossil fuels that generated much of our affluence.

Just as importantly, energy poverty is a huge contributor to climate change, as those stuck in energy poverty are forced to rely on fuels like kerosene and firewood which caused enormous amounts of pollution.

The graph above, from the Dutch report, shows clearly how relentless overall emissions growth in countries climbing out of poverty (as electrification, manufacturing and mobility expand fossil fuel demand) was not blunted by the recession and is sending them and the rich world (which is getting ever more efficient and exporting manufacturing) toward some kind of carbon common ground.

And, so long as burning fossil fuels is the cheapest and easiest way of achieving that, they'll continue to burn fossil fuels — and, in the process, they'll continue to lift millions of people out of poverty.

Higher density sources of fuel such as coal and natural gas utilized in centrally - produced power stations actually improve the environmental footprint of the poorest nations while at the same time lifting people from the scourge of poverty... Developing countries in Asia already burn more than twice the coal that North America does, and that discrepancy will continue to expand... So, downward adjustments to North American coal use will have virtually no effect on global CO2 emissions (or the climate), no matter how sensitive one thinks the climate system might be to the extra CO2 we are putting back into the atmosphere.

Also the conditional acceptance of fossil fuels as sometimes necessary to alleviate poverty needs far better explanation.

The poorest — the 1.3 billion in developing countries who depend on wood and dried dung as primary cooking and heating fuels, smoke from which kills 4 million and temporarily debilitates hundreds of millions every year — will be condemned to more generations of poverty and its deadly consequences.

You should apologise to your grandchild for me, as I am one of those lucky people who hasn't yet been fired from the oil industry (though I imagine it will happen soon enough), so, as such, I am an evil fossil fuel sympathiser, going out of my way to actively promote wars, poverty, death, and environmental rape.