Ben Houchen: Achieving hydrogen heat for the nation is worth investing in – as Teesside can prove

We’re also doing outstanding research into green hydrogen, whose production can become increasingly affordable.

Daniel Hannan: Is it worth decarbonising if the rest of the world won’t follow?

Leading by example is all well and good. Impoverishing yourself in order to make a point, not so much.

David Green: Wealth extraction, not wealth creation. The Morrisons takeoever – and why government should be prepared to intervene.

A careful reading of Hayek and Adam Smith will confirm that neither was invariably opposed to state action.

Bob Blackman: Sizewell C is key to taking control of the UK’s energy production – and achieving Net Zero

The importance of having a reliable baseload of firm power remains essential to the energy mix.

Sam Hall: How to help poorer people meet the costs of net zero

The first piece in a mini-series on ConHome this week on Net Zero and climate change.

Jacob Young: Conservatives must ensure their climate change goals are affordable for the consumer

Finding cost-effective solutions is one of the biggest challenges we face as a country over the next decade.

Sam Hall: Conservative lessons from Houchen and Street about how to respond to the Greens

By uniting behind Johnson’s plan, and replicating the approach of these two mayors, the the environment can become a winning issue for the party.

“We have been terrific at pure research, and useless at translational research.” What our industrial strategy should aim to change.

The best way of thinking about it isn’t to fix one’s gaze on direct subsidies, but to look wider – at our failure to turn British ideas into British prosperity.

Alan Mak: Industrial strategy. Focus narrowly and don’t spread thinly – concentrating on key innovative sectors.

The third piece in a ConHome mini-series this week on industrial strategy after the pandemic.

George Freeman: The industrial strategy reforms I led helped to deliver Britain’s vaccine success. Now for the next phase.

I’m delighted to have been asked to help set up the new Taskforce for Innovation and Growth through Regulatory Reform.

Jerome Mayhew: The carbon proposal that the Government should put at the heart of its plan for COP26

Very rarely do the stars align in favour of a truly inspiring act of leadership. They are doing so for Border Carbon Adjustment. It just needs a catchier name.

Neil O’Brien: The plans we must make now to ensure that our ship doesn’t hit the rocks

These are my starters for ten – so it’s over to you. What are the biggest choices? What are the problems that we have to get ahead of to keep afloat?

Simon Clarke: Electric heat – the oven-ready renewable that’s right under our noses

Action on decarbonising heat so far is not nearly sufficient to meet our 2050 net zero target. But a potential solution is right under our noses.

Ed Birkett and Benedict McAleenan: Hydrogen holds huge potential for British industry – here’s how to achieve it

Not only is it a fuel of the future, but it can help the Government achieve its levelling up agenda.