Oil Producers Meeting in Doha, Qatar: Technical opinion
The objective of the so-called Doha Meeting in Qatar, on April 17, between the world’s top oil producers is fairly straightforward: to agree on a collective OPEC and non-OPEC oil output freeze to...
View ArticleWhat would a better London transport system look like? How do we get there...
The next Mayor of Greater London has an easy time and a hard time ahead. The incumbent has shown little intention to do much with the power of the office. So the new mayor won’t have to work too hard...
View ArticleRIP DECC – but will we miss you?
So after 8 years the DECC experiment is over. The immediate reaction is mixed with some saying that climate policy has been diluted. Others say that linking climate and industry policy is a sensible...
View ArticleA low carbon industrial strategy?
DECC has been absorbed by BEIS. I’m cautiously optimistic about this because climate policy, particularly energy efficiency, didn’t really work out on its own. The value of DECC was securing the...
View ArticleEmit now, pay later: The case of shipping and its GHG emissions
Blog by Nishatabbas Rehmatulla and Isabelle Rojon (UMAS) Something we’ve got used to in our daily purchasing habits is the term ‘buy now pay later’. Whilst this may be good for our personal lifestyles...
View ArticleThe highs and lows at the United Nations International Maritime...
On 24-28 October 2016, two weeks before the Marrakech COP22, the International Maritime Organization (IMO)- the UN’s body responsible for regulating shipping, met for the 70th session of the Marine...
View ArticleThe making of a globally sustainable energy system
Blog by Steve Pye, Paul Ekins, Ian Hamilton, November 2016 As delegates at COP22 in Marrakech convene to discuss how to implement the Paris Agreement, there is a continuing focus on how to move to a...
View ArticleStakeholder Engagement Study: What are the social issues affecting wind...
REAccept is a project aiming to improve the social acceptance representation of our energy system models, starting with onshore wind energy and highRES[1], funded by the BSEER Strategic...
View ArticleMapping synergies and trade-offs between energy and the Sustainable...
Around the same time as Millennium Development Goals were nearing the end of their term, and were being turned into Sustainable Development Goals, a group of us at UCL, from disciplines as wide ranging...
View ArticleDelivering on Paris: how the UK responds to its climate obligations
Steve Pye, Francis Li, James Price In a speech at the meeting of Commonwealth leaders in London on Tuesday, Claire Perry, the minister for Climate Change, announced that she would be seeking advice on...
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