RSS | Karsten Neuhoff

Prof. Karsetn Neuhoff, Professor for Energy and Climate Policy at the Technical University Berlin and Head of Department Climate Policy, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), will be the … read more »



Workshop on risk perception and insurance in the context of climate change

As part of the Munich Re research programme The workshop aimed to foster an exchange of knowledge in the area of the impact of risk perception on the demand for insurance in an environment of changing risk levels. The workshop was held as part of work programme E of the Munich Re Programme at the Centre for Climate Change […]



Maximising Academic Impact, Minimising Environmental Impact: towards the development of a low carbon, more sustainable academic travel policy

SRI/CCCEP seminar Speakers/panel: Professor Kevin Anderson, Professor of Energy and Climate Change, University of Manchester; Professor Lindsay Stringer, Director of the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) and Professor in Environment and Development; Professor John Barrett, Professor of Sustainability Research, University of Leeds; Katie Livesey, Student Experience Officer and Green Impact Co-ordinator for the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds […]


Sustainable Materials: with both eyes open

SRI / INDEMAND / CCCEP seminar One third of the world’s carbon emissions are emitted by industry. Most industrial emissions relate to producing materials, and steel and cement are by far the most important contributors. The industries that make materials are energy-intensive, so have always been motivated to be efficient, and have now reached a […]




Essential Planetary Maintenance Engineering or Defence of the Global Economic Status-Quo? Exploring contending framings of climate geoengineering

This seminar explored different ideas about what geoengineering means, examining ways in which it is being framed by those most active in these debates, and asked what the implications of various framings might be for the future development trajectories of these technologies, and climate policy more broadly. The term ‘geoengineering’ has become massively more prominent […]