Details of events for the new academic term will be posted here later in the summer.
Speaker(s): Paul Hamer, Andy Gouldson
9 Jan 2012 at University of Leeds
Leeds City Region currently has an energy bill in excess of £5bn a year – or 10% of its GDP – and this is increasing every year. Are there cost effective ways of cutting this energy bill whilst also enhancing competitiveness and creating employment? If so, where are the most cost and carbon effective options, […]
Speaker(s): Helen Harwatt
7 Dec 2011 at University of Leeds
Part of the CCCEP / SRI seminar series 2011-2012. More information Download the presentation slides (PDF, 2.7MB)
Speaker(s): Charles D Kolstad
2 Dec 2011 at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Part of the ‘Climate Change and Environment Seminar Series: Michaelmas Term 2011’, hosted jointly by the Grantham Research Institute, the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, and LSE’s Department of Geography and Environment.
Speaker(s): Steven Sorrell
16 Nov 2011 at School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
Part of the CCCEP / SRI seminar series 2011-2012 It is generally assumed that energy efficiency improvements will reduce overall energy consumption, at least compared to a scenario in which such improvements are not made. But a range of mechanisms, commonly grouped under the heading of rebound effects, may reduce the size of the ‘energy […]
Speaker(s): Christian de Perthuis
9 Nov 2011 at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Part of the ‘Climate Change and Environment Seminar Series: Michaelmas Term 2011’, hosted jointly by the Grantham Research Institute, the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, and LSE’s Department of Geography and Environment.
Speaker(s): David Kennedy,, Michael Jacobs
1 Nov 2011 at School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
Public lecture: part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science The UK has an aggressive plan to decarbonise its economy by 34% in 2020, 50% in 2027 and 80% in 2050. This lecture looked at the economic, technical and policy challenges of achieving these targets. It discussed the role of technology options like renewable energy and […]
Speaker(s): John Urry
1 Nov 2011 at University of Leeds
Public lecture: part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science The various sciences of climate change have made it utterly clear that ‘human behaviour’ is essential to understanding the causes and impacts of so-called ‘global warming’. However, the discipline that so far mainly represents and models human behaviour is economics. But this is a problem because […]
Speaker(s): Ian Gough
3 Oct 2011 at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Part of the ‘Climate Change and Environment Seminar Series: Michaelmas Term 2011’, hosted jointly by the Grantham Research Institute, the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, and LSE’s Department of Geography and Environment “The lower VAT rate on household energy should be abolished to achieve more uniform carbon taxation, with more targeted tools being […]
5 Jul 2011 at Imperial College, London
This expert workshop was co-hosted by the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) with the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) and the Centre for Low Carbon Futures (CLCF) The workshop brought together experts in consumption-based accounting and internationally recognised policy analysts on climate change mitigation and governance to examine the full implications of […]
Speaker(s): Monica Contestabile
19 May 2011 at University of Leeds
CCCEP lunchtime seminar (Leeds) Advancing in climate research is challenging as it requires diverse expertise to answer many of the difficult questions that are now emerging, such as, for example, how climate impacts on agriculture will affect economic growth, and how adaptation can minimise those impacts. But part of the challenge has also to do […]
