Andy Gouldson
Andy is a Deputy Director of CCCEP. He joined the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds in 2006, where he was Director of the Sustainability Research Institute from 2006 to 2009 and a Director of CCCEP from 2008 to 2014.
Background
Andy is currently Professor of Environmental Policy and Dean: Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Leeds. He has also held academic positions at the Universities of Hull and Bristol and the LSE. He has a first degree in economics, a masters degree in environmental policy and a PhD in environmental regulation.
Research interests
- Climate change;
- Low-carbon development;
- Cities and climate change;
- Environmental policy and regulation;
- Environmental governance;
- Economic development and the environment;
- Corporate responsibility and environmental management.
Research articles
- Producer Cities and Consumer Cities: Using Production- and Consumption-Based Carbon Accounts to Guide Climate Action in China, the UK, and the US
1 Mar 2018. Andrew Sudmant, Joel Millward-Hopkins, Andy Gouldson, John Barrett, Kate Scott - The rationale for energy efficiency policy: Assessing the recognition of the multiple benefits of energy efficiency retrofit policy
23 Jul 2017. N. Kerr, Andy Gouldson, John Barrett - Uncovering blind spots in urban carbon management: the role of consumption-based carbon accounting in Bristol, UK
23 Jun 2017. Andy Gouldson, Joel Millward-Hopkins, Kate Scott, John Barrett, Andrew Sudmant - Private opportunities, public benefits? The scope for private finance to deliver low-carbon transport systems in Kigali, Rwanda
23 Jun 2017. Andrew Sudmant, Andy Gouldson, Sarah Colenbrander - The Economics of Climate Mitigation: Exploring the Relative Significance of the Incentives for and Barriers to Low-carbon Investment in Urban Areas
23 Jun 2017. Andrew Sudmant, Sarah Colenbrander, Andy Gouldson, F. McAnulla - Can national policy blockages accelerate the development of polycentric governance? Evidence from climate change policy in the United Kingdom
23 Jun 2017. Andy Gouldson, Jouni Paavola, James Van Alstine - The role of intermediaries in low carbon transitions – Empowering innovations to unlock district heating in the UK
23 Apr 2017. Ruth Bush, Frin Bale, Andy Gouldson, Peter Taylor, William Gale - Can low-carbon urban development be pro-poor? The case of Kolkata, India
23 Dec 2016. Sarah Colenbrander, Andy Gouldson, Stephen Hall, N. Kerr, Andrew Sudmant, J. Roy, S. Sarkar, A. Ghatak, D. Chakravarty, D. Ganguly - Consumption-based carbon accounting: does it have a future?
23 Dec 2016. Stavros Afionis, John Barrett, Andy Gouldson, Marco Sakai, Kate Scott - Climate change mitigation in Chinese megacities: A measures-based analysis of opportunities in the residential sector
23 Dec 2016. Andy Gouldson, Andrew Sudmant, Dabo Guan, Sarah Colenbrander, Q. Zhang - The Governance of Corporate Responses to Climate Change: An International Comparison
23 Oct 2016. Andy Gouldson - Are Corporate Carbon Management Practices Reducing Corporate Carbon Emissions?
1 Oct 2016. Baran Doda, Caterina Gennaioli, Andy Gouldson, David Grover - Low Carbon Cities: Is Ambitious Action Affordable?
15 Aug 2016. Andrew Sudmant, Joel Millward-Hopkins, Sarah Colenbrander, Andy Gouldson - Comparing the Climate Change Actions, Targets and Performance of UK and US Retailers
1 Jun 2016. Andy Gouldson - Cities and climate change mitigation: Economic opportunities and governance challenges in Asia
1 May 2016. Andy Gouldson, Sarah Colenbrander, Andrew Sudmant, N. Kerr, Stephen Hall, Effie Papargyropolou - Transformational responses to climate change: Beyond a systems perspective of social change in mitigation and adaptation
24 Feb 2016. Jouni Paavola, Andy Gouldson, James Van Alstine - Understanding the Case for Low-Carbon Investment through Bottom-up Assessments of City-Scale Opportunities
23 Feb 2016. Andrew Sudmant, Andy Gouldson, Sarah Colenbrander, N. Kerr - The economic case for low carbon waste management in rapidly growing cities in the developing world: The case of Palembang, Indonesia
5 Nov 2015. Sarah Colenbrander, Andrew Sudmant, Andy Gouldson - To what extent can China’s near-term air pollution control policy protect air quality and human health? A case study of the Pearl River Delta region
8 Oct 2015. Dabo Guan, Andy Gouldson, Q. Zhang - Exploring the economic case for climate action in cities
4 Sep 2015. Andy Gouldson, Sarah Colenbrander, Andrew Sudmant, N. Kerr - Innovative financing models for low carbon transitions: Exploring the case for revolving funds for domestic energy efficiency programmes
29 Aug 2015. Andy Gouldson, N. Kerr, N. Topi - Exploring the economic case for early investment in climate change mitigation in middle-income countries: a case study of Johor Bahru, Malaysia
2 Jun 2015. Sarah Colenbrander, Andy Gouldson, Andrew Sudmant - The impacts of household retrofit and domestic energy efficiency schemes: A large scale, ex post evaluation
21 Apr 2015. Phil Webber, Andy Gouldson, N. Kerr - Are corporate carbon management practices impacting on corporate carbon emissions?
2 Feb 2015. Baran Doda, Caterina Gennaioli, Andy Gouldson, David Grover - The economic case for low-carbon development in rapidly growing developing world cities: A case study of Palembang, Indonesia
28 Jan 2015. Sarah Colenbrander, Andy Gouldson, Andrew Sudmant - Pathways to impact in local government: the mini-Stern review as evidence in policy making in the Leeds City Region
1 Dec 2014. Anna Wesselink, Andy Gouldson - The impact of domestic energy efficiency retrofit schemes on householder attitudes and behaviours
4 Nov 2014. Phil Webber, Andy Gouldson - The economic case for low carbon cities
1 Nov 2014. Andy Gouldson, S. Colenbrander, F. McAnulla, A. Sudmant, N. Kerr, P. Sakai, Stephen Hall, J. C. I Kuylenstierna - Comparing the climate change actions, targets and performance of UK and US retailers
31 Oct 2014. Andy Gouldson - Unseen influence – the role of low carbon retrofit advisers and installers in the adoption and use of domestic energy technology
1 Oct 2014. Alice Owen, Andy Gouldson - National and sub-national integration
1 Jun 2014. Andy Gouldson - Long-term corporate climate change targets: what could they deliver?
1 Mar 2014. Andy Gouldson - Licensing and certification to increase skills provision and utilization amongst low carbon SMEs
13 Feb 2014. Nick Jagger, Tim Foxon, Andy Gouldson - The Economics of Low Carbon Cities: A Mini Stern Review for the Leeds City Region
1 Jan 2014. Andy Gouldson, S. Colenbrander, N. Kerr, F. McAnulla, Stephen Hall, A. Sudmant, J. Roy, S. Sarkar, A. Ghatak, D. Chakravarty, D. Ganguly - Ten years of corporate action on climate change: What do we have to show for it?
1 Sep 2013. Andy Gouldson - Long-term corporate climate change targets: what could they deliver?
1 Mar 2013. Andy Gouldson - Funding Low Carbon Cities: Local perspectives on opportunities and risks
10 Dec 2012. Andy Gouldson, Phil Webber - Does voluntary carbon reporting meet investors’ needs?
1 Nov 2012. Andy Gouldson - Skills constraints and the low carbon transition
3 Aug 2012. Nick Jagger, Tim Foxon, Andy Gouldson - Ecological modernisation and the spaces for feasible action on climate change.
1 Aug 2012. Andy Gouldson - Ecological modernisation and the governance of carbon: a critical analysis.
1 Jun 2011. Ian Bailey, Andy Gouldson, Peter Newell - Trust-based environmental regulation
15 Oct 2010. Andy Gouldson, Bettina Lange - Better environmental regulation: contributions from risk-based decision-making
15 Sep 2009. Andy Gouldson, A Morton, S.J.T. Pollard - The interplay of actors, scales, frameworks and regimes in the governance of biodiversity.
30 Apr 2009. Jouni Paavola, Andy Gouldson, T. Kluvánková-Oravska - New, alternative and complementary policy instruments and the implementation of the water framework directive.
25 Nov 2008. Andy Gouldson, James Van Alstine, Judith Rees, V. Krishnarayan, E. Lopez-Gunn, M. Davies - New Alternative and Complementary Environmental Policy Instruments and the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive
25 Nov 2008. Andy Gouldson, E. Lopez-Gunn, James Van Alstine, M. Davies, V. Krishnarayan - Understanding business decision making on the environment
31 Oct 2008. Andy Gouldson - Ecological modernisation and policy learning in Hong Kong
1 Jan 2008. Andy Gouldson, P. Hills, R. Welford - Pollutant release and transfer registers: Examining the value of government-led reporting on corporate environmental performance
1 Dec 2007. Andy Gouldson - The battle for hearts and minds? Evolutions in corporate approaches to environmental risk communication
1 Feb 2007. Andy Gouldson - Corporations and the governance of environmental risk
1 Feb 2007. Andy Gouldson - Do firms adopt lower standards in poorer areas? Corporate social responsibility and environmental justice in the EU and the US
6 Dec 2006. Andy Gouldson - Corporate environmentalism: Tracing the links between policies and performance Using corporate reports and public registers
16 May 2006. Andy Gouldson
Books
- Climate Change and the Governance of Corporations: Lessons from the Retail Sector
22 Oct 2020 - Corporate social responsibility, sustainability and the governance of business, Handbook of Sustainable Development: Second Edition
26 Sep 2014 - Licensing and Certification to Increase Skills Provision and Utilization Amongst Low Carbon SMEs
13 Feb 2014 - The Economics and Financing of City-Scale Retrofits
1 Jan 2014 - The Economics of Low Carbon Cities: Approaches to a City-Scale Mini-Stern Review
1 Jan 2013 - Ecological modernisation and the spaces for feasible action on climate change.
1 Nov 2011 - Ecological modernisation and the spaces for feasible action on climate change
1 Jan 2011 - Integrating environment and economy through ecological modernisation? An assessment of the impact of environmental policy on industrial innovation.
1 Jul 2009
Working papers
- Can national policy blockages accelerate the development of polycentric governance? Evidence from recent developments in UK climate policy
31 Oct 2016 - Accelerating low carbon development in the world’s cities
23 Jul 2015 - The economic case for low carbon cities
1 Nov 2014 - Understanding the Governance of Corporations: Linking theory and practice through an examination of the factors shaping UK supermarket strategies on climate change
1 Apr 2014 - The Governance of Corporate Responsibility
1 Jul 2013 - Funding low carbon cities: mapping the risks and opportunities
1 Nov 2012 - Skills constraints for low-carbon transitions
1 Jun 2012 - Ecological modernisation and the governance of carbon: a critical analysis
1 Jul 2010
Policy publications
- Financing inclusive climate action in the UK: An investor roadmap for the just transition
Policy publications, 1 Oct 2019 - Investing in a just transition in the UK: How investors can integrate social impact and place-based financing into climate strategies
Policy publications, 4 Feb 2019 - The economics of low carbon cities – A mini-Stern review for the city of Bristol
Policy publications, 1 Dec 2015 - National and sub-national integration
Policy publicationsResearch articles, 1 Jun 2014 - The economics of low carbon cities: a mini-Stern Review for the Leeds City Region
Policy publications, 1 Jan 2012 - The implications of the economic slowdown for greenhouse gas emissions and targets
Policy publications, 1 Oct 2009
- Low carbon investment in cities creates big wins for governments, jobs and economies
8 Jun 2018 - Potential for Leeds to lead on low carbon investment
18 May 2018 - Biggest-ever energy study reveals UK citizens are overpaying by £7bn a year
7 Sep 2017 - Cities “blind” to emissions, new CCCEP study finds
15 Feb 2017 - Why low-carbon urban development in African cities makes economic sense
22 Mar 2016 - Low-carbon future could save Brazilian city billions
25 Feb 2016 - Was Paris enough? Leeds public event fuels debate
4 Feb 2016 - New report launched at COP21 bolsters economic and political case for low-carbon urban investment
1 Dec 2015 - Low-carbon cities are a great economic opportunity, says CCCEP’s Andy Gouldson on the BBC’s Paul Hudson Weather Show (on www.bbc.co.uk)
8 Nov 2015 - A big leap for Kolkata’s carbon-neutral dream (on timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
20 Nov 2014 - Climate change: why UK and Japanese retailers respond differently (on www.ethicalcorp.com)
17 Apr 2014 - Effective governance of corporate responsibility (on www.ethicalcorp.com)
17 Sep 2013 - Corporate Climate Change Targets and the Low Carbon Economy: A Critical Assessment (on )
20 Aug 2013 - Forced to show carbon footprint (on www.ethicalcorp.com)
8 Nov 2012 - Finding the finance (on www.environmental-finance.com)
21 Aug 2012 - Financing low carbon cities: reconciling needs and expectations (on www.theguardian.com)
17 Aug 2012 - Financing low carbon cities: reconciling needs and expectations (on www.theguardian.com)
17 Aug 2012 - Are there limits to energy efficiency for supermarkets? (on www.theguardian.com)
5 Jul 2012 - Are there limits to energy efficiency for supermarkets? (on www.theguardian.com)
5 Jul 2012 - Five obstacles to reducing value chain greenhouse gas emissions (on www.theguardian.com)
5 May 2011 - Whose responsibility is it to reduce carbon emissions? (on www.theguardian.com)
18 Apr 2011 - Whose responsibility is it to reduce carbon emissions? (on www.theguardian.com)
18 Apr 2011