Publications


The stumbling block in ‘the race of our lives’: transition-critical materials, financial risks and the NGFS climate scenarios

Working paper by Hugh Miller, Simon Dikau, Romain Svartzman, Stéphane Dees on 30 Jan 2023

This paper empirically estimates the material demand requirements for so-called ‘transition-critical materials’ (TCMs) implied under two climate scenarios and finds potentially serious supply ‘bottlenecks’ for three materials – copper, lithium and nickel – which are exacerbated if the transition is delayed.








Distributional impacts analysis of engineered Greenhouse Gas Removal technologies in the UK

Policy publication by Josh Burke, Esin Serin on 29 Jul 2021

The UK’s net-zero commitment assumes the use of greenhouse gas removal (GGR) technologies, but there is little understanding of how they might be funded and who will bear the cost. This study prepared for the National Infrastructure Commission analyses how the distribution of costs for funding these technologies impacts society across income deciles.