Publications

Public sector agenda for stimulating private market development in green securitisation in Europe

Policy publication by Sean Kidney, Diletta Giuliani, Beate Sonerud on 27 Feb 2017

Headline issue Scaling up investment in low-carbon infrastructure is of paramount importance for limiting global warming to 2°C and for the EU to meet its 2030 emissions targets. The annual global investment required for infrastructure in a low-carbon scenario amounts to trillions of euros; this is not being met. This paper examines the role that […]

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Developing an Input–Output based method to estimate a national-level EROI

Working paper by Lina Brand Correa, Paul E. Brockway, Claire Carter, Tim Foxon, Peter Taylor on 27 Jan 2017

Concerns have been raised that declining energy return on investment (EROI) from fossil fuels and low levels of EROI for alternative energy sources could constrain the ability of national economies to continue to deliver economic growth and improvements in social wellbeing. However, in order to test these concerns on a national scale, there is a […]

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Submission to inquiry by the House of Commons Select Committee on Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee on ‘Leaving the EU: negotiation priorities for energy and climate change policy’

Policy publication by Bob Ward, Maria Carvalho on 24 Jan 2017

This submission to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee’s inquiry on Leaving the EU: negotiation priorities for energy and climate change policy focuses on the following questions: Which aspects … read more »

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Historical Energy Price Shocks and their Changing Effects on the Economy

Research article by Dirk-Jan van de Ven, Roger Fouquet on 23 Dec 2016

The purpose of this paper is to identify the changes in the impact of energy shocks on economic activity – with an interest in assessing if an economy’s vulnerability and … read more »

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Submission to the inquiry on ‘Brexit: environment and climate change’ by the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee

Policy publication by Bob Ward, Maria Carvalho on 2 Nov 2016

This is a submission by the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science to the inquiry on ‘Brexit: environment and climate change’ by the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee. It highlights […]

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Tales from the tails: Sector-level carbon intensity distribution

Working paper by Baran Doda on 10 Oct 2016

This study of 39 countries shows that business sectors that have low levels of carbon dioxide emissions per output are outpacing the general economy in terms of productivity growth, while increasing the number of jobs and skill levels. read more »

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Historical energy transitions: Speed, prices and system transformation

Research article by Roger Fouquet on 30 Sep 2016

The relatively rare and protracted nature of energy transitions implies that it is vital to look at historical experiences for lessons about how they might unfold in the future. … read more »

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Asset accounting, fiscal policy and the UK’s oil and gas resources, past and future

Working paper by Giles Atkinson, Kirk Hamilton on 23 Sep 2016

The UK has been an exception to the trend of channelling revenues arising from the depletion of subsoil assets into a resource fund. In this paper, we construct an asset … read more »

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Reserves and trade jointly determine exposure to food supply shocks

Research article by Alessandro Tavoni on 14 Sep 2016

While a growing proportion of global food consumption is obtained through international trade, there is an ongoing debate on whether this increased reliance on trade benefits or hinders food … read more »

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Lessons from energy history for climate policy: Technological change, demand and economic development

Research article by Roger Fouquet on 3 Sep 2016

This paper draws lessons from long run trends in energy markets for energy and climate policy. An important lesson is that consumer responses to energy markets change with economic … read more »

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