The knotty problem of allocating greenhouse gas emission quotas across countries was, until the Paris Agreement, the primary barrier to concerted action on reducing climate change. Digging deeper, however, two … read more »
Energy is needed for economic growth, and access to cheap, reliable energy is an essential development objective. Historically most incremental energy demand has been met through fossil fuels; however, … read more »
This paper estimates the consumer surplus associated with heating, transport and lighting over more than 200 years and identifies the gains from a number of key energy transitions. read more »
The UK’s 50 largest cities could save £7 billion annually and create over 90,000 years’ worth of extra employment by adopting simple measures to cut their energy use and counter climate change. The most comprehensive survey yet of cities’ energy-saving capabilities shows they are failing to capitalise on profitable opportunities which could slash costs for […]
The future of the UK’s trade with the EU and beyond is currently uncertain. What is certain is that the UK will need to secure trade deals to guarantee its … read more »
Simon Pirani, Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, will be the speaker for this seminar. The facts of the global consumption growth of coal, oil … read more »
China is taking an active leadership role in a new global agenda that has sustainable infrastructure at its heart – an agenda that is starting to address the … read more »
In his speech last week, President Trump claimed that the Paris Agreement on climate change “disadvantages the United States to the exclusive benefit of other countries, leaving American workers…and taxpayers … read more »
Programmes by the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England designed to boost economic growth after the 2008 financial crash could inadvertently be giving high-carbon sectors an advantage over their low-carbon counterparts. These measures, including quantitative easing, may be coming to an end, but their ‘high-carbon skew’ could have a long term impact on the UK and Eurozone. read more »
Both climate change and the low-carbon transition are likely to have deep implications for the functioning and stability of the macro financial system. The discussion of possible risks … read more »
