The power to conserve: a field experiment on electricity use in Qatar
This working paper explores the effectiveness of identity-based messages on reductions in household energy consumption in Doha, Qatar.
Topic: Decarbonising energy
Seizing sustainable growth opportunities from tidal stream energy in the UK
This report assesses the potential contribution of tidal stream energy to sustainable growth in the UK to assess whether this constitutes a strategic priority for the UK.
The key to scaling up greenhouse gas removals? Robust monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV)
This commentary, originally published in Business Green, explores the crucial role of monitoring, reporting and verification for greenhouse gas removals.
Market failures and willingness to accept the smart energy transition: Experimental evidence from the UK
This research uses a novel experiment to elicit the willingness to accept of 2,430 nationally representative UK households for smart meter installation. Randomized information treatments allow for assessment of the impact on adoption and willingness to accept of oft-cited market failures, namely imperfect information asymmetries and diffusion externalities
Submission to the UK Government Review of Net Zero call for evidence
Response to the call for evidence made as part of the Independent Review of Net Zero commissioned by the UK’s Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Peer-to-peer solar and social rewards: evidence from a field experiment
Peer-to-peer solar offers households who cannot have solar panels fixed to their own homes to access solar energy from their neighbours. But because this is an invisible form of pro-environmental behaviour, the rewards in the form of social approval are lower. This working paper finds that the ability to share reports of green behaviour online made people more likely to show interest in the scheme.
Submission to the BEIS consultation on business models for greenhouse gas removals
This report consists of a submission to a UK government consultation on designing business models for greenhouse gas removal technologies.
Municipal building codes and the adoption of solar photovoltaics
A significant share of German municipalities have amended their building codes to restrict solar installations, often to preserve the historical nature of towns. These restrictions have an economically important impact on solar adoption. These restrictions should be reviewed to see whether they are still warranted today and in the future, as technology evolves.
Greenhouse gas removal technologies: Who should foot the bill?
This article discusses who should pay for carbon removal technologies such as CCUS, DAC, and BECCS. Newly published research co-authored…
Is China living up to its pledges on climate change and energy transition?
More than a year has now passed since China’s initial announcement on becoming carbon neutral by 2060. In this Guest Post for Carbon Brief, Chunping Xie asks, what expectations of progress does the world have of China – and has China lived up to them?