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Feeling the squeeze
credit: Planet Under Pressure/Elsevier The consensus of the academic community gathered at the Planet Under Pressure conference in London at the end of March seemed to be that the pressure is indeed...
View ArticleRio+20: “the future we want” or “old shoes in a new box”?
The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro, brought sustainable development to the forefront of the international policy agenda. A set of key...
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Climate Change – The Lima Hangover
sustainable world (c) istockphoto The 20th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate change opened in Lima on 1st December and finally closed at 1.30am on the morning of...
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Negotiating Climate Change – Guest Seminar by Jeffrey Sachs
Professor Jeffrey Sachs is Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, in New York, where he holds two professorships; he is also Special Advisor to the current UN Secretary-General on the...
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Future Energy – Thoughts on conditions for environmentally sound UK shale gas...
Two recently published papers (McGlade & Ekins (2015) and McGlade et al. (2014)) examine possible futures for fossil fuels, with a particular focus on the ‘bridging’ role that natural gas may be...
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But what will our world look like?
I am in the business of foresight, projections and scenarios. As a scientist I cannot tell you what the future brings nor what our world will be under +2, 4 or 6 degree warming. What I can say, is...
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A research journey from Italy to UCL
I was raised in Italy and every woman raised in Italy loves fashion, and don’t get me wrong, I really do love fashion. The region where I come from (Le Marche) produces some of the best and most famous...
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The costs and benefits of EU energy and climate policy
Michael Grubb, Professor of International Energy and Climate Change Policy at UCL, examines claims that EU energy regulation increases the costs of UK energy bills and argues that many benefits are...
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Industry doesn’t have to suffer to protect the environment
Addressing climate change requires strong measures to decarbonise the supply of energy. However, there are concerns that decarbonising energy supply simply drives up the cost of energy – and that this...
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The making of a globally sustainable energy system
Blog by Steve Pye, Paul Ekins, Ian Hamilton, November 2016 As delegates at COP22 in Marrakech convene to discuss how to implement the Paris Agreement, there is a continuing focus on how to move to a...
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