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The SEG@COP26 Seminar Series: Oct 19 – Nov 16

In November, the UK hosts the delayed United Nations COP26 climate change summit. During the build-up, and over the COP itself, the Sussex Energy Group will be presenting highlights of SPRU research in the SEG@COP26 seminar series that are relevant

Posted in All Posts, Energy Governance and Policy, Energy Innovation and Digitalisation, Just and Sustainable Transitions to Net Zero, The energy transition, Wellbeing and ecological economics

Sussex Energy Group new projects: IDRIC, CREDS & more

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The UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) The decarbonisation of industrial clusters is of critical importance to the UK’s ambitions of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. The UK Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge (IDC) of the

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Counting the deaths prevented by decarbonisation: A historical analysis

Introduction While there is general consensus that renewable energy technologies can make great positive contributions towards achieving the 2015 Paris Agreement, there are associated externalities that follow the adoption of low-carbon technologies (i.e. nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, geothermal and biomass)

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Low carbon energy and national security: why incoherent policy risks delaying energy transition in Europe

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Energy transitions are progressing at increasing speed, stimulated by more ambitious climate policies in Europe and beyond. However, these positive gains are under constant threat from conflict and governance failures, heightened by the global geopolitical and economic importance of energy.

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Posted in All Posts, Energy efficiency and energy security, Energy Governance and Policy, Just and Sustainable Transitions to Net Zero, Political economy of energy, Politics of energy and energy institutions, The Co-benefits of the energy transition

Make Renovation in Housing a Green Deal Priority (Repost)

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This is the first blog in the Green New Deal Blog Series, first published on the Transformative Innovation Policy Consortium website, discussing the TIP perspective on the green new deals that are happening worldwide.  The editors of this blog series are Fred

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Posted in All Posts, Energy Governance and Policy, Just and Sustainable Transitions to Net Zero, Retrofitting buildings, The Co-benefits of the energy transition, The devolution of energy governance

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