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Techno-optimism alone won’t fix climate change

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This blog post was originally published by the Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC), 2 May 2025, written by Professor Mari Martiskainen. Ex-prime minister Tony Blair was making headlines this week by saying that current Net Zero policies are ‘doomed to…

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Which net-zero policies do people want? Launching the Local Green New Deals report

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On Monday 11 December 2023, over 200 academic, NGO, policy and local government representatives attended one of CREDS’ final webinars to hear answers to the question: ‘Which net-zero policies do people want?’

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Last week we met the Chief Executive of the Climate Change Committee. Here’s how it went.

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On Wednesday 08 November the Sussex Energy Group held its annual keynote address – always a major event on the University of Sussex Business School’s calendar. This year we were fortunate  enough to have Chris Stark as our keynote speaker. Follow…

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A new framework shows how local buy-in can deliver net-zero transitions

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A new framework is being launched this week that shows how fair and acceptable deployment of net-zero technologies can be delivered. Local communities must be consulted about – and benefit from – large-scale decarbonisation industries built in their areas, researchers…

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Sunak is right to call for an honest conversation, but his announcement yesterday was neither honest, nor a conversation

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Why Rishi Sunak made yesterday’s announcement about delaying the ban on new petrol and diesel cars and weakening the gas boiler phase out is fairly obvious – an attempt to drive a wedge between the Conservatives and Labour. This strategy is also fairly…

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