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Making sure organisations’ climate change targets are not part of a zero-sum game

Dr Andrea Smith’s thesis, What factors – external and internal – influence a firm’s choice of voluntary greenhouse gas mitigation activities?, investigated the role of renewable electricity contractual instruments (green tariffs, renewable electricity certificates, etc) in businesses’ climate change strategies.

Posted in Energy infrastructure, Energy systems and supply technology, renewables

MODERNITY WITHOUT ITS CLOTHES: THE PANDEMIC CRISIS SHINES A LIGHT ON FUTILITIES OF CONTROL

With so many self-appointed pundits (like me!) currently locked down with their laptops, the present rush of commentary on how to pivot to the coronavirus crisis is hardly surprising. Beyond the general news and commentary, scores of articles are exploding

Posted in All Posts, Energy Governance and Policy, Just and Sustainable Transitions to Net Zero

Using academia to influence policy: reflections on one year at the Energy Saving Trust

Our FAIR Research Fellow Max Lacey-Barnacle shares his experiences working in policy, and how the experience interlinks with academia. After moving from academia into policy work after completing my PhD, my time at the Energy Saving Trust (EST) as a

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Have Yourself a Low Carbon Christmas – 128 Reasons to Embrace the Low Carbon Transition

It’s the season for decorating your tree, wrapping presents in dubiously recyclable paper and heading off to see friends and family. Here at SEG all we really want for Christmas is a low carbon transition, but even as the evidence

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Productivity, collaborations, pints and jazz

Visiting Senior Research Fellow Siddharth Sareen shares his experience of the intellectual, social, and even musical life of SPRU. It’s been a happy, productive and busy old time with the Sussex Energy Group (SEG) during my semester as a Visiting

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