Outreach
Indian lecture tour
It seems fitting to launch this website against the background of a brief Indian lecture tour and engagements: fitting for...
Welcome to my Website
Welcome to my website. I’ve worked on energy systems, economics & policy dimensions of climate change over decades. This...
An energy revolution is possible – but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it
Limiting climate change will require an unprecedented global movement to make low-carbon technologies the norm. COP26 – the...
Towards Net Zero in UK manufacturing: Options and challenges for the biggest emitting sectors
Energy-intensive industries are vital to modern economies but are also a major source of greenhouse gases (GHG). In the UK,...
The IPCC Mitigation Assessment – key insights
This event, held on 5th April the day after the publication of the IPCC Sixth Assessment of Climate Change Mitigation,...
The UK energy strategy is both incoherent and cowardly
FULL VERSION OF A FINANCIAL TIMES OP-ED (Abridged, FT 7 APRIL 2022) WITH THIS TITLE. SIX MONTHS LATER THE UK GOVERNMENT...
Renewables are cheaper than ever – so why are household energy bills only going up?
Not for the first time, global energy markets are in turmoil. Internationally traded gas prices more than quadrupled in 2021....
EEIST: Transformative Energy Innovation Dialogues, COP26 Discussion
Launch of the 2021 EEIST flagship report: The New Economics of Innovation and Transition, including case study examples of...
Eco-nomics and the Climate
Professor Michael Grubb joins host Amanda Carpenter in this fascinating “eco-nomics” discussion with Dr Alex Köberle. What...
Innovation for Planetary Health: Energy Transition and the Next Industrial Revolution
Innovation in technologies and systems is critical to addressing planetary health challenges. But what can be done to ensure...
Inaugural Lecture: Energy, Europe and the Economics of Innovation
Energy was at the heart of the industrial revolution and oil and electricity helped to shape the 20th Century. Innovation is...