Professor Michael Grubb joins host Amanda Carpenter in this fascinating “eco-nomics” discussion with Dr Alex Köberle. What choices and opportunities there may be to build a greener economy once the current world health crisis is over is discussed. What will the lasting impacts be on global markets and are we likely to see disruptive models emerging which will help drive us towards a more sustainable model for businesses?
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UCL has launched a new business-funded research Centre for Net Zero Market Design, that brings academics together with industry and government to inform reform of the UK’s electricity markets. Additional info in Press Release below. Establishment of the Centre builds...
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This year’s World Development Report: the Middle-Income Trap could be the most globally important economic report of any major institution, for many years. That is, in part, because of its attention to the broad range of ‘middle-income countries’, for which The...