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"North Sea oil drilling expansion could be worth up to £82 for UK households - but it's much less than renewables would save" - The Express reports on new analysis from the Oxford Smith School, which showed how renewables could save households up to £441 a year. 

Cassandra Etter-Wenzel, Dr Anupama Sen and Professor Sam Fankhauser explore the UK Government's options for helping vulnerable households through the current energy crisis in The Conversation, including social tariffs and discounted public transport.

Dr Stephen Lezak discusses the impact of the United States' retreat from global climate action in The Conversation. "The demand for clean air, cheap energy and competent governance doesn’t go away because one administration decides to ignore it," he says. 

Dr Laurence Wainwright comments on the mental health risks of extreme heat and climate change in Medscape. 

Europ.Info profiles current Oxford Smith School MSc student Princess Theodora of Liechtenstein. "Princess Theodora’s decision to enroll reflects the program’s reputation for transforming theoretical knowledge into impactful leadership practices." 

Foresight, an AI-powered project delivery platform for large-scale infrastructure, announced it has raised $US25 million in Series A funding. “Delays in major projects are not rare events caused by black swans. They are systemic, driven by small, compounding execution failures and predictable human biases in planning and decision-making. My research at Oxford has spent years quantifying this problem," said Dr Atif Ansar, co-founder and Excecutive Chairman at Foresight and Programme Director, Oxford Programme on the Sustainable Future of Capital Intensive Industries at the Oxford Smith School. 

Cassandra Etter-Wenzel, Anupama Sen and Nadia Schroeder explore whether drilling more oil and gas from the North Sea could lower household bills in The Conversation. "Our analysis suggests the effect would be minimal. Even if the UK maximised North Sea extraction and returned revenues directly to households, the reduction in energy bills would be at most a modest £82 per year – far smaller than the savings expected from accelerating the shift to renewable energy."

A UK powered fully by renewable energy could save all households up to £441 a year on their energy bills, according to a new Oxford Smith School analysis. In comparison, maximising oil & gas extraction from the North Sea would save households a modest £16 - £82 per year - and only if the tax revenues collected were distributed to households to offset their energy bills, the authors say. 
 

Oxford Smith School alum Cynthia Ezinne Ohaeri shares her academic journey and how she aims to inspire others in the Nigerian Tribune. "I was raised to see excellence as a consequence of effort and of being willing to tap into your core potential, in spite of your personal limitations," she said.