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The Economist: Letter to the Editor - Carbon Utilisation
Extensive coverage in the Economist of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) prompted a response from Professor Cameron Hepburn, Director of the Smith School. The letter highlights recent research on CO2 utilisation as well as the potential of mandatory carbon sequestration - requiring fossil-fuel companies to capture and safely dispose of a fraction of the carbon dioxide that they extract or import - to speed investment in CCUS technologies.
FT: An alternative future for the sell-side analyst: eco-warrior
Dr Alex Money explores climate-related risk and the role of research analysts in this op-ed for the Financial Times. Dr Money is the Director of the Innovative Infrastructure Investment Programme at the Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and Environment and a former fund manager.
Thomson Reuters: Air conditioning for all? Hotter world faces risk of 'cooling poverty'
As extreme heat grows with climate change, finding cheaper and greener cooling is crucial to protect both people and the climate. "By the end of the century, global energy demand for cooling will be more than it is for heating," Dr Radhika Khosla told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Dr Khosla is a senior researcher at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and leads the Oxford Martin programme on the future of cooling.
Oxford hosts largest ever academic conference on sustainable finance
The Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment is hosting the 2nd Annual Conference of the Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment (GRASFI) in Oxford from 3 to 6 September 2019.