Outputs

In addition to peer-reviewed journal articles, the Smith School team publishes working papers, reports and policy briefs to provide timely public access to results emerging from our research, to promote discussion and to inform debate.

Lost potential: how the kidnapping of a solar energy pioneer impacted the cost of renewable energy and the climate crisis (Opens in a new tab)

Uncovering a forgotten chapter in solar energy history: in the early 1900s George Cove, a renewable energy inventor was shining a light on alternative energy sources with his revolutionary invention. It harnessed the photovoltaic effect to power small household devices.

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October 2023

Dr Sugandha Srivastav

Britain’s energy demand could be met entirely by wind and solar – both practically and economically (Opens in a new tab)

Policy brief from the working paper: Britain’s energy demand could be met entirely by wind and solar – both practically and economically.

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September 2023

Brian O’Callaghan, Emily Hu, Jonathan Israel, Chris Llewellyn Smith, Rupert Way, Cameron Hepburn

Cleaning up cleaning: policy and stakeholder interventions to put household formulations on a pathway to net zero (Opens in a new tab)

Working paper developed with Oxford Department of Chemistry, in partnership with Unilever, highlights the ‘hidden’ carbon emissions of cleaning products such as laundry detergents and shampoo. It calls for national strategies for sustainable, bio-carbon feedstocks to open up a pathway to net zero for these products and suggests a portfolio of policy options to ‘clean up cleaning’. [Working Paper No. 23-07]

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September 2023

Katherine. A. Collett, Emily Fry, Sophie Griggs, Cameron Hepburn, Gloria Rosetto, Nadia Schroeder, Anupama Sen, Charlotte Williams

Could Britain’s energy demand be met entirely by wind and solar? (Opens in a new tab)

This paper estimates the practical contributions that wind and solar electricity generation could make to decarbonise the GB domestic electricity system, incorporating recent advances in technology and significant declines in cost. It demonstrates that Great Britain’s practical wind and solar resources are more than sufficient to economically meet total net domestic energy needs. [Working paper 23-02]

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September 2023

Brian O’Callaghan, Emily Hu, Jonathan Israel, Chris Llewellyn Smith, Rupert Way, Cameron Hepburn

Demand or Supply? An empirical exploration of the effects of climate change on the macroeconomy [Working paper 23-05] (Opens in a new tab)

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July 2023

Matteo Ciccarelli, Fulvia Marotta

Vulnerability to Climate Change: Evidence from a Dynamic Factor Model (Opens in a new tab)

New model used to study how temperature and rainfall are changing in different countries. This model showed how much global temperatures have gone up and how each country's temperatures are changing in relation to the global trend, helping to understand which countries are most affected by global warming. [Working paper 23-06]