A recent rapid analysis from Anupama Sen, Nadia Schroeder and Cassandra Etter-Wenzel features in this Guardian 'explainer' that concludes renewable energy offers better cost-savings and energy security than further dependence on fossil fuels.
Recent research from Radhika Khosla and the Future of Cooling programme showed India will be one of regions most affected by extreme heat globally. In response to these findings, the Government has issued a summary of key climate adaptation activities such as heat action plans.
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.
The net zero transition will require infrastructure build-out and national coordination at dizzying scale, often relying on private enterprise to bring public good. In this Community Insight post, Ranjita Rajan and Dr Tony Ballance explain how investing in regulatory capacity will be crucial for the green transition.
Sugandha Srivastav debunks Trump's claims, drawing on research in the economics of climate change and renewable energy to conclude that 'investing in solar, wind and batteries remains the best way to reduce our bills'.
"The Times recent leading article calling for the abandonment of the UK’s clean power target misunderstands the economic and strategic case for clean energy", writes Anupama Sen. "Far from being an 'ideological obsession', decarbonising the power grid is a practical necessity."
Shrinking the UK’s Net Zero ambition would only make energy prices higher and put British industry at a disadvantage, warns professor Doyne Farmer. We must create a sustainable system of tomorrow.
Drawing on Oxford research, Telegraph World Economy Editor Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reminds readers of the falling costs of clean technology and the 'unstoppable' trajectory of the global energy transition.
Mia Fahey McCarthy, Head of Sustainability at SSE Ireland, writes on gender parity in the clean energy transition for the Oxford Smith School's Community Insights series.