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.
Sugandha Srivastav comments on the need to build new green energy infrastructure to support growing energy demand from AI in a climate-compatible way, in this article from the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Bloomberg covers analysis from Noah Mihan, MSc alumnus and Smith School researcher, which assesses 220 American Republican representatives on how they might vote in a potential repeal of clean energy subsidies.
Reuters covers a recent Oxford Sustainable Finance Group report which found that the green energy transition continues at pace despite higher interest rates, and Brian O'Callaghan comments on green energy development trends in the USA.
As President Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement for the second time, Professor Sam Fankhauser warned that the U.K. will now face an “face an emboldened opposition towards net zero."
Injy Johnstone comments on domestic energy security and the benefits of freeing households from reliance on gas.
Drawing on the first comprehensive dataset of over 2,300 renewable energy start-ups across Africa and South Asia, a team led by the University of Oxford reveals current ‘hotspots’ and future business opportunities.
The Economic Times interviews Sam Fankhauser at COP29, in a wide-ranging discussion touching on renewable energy, climate change policy, and current affairs.
As COP29 kicks off in Baku, Oxford Smith School academics will be on the ground contributing their insights and expertise to help ensure the negotiations are grounded in the latest science and research.
In this commentary for the LA Times, Doyne Farmer writes about the rapid cost reductions of solar and wind technologies, and reminds the reader that we are "improving and adopting technologies that can wean us from fossil fuels just when we really need them."