CREDS’ response to the Committee on Climate Change’s recommendations for the UK’s sixth carbon budget
We are already confident that the social and technical changes identified in the CCC report can reduce energy use by significantly more than their projections assume.
Our response to the government’s 10-point plan for a ‘Green Industrial Revolution’
There remains too little to convince us that the government has yet understood the need to prioritise reducing energy demand.
Health inequalities & climate change assessed together for equitable green recovery
CREDS researcher, Ian Hamilton, supported work on a report, released last Friday, which looks at the inequalities in health and the health of our planet.
CREDS Director Nick Eyre appointed as scientific advisor to Oxford City Council
Nick Eyre appointed as Oxford City Council’s first scientific advisor in its efforts to move to net zero.
Seasonality – our second flexibility reading room
Our online reading room featured four presentations on seasonality which led to interesting discussion on a huge subject.
Queen’s birthday honours for CREDS researcher Janette Webb
CREDS researcher Janette Webb, Professor of Sociology of Organisations at the University of Edinburgh, has been granted a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her services to energy transition in the UK.
Delivering a net zero NHS
Report launched this week on the path to a net zero NHS, supported by CREDS researchers.
Online reading room explores temporal aspects of energy demand
The Flexibility team were joined in an online reading room by a panel of international guests to discuss a new article, Conceptualising flexibility.
The GLA launches the London Solar Opportunity Map, created by the UCL Energy Institute
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Solar Opportunity Map which shows the energy potentially available on all roofs and areas of open land for the whole of the capital out to the M25 motorway.
The GLA launches the London Building Stock Model, built by the UCL Energy Institute
We’re excited to announce the launch of the London Building Stock Model which provides detailed data on every separate domestic and non-domestic building in the 33 Boroughs of Greater London.
Ending the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans
We support the proposed policy change of bringing forward the end to the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans from 2040 to 2035 or, earlier.
A data strategy to promote the clean growth of UK industries
New report from CREDS and Aether explores whether the existing data on industrial energy use and emissions can meet the challenges associated with the UK’s ambition to be net zero by 2050.
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