How to tackle car inequalities fairly?
Latest blog from Noel Cass asking how unfair inequities in car use might be fairly tackled. Car use policy could focus on enabling social practices to be accomplished differently.
John Barrett receives OBE for services to Climate Change Assessment
John Barrett, of CREDS, receives an OBE for his services to Climate Change Assessment.
Can household heating be more flex-friendly and keep occupants cosy?
In a recent workshop with BEIS, CREDS researchers explored how households flex their heating demand.
Behaviour change and travel demand reduction – the Lords are listening?
At a recent discussion at the House of Lords’ Environment and Climate Change Committee, Jillian Anable focused on the difficult, systemic rethinking of transport that is required to achieve swift reductions in car mileages.
Why is it so hard to engage SMEs on climate change?
Katherine Sugar and Sam Hampton report on an SME Engagement Workshop, discussing the challenges of SME engagement and how these can be overcome.
Peer-to-peer energy: lucky for some?
Peer-to-peer buying and selling of electricity could mean bill savings – but it depends on who you know and where you live.
Do teleworkers travel less? The challenge of tele-sprawl
Does working from home reduce travel or does it encourge more trips for purposes other than commuting as well as people choosing to live farther from their place of work?
New research casts doubt on environmental benefits of hybrid working
Our new study finds that, prior to the pandemic, most remote workers in England travelled further each week than office-based workers – despite taking fewer trips.
Why the ‘Energy Security Strategy’ won’t work
The Prime Minister’s strategy will boost UK energy supply, but any effective strategy also has to address how much energy we use and how to reduce it.
Why leaving climate policy to behaviour change will never be fair
In this blog, Noel Cass argues that the decisions people make are determined by infrastructure – yet the government still treats these systemic determinants as if they are simply matters of consumer choice.
Women in energy
To mark the end of Womens’ History Month, Anuja Saunders, EDI Manager at CREDS looks at the work still to be done to break the bias in the energy sector.
Travel resilience lessons from the pandemic. Travelling less could be here to stay finds new study
A new report published today, Less is More: Changing travel in a post-pandemic society, finds that people have been able to adapt significant elements of their daily travel to do what they want by travelling less.
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