Amplify project
We’ve just launched Amplify – a confidential forum for members of the energy research community to share accounts of workplace bullying and harassment.
Carbon taxes could fund free green electricity and public transport
Using carbon tax revenue to fund free green electricity and public transport could significantly reduce individual households’ greenhouse gas emissions, a new study has found.
Seven reasons global transport is so hard to decarbonise
Transport is now the largest emitting sector in many developed countries, accounting for 21% of global carbon emissions. In this blog, Christian Brand, lists out seven reasons why it is such a hard sector to decarbonise.
SME and sustainability research – the beginning of a new research network?
In this blog, Tina Fawcett and Sam Hampton talk about their desire to facilitate a stronger SME and sustainability research network, through which they hope to support a just transition of SMEs to net-zero.
Using knowledge exchange to help research make sense
CREDS Centre Manager, Clare Downing, reflects on the motivations for undertaking a research paper on knowledge exchange – as a way to encourage researchers to think more about embedding it within their research projects for greater impact.
Rural communities most exposed to risk of energy and transport poverty, new study finds
Rural residents are most likely to be impacted by the twin pressures of energy poverty and transport poverty simultaneously, a new study from our University of Sussex-led research project warns.
Why the PM is wrong: we cannot avoid ‘hairshirtism’ because of the technological promises of ‘guilt-free flights’
In this blog, CREDS researcher Noel Cass argues that radical behaviour change is needed if we are to meet net-zero goals and points to research undertaken by many within CREDS that shows we actually need less.
Changing our way of living – why and how?
While changes to our lifestyle are crucial, they do not often enough translate into policy. How could personal carbon budgets contribute to those changes?
The UK can more than halve its energy demand by 2050 and improve quality of life
First-of-its-kind research from CREDS shows that it will be difficult and expensive to meet the UK’s net-zero target without serious measures to reduce demand for energy.
CREDS interdisciplinary energy demand studentships call Q&A
Following the webinar on our new studentships call, the questions asked have been answered and the presentation made available to download.
Re-thinking the zero carbon energy transition
Nick Eyre explores a new way of thinking about the energy transition, as well as showing how it will lead to major opportunities for energy efficiency.
The contribution energy demand reduction could make to tackling the climate emergency
Our upcoming report, The role of energy demand reduction in achieving net-zero in the UK, will be launched on 6 October. In this blog, Sam Betts-Davies and John Barrett point to one of the key findings that the UK could reduce its energy demand by 52% by 2050 relative to 2020 levels.
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