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1 July 2021
Green Transition Navigator launched
New tool to help countries identify opportunities in the transition to the green economy
28 June 2021
Incentives for zero-emissions shipping
A new report shows how contracts-for-difference could be to achieving the decarbonisation of the industry
14 June 2021
ETFs are financing fossil fuel companies at large scale
New research from Ben Caldecott and Christian Wilson
28 May 2021
Priorities for pulling carbon from the air
How can we get carbon removal right without distracting from the critical task of reducing emissions?
10 May 2021
Net zero is crucial for tackling climate change despite greenwashing fears
How to avoid greenwashing on the path to meeting emissions reductions
20 April 2021
Flight costs could return to 1970s prices to account for environmental impact
Myles Allen speaks to BBC Radio 4's Today programme
19 March 2021
7 December 2020
Feedbacks - Michaelmas Term 2020
A round up of our recent news and research in our latest newsletter
11 November 2020
Make India's post Covid recovery green
Sugandha Srivastav and Brian O'Callaghan explain why in The Time of India
22 July 2020
How to decarbonise conference travel after COVID-19
Calculating the impact of biennial events, regional hubs and virtual attendance in Nature
15 October 2020
Myles Allen joins the Countdown
TED and Future Stewards launch the Countdown initiative ahead of COP26
8 May 2020
Destination: green airline bailouts
Cameron Hepburn and Brian O’Callaghan argue that airline bailouts must be linked to climate targets.
8 April 2020
Economics of energy innovation and system transition
New three year project to transform policy making
10 February 2020
Investing in green doesn’t equal greening the world
Ben Caldecott argues in IP&E that we need to be wary of greenwashing
19 October 2019
SIPs at TEDx Vienna
Cameron Hepburn explains how sensitive intervention points (SIPs) can lead to runaway change for a better world.
24 May 2019
Every business must have a plan for when net emissions are zero
Myles Allen and Cameron Hepburn's letter published in the Financial Times.
14 December 2018
30 June 2021
Podcast: Matthew Ives on solar power and experience curves
Matthew Ives talks to the Hear This Idea podcast.
23 June 2021
11 June 2021
G7: the last chance for a green recovery
Myles Allen is among the academics explaining why in The Financial
28 May 2021
Building back better after viral attack in India
India needs to invest in healthcare, sanitation, climate resilience, agriculture and weather forecasting
5 May 2021
Eleven ways to align global economic governance with a green new deal
What governance changes do we need to support a global green deal?
19 April 2021
A new perspective on decarbonising the global energy system
Doyne Farmer and Matthew Ives speak at the report's launch event
16 February 2021
New UK Centre for Greening Finance & Investment
Ben Caldecott will lead the new CGFI launching ahead of this year's COP26 UN climate summit
4 February 2021
Severe flood risk from glacial lake due to global warming
Report is the first to prove human caused climate change is directly responsible for creating a critical risk from Lake Palcacocha
4 December 2020
Great Wall Renewables Energy Forum
Doyne Farmer on how predicting technological progress can help solve climate change
16 October 2020
Building back greener - a critical year
Ben Caldecott takes part in a sustainability panel at the Institute of International Finance's Annual Members' Meeting
30 July 2020
Thomas Hale awarded prestigious COP26 Fellowship
Thomas Hale has been awarded one of four Fellowships in the run up to COP26 in November 2021
18 June 2020
Four ways for economies to grow back greener
Ben Caldecott explains why green finance is necessary for coping with climate change
10 June 2020
Companies' ESG scores improve macroeconomic growth
New report aligns ESG scores with improved GDP and employment
28 May 2020
China can lead a green recovery
Cameron Hepburn discusses green policies and post pandemic recovery in China Daily
21 May 2020
6 May 2020
A green COVID-19 recovery to save the climate and the economy
New research shows that green stimulus packages are the best option
21 January 2020
Feedbacks - Hilary Term 2020
Our newsletter features our latest publications and updates as well as a chance to win €1,000.
6 December 2019
We really may have just 11 years to save the climate
Thomas Hale comments in Climate Home News on the implications of the 2030 climate change deadline.
10 October 2019
Futuremakers podcasts on climate change
Our researchers discuss climate change in a series of podcasts
20 April 2019
Protesters should be wary of 12 years to climate disater slogans
Myles Allen explains why in The Conversation.
29 June 2021
Poor use of science jeopardises climate litigation
Study shows that using the most up to date scientific evidence is crucial to the success of climate lawsuits
15 June 2021
9 June 2021
New independent group to help tackle 'greenwashing'
Ben Caldecott is among members of the Green Taxonomy Advisory Group launched today
24 May 2021
Oxford-led greenhouse gas removal programme launched
£30 million given to and Oxford-led consortium of a dozen universities.
23 April 2021
The cost of financing new coal power has never been more expensive
New report on "The energy transition and changing financing costs"
26 May 2021
Climate activists claim breakthrough victory against Shell
Dutch court orders Shell to accelerate emissions cuts
12 January 2021
Africa's green energy transition unlikely this decade
New study predics that less than 10% of new power generated on the continent will come from wind or solar
29 July 2020
Time to make 'net zero' mandatory for financial institutions
Ben Caldecott explains why the time is right to make financial institutions commit to net zero
4 June 2020
Preparing for a green recovery
Cameron Hepburn talks about how a post pandemic recovery should be green in the CBI's Daily Coronavirus Webinar
26 May 2020
Rupert Stuart-Smith is awarded Alfred Steers prize
The award is for the best undergraduate dissertation in a UK geography department.
28 April 2020
Technology transfer and innovation for low-carbon development
Ryan Rafaty co-authors new World Bank book
20 February 2020
Fossil fuel industry is the only global institution that can solve climate change
Myles Allen in conversation with Jim Al-Khalili on Radio 4
15 January 2020
PCT involved in UK-China cooperation on climate change
The PCT Programme is to apply Oxford’s cutting-edge modelling capability to the UK-China cooperation programme on Climate Change Risk Assessment
1 December 2019
New CFTC Climate Subcommittee
Ben Caldecott has been appointed to a new US Commodity Futures Trading Commission subcommittee.
9 October 2019
UN climate talks must include cities, businesses
Thomas Hale writes that cities, regions and businesses helped deliver the Paris Agreement - their mandate should be extended.