“Building Back Better” in Practice
A Science-Policy Framework for a Green Economic Recovery after COVID-19, policy research working paper, Theodoros Zachariadis, Nestor Fylaktos, Elias Giannakis, Constantinos Taliotismarios, Karmellos, Mark Howells,
How to create twice as many jobs by integrating climate policies in COVID-19 economic recovery packages
An illustration from Cyprus blog post, Theodoros Zachariadis, Nestor Fylaktos, Elias Giannakis, Constantinos Taliotismarios, Karmellos, Mark Howells, Will Blyth, Stéphane Hallegatte (Cyprus Institute, host of
Energy White Paper blog
This UKERC blog by Will Blyth outlines the key messages from the Government’s Energy White Paper which sets out commitments and policy proposals for a
Decision-support tools
Article published in Climatic Change with Paul Watkiss. A review of decision-support tools for assessing climate change adaptation investments.
Denial of Fossil Fuel Subsidies Hobbles UK Energy Policy
UK politicians are mired in a fruitless blame-game about energy prices. But high prices are not the problem. It is the total bill that matters, especially to poorer consumers. Dealing with the poor efficiency standards of existing UK housing stock is the way to tackle this. And reducing fossil fuel subsidies could provide the source of finance to do so.
Nuclear subsidies: a gamble on the price of gas
See here for an article of nuclear subsidies published in May 2013 edition of ‘The Conversation’
UK Energy Subsidies
OEA wrote the background paper which launched the Parliamentary Inquiry into UK energy subsidies on April 24th 2013. The report sets out the various ways
Electricity Markets under Deep Decarbonisation
This research project was carried out over a period of 18 months to December 2012 for EPRI, the Electric Power Research Institute in California. The
Strategic Energy Planning – Training Course in Hong Kong
In Feb 2013, OEA led a 3 day training course for the Hong Kong government on strategic issues affecting energy sector planning. Delivered in partnership
Renewable Energy Readiness Assessments
Will Blyth was part of the team working for IRENA to develop ‘Renewable Energy Readiness Assessments‘. This involved developing a framework for defining policy readiness,