The Paris Agreement, the shale revolution in North America, and the fall in the cost of renewable power have changed the geopolitical context of UK’s low carbon energy transition.
This theme explores the global geopolitical consequences of energy system transformation, while also looking at the political implications of Brexit and beyond for the UK’s net-zero energy and climate strategy and it changing place in the world.
This extended blog argues that existing analyses of energy geopolitics are limited and proposes a...
This blog argues that focusing on increasing gas supply won't solve the energy crisis. Instead, the...
This blog highlights a demand-side approach to energy security, emphasising how reducing fossil...
This article, published in the journal Energy Policy, examines the evolution of the local government-led process in the Netherlands for heat decarbonisation governance, drawing on documentary evidence and interviews with people connected to the Dutch residential heat transition.
With the world's energy system undergoing a major transformation impacting economies, politics and society as a whole, traditional concerns about fossil fuel dependence aren't enough. This journal article proposes a new framework to understand this ongoing shift, considering the complex interplay of high- and low-emission energy sources.
The Netherlands and the UK are embarking on heat transitions from similar starting points, with a heavy dependence on natural gas. This article explores how their governance approaches differ, through the development of a comparative institutionalist framework.