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Keeping us charged- addressing energy storage related issues

By Richard Fields Filed Under: All posts, Energy and Environment, Science and Engineering Posted: August 3, 2017

Last week, the Government announced that new diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned in the UK from 2040 in a bid to tackle air pollution. In light of this, it was also announced that the Government would invest £246m in battery technology. Here, Richard Fields, a Research Associate at the National Graphene […]

Tagged With: battery, battery technology, Cars, climate change, electric cars, energy, energy storage, graphene

Will China and India lead on global climate action and environmental protection?

By Mark Robinson Filed Under: All posts, Energy and Environment Posted: July 6, 2017

 Following the Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures conference in June, Dr Mark Robinson of the World Resources Institute looks to what needs to happen for China and India to be global leaders on addressing climate change and environmental protection. The US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement marks the culmination of a series of domestic policy […]

Tagged With: China, climate action, climate change, environment, environmental protection, global politics, india, interdependent futures, international relationship, political leadership, rising powers

The road map to renewable energy

By Patricia Thornley Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Energy and Environment Posted: May 8, 2017

Patricia Thornley, Director of The University of Manchester’s SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub, comments on the UKs desperate need for a road map to renewable energy implementation. In the UK around a third of our energy consumption is used for heating – the next government should mandate energy efficient building design in all new housing developments. Low […]

Tagged With: carbon emissions, climate change, energy, environment, low carbon, renewable energy, renewables

VIDEO BLOG: Wood stove emissions – how significant are they and how do we minimise them?

By Patricia Thornley Filed Under: All posts, Energy and Environment Posted: March 22, 2017

Following on from her blog about the role of wood stoves and biomass (wood-burning) energy generation, Professor Patricia Thornley discusses in further detail the factors associated with biomass heating and the emissions they produce.     

Tagged With: Air pollution, biomass, climate change, energy, wood stoves

Tackling the global risks of inequality: the evidence case for higher public investment

By Özlem Onaran Filed Under: All posts Posted: January 18, 2017

Guest edited by Ben Pringle, former chair of Post Crash Economics  The Davos Blog-Takeover continues with this piece from Professor Ozlem Onaran, Director of the Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre. I wanted to publish a blog from Özlem as her work into inequality and globalisation is becoming more and more relevant in the current economic […]

Tagged With: climate change, Davos, industrial policy, macroeconomics, productivity, WEF

We must allow nuclear power to play its part in tackling climate change

By Melissa Denecke Filed Under: All posts, Energy and Environment, Science and Engineering, Science and Technology Posted: November 28, 2016

This month, the twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) took place in Marrakech, Morocco. Here, Prof Melissa Denecke reflects on the letter that Women in Nuclear Global wrote on the occasion of COP21 last year and argues that investing in Nuclear Energy is vital to tackling climate change. Decision-makers across the […]

Tagged With: climate change, COP22, Dalton Nuclear Institute, energy, nuclear, nuclear power

Negotiating for the climate: COP22 vs. The election of Donald Trump

By Simon Chin-Yee and Lauren Gifford Filed Under: All posts, Energy and Environment Posted: November 16, 2016

This week, the twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) is taking place in Marrakech, Morocco. In light of the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States, Simon Chin Yee and Lauren Gifford blog from the conference, reflecting on what the election might mean for global climate change policy. […]

Tagged With: climate change, COP, COP22, energy, Trump, UN, US

Expanding Heathrow flies in the face of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change

Alice Larkin By Alice Larkin Filed Under: All posts Posted: October 26, 2016

At a cabinet committee on Tuesday, the government approved plans to build a third runway at Heathrow, expanding UK airport capacity There will be a public consultation on the effects of the expansion before the government makes a final decision as part of a national policy statement on aviation. Here, Professor Alice Larkin urges the […]

Tagged With: airport, aviation, climate change, environment, heathrow

What does Habitat 3 mean for people affected by climate change?

By Joanne Jordan Filed Under: All posts Posted: October 17, 2016

This month more than 25,000 delegates meet in Quito, Ecuador, for the Habitat 3 conference which sets out the United Nations’ New Urban Agenda – a guide to policies and approaches for the sustainable development and planning of cities and towns across the globe for the next 20 years. As part of The University of Manchester’s […]

Tagged With: cities, climate change, inequality, New Urban Agenda, United Nations

Are land-use policies jeopardising the UK’s resilience to climate change and population growth?

Claire HoolohanMaria Sharmina By Claire Hoolohan and Maria Sharmina Filed Under: All posts Posted: April 22, 2016

Land provides a wide range of goods and services to society. But with multiple demands placed on our land, both now and into the future, Claire Hoolohan and Maria Sharmina ask why are land-use policies failing to make the most of UK land? Land is an invaluable resource that sustains much of the UK economy […]

Tagged With: climate change, energy, food, Land, planning, sustainability, water

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