New UKERC policy brief published!

Policy, Risk & Investment in UK Offshore Wind Capacity, by colleagues in UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, provides analysis of policy design impact on risk management and investor engagement.

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#OffshoreWind #NetZero #EnergyPolicy #Investment

We're excited to share that The Bartlett has been ranked #1 in the world in Architecture and the Built Environment for the second year in a row by QS World University Rankings.

We also remain #1 in the UK for the tenth year running!🎉 UCL
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How are individuals fighting climate change & how important is the role of local activism?

Listen to the #UCLGenerationOne podcast with @profmarkmaslin, Simon CHIN-YEE, Kris De Meyer, Versha Jones, Annabel Rice, Kris de Meyer, and Louise Harris. Sustainable UCL
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See the future this summer! ☀️

At the Festival of Engineering this July, you can discover how engineers are tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges - from responding to the climate crisis to engineering a fairer society.

How are researchers getting involved with the global fight against climate crisis and what explains the recent, sudden decrease in insect numbers? Join our own Yaroslav Melekh at the next UCL 'Pint of Science' event, to find out.
Book now ➡️ pintofscience.co.uk/event/ch-ch-ch…
#biodiversity

For all who are celebrating, we extend warm wishes for a joyous Easter!

COP28 UAE agreed to 'transition away' from #fossilfuels and research by Steve Pye and Jame Price shows that approx. 60% of oil & gas and 90% of coal reserves need to stay in the ground if we are to limit #globalwarming - but how?
Learn more ➡️ bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/fossil-fuel-ph…
#UCLenergy

If no-one is there to hear a ghetto blaster in a glacial valley, is it really noise pollution? Tin Oberman, Francesco Aletta and Simone Torresin have been to the Arctic Circle, the Dolomites & the Cairngorms to conduct 'soundwalks' to explore.
Learn more ➡️ ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/envir…

The Bartlett Promise aims to enable students from backgrounds underrepresented in The Bartlett to pursue a PhD at The Bartlett.

Study a #PhD with us funded by The Bartlett Promise PhD Scholarship:
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Applications close 12 May 2024
#Scholarships

How do we keep the power on without wrecking the planet? Our own Jim Watson just went before the Energy Security and Net Zero Parliamentary Select Committee, urging greater action on #energytransition , #sustainability and #decarbonisation .
Learn more ➡️ ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/susta…

Following the historic agreement to “transition away” from fossil fuels at last year’s #COP28 , groundbreaking UCL UCL Energy Institute research estimates the amount of fossil fuels that must remain in the ground to limit global warming to 1.5°C. #TheBartlettReview
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Our own Michael Grubb has been a prominent proponent of Green Power Pools (GPP), to reform the UK energy market. In a major shock, GOV.UK has formally abandoned this economic, sane and sustainable reform - so what's the why, and what next?
Learn more ➡️ pesmedia.com/uk-steel-indus…

When we're talking about #criticalminerals #mining , how can we reconcile economic prosperity with sustainability? Zambia depends on copper and cobalt for 70% of its export earnings and we're working with them on harmonising policy and profit.
Learn more ➡️ ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/susta…

International shipping causes a significant amount of global carbon emissions, and this could grow massively if unchecked. UCL research is creating new pathways to power the shipping industry with green energy. IMO

Read more in #TheBartlettReview 👇
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🎉Congratulations to Katya Duncan, Nouriel Leichter, Neel Kulkarni and Sebastian Campos from our Economics & Policy of Energy & Environment MSc, who have reached the final of the Kellogg Morgan Stanley #Sustainable #Investing Challenge 2024.🎉
Learn more: sustainableinvestingchallenge.org

Can we increase #materi ­alefficiency in construction? Our own Ian Hamilton and Dr Harshavardhan Jatkar co-lead a new United Nations publication on national priorities for efficiency strategies and #greenhousegas #emissionsreduction in Argentina, Mexico, and Indonesia.
Learn more ➡️ ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/energ…

A new startup founded by our own Aidan O'Sullivan named Carbon Re has launched an AI platform, Delta Zero, which allows #carbonemissions to be hugely reduced in heavy industry, e.g. by up to 10% in #cement production.
Learn more ➡️ bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/using-ai-to-cu…

Do we really need more #gaspower plants? Our own Jim Watson has contributed to a series of cautionary expert responses to the upcoming speech on new gas power plants by Claire Coutinho MP, UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.
Read now ➡️ sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reactio…

NEW EPISODE of Innovation for Sustainability for UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.

Sarah Goodenough of Climate Policy Radar on being at the cutting edge of applying #AI to #climate law and policy.

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We're hiring: we are recruiting a Lecturer in Economics and Finance of Sustainability, to strengthen our research and teaching capacity at the intersection of #sustainability , #economics and #finance .
Apply now ➡️ ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…