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Permission to Say “Capitalism”: Principles for Critical Social Science Engagement With GGR Research

by Eamonn | Sep 21, 2021

The grand scale of GGR deployment now necessary to avoid dangerous climate change warrants the use of grand interpretive theories of how the global economy operates. We argue that critical social science should be able to name the global economy as “capitalism”; and...

Cutting Carbon in the Time of COVID

by Admin | Sep 15, 2021

This paper was written in anticipation of COP26 in Glasgow in 2021. It reiterates the need for a ‘green recovery’ from the COVID-19 pandemic, and emphasizes the need for a tightening of current NDCs. Despite having the global governance architecture for climate change...

Personal carbon allowances revisited

by Eamonn | Aug 16, 2021

Here we discuss how personal carbon allowances (PCAs) could play a role in achieving ambitious climate mitigation targets. We argue that recent advances in AI for sustainable development, together with the need for a low-carbon recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, open...

Governing Carbon Dioxide Removal in the UK: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead

by Admin | Aug 10, 2021

This Policy Brief reviews the experience of the UK in developing principles for the governance of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) at scale. Early discussions on CDR governance took place in two separate and somewhat disjointed policy domains: forestry, on the one hand,...

What next for local government climate emergency declarations? The gap between rhetoric and action

by Admin | Aug 1, 2021

The UK, like other countries, has seen a proliferation of declarations of local climate emergencies. While these declarations have been interpreted as a demonstration of ambition, little is known about how and why they actually came about when they did and the...

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