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PhD Studentship opportunity at UCL ISR on modelling and assessing the impacts of energy production
PhD Studentship opportunity at UCL ISR on modelling and assessing the impacts of energy production. 12 May 2016. Fully funded PhD Studentship on modelling and assessing the impacts of energy production and conversion on the Environment-Energy Nexus.…
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Prof Michael Grubb responds to concerns over the UK's energy supply
Prof Michael Grubb responds to concerns over the UK's energy supply. 4 April 2016. As concerns grow over the future supply of electricity caused by recent coal-fired power plant closures, many experts, including UCL ISR’s Prof Michael Grubb, have…
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Should the UK pull plug on Hinkley Point nuclear power station?
As concerned British MPs get to quiz EDF executives in London today, UCL ISR Director Prof Paul Ekins OBE calls for a serious rethink of the world’s biggest nuclear power project.…
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Resources:Framed Photography Competition 2016 Results
To coincide with the 2016 UN-Water theme and World Water Day on March 22, this year’s Resources:Framed photo competition was themed ‘Water for People, Water by People’.…
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Fully funded PhD Studentship on global food production available
Fully funded PhD Studentship on global food production available. 21 March 2016. PhD Studentship on the impacts of climate change and land degradation on global food production. Overview. • Title: PhD Studentship on the impacts of climate change…
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Role of gas as 'bridge' to a low carbon future in the UK is limited, new research finds
Role of gas as 'bridge' to a low carbon future in the UK is limited, new research finds. 23 February 2016. Research highlights ‘lack of a clear vision of the future role for gas’ in the UK’s energy system, and cautions that, without CCS, a…
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Can Our Economies Grow Forever? - Paul Ekins TedxUCL Talk
Can Our Economies Grow Forever? - Paul Ekins TedxUCL Talk. 2 February 2016. As human economies grow, they use more and more natural resources and increase their impacts of the environment. The question arises as to whether continuing economic growth…
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UCL ISR Director joins colleagues in warning over EU exit
UCL ISR Director joins colleagues in warning over EU exit. 28 January 2016. Prof Paul Ekins OBE, Professor of Resource and Environmental Economics and Director of the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, has joined colleagues from a range of…
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Scenarios for deployment of hydrogen in contributing to meeting carbon budgets and the 2050 target
Scenarios for deployment of hydrogen in contributing to meeting carbon budgets and the 2050 target. 1 December 2015. Scenarios for deployment of hydrogen in contributing to meeting carbon budgets and the 2050 target. London, UK. Hart, D., Howes, J.,…
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New report by UCL ISR 'UK Energy Policy: Politicisation or Rationalisation?'
New report by UCL ISR 'UK Energy Policy: Politicisation or Rationalisation?'. 26 November 2015. UCL ISR launches a new report on the UK Energy Policy to coincide with the release of the UK Committee on Climate Change 5th Carbon Budget today. The…
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