Evidence Notes: Environment and Climate Change

View our published research evidence notes providing insights into the challenges and opportunities for the future of the urbanised world.

2023

Report on the inquiry ‘Environmental Change and Food Security’
Written evidence submitted by the Institute for Sustainable Resources (ISR) and Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research (CBER) December 2023

2022

Joint response by climate policy experts from UCL and LSE to BEIS Call for Evidence
Towards a market for low emissions industrial products pdf
March 2022

BEIS Consultation on low emissions
ICEC-MCM Response to BEIS consultation on low emissions industrial products pdf
February 2022

2021

House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee Inquiry
Mobilising action on climate change and environment: behaviour change pdf
December 2021

Revised Energy National Policy Statement (NPS)
The BEIS Inquiry into the Revised Energy National Policy Statements (NPS) (written evidence) pdf)
November 2021

Technological Innovations and Climate Change
Technological Innovations and Climate Change: Community Energy inquiry pdf
March 2021

2020

Creating markets for industrial decarbonisation
UCL-BEIS Roundtable Summary
July 2020

Just Transition: Pathways to Socially Inclusive Decarbonisation
COP26 Universities Network Briefing
October 2020

2017

UK Industrial Electricity Prices: Competitiveness in a Low Carbon World
Electricity Pricing Policy paper pdf
2017

2016

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee inquiry into industrial strategy
Research Insight Briefing pdf
November 2016

Building space weather resilience in the finance sector
Policy briefing pdf / Space Weather Planning Table pdf
July 2016

2015

Health and Climate Change: a UCL-Lancet Commission 15
Briefing for national policymakers
June 2015

Health and Climate Change: a UCL-Lancet Commission 15
Briefing for health policymakers and health professionals
June 2015

Health and Climate Change: a UCL-Lancet Commission 15
Briefing for the global health community
June 2015

Health and Climate Change: a UCL-Lancet Commission 15
Briefing for UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Negotiators
June 2015

2014

UK citizen views on Carbon Capture and Storage
Policy briefing pdf
November 2014

Time for Change? Climate Science Reconsidered A policy briefing on the report of the UCL Policy Commission on the Communication of Climate Science
Policy briefing pdf
June 2014

Greening the Recovery The report of the UCL Green Economy Policy Commission
Policy briefing pdf
February 2014

2013

Data, decision-making and disasters: the effective use of engineering research and consultancy in disaster response and recovery
Data Decision Making Disasters policy briefing pdf
September 2013

2012

UCL Laws, UCL Grand Challenges and UCL Public Policy Policy briefing: Public participation and climate change infrastructure
Policy briefing pdf
August 2012

2011

Going Low-Carbon: The governance of climate change technologies
Policy briefing pdf
December 2011

Durban Deal-Breakers
Policy briefing pdf
November 2011

2010

Tackling Climate Change
Briefing for Chris Huhne MP: Follow-up to UCL dinner on 18th November
November 2010