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Grid Connected but the Urban Poor Still Lack Energy Access
Grid Connected but the Urban Poor Still Lack Energy Access. 9 December 2015. This week at the COP21 climate change negotiations in Paris, there has been discussion of the role cities can play in reducing emissions. There has also been discussion of…
Development Planning Unit
UCL-Energy Deputy Director and heads of research groups state hopes for COP21
UCL-Energy Deputy Director and heads of research groups state hopes for COP21. 2 December 2015. France is hosting and presiding over the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…
UCL Energy Institute
Nationwide leads research group on Green Mortgage lending with UCL-Energy as academic partner
Nationwide leads research group on Green Mortgage lending with UCL-Energy as academic partner . 1 December 2015. Mortgage lenders, building industry experts, green energy academics and sustainability bodies have all joined forces to launch research…
UCL Energy Institute
UCL IEDE Director states hopes for COP21
UCL IEDE Director states hopes for COP21. 30 November 2015. France is hosting and presiding over the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC (COP21), otherwise known as “the…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Policy implications of meeting the 2C climate target
Policy implications of meeting the 2C climate target. 26 November 2015. The inherently global nature of shipping has (certainly in the past half century) dictated the regulation of the shipping sector. Both the IMO and the ICS have affirmed their…
UCL Energy Institute
Emissions budgets for shipping in a 2°C and a 4°C global warming scenario
Emissions budgets for shipping in a 2C and a 4C global warming scenario. 26 November 2015. To achieve the widely accepted goal of keeping global temperature rise below 2C above pre-industrial levels, greenhouse gas emissions must reduce drastically…
UCL Energy Institute
Policy implications of meeting the 2C climate target
Policy implications of meeting the 2C climate target. 26 November 2015. The inherently global nature of shipping has (certainly in the past half century) dictated the regulation of the shipping sector. Both the IMO and the ICS have affirmed their…
UCL Energy Institute
Emissions budgets for shipping in a 2°C and a 4°C global warming scenario
Emissions budgets for shipping in a 2C and a 4C global warming scenario. 26 November 2015. To achieve the widely accepted goal of keeping global temperature rise below 2C above pre-industrial levels, greenhouse gas emissions must reduce drastically…
UCL Energy Institute
Prof Paul Ekins responds to plan to close UK coal-fired power stations
Prof Paul Ekins responds to plan to close UK coal-fired power stations. 18 November 2015. UCL ISR Director Prof Paul Ekins OBE, responds to the government’s announcement to close the remaining UK Coal fired power station by 2025. Prof Paul Ekins…
UCL Inst. for Sustainable Resources
UCL IEDE-Tsinghua University collaboration on low carbon buildings in China funded by EPSRC
UCL IEDE-Tsinghua University collaboration on low carbon buildings in China funded by EPSRC. 4 November 2015. Researchers from UK and Chinese universities are collaborating on four new projects to work towards achieving low carbon cities in the UK…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering