Associate Professor, University College London | Researching climate politics, ethics, law & governance | Tweeting in personal capacity.
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Joined November 2009
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Our new research in @sciencemagazine shows that no new fossil fuel projects are needed to meet energy demand in scenarios limiting warming to 1.5°C. We need bans & advocacy to build a #NoNewFossil norm doi.org/10.1126/science.adn6… @OlivierBvK @st_pye @FuelOnTheFire @ucl @IISD_Energy
My new article with @zadra_michele in @PoPpublicsphere critically reflects on the potential for citizens' climate assemblies to provide an escape route from the apparent “democracy–decarbonization dilemma". doi.org/10.1017/S15375927261…
The UK's strong new climate test for proposed oil & gas projects casts Australia's environmental impact assessment laws in an unflattering light: my new piece in @insidestorymag insidestory.org.au/britains-… @UCLPolicyLab
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Read @carla_denyer on the latest UCL report exploring the implications of new oil and gas fields in the UK, co-authored by Policy Lab Theme Lead @fergusgreen.
Temperatures soaring, wildfires burning, crops failing. Every new oil field will make the crisis worse. I've written to @mgshanks to seek assurance that following the new ‘scope 3’ emissions guidance, govt will reject any application to drill Rosebank or Jackdaw #StopRosebank
ALT Screenshot of a letter on parliamentary headed paper from Carla Denyer MP to Michael Shanks MP. The full text of the letter is linked in the subsequent tweet.
Yesterday the UK govt issued strong new guidance to oil & gas producers on incorporating combustion emissions into their environmental impact assessments. I comment on the new guidance and link it to my new legal research working paper, here: ucl.ac.uk/political-science/… @uclspp
Check out our new report reviewing the evidence on the climate impact of new oil and gas fields. @UCLPolicyLab @uclspp @UCL_Energy
We have a new @UCLPolicyLab report out, reviewing the scientific evidence on the impacts of new oil and gas fields.
It finds that aligning with the Paris goals requires granting no new licenses or development consents for new oil and gas.
ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/sites/p…
A reminder that the application for this research fellow/research assistant position is due end of the day this Friday (30 May)!
@fergusgreen is hiring a short-term postdoc (think "summer project"), or PhD-student RA, with advanced expertise in quantitative text analysis to support myself and Dr Marion Dumas (LSE) in a European Horizon-funded grant project. Details here buff.ly/xopqYIb
My key takeaways from the EFTA Court advisory opinion on the requirements for assessing petroleum extraction projects under the EU's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive and the implications of failing to adhere to those requirements. eftacourt.int/wp-content/upl…
But this does not preclude "regularisation" of an already-operating project by conducting the EIA while it is operating, so long as (i) this does not allow parties to circumvent their obligations and (ii) the project's past as well as future impacts are assessed. ...