Sam Fankhauser

New: UK electricity bills must be fairer, not just lower.
Households already face big differences in what they pay 👉by region, payment type & housing quality. With new reforms coming, low-income homes could be hit hardest unless protections are introduced.
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Tory plan to scrap net zero target puts UK climate leadership at risk The country has enjoyed a unique period of consensus and stability under the Climate Change Act, which the Tories now want to scrap.

"When colleagues & I interviewed people (...) about the act a few years ago, they emphasised the predictable process, the clear rules on accountability & the evidence-based discourse it has enabled." @samfankhauser.bsky.social @theconversation.com theconversation.com/tory-plan-to...

Tory plan to scrap net zero target puts UK climate leadership at risk The country has enjoyed a unique period of consensus and stability under the Climate Change Act, which the Tories now want to scrap.

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "Badenoch’s announcement that the Conservatives will repeal the 2008 Climate Change Act if they win the next general election has the potential to be a major own goal..." – @samfankhauser.bsky.social | @theconversation.com
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Climate Policy is recruiting new associate editors

📣 The deadline for applications to our Associate Editor role has been extended to 14th September 🕑 ❗

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We’re thrilled that @samfankhauser.bsky.social from @smithschool.ox.ac.uk has joined the Advisory Board of our Centre for Private Finance in Development!

Sam will help us shape new thinking about how to mobilise more private capital for development & close the development financing gap.

What share of new car sales are electric?

Here are a selection of countries for 2024 👇

Explore more here: ourworldindata.org/grapher/elec...

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What's current in REEP (@ReepAere.bsky.social)?

"Climate Change Mitigation Policies for Developing Countries" by Juliette Caucheteux, Sam Fankhauser (@samfankhauser.bsky.social), & Sugandha Srivastav

Read article from the Winter '25 issue: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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The unequivocal case for net zero green growth by @samfankhauser.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

From access to affordability: A new lens on climate finance for LMICs The G20 has an opportunity to lead a paradigm shift in climate finance, and will not be measured by pledges.

In their latest article, @samfankhauser.bsky.social  & Gita Briel highlight the crucial shift needed in the approach to LMICs #ClimateFinance
Article sponsor: @ccgprogramme.bsky.social  

The Tony Blair Institute has now issued a statement (pic) saying the UK govt is "already pursuing" the solutions it highlights – CCS, new nuclear, etc – and that "we support the govt's 2050 net-zero targets"

The wildly inaccurate media coverage will now be corrected, right?
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Job opening: Serviced Emissions Research & Engagement Manager - Net Zero Climate The Oxford Net Zero Engagement Team is recruiting for a Serviced Emissions Research & Engagement Manager. This pivotal role will lead a high-impact initiative focused on advancing the understanding an...

🚨Job alert! The amazing Oxford Net Zero Engagement Team is recruiting for a Serviced Emissions Research & Engagement Manager! Deadline: 12pm on May 16th. Read more: netzeroclimate.org/job-opening-... @oxfordsmithschool.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @samfankhauser.bsky.social

It cannot be said often enough. Clean energy makes both economic and environmental sense. @oxfordsmithschool.bsky.social

University of Oxford establishes Oxford EARTH, a new programme for The University of Oxford is establishing a new multidisciplinary research initiative for sustainable natural resources. The Oxford EARTH programme (Ensuring equitable Access to sustainable Resources

The Oxford EARTH programme (Ensuring equitable Access to sustainable Resources for a Thriving Habitat) aims to address the challenges in natural resources underpinning the net zero energy transition.

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Oxford tops QS World University Rankings in English, anatomy and University of Oxford has secured the top place in the QS World University Rankings 2025 in three subjects: English Language and Literature, and Anatomy and Physiology and Geography.

The University of Oxford has secured the top place in the QS World University Rankings 2025 in three subjects: English Language and Literature, and Anatomy and Physiology and Geography.

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The UK’s net zero economy now generates £83.1 billion in GVA and has grown 10% in the past year, new report has found.

Commenting on findings, Louise Hellem, Chief Economist at the CBI Economics said: “It is clear, you can’t have growth without green."
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Keynote event coming up on Tuesday 11th March 2025 @ 17:00 GMT ➤ Sustainability, prosperity & global decision-making in the age of ecological scarcity with visiting fellow Ed Barbier
🛜Hybrid event at @oxmartinschool.bsky.social
🔗Registration link ➤ www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/ecolo...
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International Fellowships 2025 The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for two years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.

If you're an early career researcher - perhaps based in a fledgling authoritarian state - and want an out, @britishacademy.bsky.social offer 2-year fellowships to come to a UK university (including relocation costs and research funds).

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

This new policy brief co-authored by @samfankhauser.bsky.social and Noah Mihan, identifies 32 key GOP Members of the US House of Representatives who are most likely to oppose a full-scale repeal of the IRA's #CleanEnergy subsidies. www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

Most low and middle-income countries have climate targets, but what climate policies are best suited to their socio-economic and institutional contexts? A new paper in Review of Environmental Economics and Policy reviews the state of knowledge.

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Join ONZ Research Director @samfankhauser.bsky.social, Co-Investigator @thomasnhale.bsky.social & Fellow Injy Johnstone, along with other Oxford colleagues, for this lunchtime COP29 debrief on 21 Jan. Sign up to attend in person or online. ⬇️

‘Decarbonisation is a marathon — it will continue, despite supportive or obstructive US Presidents’ Professor Sam Fankhauser, a climate change economics expert, highlights the economic benefits of transitioning to renewable energy. He argues that this shift addresses market failures, reduces fossil ...

Great to see @samfankhauser.bsky.social interview with @economictimes.bsky.social about his latest work on the #EnergyTransition in the #GlobalSouth, soon to be launched at #COP29:
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@samfankhauser.bsky.social talks about what is COP | And he will be in person, launching The #RenewableEnergy entrepreneurs of the #GlobalSouth report during #COP29 - are you around? Register for our in-person event below 👇
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Labour has bet big on green industrial policy. But there may be there cheaper ways to net zero Big industrial projects are needed. But what about roof insulation, heat pumps and other crucial but mundane investments?

Labour’s first budget is promoting UK industry as much as net zero. It’s a bold bet. Joint commentary with Anupama Sen in @uk.theconversation.com

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Super-rapid @wwattribution.bsky.social rapid attribution study on Hurricane Milton shows that poor Floridans and US taxpayers are footing the bill for the failure to stop burning coal, oil and gas. Again. www.worldweatherattribution.org/yet-another-...

We will hear from Rachel Kyte, @samfankhauser.bsky.social, Thomas Hale and Alexis McGivern. This live virtual event is a must for media professionals, policymakers, business leaders and others interested to hear from thought leaders and experts in the field. #greensky #climatesky

Climate change was a key driver of Hurricane Helene, and is for Milton, and was for all other recent hurricanes - the US needs to prepare for previously unimaginable disasters (not just storm-related). New @wwattribution.bsky.social study: www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...