Reeves says “Over the next few years we will be even more insulated as more of that renewable energy comes online ”
This is amazing and true but what if we invest in demand-side measures like actual home insulation to make us even less exposed to energy shocks??
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
📈 Energy prices are rising again. How can the UK better protect households from global fuel price shocks? In this new blog, @mcbrisbois.bsky.social and Caroline Kuzemko argue that reducing energy demand must be central to energy security: www.edrc.ac.uk/news-blog/ho...
@ukerc.bsky.social
The UK needs to get off gas now.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Someone needs to tell the Labour Party.....
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fundamentally flawed economic models mean #climatecrisis could crash global economy, experts warn
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Join me in conversation with @carolinelucas.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social & Jean McLean to discuss hope & despair in building progressive futures together.
February 18th 5.30pm at the @attenboroughac.bsky.social Sussex University. Register here:
www.attenboroughcentre.com/events/5651/...
Mine's going the same way but I do very much miss the old Twitter community. The move to different platforms has shaken up and broken lots of connections - it's probably good for my efficiency though:)
Energy security isn’t just about supply. ⚡
New @financialtimes.com report featuring Dr Marie Claire Brisbois on why energy demand-side policies are key to resilience, reduced imports & stronger communities.
#UCLGeography #EnergyPolicy #EnergySecurity @edrc-uk.bsky.social @ukerc.bsky.social
In this week's newsletter:
New podcast: @laurasandys.bsky.social & Rob Gross on big ideas for affordable energy.
Our response to the Scottish Parliament's Draft Climate Change Plan Scrutiny.
@mcbrisbois.bsky.social's blog redefining energy security as a demand issue.
👉 mailchi.mp/18f9e06ebdf1...
Glad to see Green Party Leader Elizabeth May amplifying the demands of the Xinka people to permanently shut down the Escobal mine - owned by Vancouver-based Pan American Silver!
And we are also curious about when the CORE will have a new ombudsperson again, and be given real teeth to do its work.
Jonathan Mills of DESNZ @biee.org #BIEE2025 conference has noted that the social dynamics behind #flexibility need research.
It's thus a good time to flag Helen Poulter and I's paper on the key role of trust in flexible systems (Helen presenting at 1:15)!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
If we want automated, flexible electricity systems that integrate private assets then we need an energy system that people can trust.
See our latest to understand why we need more attention to people and governance of flexibility.
@edrc-uk.bsky.social
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Today on Volts: the sun doesn't shine at night, but if you add batteries it might as well! If you're not closely tracking the industry, you're probably not aware of just how cheap solar+storage is getting, and how quickly. I talk with the authors of a new Ember report about the good news.
Our paper “Developing a relational approach to energy demand: A methodological and conceptual guide” has won a prize: the Energy Research & Social Science Best Paper Award! You can read it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... thanks to funding from @ukerc.bsky.social
My favourite @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social tool for understanding public opinion on climate is now available for the UK! 🇬🇧
Find out how many people in your area are worried about climate change, have experienced its impacts, support action from the government and more. The answers may surprise you!
Now out! Our argument that a "just" transition must address historical and structural inequalities, along with present transition injustices.
With @lukashermwille.bsky.social and many others! @coaltransitions.bsky.social @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Catch our new research published in Nature Energy today how compounding injustices can impede a just energy transition. Benjamin Sovacool @sovacool.bsky.social Lukas Hermwille @lukashermwille.bsky.social Mare-Claire Brisbois @mcbrisbois.bsky.social
bennettinstitutesussex.org/stories/a-ju...
This is great news - and would have saved me £400.
Although, having the neighbours informed about our heat pump through the planning system has actually been a really effective way of introducing them to how great it is.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Group of Energy & Climate MSc students visiting a solar farm.
University of Sussex Energy and Climate Policy MSc students visiting the Meadow Blue community-owned solar PV farm near Chichester today.
Really interesting to see solar powering community benefits across West Sussex! ⚡
Many thanks to Tom Broughton and Anna Glanville-Hearson.
I contributed to this article about how China has just gone and done it on electrification (even if still underpinned by coal for now), while the rest of are still tied up in (fossil-fuel funded) arguments about whether electrification, EVs and heat pumps work.
Come work with us at @ucl.ac.uk Institute for Sustainable Resources. Looking for a new lecturer in Environmental Policy.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Marie Claire Brisbois during the ITV interview speaking in front of the camera with the University of Sussex campus in the background
🚗⚡ Ending EVs’ vehicle excise duty exemption raises big questions about pollution & the shift to cleaner transport. Yesterday, @mcbrisbois.bsky.social told ITV News Meridian how EV adoption helps cut fossil fuel pollution in cities.
Watch here (interview at 9:30): 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zKW...
Not in the middle of talk. Sorry about that!
A really great @sussexnrggroup.bsky.social annual key note lecture with Dhara Vyas of @energyuk.bsky.social on what's happening and where were going with the UK energy system.
@edrc-uk.bsky.social
This is quite good.
We also can't demonise people who support Trump but instead must organise with them. They often reasonably want radical change to broken systems - we need to collectively develop a better version of radical change than the Trump/Musk one.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's gas that is making UK electricity expensive.
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Last week, we caught up with @mcbrisbois.bsky.social from @sussexnrggroup.bsky.social for #IWD! 🚨 We talked motivation, her impactful work with @edrc-uk.bsky.social, and the two must-read papers topping her list right now.📚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS8R...
Great to see Trump discover electricity trading and the possibility that it can be switched off on the same day.
entirely unrelatedly, if you think you have enough power over your opponent to force a settlement, you should probably find out if you actually do before trying to
