Posted by: Guest Blog
Publish date: 15th November, 2017 | 12:53pm15/11/2017
By Dr James Derbyshire, Senior Research Fellow at Middlesex University
In both our professional and personal lives, what is most available and prominent in our mind’s eye is what is already true, as represented by the present situation. Because of this availability of the pr…
Posted by: Hector Pollitt
Publish date: 14th November, 2017 | 3:14pm14/11/2017
This blog post is the result of a Twitter discussion started by the SIM4NEXUS EU research project and including the economist Kate Raworth, the author of the recently published book ‘Doughnut Economics’.
On the thread there was general agreement that mainstream neoclassical ec…
Posted by: Hector Pollitt
Publish date: 1st November, 2017 | 1:38pm1/11/2017
Cambridge Econometrics’ projections suggest that the carbon emissions gap to 2°C might be 10 GtCO2e in 2030, notably less than projections by other research institutes, including those in the UNEP report published this week. There is reason to be optimistic.
But …
Posted by: Chris Thoung
Publish date: 11th October, 2017 | 10:35am11/10/2017
The latest edition of the Gender Equality Index, published today, shows that Europe is moving in the right direction. However, as the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)* says, this progress has come at a snail’s pace.
The Index highlights conti…
Posted by: Sachin Babbar
Publish date: 4th October, 2017 | 3:27pm4/10/2017
Autonomous vehicles will change settlement patterns by removing the need to live close to our workplace or public transportation. This will enable people to leave cities, swapping urban life for peaceful, rural locations.
Accidents caused by drink driving and human error will …
Posted by: Phil Summerton
Publish date: 21st September, 2017 | 9:18am21/9/2017
An issue that often arises when discussing a transition to electric vehicle use is fuel duty revenues, and how and whether governments will enforce new taxes to replace them.
How much revenue does fuel tax generate, and how long would it take for UK fuel duty revenue to reach …
Posted by: Phil Summerton
Publish date: 12th September, 2017 | 4:23pm12/9/2017
On 11 September 2017 the UK government announced that two developers would commit to delivering 2.4GW of offshore wind capacity for a strike price of £57.50 per MWh generated from 2022/23, taking the industry by surprise. Comparisons to the £92.50 MWh required by the plann…
Posted by: Sachin Babbar
Publish date: 12th September, 2017 | 12:30pm12/9/2017
There is a tsunami on the horizon… autonomous vehicles are coming. The impact of this disruptive technology will ripple through the economy affecting our behaviour, our industries and our governments’ policies. The changes will be profound.
Our recent market fore…