Issues: Climate change and energy

Climate change and energy

SGR produces a range of outputs on the issue of 'Climate change and energy'. This covers climate change science, technological and policy responses to climate change, energy supply technologies (especially renewable energy and nuclear power), energy use and energy efficiency (including in transport and buildings), and related policy and lifestyle issues.

Flooding (Hermann Traub via Pixabay)

Climate change: an introduction to SGR's work

An introduction to SGR's concerns and activities on climate change.

Latest update: 28 August 2020

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The carbon footprint of military sectors in the EU

Militaries are high consumers of fossil fuels – and yet they are frequently exempt from publicly reporting their carbon emissions. A new report by SGR and CEOBS examines the size of the military carbon footprint in the EU. Stuart Parkinson and Linsey Cottrell report.

23 February 2021

Scorched desert

Military v climate spending in the UK

In November 2020, the UK government announced a huge increase in military spending, a modest increase in climate change spending, and an enormous cut to the overseas aid budget. Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, looks at the implications for Britain's effort to tackle the climate crisis.

22 February 2021

Bike

Commuter behaviour change during lockdown

Dr Jan Maskell, SGR, summarises how commuters changed their behaviour during the Covid-19 lockdown in spring 2020, and assesses the implications for tackling the climate emergency.

8 January 2021

Cover of Scientists behaving responsibly report, shows a burger, a plane, a scientist in a lab and someone installing solar panels

Over 100 sign Science Oath for the Climate

Scientists, engineers and academics working in climate commit to personal behaviour change and calling out policy conflicts to tackle the climate emergency

10 December 2020

Plane (Holger Detjea via Pixabay)

What is the potential for rapid transition of the aviation industry after Covid-19?

Presentation by Dr Lucy Gilliam, Transport and Environment, at SGR conference, Transition Now

7 November 2020

Trident submarine

The hidden military implications of ‘building back’ with civil nuclear

Dr Phil Johnstone, Sussex University, presents the evidence that the UK's nuclear power programme has strong military links. Presentation at the SGR conference, Transition Now

7 November 2020

Industry

Industrial conversion during the Covid-19 crisis

Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, looks at how arms, car and plane companies retooled to produce medical ventilators. Presentation at the SGR conference, Transition Now.

7 November 2020

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Lessons from finance and place-based dialogue on rapid, just transition

Prof Nick Robins, London School of Economics, examines how the banking sector can support a rapid, just, net-zero emission economic conversion across the UK.

7 November 2020

Land Rover Defender

Overconsumption, the climate emergency and the scientific community

Prof Julia Steinberger, University of Lausanne, argues that tackling the climate crisis requires drastic changes to contemporary human society, but that decent material living for all the world's population can still be achieved.

4 November 2020