Aligning Consumer Decisions and Sustainability Objectives: Energy Efficiency in the Residential Retrofit Market

Tyndall Alumni shortlisted for Climate Week Award

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Tyndall Centre and UK Energy Research Centre partners awarded £4.5million on infrastructure transitions

A consortium of Tyndall Centre and UK Energy Research Centre partners, led by Jim Hall of the Tyndall Centre at Newcastle University, has been awarded £4.5million by EPSRC for a five year programme on infrastructure transitions.

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Is Economic Volatility Detrimental to Global Sustainability?

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The Governance of Clean Development: CDM and Beyond

Analysis of which features of the actors, institutions, and policy-making processes involved in clean development are resulting in effective climate action and development benefits, which are not, and why.

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Sustainability Meta Labelling: A Discussion of Potential Implementation Issues

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Using sustainable wood could hold the key to lowering harmful greenhouse gases

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UK’s shipping emissions six times higher than expected says new report

Carbon dioxide emissions produced by UK shipping could be up to six times higher than currently calculated, according to new research from The University of Manchester.(Full report, pdf)

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Book Review, Environment & Planning C. “Factor Five: Transforming the Global Economy through 80% Improvements in Resource Productivity. By Weizsäcker, Hargroves, Smith, Desha & Stasinopoulos. London & Sterling, VA: Earthscan.”

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Historical Scaling Dynamics in Energy Technologies

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Financial mechanisms for sustainable forestry

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