In 2022 and 2023, the Electricity System Operator of Great Britain introduced the first-ever country level Demand Flexibility Service, a program aimed at encouraging utilities and the general population to curtail energy demand during peak times. The DFS auctioned off MWh reductions to the grid. Octopus Energy, a utility, was the largest participant in this… Continue reading The Impact of Demand Response on Energy Consumption and Economic Welfare

Despite the benefits of transitioning to cleaner cooking technologies, burning highly polluting fuels on traditional cookstoves is still common amongst 2.3 billion people globally (IEA, 2023). The adoption of modern stoves is not the only barrier to this transition, since households with access to cleaner technologies still commonly use traditional stoves alongside these. One reason… Continue reading Behavioral Solutions for the Clean Cooking Transition: Linking Energy-Efficient Cooking Habits and the Shift to Modern Stoves

Globally, soil contain twice as much carbon as the atmosphere and twice that in trees and other vegetation. Soils have become depleted in carbon through land use change and management, meaning that there is potential in these managed soils to increase carbon stocks. Previous studies have suggested that soil carbon sequestration has a large, cost-competitive… Continue reading Soil carbon sequestration for carbon dioxide removal – a systematic review

Despite growing demand for carbon dioxide removal (CDR), there remains uncertainty around the integrity and quality of CO2 removal activities. Establishing robust monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems that support the veracity of CDR claims is essential to scaling investment and deployment. Yet, knowledge on MRV of CDR remains patchy and confusing. Synthesizing the latest… Continue reading A systematic review on the monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) of Carbon Dioxide Removal

Beyond rapid emission reductions, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is critical to ambitious climate change mitigation strategies, yet the environmental, socio-political, and economic implications of its deployment remain insufficiently understood. Recent exponential growth in literature is rapidly filling this gap but makes synthesizing the evidence on CDR side effects increasingly challenging. We address this issue by… Continue reading A new taxonomy to map evidence on carbon dioxide removal side effects

The interest in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods as solutions to mitigate climate change by capturing and sequestering atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) received considerable political and public interest in recent years. However, the deployment of these technologies is not without side-effects, involving complex trade-offs and co-benefits impacting on the environment, society, and the economy. We… Continue reading Systematic review on side-effects of CDR methods

The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Cycle has clearly shown that Carbon Dioxide removal (CDR) is an essential element of any strategy geared towards achieving the Paris climate goals. Yet, the first edition of the State of CDR Report has indicated a significant gap between how much CDR is deployed even in the most ambitious Paris-consistent mitigation… Continue reading Towards an Ecosystem of Systematic Reviews for Assessing the State of Knowledge in Carbon Dioxide Removal

For limiting global warming to well below 2°C is not enough to rapidly reduce GHG emissions we also need to actively remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Given that the broader innovation literature consistently finds long time periods involved in scaling up and deploying novel technologies, there is an urgency to developing Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)… Continue reading Governance of carbon dioxide removal (CDR): an AI-enhanced systematic map of the scientific literature

Adaptation to climate change in the agriculture sector is a complex challenge due to the many different negative effects on food production caused by climate variability and change. Using an impact chain approach can help agricultural development program planners understand the network of interlinked challenges facing farmers, but developing these chains and identifying appropriate adaptation… Continue reading Climate risk assessment and project planning for agri-food system development: An interactive tool for identifying promising adaptation options

Current food systems are neither healthy, nor sustainable. Without changes towards healthier and more sustainable food systems, it is unlikely that dangerous levels of climate change can be avoided. In my presentation, I provide an overview of food-system policies that can contribute to transforming food systems. This includes analyses of the health and environmental implications… Continue reading Impact assessment of food-system policies

Reducing hunger and improving nutrition remain key developmental priorities in India, however, despite substantial economic prosperity, slow progress has been demonstrated. Poor nutrition levels are attributed to unhealthy diets which are calorie-dense, convenience-based and lacking in micronutrients. The challenge is exacerbated manifold for the poor and marginalised, more so amongst the indigenous communities inhabiting remote… Continue reading Indigenous food systems as pathways to nutrition, health and resilience