Publications

Further information on publications and books that we produce and contribute to are available here.

  • Paper: System change in a regulatory state paradigm: the “smart” grid in the UK

    October 1, 2013

    Paper: System change in a regulatory state paradigm: the “smart” grid in the UK

    System change in a regulatory state paradigm: the “smart” grid in the UK By: Matthew Lockwood Presented at: Innovation, technology and regulation – Exploring new modes of energy governance. At 7th ECPR General Conference, Sciences Po, Bordeaux, 4 – 7 September 2013 Introduction This paper examines one aspect of the political dynamics of the transition to a more sustainable energy system in the UK. The focus is on ‘smart grids’, which involve innovation in regulated monopoly electricity networks. The smart grids agenda is central to more sustainable electricity systems, as it will be essential for

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  • Article: Paying for climate policy

    September 27, 2013

    Article: Paying for climate policy

    Paying for climate policy: The case for long-term public borrowing By: Matthew Lockwood Published in Juncture 26 Sep 2013 We should ‘borrow’ from future generations to fund measures to mitigate climate change now, argues Matthew Lockwood. Ed Miliband’s dramatic pledge to freeze energy prices at the Labour party conference this year was a simple, and so far popular, move. But underneath it lies a complex dilemma for the left on climate policy. In the mid-2000s, a wave of public concern about climate change led centre-left politicians across Europe to the view that a deeper green agenda could

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  • Book: New Challenges in Energy Security

    September 13, 2013

    Book: New Challenges in Energy Security

    New Challenges in Energy Security – The UK in a Multipolar World Edited by Catherine Mitchell, Jim Watson and Jessica Whiting We are faced with the twin urgent challenges of delivering a low carbon and secure energy system. The last few years have seen Britain moving from being a net exporter to a net importer of energy. The threat of climate change has led to the slow but inexorable inclusion of environmental concerns in mainstream energy policy. Against this backdrop, economic and political power around the globe has altered, creating a complex, multipolar world. Rising

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  • Paper: The Political Sustainability of Climate Policy: The case of the UK

    August 19, 2013

    Paper: The Political Sustainability of Climate Policy: The case of the UK

    The Political Sustainability of Climate Policy: The case of the UK By: Matthew Lockwood In: Global Environmental Change Abstract: This paper assesses the forces working for and against the political sustainability ofthe UK 2008 Climate Change Act. The adoption of the Act is seen as a landmark commitment to action on climate change, but its implementation has not been studied in any depth. Recent events, including disagreements over the fourth carbon budget and the decarbonisation of the electricity sector, shows that while the Act might appear to lock in a commitment to reducing emissions through

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  • Book: The Energy Security-Climate Nexus

    June 20, 2013

    Book: The Energy Security-Climate Nexus

    The Energy Security-Climate Nexus: Institutional Change in the UK and Beyond By Caroline Kuzemko In the advent of important crises of both climate change and energy supply (in)security, questions are being asked about changes in energy governance. Caroline Kuzemko explains how and why change takes place and discusses the convoluted UK energy governance system that has emerged between 2000 and the present day. She applies a complex theoretical approach based on new institutional concepts of policy paradigm change, but which also utilises concepts of (de)politicisation and securitization. UK energy governance, like energy policy elsewhere, is

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  • Report: Ensuring renewable electricity investments

    April 19, 2013

    Report: Ensuring renewable electricity investments

    This new report, drafted by a group of 12 internationally renowned renewable electricity policy and market experts, sets out 14 policy principles for ensuring renewable electricity investments for a post-2020 perspective. It reflects the shared views of the expert group on policy principles that need to be met by a framework for post-2020 renewable electricity (RES-E) investments. The aim of this paper is to provide policy makers and interested stakeholders with a set of consensual principles for designing future remuneration schemes that will provide an effective, efficient and societally acceptable framework for RES-E investment in the coming decade. Authors inlcude

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  • Book Chapter: The political economy of low carbon development

    March 22, 2013

    Book Chapter: The political economy of low carbon development

    New book chapter from Matthew Lockwood: The political economy of low carbon development in F. Urban and J. Nordensvard (eds.) Low Carbon Development: Key Issues, published by Earthscan/Routledge. For more information visit the Routledge website. Low Carbon Development: Key Issues is the first comprehensive textbook to address the interface between international development and climate change in a carbon constrained world. It discusses the key conceptual, empirical and policy-related issues of low carbon development and takes an international and interdisciplinary approach to the subject by drawing on insights from across the natural sciences and social sciences

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  • A book review of Carbon Crunch in Juncture

    March 21, 2013

    A book review by Catherine Mitchell of Dieter Helm’s Carbon Crunch in IPPR’s quarterly magazine Juncture – it is available via the Wiley website, for subscribers: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291744-

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  • Draft Written Evidence to Scrutiny Committee of the Energy Bill

    January 18, 2013

    Draft Written Evidence to Scrutiny Committee of the Energy Bill

    Draft Written Evidence to Scrutiny Committee of the Energy Bill Prof Catherine Mitchell, University of Exeter. Jan 15th 2013 Introduction The Electricity Market Reform (EMR) process, which has culminated in the Energy Bill, provided an opportunity to establish an energy system fit for the purpose of enabling Britain to move to a secure, efficient and affordable sustainable energy economy.  At the moment, the Energy Bill does not do this. If it goes through as it is without substantial amendments it will represent a wasted opportunity which will have to revisited reasonably soon. The original aim

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  • Book: Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia

    January 5, 2013

    Book: Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia

    Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia Edited by Caroline Kuzemko, Andrei V. Belyi, Andreas Goldthau and Michael F. Keating Energy in Europe and Russia is in flux. The authors address key issues in this context and seek to analyze contemporary transition processes in the region’s energy sector. They look at whether and how transnational policy mechanisms can generate sufficient steering capacity to address pressing energy policy issues, including environmental concerns, energy transit or rapidly changing natural gas markets. Moreover, they explore the impact climate change concerns have on policy making in the energy

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