Terry is Director, Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR), Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge. He is directing NewEDGE, a project funded by The Three Guineas Trust, one of the Sainsbury Family Trusts, to simulate the historical emissions of greenhouse gases. The project adopts a whole-system approach which allows for interactions between the energy system, the economic system and emissions of greenhouse gases annually at a global level, over the period 1973 to 2006. He is Leader of Research Theme “Integrated Modelling” in the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.

Besides this work his research responsibilities have included directing contributions to the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) and to the FP6 European project Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies for Europe (ADAM), using the European and world models (E3ME and E3MG). He is Chairman of Cambridge Econometrics, the company originally formed by University of Cambridge researchers to apply the results of academic modelling research for business and government.
He was a Co-ordinating Lead Author (CLA) for the IPCC´s Fourth Assessment Report reporting in 2007, taking responsibility for the chapter on greenhouse gas mitigation from a cross-sectoral perspective. He was earlier a CLA for the IPCC´s Third Assessment Report and a member of the core writing team for the Synthesis Report Climate Change 2001. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the World Wide Views on Global Warming, and a member of Editorial Boards of International Journal of Climate Strategies and Management, of the International Journal of Global Warming and of Economic Systems Research.

Research Interests

• Systematic modelling of policies to achieve climate stabilisation
• The effects of global warming on energy demand
• Real carbon prices and long-term economic growth
• The role of money in the economy
• The effects of the banking crisis on the world and national economies and on atmospheric pollution including greenhouse gas emissions  

Current Research Projects: NewEDGE, the Tyndall  theme “Integrated Modelling”; Adaptation and Mitigation strategies for Europe (ADAM).
Main research interest is greenhouse gas abatement through fiscal policy, including use of excise duties on energy products, energy-saving incentives, R&D incentives, development of renewable energy sources. The research is mainly applied through models of energy-environment-economy systems at the UK, EU and global levels with projections to 2100.

Forthcoming publications
Van Vuuren, Detlef P., Monique Hoogwijk, Terry Barker, Keywan Riahi Stefan Boeters, Jean Chateau, Serban Scrieciu, Jasper van Vliet, Toshihiko Masui, Kornelis Blok, Eliane Blomen and Tom Kram, (forthcoming), ‘Comparison of methods top-down and bottom-up estimates of sectoral and regional greenhouse gas emission reduction potentials’ Energy Policy.
Hector Pollitt and Terry Barker, (forthcoming), ‘Modelling the financial crisis with the global E3MG model’, ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, Volume-VIII, Issue Nos 5 & 6, Sep-Nov 2009.
Barker, Terry and Serban Scrieciu, (forthcoming), ‘Low stabilisation within a “New Economics” macro-econometric framework: insights from E3MG’, Energy Journal Special Issue on low-stabilisation scenarios.
Pollitt, H. and Barker, T. (forthcoming) ‘Modelling the financial crisis with the global, econometric E3MG model’, International Journal of Applied Economics, forthcoming.

Journal articles:
Barker, T. and Scrieciu, S.Ş. (2009) ‘Unilateral climate change mitigation, carbon leakage and competitiveness: an application to the European Union’, Int. J. Global Warming, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp.405–417.
Barker, T., Ekins, P., Junankar, S., Pollitt, H. and Summerton, P (2009) ‘The competitiveness effects of European environmental fiscal reforms’, European Review of Energy Markets - volume 3, issue 1, April. 
Barker, Terry, Athanasios Dagoumas and Jonathan Rubin  (2009) ‘The macroeconomic rebound effect and the world economy’. Energy Efficiency doi: 10.1007/s12053-009-9053-y
Barker, Terry, S.Serban Scrieciu  and David Taylor (2008) ‘Climate change, social justice and development’, Development, 2008, 51: 317-324. doi:10.1057/dev.2008.33
Barker, T. (2008) ‘Achieving the EU’s 2˚C target through carbon trading’, Environmental Chemistry Group Bulletin, The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.
Barker, T. (2008) ‘The economics of avoiding dangerous climate change. An editorial essay on The Stern Review’, Climatic Change” 89:173-194. doi: 10.1007/s10584-008-9433-x
Barker, T. and Dagoumas, A. (2008) ‘A framework for transport: towards decarbonising transport’, Green Alliance pamphlet on “Is there more to life than trading?”,IPPR, London.
Barker, T., Dagoumas, A. and Rubin, J. (2008) 'The macroeconomic rebound effect and the world economy', Energy Efficiency.
Barker, T., Foxon, T. and Scrieciu, Ş. S. (2008), ‘Achieving the G8 50% target: modelling induced and accelerated technological change using the macro-econometric model E3MG’, Climate Policy Special Issue on ‘Modelling long-term scenarios for low-carbon societies’, 8: S30-S45.
Barker, T. and Rubin, J. (2008) ‘Macroeconomic effects of climate policies for road transport: Efficiency agreements versus fuel taxation for the UK, 2000-2010.’ Transportation Research Record 2017: 54-60.
Barker, T., Scrieciu, Ş. S. and Taylor, D. (2008) ‘Climate change, social justice and development’, Development, 51: 317-324. doi:10.1057/dev.2008.33
Hasselmann, K. and Barker, T. (2008) ‘The Stern Review and the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: implications for interaction between policymakers and climate experts’, 89:219-229.
Köhler, J., T. Barker, T., and Ying Jin (2008) ‘Integrated Modelling of EU Transport Policy Assessing Economic Growth Impacts from Social Marginal Cost Pricing and Infrastructure Investment’ Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 42(1): 1–21.
Warren, R. (lead author),de la Nava Santos, S., Bane, M., Barker, T., Barton, C., Ford, R., Fuessel, Hans-Martin, Klein, Rupert, Linstead, C., Köhler, J.,  Mitchell, T., Osborn, T.J., Pan, H., Raper, S,  Riley, G., Winne, S., and Anderson, D. (2008) ‘Development of the Community Integrated Assessment System (CIAS), a multi-institutional modular integrated assessment approach for modelling climate change, and of SoftIAM, its supporting software’ Environmental Modelling and Software, 5: 592-610.
Barker, T., Junankar, S., Pollitt, H. and Summerton, P. (2007) ‘Carbon leakage from unilateral environmental tax reforms in Europe, 1995-2005’, Energy Policy, 35:6281-6292.
Barker, T., Ekins, P. and Foxon, T.  (2007) ‘The macroeconomic rebound effect and the UK economy’, Energy Policy 35: 4935–4946.
Barker, T., and Rubin, J., (2007) ‘Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Policies for Road Transport: Efficiency Agreements Versus Fuel Taxation for the UK, 2000-2010’, Transportation Research Record 2017, 54-60.
Barker, T., Ekins, P. and Foxon, T. (2007) ‘Macroeconomic effects of efficiency policies for energy-intensive industries: The case of the UK Climate Change Agreements, 2000-2010.’ Energy Economics 29(4): 760-778, [ISSN: 0140-9883, doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2006.12.008
Köhler, J., Barker, T., Pan, H., Agnolucci, P., Ekins, P., Foxon, T., Anderson, D., Winne, S., Dewick, P., Miozzo, M., Green, K. (2007) ‘New Lessons for Technology Policy and Climate Change: Investment for Innovation: a briefing document for policymakers’, Climate Policy 7 156–161.
Barker, T., Pan, H., Köhler, J., Warren, R., Winne, S. (2006) ‘Decarbonizing the Global Economy with Induced Technological Change: Scenarios to 2100 using E3MG’, The  Energy Journal 27: 241-258.
Barker, T. and de-Ramon, S (2006) ‘Testing the representative agent assumption: the distribution of parameters in a large-scale model of the EU 1972-98’, Applied Economic Letters, 13:395-398.
Köhler, J., Barker, T.,  Anderson, D. and Pan, H (2006) ‘Combining energy technology dynamics and macroeconometrics: the E3MG model for climate stabilization scenarios’ for The Energy Journal Special Issue on bottom-up and top-down modeling, 113-133.
Barker, Terry, Haoran Pan, Jonathan Köhler, Rachel Warren, and Sarah Winne (2006) ‘Decarbonizing the Global Economy with Induced Technological Change: Scenarios to 2100 using E3MG’, The  Energy Journal 27: 241-258.

Chapters in Books:
Barker, T. (2009) ‘Will the reconstruction of the global economy be positive for mitigating climate change?’ in Building a low carbon future: the politics of climate change edited by Anthony Giddens, Simon Latham, and Roger Liddle, Policy Network, London. http://politicsofclimatechange.wordpress.com/publication/
Barker, T., De-Ramon, S. and Pollitt, H (2009) 'Revenue recycling and labour markets: effects on costs of policies for sustainability', in (eds) V. Bosetti, R. Gerlagh and S. Schleicher, Modeling Transitions to Sustainable Development, Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.
Barker, T., Junankar, S., Pollitt, H. and Summerton, P (forthcoming) ‘Carbon leakage from unilateral environmental tax reforms in Europe, 1995-2005’, in (eds) MS. Andersen and P. Ekins, Carbon-Energy Taxation: Lessons from Europe, Oxford University Press.
Barker, T., Junankar, S., Pollitt, H., and Summerton, P. (2009) 'The macroeconomic effects of unilateral environmental tax reforms in Europe, 1995-2012' in "Innovation, Technology and Employment: Impacts of Environmental Fiscal Reforms and Other Market-Based Instruments", edited volume "Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation VOL VI", Oxford University Press.
Fisher, B.S., N. Nakicenovic, K. Alfsen, J. Corfee Morlot, F. de la Chesnaye, J.-Ch. Hourcade, K. Jiang, M. Kainuma, E. La Rovere, A. Matysek, A. Rana, K. Riahi, R. Richels, S. Rose, D. van Vuuren, R. Warren, (2007): Issues related to mitigation in the long term context, In Climate Change 2007: Mitigation. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Inter- Governmental Panel on Climate Change [B. Metz, O.R. Davidson, P.R. Bosch, R. Dave, L.A. Meyer (eds)], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
Barker, T. (2008) ‘Climate policy: issues and opportunities’, Chapter 1 in (eds) Hugh Compston and Ian Bailey Turning Down the Heat: The Politics of Climate Policy in Affluent Democracies, Palgrave.
Barker, T., I. Bashmakov, A. Alharthi, M. Amann, L. Cifuentes, J. Drexhage, M. Duan, O. Edenhofer, B. Flannery, M. Grubb, M. Hoogwijk, F. I. Ibitoye, C. J. Jepma, W.A. Pizer, K. Yamaji, ‘Mitigation from a cross-sectoral perspective’ Chapter 11 in Climate Change 2007: Mitigation. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth  Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [B. Metz, O.R. Davidson, P.R. Bosch, R. Dave, L.A. Meyer (eds)], Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA.
Summary for Policymakers’ of Climate Change 2007: Mitigation (Metz, B., Ogunlade, D., Meyer, L. eds.) IPCC Working Group III, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2007. (with others)
 ‘Technical Summary’ of Climate Change 2007: Mitigation (Metz, B., Ogunlade, D., Meyer, L. eds.) IPCC Working Group III, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2007. (with others)

Published Reports, Newspaper Articles and Other Reports:
Terry Barker, Mark Kenber, Serban Scrieciu and Damian Ryan (lead authors) (2009) ‘Cutting the Cost: the Economic Benefits of Collaborative Climate Action’, Report for The Climate Group in the series “Breaking the Climate Deadlock”, September.

Barker, T. (2008) ‘Briefing Paper: The Macroeconomic Effects of the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy’, The Climate Group “Breaking the Climate Deadlock”, July.

Barker, T. (2008) ‘The economics of avoiding dangerous climate change’, Tyndall Working Paper 117. 2008. http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/publications/working_papers/twp117_summary.shtml
Barker, T. and Jenkins, K. (2007) ‘The Costs of Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change: Estimates derived from a meta-analysis of the literature’, A Briefing Paper for the United Nations Human Development Report.
Barker, T. and Jenkins, K. (2007) ‘The domestic energy submodel in MDM-E3’, UK Energy Research Centre Working Paper. UKERC/WP/ESM/2007/008.
Barker, T. and Foxon, T. (2006) ‘The Macro-economic Rebound Effect and the UK Economy’, UK Energy Research Centre Working Paper, 6.
Barker, T., Pan, H., Köhler, J., Warren, R. and Winne, S. (2006) ‘Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change by Inducing Technological Progress: Scenarios Using a Large-Scale Econometric Model’, Working Paper No. 77.
Barker, T., Qureshi, M. S. and Köhler, J. (2006) ‘The Costs of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation with Induced Technological Change: A Meta-Analysis of Estimates in the Literature’, Tyndall Working Paper 89.