Several members of C-EENRG pursue research agendas on different aspects of climate change and energy policy, including i) clean technology innovation; ii) public policy and institutions in the climate and energy space; and iii) the coupling of food, water and energy systems and its implications for policy-making.
Some of the research initiatives led by C-EENRG members in this area include:
Governing the Energy Transition
Understanding the Food-Energy-Water Nexus: the BRIDGE project
Innovation pathways, strategies and policies for the Low-Carbon Transition in Europe (INNOPATHS)
Co-location of manufacturing and innovation: drivers and impacts of technological innovation along the wind energy global value chain
What factors drive innovation in energy technologies? The role of technology spillovers and government investment
PRISMA – Net zero Pathway Research through Integrated Assessment Model Advancements
NERC funded Centre for Landscape Regeneration
Representative recent publications:
Navia, D., Anadon, LD. ‘Power price stability and the insurance value of renewable technologies’. Nature Energy (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-025-01704-0
Probst, B, Toetzke, M, Kontoleon, A, Anadon, LD, Minx, JC, Haya, BK, Schneider, L, Trotter, PA, West, TAP, Gill-Wiehl, A, Hoffmann, VH. ‘Systematic review of the achieved emission reductions of carbon crediting projects’. Nature Communications (2024): 15 number 9562. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53645-z.
Grubb, M., Lange, R. J., Cerkez, N., Sognnaes, I., Wieners, C., & Salas, P. (2024). Dynamic determinants of optimal global climate policy. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 71, 490-508. Link / Download PDF
Chester, D., Lynch, C., Mercure, J. F., & Jarvis, A. (2024). Stranded human and produced capital in a net-zero transition. Environmental Research: Climate, 3(4), 045012. Link / Download PDF
Hafner, S., Gottschamer, L., Kubli, M., Pasqualino, R., & Ulli-Beer, S. (2024). Building the Bridge: How System Dynamics Models Operationalise Energy Transitions and Contribute towards Creating an Energy Policy Toolbox. Sustainability, 16(19), 8326. Link / Download PDF
Sauer, J., Kirchherr, J., Plummer Braeckman, J., & Anadón, L. D. (2024). Multilevel actor networks in China’s growing fossil-fuel based role in the global electricity sector. Environmental Research Letters. Link / Download PDF
Peñasco, C. (2024). From policy to practice: The role of national policy instruments and social barriers in UK energy efficiency adoption in households. Energy Policy, 194, 114308. Link / Download PDF
Lynch, C., Simsek, Y., Mercure, J. F., Fragkos, P., Lefèvre, J., Le Gallic, T., Fragkiadakis, K., Paroussos, L., Fragkiadakis, D., Leblanc, F., & Nijsse, F. (2024). Structural change and socio-economic disparities in a net zero transition. Economic Systems Research, 1-23. Link / Download
Fuso Nerini, F., Mazzucato, M., Rockström, J., van Asselt, H., Hall, J. W., Matos, S., Persson, A., Sovacool, B., Vinuesa, R., & Sachs, J. (2024). Extending the Sustainable Development Goals to 2050 — a road map. Nature 630, 555-558. Link / Download PDF
Wan, L., Liu, Y., Lv, K., & Zhang, N. (2024). Firm Innovation in Hazy Days: Chinese Evidence. Environmental and Resource Economics, 1-32. Link / Download PDF
Lempert, R., Lawrence, J., Kopp, R., Haasnoot, M., Reisinger, A., Grubb, M., & Pasqualino, R. (2024). The Use of Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty in the IPCC. Frontiers in Climate, 6, 1380054. Link / Download PDF
Kolesnikov, S., Goldstein, A. P., Sun, B., Chan, G., Narayanamurti, V., & Anadon, L. D. (2024). A framework and methodology for analyzing technology spillover processes with an application in solar photovoltaics. Technovation, 134, 103048. Link / Download PDF
Pasqualino, R., Peñasco, C., Barbrook-Johnson, P., Senra de Moura, F., Kolesnikov, S., Hafner, S., Nijsse, F. J. M. M., Lamperty, F., Hinder, B., Melekh, Y., Sharpe, S., Jones, A. W., Anadon, L. D., Lenton, T. M., & Grubb, M. (2024). Modelling induced innovation for the low-carbon energy transition: a menu of options. Environmental Research Letters, 19, 073004. Link / Download PDF
Cheong, B. C. (2024). Analysing Singapore’s Recent Carbon Credits Initiative. Cambridge Journal of Climate Research, 1(1), 24-28. Link / Download PDF
Galeazzi, C., Steinbuks, J., & Anadón, L. D. (2024). Assessing the impact of renewable energy policies on decarbonization in developing countries. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 199, 114444. Link
Sun, X., Hao, H., Galeazzi, C., Fishman, T., Xun, D., Ericsson, M., Liu, G., Hsieh, I-Y. L., Liu, Z., & Zhao, F. (2024). Reducing supply risk of critical materials for clean energy via foreign direct investment. Nature Sustainability 7, 672–681. Link
Tian, P., Feng, K., Sun, L., Hubacek, K., Malerba, D., Zhong, H., Zheng, H., Li, D., Zhang, N., & Li, J. (2024). Higher total energy costs strain the elderly, especially low-income, across 31 developed countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(12), e2306771121. Link / Download PDF
Liu, S., Song, D., Han, M., Ai, C., Shan, Q., Liu, Z., & Zhang, G. (2024). Multi-dimensional low-carbon assessments of wind-driven seawater desalination system via hybrid life cycle modeling. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 106, 107475. Link
Depledge, J. (2024). The challenge of consensus decision-making in UN climate negotiations. Carbon Brief. Link
Foster, V., Trotter, P. A., Werner, S., Niedermayer, M., Mulugetta, Y., Achakulwisut, P., Brophy, A., Dubash, N. K., Fankhauser, S., Hawkes, A., Hirmer, S., Jenkins, S., Loni, S., McGivern, A., Nanthavong, K., Probst, B., Pye, S., Russo, V., Semieniuk, G., Shenga, C., Sridharan, V., Srivastav, S., Sokona, Y., Croxatto, L. S., & Yang, P. (2024). Development transitions for fossil fuel-producing low and lower-middle income countries in a carbon-constrained world. Nature Energy. Link
Barbrook-Johnson, P., Mercure, J.-F., Sharpe, S., Peñasco, C., Hepburn, C., Anadon, L.D., Farmer, J.D. & Lenton, T.M. (2024). Economic modelling fit for the demands of energy decision makers. Nature Energy, 9, 229–231. Link / Download PDF
Pollitt, H., Mercure, J. F., Barker, T., Salas, P., & Scrieciu, S. (2024). The role of the IPCC in assessing actionable evidence for climate policymaking. npj Climate Action, 3(1), 11. Link / Download PDF
Malan, M., Carmenta, R., Gsottbauer, E., Hofman, P., Kontoleon, A., Swinfield, T., & Voors, M. (2024). Evaluating the impacts of a large-scale voluntary REDD+ project in Sierra Leone. Nature Sustainability, 7, 120–129. Link / Download PDF
