Evidence to the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change

Abstract:

<p>The UK Energy Research Centre welcomes this opportunity to provide input to the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Centre was established in 2004 following a recommendation from the 2002 review of energy initiated by Sir David King, the UK Government&rsquo;s Chief Scientific Advisor. It is funded by three research councils: the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). We take a co-ordinated and collaborative approach to national and international energy research, and through our own interdisciplinary research activities, we intend to provide the knowledge needed to work towards a sustainable energy system and realise UK energy policy goals.</p> <p>We are a distributed Centre operated by a consortium of eight universities and research institutions. Our work is relevant to items 1 and 4 of the Review Terms of Reference, i.e.</p> <ul> <li>The implications for energy demand and emissions of the prospects for economic growth over the coming decades, including the composition and energy intensity of growth in developed and developing countries; and</li> <li>The impact and effectiveness of national and international policies and arrangements in reducing net emissions in a cost-effective way and promoting a dynamic, equitable and sustainable global economy, including distributional effects and impacts on incentives for investment in cleaner technologies</li> </ul> <p>Four of our research themes are undertaking research relevant to the Review. These are:</p> <ul> <li>Energy Systems and Modelling, operated by the Policy Studies Institute</li> <li>Demand Reduction, operated by the Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University</li> <li>Energy Infrastructure and supply, operated by the University of Manchester and Warwick Business School</li> <li>Future Sources of Energy, operated by the University of Edinburgh</li> </ul>

Publication Year:

2005

Publisher:

UKERC

DOI:

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Author(s):

Skea, J.