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New paper from Peter Taylor and me on priorities to accelerate industrial decarbonisation in the UK

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A Policy-relevant Research Agenda to Support Accelerated Industrial Decarbonisation in the UK This paper outlines a policy-relevant research agenda to accelerate industrial decarbonisation in the UK.

This article sets the industrial decarbonisation agenda, highlighting 4 future research areas:

1️⃣ Decarbonising dispersed industrial sites
2️⃣ Enabling electrification
3️⃣ Developing markets for low carbon products
4️⃣ Advancing resource efficiency

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New commentary piece by Peter Taylor and me, setting out a research agenda to help accelerate the UK’s transition to low-carbon industry

Read it here: rdcu.be/e294c

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#Industry
#Decarbonisation

Our Sponsored Sessions for RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2026! We are delighted to announce that the Energy Geographies Research Group are sponsoring the following sessions for the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 1st September - 4th September 202...

The Energy Geographies Research Group is sponsoring 9 sessions at this year's annual Royal Geographical Society Conference

Find them here: www.energygeographies.org/post/our-spo...

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You're always right, Marc! 😁

New blog for @ukerc.bsky.social on research priorities for industrial consumer-led flexibility.

There’s a growing number of research and policy streams in this space - definitely an area to watch in 2026.

In other news, they're still digging up the front of Leeds station

Academic catch-22: I need ethical approval to get a data sharing agreement, but I need a data sharing agreement to get ethical approval. Send help.

#RGSIBG25 has begun in Birmingham

Yesterday we had a trip to Tyseley Energy Park and today we have 7 Energy Geography sponsored sessions

Follow ‪@energygeography.bsky.social to learn more

Today, we are thrilled to kick off our Annual International Conference, held in-person at @unibirmingham.bsky.social and online! 🌍

Watch the Conference’s Chair, Professor Patricia Noxolo, share what shaped this year’s theme, Creative geographies. #RGSIBG25

@rgsibg.bsky.social conference 2025 is here! We've had a lovely outing to discuss all things energy geography at the Tyseley energy park in Brum. Looking forward to seeing everyone at our group's sponsored sessions this week @imogenrattle.bsky.social

On #YorkshireDay, I’m very pleased to share our new article published in Geoforum, led by @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social
with colleagues from the @edrc-uk.bsky.social Place theme:

(Re-)locating ‘place’ in energy demand: Implications for research and policy

doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

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And also - what's happening with the revised Industrial Decarbonisation strategy - notable here by its absence

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Delighted to share our latest piece for UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), where we take stock of the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy and its implications for industrial decarbonisation.

📖 Read the full blog here: lnkd.in/et9zPFKP

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Submitting a paper for review: 10% uploading files, 90% fighting with the submission portal while questioning your life choices

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New paper from researchers @tyndallcentre.bsky.social on social licence and industrial decarbonisation

The distinction between social licence in principle and in practice is a useful way to think about how trust legitimacy and credibility evolve from policy to implementation
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ABSTRACT What does it mean to build an authentic politics of hope in a climate crisis? Researchers have explored this question by examining the emergence of different forms of climate hope. This includes urgent, slow, and radical hope, each of which expresses different promises for the future. In this paper, I make the case for attending to ‘fluid hope’ to foreground how different forms of climate hope can be co-constitutive and are subject to being re-configured. I do so by drawing on a case study, that of the Copeland People’s Panel, a citizens’ jury in northern England, where people’s experiences of hope changed in and after the Panel. I conclude by explaining what possibilities the concept of fluid hope affords for empirical study and normative debate about hope in a climate emergency.

New article from @pancholewis.bsky.social!

Fluid hope in a climate emergency: Lessons from an English citizens’ jury.

Is it possible to have hope for the future in a climate emergency?

doi.org/10.1080/0964...

That odd mix of disappointment and relief when you find out you didn’t get into the London Marathon.

The UKERC Annual Assembly has kicked off!

UKERC Director Robert Gross opens the day, introducing the new Themes of UKERC's work for the next phase, and an overview of the political context of the last year.

Spotted at the AJ Bell Great #Birmingham Run:

The rats don’t run this city - you do.

Cheerleading with a side of social commentary🐀🏃‍♂️

🌍 One-Day Online Conference: Just Energy Transitions ⚡

Are you a PGR or ECR exploring the social, political, and environmental dimensions of just energy transitions?

Join us for a one-day online conference on 10 July.

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Energy Network Policy for a Just Net Zero Transition Can your research expertise help shape how energy networks will evolve to meet net zero targets in a way that fair to all? Do you want to be at the heart of energy networks research in the UK? Would y...

Come and work with us! The focus will be on action that needs to be taken across places to deliver net-zero ready energy networks in the face of technical, economic and social uncertainty, including how best to support the most vulnerable members of society.

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And in other news… my bin has been emptied. The #Birmingham equivalent of winning the lottery.

📢 📢 Just released: the IDRIC Frontier Report on Policy and Governance for Industrial Decarbonisation – bringing together insights from seven research projects tackling key challenges on the path to net zero.

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#NetZero #IndustrialDecarbonisation #ClimatePolicy #Governance

That feeling when you spend weeks on funding application, redrafting, tweaking every sentence - only to be met with a blank auto-response. Not even a token “thank you for your submission” 😂

Academia really knows how to keep us humble.

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📢 PGRs in energy research - this one's for you!🏆 Enter our PGR Paper Prize for a chance to win £75! We will work with the winners to promote their work. Categories - conceptual, impact & methods. 🗓 Deadline: 5PM GMT 30 May
More info 👉 www.energygeographies.org/pgr-paper-co... @rgsibg.bsky.social

Government must address high electricity prices to deliver low-carbon industry and spark growth - Aldersgate Group New Aldersgate Group report explains how the UK government can deliver industrial decarbonisation and maximise growth opportunities.

💡 New Aldersgate Group report

🏭 Today we launch a new paper setting out the policy gaps that must be addressed by the UK government to drive industrial decarbonisation while driving growth.

Read the new publication and its recommendations here ⬇️

www.aldersgategroup.org.uk/publications...

Announcing our new Activism Award 🏆 Celebrating individuals & organisations driving energy justice in the UK – through research, teaching, activism, or community action. 🌍⚡ Nominate now! Deadline 5pm GMT, Friday, 30 May 2025👇 www.energygeographies.org/activisim-aw...

Happy #ALCSDay to our members! We’re so proud to have once again paid more money, to more members than ever before.