The Energy, Environment and Development Programme, led by Bernice Lee, conducts high-level research on critical issues of energy security, environment and resource governance. 

Latest:

Arctic Opening
Rapid and disruptive change in the Arctic environment presents uneven prospects for investment and economic development, says this report. Significant knowledge gaps across the Arctic need to be closed urgently. Read

Supply Crunch?
Oil prices will remain volatile as political developments combine with global economic gloom, and surviving regimes spend to pacify populations, writes Paul Stevens.
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Shaping the Circular Economy
A circular economy offers huge business opportunities by transforming the way resources are used, says this paper. It could help countries reduce vulnerability to resource price shocks. Read.

High-impact, Low-probability Events
Governments and businesses are insufficiently prepared to manage high-probability, low-impact crises and shoulder their economic and humanitarian consequences.
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Research Areas

Low Carbon Growth

• Low Carbon Zones in China
• Renewable Energy Finance Project 

Climate Change and Climate Security

• Belief, Attitude and Behaviour on Climate Change and Energy Security 
• Renewable Energy Finance Project 

Rethinking Energy Policy and Security 

• Low Carbon Zones in China 
• Renewable Energy Finance Project 
• Managing Energy: Rethinking the Fundamentals
• Good Governance of the National Petroleum Sector 
• Conflict or Co-existence in Extractive Industries
• Fossil Fuels Expert Roundtable

Resources, Politics and Global Trends

• Managing Resources Futures  
• Conflict or Co-existence in Extractive Industries
• Lessons from Eyjafjallajokull

Forestry and Fisheries Management

• Illegal Logging
• Preventing Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

Food, Agriculture and Supply-chain Management

• Translating Early Warning into Early Action

Environment and Development

• Low Carbon Zones in China
• Renewable Energy Finance Project 
• Belief, Attitude and Behaviour on Climate Change and Energy Security 

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Contact

For more information please contact Gemma Green.