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Current Projects

Low Carbon Zones in China
This project is part of the official Sino-UK and Sino-EU climate partnerships.
Renewable Energy Finance Project
This project works directly with leading mainstream renewable energy financiers on their perspective of the policy conditions required for accelerating investment into renewable energy. 
Lessons from Eyjafjallajokull
The impact of the eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull calls into question our level of preparedness in response to 'low probability, high consequence' events.
Managing Energy: Rethinking the Fundamentals
This project examines the way we manage energy now - data, technology, business and policy - to find out what improvements can be made.
Managing Resources Futures
This project explores the shifting global political economy of key resources (land, water, energy, minerals and food) through analysing their inter-linkages in production, use and trade. 
Conflict or Co-existence in Extractive Industries
This project examines the challenges facing the extractive industries in complex operating environments.
Illegal Logging
Illegal logging and the international trade in illegal timber is a major problem for many timber-producing countries, especially in the developing world.
Fossil Fuels Expert Roundtable
The role that fossil fuels will play in meeting energy demand is a central question for both energy and climate security at the global level.
Belief, Attitude and Behaviour on Climate Change and Energy Security
Recently there has been considerable media attention on climate change and energy security, including the lead-up and the aftermath of the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, and Japan’s nuclear crisis. 
Past Projects
This is a list of previous projects carried out by the programme.
Preventing Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
This project provides a central information point on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
Translating Early Warning into Early Action
Recent food crises, for example those in the Sahel in 2005 and 2010, and most recently in the Horn of Africa, have raised serious questions about the ability of the humanitarian system to respond effectively to Early Warning Systems (EWS).
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