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New £12m research centre for inclusive trade policy

30 November 2021

Sussex academics head up the new Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy, the first of its kind dedicated to trade policy funded by the ESRC.

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Sussex Energy Group panel question COP26’s focus on unproven technologies & discuss hopes for local action

23 November 2021

In the closing SEG@COP26 panel discussion, Sussex Energy Group researchers discussed their reactions to the outcomes from the COP.

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Two new additions for the ��ֱ�� on the global list of highly-cited researchers

16 November 2021

Dr Paula Kivimaa and Prof Karoline Rogge have been named in the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers List for the very first time.

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New UKTPO analysis identifies £44 billion in lost trade in the first seven months of the EU-UK trade deal

15 November 2021

The new analysis, produced for Channel 4 Dispatches, identified £32.5 billion lost in potential imports to the UK and £11 billion in exports to the EU

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Rural communities most exposed to risk of energy and transport poverty, new study finds

8 November 2021

Rural residents are most likely to be impacted by the twin pressures of energy poverty and transport poverty simultaneously

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COP26 coal phase out agreement is welcome but ignoring steel significantly limits impact

4 November 2021

Phasing out thermal coal in the near future is to be celebrated but it is only half the battle, says SPRU academic Valentin Vogl

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COP26 deforestation pledge: Agreement is history repeating but could lead to significant progress this time around

2 November 2021

��ֱ�� experts welcome major global pledge to end and reverse deforestation agreed at the COP26 conference in Glasgow

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��ֱ�� economist calls on WTO to end harmful subsidies that lead to overfishing

29 October 2021

Prof Richard Tol is calling on World Trade Organization (WTO) members to eliminate subsidies that lowers costs or artificially inflate market prices

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New report identifies the nine key factors for project success

27 October 2021

Dr David Eggleton authors new report for the Association for Project Management into the most important conditions for project success

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Decade delay in investing in steel industry technology could double sector’s contribution to global carbon output

22 October 2021

The sector's emission commitment could double from current estimates if no action taken over next 5 years to phase out carbon-intensive blast furnaces

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��ֱ�� academics join campaign urging Boris Johnson to push for critical COP outcomes

21 October 2021

Benjamin Sovacool joined fellow climate and ecology scientists, environmentalists and MPs in presenting a letter to the home of the UK Prime Minister

Sussex energy experts respond to UK Government's major net zero policy announcements

20 October 2021

Experts within our Science Policy Research Unit analyse new proposals regarding the UK's energy supply and heating within homes

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Energy firms' obstruction likely to prevent 75% target cut in methane emissions from materialising

7 October 2021

Energy expert Dr Abigail Martin discusses the achievability of a new target to cut majority of methane emissions from fossil fuel operations by 2030

Sussex Energy Group launch SEG@COP26 seminar series

1 October 2021

Hear from energy policy experts at the SEG@COP26 series - presenting SPRU research and its relation to this year's global COP negotiations

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AI’s emergence does not guarantee a raw deal for workers, evidence from past industrial revolutions indicates

30 September 2021

The productivity benefits of past industrial revolutions took up to 40 years to be significantly realised, a new study details.

Policy experts and global investors come together to develop the financial footprint for building a net zero future

14 September 2021

Policy academics and international investors are coming together to develop a model for the finance sector fit for a net zero world in a new...

��ֱ�� Business School looks into the future to help forge a more sustainable world

10 September 2021

Researchers join policymakers, funders and IGOs to explore Futures Literacy: using the future to deliver societal and environmental change.

New Co-Director for the Sussex Energy Group

10 September 2021

Dr Mari Martiskainen announced as new Co-Director of Sussex Energy Group

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Sussex Energy Group forms partnership with Global Wind Energy Council to work on Energy Transition

10 September 2021

The Sussex Energy Group (SEG) has established a unique partnership with the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).

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Experts split over effectiveness of climate emergency declarations, new comprehensive academic review finds

2 September 2021

Politicians should be cautious in their use of climate and biodiversity emergency declarations as their impact can be harmful as well as helpful