Associate Fellow, Energy, Environment and Development Programme

Expertise

• International climate policy (UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol) - Observer at UN talks since 1991
• Business and international climate politics
• Clean energy investment and policy

Projects

Renewable Energy Finance Policy Project: Engaging financiers to examine policy conditions required for scaling up investment in renewable energy technology (in relation to actual policy processes, e.g. UK, EU and with some international focus). Relevant to the broader international debate on energy/climate policy and investment.

Recent Publications

• 'Renewable Energy: Generating Money', The World Today, Volume 63, Number 11, November 2007.
• 'Renewable Energy: Investors Question EU Trading', Environmental Finance, December-January 2007
• 'Business Views on International Climate and Energy Policy', with Mark Kenber, Report commissioned by UK Government, April 2006.
• 'The 'Finance-Policy' Gap: Policy Conditions for Attracting Long-Term Investment', in 'The Finance of Climate Change - A Guide for Governments, Corporations & Investors', edited by Dr Kenny Tang (CEO, Oxbridge Capital), Risk Books, London, July 2005.
• 'The Kyoto-Marrakech System: a Strategic Assessment', Report prepared by Michael Grubb, Benito Muller, Kirsty Hamilton [Business Module] and Tom Brewer, with other commissioned authors, IC Consultants, June 2003.
• 'Torn in Two Directions, Multinational Corporations and the Kyoto Protocol.' Indicators, The Journal of Social Health, Vol. 1, No.3. 2002, New York.

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