Energy and Environment

With the aim of moving the conversation from one of managing crises to one of building a more just and equitable global order, the Energy and Environment Research Cluster plans to focus on three broad research avenues in the coming years. First, it will explore how our responses to climate change and emergent technologies might ameliorate or exacerbate racial, gender, and economic inequality.

Second, it will analyse the ways in which environmental policy and technological innovations impact and intersect with other issues related to structural injustice. Third, it will examine just what equitable energy access would look like, and how it is linked to global public health.

RESEARCH TOPICS

Structural change and governance mechanisms

Climate change and just social shifts

Moral and distributional obligations

Consumption, lifestyle and the Green New Deal

Climate change and inequalities

Experts

Simona Mila Capisani

Research Associate

Head of Cluster

Dominic Lenzi | A-id: Agenda for International Development

Dominic Lenzi

Research Associate

Daniel Callies

Research Associate

Kian Mintz-Woo | A-id: Agenda for International Development

Kian Mintz-Woo

Research Associate

Articles on this Topic

Mobility involves much more than the simple movement from one point to another: it is the tool through which we build our everyday world.

Everyday mobility: a…

Marzo 30, 2019
Local adaptation to climate change includes interconnected actions that become more concrete and costly when they get closer to the local level. To some extent, it is possible to shift to new adaptation targets commitments and expenditures that have been already planned; however adaptation measures often need additional finance.

Financing regional and…

Marzo 30, 2019
How is climate change impacting coral reefs, and is the outlook for reefs significantly better if we achieve the targets set by the Paris Agreement?

What will climate change…

Febbraio 10, 2019
The summary for policymakers report says that ‘climate-related risks for natural and human systems are higher for global warming of 1.5°C than at present but lower than at 2°C.

What’s the role for…

Febbraio 10, 2019