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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · 6d

Scrapping the Climate Change Act – A Step Backwards for Innovation and Global Leadership?

The Bennett Institute expresses deep concern over The Conservative Party’s pledge to repeal the landmark Climate Change Act 2008, a cornerstone of UK climate policy and a catalyst for clean energy innovation.

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · 7d

Does Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) have a role in achieving Paris Climate Targets?

A new study by the GENIE consortium co-authored by Benjamin Sovacool @sovacool.bsky.social thinks so. Using machine learning to investigate global funding patterns in CDR research.

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · 8d

Announcing our 2026 Symposium – Register Now!

Zero Hour for Energy Policy: Researching the Race to Net Zero

We are delighted to announce our 2026 Symposium which is being held on 19 February 2026 at the University of Sussex.

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Announcing the Bennett Institute's 2026 Symposium, register now

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · 14d

Bennett Institute’s Felix Creutzig @efesce.bsky.social contributes to the UN report published today on Harnessing Climate and Sustainable Development Goals Synergies which highlights the benefits of acting jointly on climate and sustainable development.

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · 15d

Great to see Bennett Institute Visiting Professor Patrycja Klusak @patrycjaklusak.bsky.social addressing the OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management in Paris last week.

#OECD #SovereignDebt #CreditRatings #PublicFinance #HeriotWatt

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · 16d

How can the UK secure a successful energy transition whilst growing the economy?
Matthew Agarwala @matthewagarwala.bsky.social discusses this question at Liberal Democrats Conference with Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.bsky.social, Angus MacDonald MP @angusmacdonaldld.bsky.social and Matilda Martin

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · 19d

Great to be part of the UK-India AIxcelerate programme with Felix Creutzig @efesce.bsky.social participating in an ideas workshop to co-develop AI solutions across six priority sectors, Health, Engineering Biology, Climate, Energy, AgriTech, and FinTech.

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · 20d

Really pleased to support this initiative from UKERC and the Energy Demand Research Centre @edrc-uk.bsky.social

Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) @edrc-uk.bsky.social · 20d

We’re excited to invite you to the first edition of the @ukerc.bsky.social and EDRC Early Career Researcher. Our September session features:
🎙️ Stephen Agyeman, Ph.D,
🗓️ Thursday 25 September 2025
🕐 1:00–2:00 PM (BST)
📍 Online (Teams)
👉Register here: tinyurl.com/376djpwa

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · 21d

Listen to our Bennett Institute PhD researcher Devin O'Donnell discuss her work on accelerating climate-health adaptation policies to better protect communities facing natural hazards, conflict, and health risks.

#climatehealth #adaptationpolicy #policyinnovation
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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · 22d

Is green finance out of reach?

Read Matthew Agarawala's @matthewagarwala.bsky.social latest article exploring green finance and some of the barriers SME's face which are not insurmountable.

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#climatefinance #sme #greenfinance

Accessing green finance in business

Find out how as a small or medium sized business leaders you can tap into green finance and to help scale and grow.

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · 23d

How does Europe's automotive industry remain competitive?

Listen to Bennett Institute's Associate Professor Karoline Rogge @karogge.bsky.social introduce a new policy paper proposing the introduction of a Community Acceleration Survey for the automotive industry.

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#netzero #automotiveindustry | Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration

How does Europe's automotive industry remain competitive? Listen to Bennett Institute's Associate Professor Karoline Rogge introduce a new policy paper which proposes the introduction of a Community ...

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · 27d

Felix Creutzig @efesce.bsky.social has participated in discussions with the UN to help shape the establishment of two new AI governance mechanisms: an Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and a Global Dialogue on AI Governance.

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UNGA adopts terms of reference for AI Scientific Panel and Global Dialogue on AI governance | Digital Watch Observatory

The UN’s latest resolution signals a turning point in global AI governance, setting the stage for both scientific oversight and multistakeholder dialogue on how AI will shape societies worldwide.

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · 28d

How do we get to a net-zero society more quickly?
This is what a group of 28 researchers from Europe, North America and Asia have been considering over 3 days in a workshop developing research papers for a special issue.

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · 29d

Why Nature Risks Are Financial Risks?

Read Professor Matthew Agarwala's @matthewagarwala.bsky.social latest blog on how the accelerating decline of global biodiversity is no longer just an ecological concern—it is increasingly a financial one.

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · Sep 8

Bennett Institute Associate Professor Karoline Rogge @karogge.bsky.social Rogge and the EMPOCI team @empoci.bsky.social - are hosting an impressive group of 28 scholars this week in Sussex, exploring how to Accelerate Net Zero Transitions

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Sep 3

On the overwhelming public support for climate action: Great to see Ximeng Fang and Stefania Innocenti quoted on their research that sparked the 89% Project. (And globally, 69% of people are willing to give 1% of their income to help fix climate change.) @coveringclimatenow.org

Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says

Research reveals huge disparity between perceived and actual willingness of public to contribute to fixing climate

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · Aug 28

Listen to our PhD researcher Indrajit Adhikari talk about how microfinance can help reduce inequality and improve access to financial services for communities that are often left out.

#microfinance #inclusivegrowth #policyinnovation
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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · Aug 27

A just transition – elusive and confusing?

For many people a “just-transition” is confusing says a new study led by Benjamin [email protected] and colleagues Patrick Devine [email protected] and Sarah Mander.

See more at: bennettinstitutesussex.org/stories/a-ju...

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · Aug 26

2025 likely to be the warmest on record for the UK

Prof Richard Betts @richardabetts.bsky.social · Aug 26

Provisional statistics from the Met Office show that summer 2025 will ‘almost certainly’ be the warmest summer on record for the UK

It would move 2018 off the top spot and relegate 1976 out of the top five warmest summer in a series which dates back to 1884

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Met Office-branded bar chart showing the top 10 warmest UK summers (average temperature for June, July and August)
Year, degrees C
2025: 16.13 (average to 25th August)
2018: 15.76
2006: 15.75
2003: 15.74
2022: 15.71
1976: 15.70
1995: 15.62
1933: 15.38
2023: 15.36
1899: 15.29

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · Aug 20

Benjamin Sovacool @sovacool.bsky.social is a Coordinating Lead Author for IPCC working group 2 on Poverty, livelihoods, mobility and fragility. Also Felix Creutzig @efesce.bsky.social a Lead Author on the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities.

See: bennettinstitutesussex.org/stories/ipcc...

Climate change protestors carrying banners

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · Aug 19

Don't miss Energy Demand Research Centre's forthcoming international webinar on home energy injustice and inequality @edrc-uk.bsky.social on 23rd September 2025

Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) @edrc-uk.bsky.social · Aug 6

📢 Registrations are open! Join our free webinar "Talking Home Energy Injustice" on 23 Sept 2025 to explore how language shapes responses to energy inequality. Hear from global experts & join the discussion. Register now!👇

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#energy #energyinjustice #inequality

Talking home energy injustice: rethinking the language of inequality - Energy Demand Research Centre

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · Aug 18

Can better infrastructure planning help adapt to the impacts of climate change?

Bennett Institute's Matthew Agarwala @matthewagarwala.bsky.social talks to Channel 4 News about the recent wildfires in Greece.

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#climatechange #infrastructureplanning #wildfires

Can infrastructure planning help prevent wildfires?

We spoke to Matthew Agarwala, a climate economist at the University of Sussex.

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · Aug 12

We are truly delighted to announce the establishment of the Bennett Institute Advisory Board with such distinguished membership drawn from academia, business, government and the media.

See the board membership at bennettinstitutesussex.org/stories/new-...

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · Aug 6

Have you seen it?
The Bennett Institute Summer Newsletter "The Fast Forward" is now out. If you didn't get one sign up from our website using this link and we will send you a copy.

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · Aug 4

Bennett Institute's Joao Uratani, part of the team behind this excellent review of the underpinning chemistry behind Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS).

#CCUS #climatechange #industrialdecarbonisation #NatureReviews

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Chemistry advances driving industrial carbon capture technologies - Nature Reviews Chemistry

Carbon capture has a critical role in reducing emissions in hard-to-abate sectors such as cement, steel and chemicals. This Review examines the underlying chemistry and industrial progress of key carb...

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