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Building an Energy Union
Presentation for Energy Infrastructures Towards the creation of a European Energy Union Co... -
Ukraine, Europe and Energy
After a short pause, the borders of east and southeast Europe are again in flux, as they h... -
Europe’s Energy Future: Rejuvenation or decline?
Slidepack for the FLAME 2014 conference May 22nd 2014.
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Climate Change
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The Carbon Crunch - Revised and Updated
Hard hitting analysis of how and why we have failed to tackle climate change, and how we c... -
Climate Change and carbon pricing
Presentation for The Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) United Nations Secre... -
Global Perspective - Energy and climate Energy and climate roadmap 2050.
Opening seminar for Global perspective evnt on the 29th May 2013
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Regulation
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Transport
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HS2: a conclusion in search of a rationale
What is the question or questions to which HS2 is supposed to be an answer? As with a numb... -
What to do about the railways?
Despite the sharp rise in demand and therefore revenue, it is widely agreed that the railw... -
Introduction to 'Air Transport and Infrastructure'
In D. Helm and D. Holt (eds.), 'Air Transport and Infrastructure: The Challenges Ahead', p...
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Communications
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The new broadband utility and the openreach debate
The prime Minister has said that we should have, by right, access to fast broadband and it... -
The new broadband utility and the openreach debate
The prime Minister has said that we should have, by right, access to fast broadband and it... -
Price setting in regulated utilities and the potential application to the BBC
The determination of the BBC’s licence fee is the outcome of an opaque and non-transparent...
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Infrastructure
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Investing in Future Utility Infrastructure
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How long can interest rates remain low?
We live in extraordinary times. Real interests are negative, have been negative for severa... -
British Infrastructure and the Gradual Return of the state
The state of British infrastructure is the source of almost continuous study and criticism...
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Regulation
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Thirty years after water privatization—is the English model the envy of the world?
The paper considers whether water privatization 30 years ago has delivered the promised su... -
The Systems Regulation Model
There is widespread dissatisfaction with many of the privatised utilities. In the rail sec... -
The Dividend Puzzle: what should utilities pay out?
Why does Centrica yield 9.3% and SSE 8.4%, whilst DRAX yields 3.2%? Why do United Utilitie...
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Transport
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Natural Capital
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Environment
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Is rewilding the answer?
The last decades have been characterised by the continued destruction of the natural envir... -
Introduction to Green and Prosperous Land: A Blueprint for Rescuing the British Countryside
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Natural Capital & Sustainable Economic Growth
Presentation for University of Oxford, Plant Science department
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Water
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Floods, water company regulation and catchments: time for a fundamental rethink
Floods happen. They always will. The question is how to limit their impact. Short of stopp... -
Who owns the water companies?
Who owns the water companies? Are publicly quoted companies better than private equity and... -
Water Boarding
The water industry is in play - with the regulators, and with the politicians. Labour pro...
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Environment
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Recent Publications
The most interesting question to ask about oil prices is: why have they taken so long to f...
Whatever the approximate causes of the particular power cuts in mid-August this year, the ...
The costs of renewables are falling, oil and gas prices have fallen back, and demand is so...