Greening business – the sustainability challenge
Fires, droughts, floods and Greta Thunberg - sustainability has never been so much at the forefront for global business. What are the trends to look out for? CJBS faculty, MBA alumni and a current MBA candidate give us their thoughts.…
Cambridge Zero
The new Cambridge Zero initiative of the University of Cambridge will generate ideas to help shape a sustainable future. David Reiner and Michael Pollitt of Cambridge Judge Business School are among those involved. Cambridge is the brand-new holder of a…
The Nation: The green new deal is cheaper than climate change
A new joint study on economic losses associated with climate change suggests that seven per cent of global GDP will disappear by 2100 as a result of business-as-usual carbon emissions – including over 10 per cent of incomes in both United…
De Volkskrant: Minimum price for CO2
The Dutch government should remain committed to a minimum price on carbon emissions to help create momentum for an EU-wide price floor, writes Robert Ritz, Senior Research Associate at Cambridge Judge Business School. The article is based on the latest…
Handelsblatt Global: Europe needs a minimum price on carbon emissions
“Adopting a higher price floor for every ton of carbon released during power generation will help EU countries switch from coal to renewables more quickly,” writes Robert Ritz, Senior Research Associate at Cambridge Judge Business School. The article is based…
Carbon price floor
The European Union should adopt a minimum price on carbon dioxide from electricity generation to boost low-carbon investment, says a new paper from the Energy Policy Research Group at the University of Cambridge. The European Union should introduce a minimum…
From EMBA to carbon cables
A project to develop lightweight carbon nanomaterials in airplanes and other transport, which originated as an Executive MBA consulting project at Cambridge Judge, wins recognition from EUREKA to develop prototype materials. An alliance to explore the potential of lightweight carbon…
Investment Magazine: Pinpointing the price on carbon
Dr Chris Hope, Reader in Policy Modelling at Cambridge Judge Business School, comments on the price of carbon in relation to climate change. “We have to do something to raise the costs of climate change; regulation will have a bigger…
Carbon capture
Global learning is needed to save carbon capture and storage from being abandoned, says David Reiner of Cambridge Judge Business School. Carbon capture and storage, which is considered by many experts as the only realistic way to dramatically reduce carbon…
Phys.org: Carbon capture and storage struggling to be heard amidst growing public debate over fracking
Awareness of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology remains "persistently low" amongst the British public whereas knowledge of fracking is high and growing. These low levels of awareness about CCS could potentially undermine the UK's efforts to utilise the technology…