Why geoengineering research has been held back by conspiracy theories
Social media postings about solar geoengineering techniques that may combat global warming show the “spillover” effect of conspiracy theories on research. Professor David Reiner Geoengineering techniques to alter climate through technology such as solar radiation management (SRM) are seen by…
Looking at 2023
Cambridge Judge Business School faculty offer their insights and opinions on what to expect in 2023 in areas ranging from entrepreneurship to climate change to disinformation. How many people predicted at the start of 2022 that, by Halloween, Britain would…
Why COP27 was always going to just be a placeholder
It is unrealistic to expect breakthroughs at every climate summit yet they are still important. by Professor David Reiner, Professor of Technology Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School Professor David Reiner As COP27 nears its finale on Friday, one key…
Express: Energy: UK taxpayers deserve an accounting of Liz Truss’s prize freeze, experts assert.
Cambridge Judge Business School is featured in this Express article about the Energy Price Guarantee. It focuses on a new paper by the Energy Policy Research Group at CJBS ( co-authored by Michael Pollitt and David Reiner) which says taxpayers…
No ‘blank cheque’ for Energy Price Guarantee outlays, says Cambridge paper
British taxpayers ‘deserve an accounting’ of energy cap spending including whether it stimulates long-term UK energy investment, says new paper from Energy Policy Research Group at Cambridge Judge Business School. UK taxpayers deserve an accounting of who benefits from the…
Cambridge Network: Cambridge Festival – can we save our planet?
David Reiner, senior lecturer in technology policy at Cambridge Judge Business School, is part of the Cambridge Festival “UK Energy price crisis” panel, exploring the implications and challenges involved in the crisis. They also discuss what the regulatory developments could…
Looking at 2022
Cambridge Judge Business School faculty offer their insights and opinions on what to expect in 2022 in areas ranging from climate change to workplace technology to business education. Predictions are by definition an inexact endeavour: few predicted at the start…
Fortune: Bitcoin miners have returned to the record activity they had before China’s crypto crackdown- but they are still looking for a home
Dr David Reiner, Associate Professor in Technology Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School, comments on Bitcoin miners and recovered hashrate. “What this does indicate is that even when you disrupt the largest single center for activity, the Bitcoin community seems…
Clean Energy Wire: UK makes carbon capture central pillar of net-zero drive
David Reiner, Associate Professor in Technology Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School, comments on carbon capture. According to David, “more division may arise when it comes to using carbon capture beyond sectors that are hardest to decarbonise: for example, the…
IEDP: The environment and business post COP26
Cambridge Judge Business School faculty- Dr David Reiner and Professor Jenifer Howard-Grenville- reflect on COP26 conference. “Glasgow has played a valuable role as the first real chance to assess progress since the Paris Agreement,” Dr Reiner, Associate Professor in Technology…