New Europe: Europe must decarbonise three times faster to achieve net zero emissions by 2050
Cambridge Judge’s Professor Michael Pollitt and Dr Chi Kong Chyong comment on Europe’s decarbonisation policy. “We have remodelled the European Commission’s 1.5 TECH and COMBO scenarios and took them further with two additional, extreme cases. Our conclusion is straightforward: European…
The Independent: Bitcoin mining to be banned in coal-heavy region of China
Further coverage of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, based at Cambridge Judge Business School, on the large energy consumption used in the creation of Bitcoin. “Inner Mongolia is China’s top energy-consuming province and accounts for more than 8% of…
BBC News: Bitcoin consumes ‘more electricity than Argentina’
Michel Rauchs, Research Assistant at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative, comments on Bitcoin energy consumption. “It is really by design that Bitcoin consumes that much electricity,” he says. “This is not something that will change in the future unless the…
Sustainable investment
Look more closely at corporate divestitures of carbon-heavy assets, says Robert Ritz, Senior Research Associate in Economics & Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School. Sustainable investment - accounting for corporate performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics - has…
Predicting energy use
In the UK and many other countries, energy use in buildings is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, so a study co-authored by Dr David Reiner of Cambridge Judge develops a new model to forecast residential building stock.…
BBC: A room in Mumbai
A research on Bollywood films and energy by Jaideep Prabhu, Professor of Marketing at Cambridge Judge Business School, featured in BBC animation about slum rehabilitation a housing in Mumbai. (subs) Watch the video [bbc.co.uk]…
Bringing solar power to India
CEO of Orb Energy, Damian Miller talks about his mission to bring clean solar energy to developing countries. Join podcast series host Conrad Chua, Executive Director of the Cambridge MBA as we bring you a series of interviews with students,…
AI in energy policy
New paper co-authored by Dr Kamiar Mohaddes of Cambridge Judge Business School develops framework using artificial intelligence for better energy policy research in the Global South. Kamiar Mohaddes A new paper co-authored by Dr Kamiar Mohaddes, University Senior Lecturer in…
The Hindu Business Line: Cambridge researchers look at Bollywood to understand consumption patterns
A study co-authored by Jaideep Prabhu, Professor of Marketing at Cambridge Judge Business School, is featured in the article. Using Bollywood films the study examines energy and household appliance use across four decades in India. “Our intent was to show…
Film and energy
Using Bollywood films to examine energy and household appliance use across four decades in India. Energy studies are often highly technical. A new study from the University of Cambridge takes a far more colourful approach, using 19 Indian feature films…
