Welcome to Climate Strategies

Climate Strategies has developed rapidly since its foundation in 2006. Our mission is to influence and assist with the development of policy-making in relation to climate and energy policy and economic issues. Our work is directed at governments, and the range of stakeholders in business and elsewhere. A number of our reports – notably those covering EU emissions trading, and competitiveness and carbon leakage - have had considerable impact on the public policy debate. A landmark report in 2009 was the widely-publicised 'Climate Policy and Industrial Competitiveness: Ten Insights from Europe on the EU Emissions Trading System'.

 

Our research has mostly centred on international mitigation issues. In 2010 our agenda is evolving to encompass the broader low-carbon agenda and financing issues. Our research programme includes two highly topical and relevant projects: 'Why and How the EU should move beyond the 20% target in 2020'; and the 'Decarbonisation of the Power Sector in the EU'. The programme also includes a broad-based analytical project on' Competitiveness and Leakage issues', the continuation of the major ‘Sectoral Approaches’ project and continued work on ‘Climate Innovation Centres’ – a project being led out of India with global contributions, which promises to yield some fascinating results this year. Climate Strategies has just delivered a major piece on ‘Analytic Support for Target-Based Negotiations’, working with Project Catalyst and others on important post-Copenhagen work interpreting national emissions reductions pledges.

 

We retain a strong focus on European policy. We also seek to have global impact, using our expertise and insights to share in other parts of the world. A priority for us over the next 18 months will therefore be to develop our relationships with like-minded institutions in North America and Asia, so we can collaborate on pieces of research with them relevant to policy-makers in their constituencies. In parallel, our global network of researchers and experts continues to expand.

 

Finally, Climate Strategies is growing a more prominent profile in the media. In 2010 we have contributed commentary pieces to Point Carbon and the European Voice. The Financial Times carried a Climate Strategies op-ed on 15 June linking the handing-out of free emissions allowances in the EU with Europe’s troubled economy.