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View article: Just business? Rethinking the role of small and medium enterprise climate action through a just transition lens
Just business? Rethinking the role of small and medium enterprise climate action through a just transition lens Open
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are critical to achieving climate action goals but are neglected in policy and academic debates. Current SME climate and energy policies are failing to address the complexity and vulnerability of S…
View article: Multiple roles of business for climate action
Multiple roles of business for climate action Open
Businesses play a critical role in the fight against climate change. While some businesses-both high-profile and less well-known-are making significant strides, most companies are not sufficiently decarbonizing their operations or contribu…
View article: Path development politics: contesting regional hydrogen economies in Northern Europe
Path development politics: contesting regional hydrogen economies in Northern Europe Open
This article uses empirical investigation of regional hydrogen investments and strategies in Northern Europe to develop a new conceptual approach to regional industrial path development which foregrounds politics and power as explanatory f…
View article: State-orchestrated green path development? Industrial decarbonisation in Teesside and the Humber
State-orchestrated green path development? Industrial decarbonisation in Teesside and the Humber Open
The challenge of industrial decarbonisation is compounded in localities and regions where carbon-based path dependency coheres multiple sectors and path dynamics. Framed within a Geographical Political Economies (GPE) perspective of new en…
View article: What is an urban just transition? Grappling with an unsettled concept in an industrial region
What is an urban just transition? Grappling with an unsettled concept in an industrial region Open
As global decarbonisation pressures grow, so do calls for ‘just transition’. Urban and regional governments are exploring what this means for their jurisdictions. This article investigates how urban policy makers make sense of just transit…
View article: Decarbonising industry: A places-of-work research agenda
Decarbonising industry: A places-of-work research agenda Open
Deep decarbonisation of extractive and foundational industries will involve widespread social and economic change. Research on previous industrial restructuring has demonstrated that resultant changes will be geographically uneven, especia…
View article: Green and just regional path development
Green and just regional path development Open
Path development and path creation are prevalent concepts in efforts to understand regional economic change and innovation. A recent focus has been on ‘green’ path development: industrial change associated with environmentally beneficial p…
View article: Relational approaches to employability
Relational approaches to employability Open
As policymakers consider how best to respond to increased labour market volatility in post-Covid-19 economies, there is concern that vulnerable groups such as lone parents may be left behind, and consensus that we need to develop more resp…
View article: Hot air or new energy: Are we seeing signs of improved citizen engagement in district heating schemes?
Hot air or new energy: Are we seeing signs of improved citizen engagement in district heating schemes? Open
District heating (DH) schemes linked to Energy from Waste (EfW) and Biomass facilities have been championed for their potential to decarbonise heating yet their role in energy policy is contested. These schemes are a unique intersection be…
View article: Vicarious scale and instrumental imaginaries in community sustainable transitions
Vicarious scale and instrumental imaginaries in community sustainable transitions Open
Community initiatives are often charged with scaling-up: growing, deepening their impacts, and seeding off new projects. The desire to scale-up comes from both within the community initiatives themselves, and is also encouraged by all leve…
View article: The UK hydrogen economy: a review of global, national and regional policy
The UK hydrogen economy: a review of global, national and regional policy Open
This report concludes by considering how this recent evolution in hydrogen production and deployment is being driven by partnerships comprised of oil and gas infrastructure owners, and is being framed in terms of providing a just transitio…
View article: Emerging regional geographies of the global hydrogen rush
Emerging regional geographies of the global hydrogen rush Open
The potential use of hydrogen as a green fuel has rapidly grown
View article: Zero carbon as economic restructuring: spatial divisions of labour and just transition
Zero carbon as economic restructuring: spatial divisions of labour and just transition Open
Strategies to reduce carbon emissions are set to be a powerful force of economic restructuring, creating new economic opportunities, and also disruption and divestment for some firms and sectors. A pressing issue for ‘just transitions’ is …
View article: Assemblage-democracy: Reconceptualising democracy through material resource governance
Assemblage-democracy: Reconceptualising democracy through material resource governance Open
This article furthers political geographic thinking on democracy by generating and employing a conceptualisation of ‘assemblage-democracy’. Bringing an assemblage perspective to democratic thinking brings to the fore three key dimensions: …
View article: Assembling community energy democracies
Assembling community energy democracies Open
Calls for greater ‘energy democracy’ foresee a greater role for voluntary sector activity – including through community groups’ ownership of energy projects – to help produce more open, participatory and just energy systems. This article o…
View article: What can energy research bring to social science? Reflections on 5 years of Energy Research & Social Science and beyond
What can energy research bring to social science? Reflections on 5 years of Energy Research & Social Science and beyond Open
Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) emerged in response to an identified lack of social science energy scholarship. The first publication in this journal asked ‘what can the social sciences bring to energy research?’. Since then, ERSS …
View article: PPP Special Issue Editorial: Part 2
PPP Special Issue Editorial: Part 2 Open
Returning to the United Kingdom, this Special Issue concludes with a Practice Paper which provides a non-academic discussion of a programme of engagement and research surrounding the naming of a community green space within Merseyside.With…
View article: Putting community to use in environmental policy making: Emerging trends in Scotland and the UK
Putting community to use in environmental policy making: Emerging trends in Scotland and the UK Open
Community is frequently called upon in policy to meet environmental challenges. It is increasingly recognised that the success of these environmental interventions relies on community awareness and action. But what this emphasis on communi…
View article: Community energy: Entanglements of community, state, and private sector
Community energy: Entanglements of community, state, and private sector Open
The decarbonisation of energy systems is leading to a reconfiguration of the geographies of energy. One example is the emergence of community energy, which has become a popular object of study for geographers. Although widely acknowledged …