Climate Group - Publications

Publications

The Climate Group also publishes research reports that seek to highlight the opportunities that low-emissions technology can provide in terms of both decreased emissions and economic growth. Some include:

• Smart 2020: Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age – this 2008 report, produced in partnership with the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, presents research showing that smarter IT could reduce global emissions by 15 per cent and save EUR 500 billion in annual energy costs by 2020.

• The UK-India Business Leaders Climate Group – launched in February 2010 to provide advice to the UK and India on 'how to accelerate collaborative, climate-friendly economic growth'.

• CCS: Mobilising Private Sector Finance – launched in September 2010, this report produced with the Ecofin Research Foundation examines the risks and returns of carbon capture and sequestration projects from the perspective of European financial institutions.

• 'China's Clean Revolution series – to December 2010, three reports have been released on China's renewable energy policies. The latest report was released on December 6, 2010, to coincide with COP16 in Cancun, is the China Clean Revolution Report III: Low Carbon Development in Cities

• COP 16: Post-Cancun Analysis briefing – released January 2011, this policy briefing paper provides The Climate Group’s analysis of the 2010 UN Climate Conference in Cancun, with views on what it means for governments and businesses.