Marie Claire Brisbois
@mcbrisbois.bsky.social
Associate prof of energy policy, experimental vegetable gardener, rider of many different bicycles
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...
actionnetwork.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:13 PM
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
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Fundamentally flawed economic models mean #climatecrisis could crash global economy, experts warn
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Fundamentally flawed economic models mean #climatecrisis could crash global economy, experts warn
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Join me in conversation with @carolinelucas.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social & Jean McLean to discuss hope & despair in building progressive futures together.
February 18th 5.30pm at the @attenboroughac.bsky.social Sussex University. Register here:
www.attenboroughcentre.com/events/5651/...
February 18th 5.30pm at the @attenboroughac.bsky.social Sussex University. Register here:
www.attenboroughcentre.com/events/5651/...
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
A interdisciplinary arts hub connecting University of Sussex to Brighton & Hove and the wider international arts community.
www.attenboroughcentre.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Join me in conversation with @carolinelucas.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social & Jean McLean to discuss hope & despair in building progressive futures together.
February 18th 5.30pm at the @attenboroughac.bsky.social Sussex University. Register here:
www.attenboroughcentre.com/events/5651/...
February 18th 5.30pm at the @attenboroughac.bsky.social Sussex University. Register here:
www.attenboroughcentre.com/events/5651/...
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Energy security isn’t just about supply. ⚡
New @financialtimes.com report featuring Dr Marie Claire Brisbois on why energy demand-side policies are key to resilience, reduced imports & stronger communities.
#UCLGeography #EnergyPolicy #EnergySecurity @edrc-uk.bsky.social @ukerc.bsky.social
New @financialtimes.com report featuring Dr Marie Claire Brisbois on why energy demand-side policies are key to resilience, reduced imports & stronger communities.
#UCLGeography #EnergyPolicy #EnergySecurity @edrc-uk.bsky.social @ukerc.bsky.social
Building energy resilience in an uncertain world
Cutting demand is emerging as one of the most powerful and overlooked options for strengthening energy security
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January 5, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Energy security isn’t just about supply. ⚡
New @financialtimes.com report featuring Dr Marie Claire Brisbois on why energy demand-side policies are key to resilience, reduced imports & stronger communities.
#UCLGeography #EnergyPolicy #EnergySecurity @edrc-uk.bsky.social @ukerc.bsky.social
New @financialtimes.com report featuring Dr Marie Claire Brisbois on why energy demand-side policies are key to resilience, reduced imports & stronger communities.
#UCLGeography #EnergyPolicy #EnergySecurity @edrc-uk.bsky.social @ukerc.bsky.social
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In this week's newsletter:
New podcast: @laurasandys.bsky.social & Rob Gross on big ideas for affordable energy.
Our response to the Scottish Parliament's Draft Climate Change Plan Scrutiny.
@mcbrisbois.bsky.social's blog redefining energy security as a demand issue.
👉 mailchi.mp/18f9e06ebdf1...
New podcast: @laurasandys.bsky.social & Rob Gross on big ideas for affordable energy.
Our response to the Scottish Parliament's Draft Climate Change Plan Scrutiny.
@mcbrisbois.bsky.social's blog redefining energy security as a demand issue.
👉 mailchi.mp/18f9e06ebdf1...
October 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In this week's newsletter:
New podcast: @laurasandys.bsky.social & Rob Gross on big ideas for affordable energy.
Our response to the Scottish Parliament's Draft Climate Change Plan Scrutiny.
@mcbrisbois.bsky.social's blog redefining energy security as a demand issue.
👉 mailchi.mp/18f9e06ebdf1...
New podcast: @laurasandys.bsky.social & Rob Gross on big ideas for affordable energy.
Our response to the Scottish Parliament's Draft Climate Change Plan Scrutiny.
@mcbrisbois.bsky.social's blog redefining energy security as a demand issue.
👉 mailchi.mp/18f9e06ebdf1...
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Glad to see Green Party Leader Elizabeth May amplifying the demands of the Xinka people to permanently shut down the Escobal mine - owned by Vancouver-based Pan American Silver!
And we are also curious about when the CORE will have a new ombudsperson again, and be given real teeth to do its work.
And we are also curious about when the CORE will have a new ombudsperson again, and be given real teeth to do its work.
When Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, asked why the office that investigates human rights abuses by Canadian companies abroad has been left vacant for months, the Minister for International Trade had no answer. Watch the full exchange here:
October 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Glad to see Green Party Leader Elizabeth May amplifying the demands of the Xinka people to permanently shut down the Escobal mine - owned by Vancouver-based Pan American Silver!
And we are also curious about when the CORE will have a new ombudsperson again, and be given real teeth to do its work.
And we are also curious about when the CORE will have a new ombudsperson again, and be given real teeth to do its work.
Jonathan Mills of DESNZ @biee.org #BIEE2025 conference has noted that the social dynamics behind #flexibility need research.
It's thus a good time to flag Helen Poulter and I's paper on the key role of trust in flexible systems (Helen presenting at 1:15)!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It's thus a good time to flag Helen Poulter and I's paper on the key role of trust in flexible systems (Helen presenting at 1:15)!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Governing flexibility: Trust, time and agency in automated demand-side flexibility
Aligning electricity demand with renewable energy supply helps lower decarbonisation costs. This can be done through demand-side flexibility (DSF) mar…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Jonathan Mills of DESNZ @biee.org #BIEE2025 conference has noted that the social dynamics behind #flexibility need research.
It's thus a good time to flag Helen Poulter and I's paper on the key role of trust in flexible systems (Helen presenting at 1:15)!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It's thus a good time to flag Helen Poulter and I's paper on the key role of trust in flexible systems (Helen presenting at 1:15)!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
If we want automated, flexible electricity systems that integrate private assets then we need an energy system that people can trust.
See our latest to understand why we need more attention to people and governance of flexibility.
@edrc-uk.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
See our latest to understand why we need more attention to people and governance of flexibility.
@edrc-uk.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Governing flexibility: Trust, time and agency in automated demand-side flexibility
Aligning electricity demand with renewable energy supply helps lower decarbonisation costs. This can be done through demand-side flexibility (DSF) mar…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
If we want automated, flexible electricity systems that integrate private assets then we need an energy system that people can trust.
See our latest to understand why we need more attention to people and governance of flexibility.
@edrc-uk.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
See our latest to understand why we need more attention to people and governance of flexibility.
@edrc-uk.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Today on Volts: the sun doesn't shine at night, but if you add batteries it might as well! If you're not closely tracking the industry, you're probably not aware of just how cheap solar+storage is getting, and how quickly. I talk with the authors of a new Ember report about the good news.
Solar+storage is so much farther along than you think
On how plummeting battery prices make 24/7 solar power a reality today.
www.volts.wtf
July 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today on Volts: the sun doesn't shine at night, but if you add batteries it might as well! If you're not closely tracking the industry, you're probably not aware of just how cheap solar+storage is getting, and how quickly. I talk with the authors of a new Ember report about the good news.
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Our paper “Developing a relational approach to energy demand: A methodological and conceptual guide” has won a prize: the Energy Research & Social Science Best Paper Award! You can read it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... thanks to funding from @ukerc.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... thanks to funding from @ukerc.bsky.social
Developing a relational approach to energy demand: A methodological and conceptual guide
In a recent review of research on the role of social relations in shaping energy demand, authors documented increasing interest in relational approach…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Our paper “Developing a relational approach to energy demand: A methodological and conceptual guide” has won a prize: the Energy Research & Social Science Best Paper Award! You can read it here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... thanks to funding from @ukerc.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... thanks to funding from @ukerc.bsky.social
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My favourite @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social tool for understanding public opinion on climate is now available for the UK! 🇬🇧
Find out how many people in your area are worried about climate change, have experienced its impacts, support action from the government and more. The answers may surprise you!
Find out how many people in your area are worried about climate change, have experienced its impacts, support action from the government and more. The answers may surprise you!
UK climate opinion maps
Explore UK climate opinions by country, region and local authority
climatecommunication.yale.edu
June 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My favourite @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social tool for understanding public opinion on climate is now available for the UK! 🇬🇧
Find out how many people in your area are worried about climate change, have experienced its impacts, support action from the government and more. The answers may surprise you!
Find out how many people in your area are worried about climate change, have experienced its impacts, support action from the government and more. The answers may surprise you!
Now out! Our argument that a "just" transition must address historical and structural inequalities, along with present transition injustices.
With @lukashermwille.bsky.social and many others! @coaltransitions.bsky.social @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @lukashermwille.bsky.social and many others! @coaltransitions.bsky.social @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Compounding injustices can impede a just energy transition - Nature Energy
Coal and carbon-intensive regions have lagged behind in socioeconomic development, long before any transition-related structural changes were foreseeable. Acknowledging and tackling the compounding ef...
www.nature.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Now out! Our argument that a "just" transition must address historical and structural inequalities, along with present transition injustices.
With @lukashermwille.bsky.social and many others! @coaltransitions.bsky.social @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
With @lukashermwille.bsky.social and many others! @coaltransitions.bsky.social @sussexunibusiness.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Catch our new research published in Nature Energy today how compounding injustices can impede a just energy transition. Benjamin Sovacool @sovacool.bsky.social Lukas Hermwille @lukashermwille.bsky.social Mare-Claire Brisbois @mcbrisbois.bsky.social
bennettinstitutesussex.org/stories/a-ju...
bennettinstitutesussex.org/stories/a-ju...
Stories - The Bennett Institute
An industrial complex
bennettinstitutesussex.org
June 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Catch our new research published in Nature Energy today how compounding injustices can impede a just energy transition. Benjamin Sovacool @sovacool.bsky.social Lukas Hermwille @lukashermwille.bsky.social Mare-Claire Brisbois @mcbrisbois.bsky.social
bennettinstitutesussex.org/stories/a-ju...
bennettinstitutesussex.org/stories/a-ju...
This is great news - and would have saved me £400.
Although, having the neighbours informed about our heat pump through the planning system has actually been a really effective way of introducing them to how great it is.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Although, having the neighbours informed about our heat pump through the planning system has actually been a really effective way of introducing them to how great it is.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Planning change makes heat pump installations easier for homes
The rule requiring planning permission if a heat pump is within 1m of a neighbours property has been removed.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This is great news - and would have saved me £400.
Although, having the neighbours informed about our heat pump through the planning system has actually been a really effective way of introducing them to how great it is.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Although, having the neighbours informed about our heat pump through the planning system has actually been a really effective way of introducing them to how great it is.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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University of Sussex Energy and Climate Policy MSc students visiting the Meadow Blue community-owned solar PV farm near Chichester today.
Really interesting to see solar powering community benefits across West Sussex! ⚡
Many thanks to Tom Broughton and Anna Glanville-Hearson.
Really interesting to see solar powering community benefits across West Sussex! ⚡
Many thanks to Tom Broughton and Anna Glanville-Hearson.
May 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
University of Sussex Energy and Climate Policy MSc students visiting the Meadow Blue community-owned solar PV farm near Chichester today.
Really interesting to see solar powering community benefits across West Sussex! ⚡
Many thanks to Tom Broughton and Anna Glanville-Hearson.
Really interesting to see solar powering community benefits across West Sussex! ⚡
Many thanks to Tom Broughton and Anna Glanville-Hearson.
I contributed to this article about how China has just gone and done it on electrification (even if still underpinned by coal for now), while the rest of are still tied up in (fossil-fuel funded) arguments about whether electrification, EVs and heat pumps work.
May 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I contributed to this article about how China has just gone and done it on electrification (even if still underpinned by coal for now), while the rest of are still tied up in (fossil-fuel funded) arguments about whether electrification, EVs and heat pumps work.
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Come work with us at @ucl.ac.uk Institute for Sustainable Resources. Looking for a new lecturer in Environmental Policy.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 9, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Come work with us at @ucl.ac.uk Institute for Sustainable Resources. Looking for a new lecturer in Environmental Policy.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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🚗⚡ Ending EVs’ vehicle excise duty exemption raises big questions about pollution & the shift to cleaner transport. Yesterday, @mcbrisbois.bsky.social told ITV News Meridian how EV adoption helps cut fossil fuel pollution in cities.
Watch here (interview at 9:30): 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zKW...
Watch here (interview at 9:30): 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zKW...
April 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🚗⚡ Ending EVs’ vehicle excise duty exemption raises big questions about pollution & the shift to cleaner transport. Yesterday, @mcbrisbois.bsky.social told ITV News Meridian how EV adoption helps cut fossil fuel pollution in cities.
Watch here (interview at 9:30): 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zKW...
Watch here (interview at 9:30): 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zKW...
A really great @sussexnrggroup.bsky.social annual key note lecture with Dhara Vyas of @energyuk.bsky.social on what's happening and where were going with the UK energy system.
@edrc-uk.bsky.social
@edrc-uk.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A really great @sussexnrggroup.bsky.social annual key note lecture with Dhara Vyas of @energyuk.bsky.social on what's happening and where were going with the UK energy system.
@edrc-uk.bsky.social
@edrc-uk.bsky.social
This is quite good.
We also can't demonise people who support Trump but instead must organise with them. They often reasonably want radical change to broken systems - we need to collectively develop a better version of radical change than the Trump/Musk one.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We also can't demonise people who support Trump but instead must organise with them. They often reasonably want radical change to broken systems - we need to collectively develop a better version of radical change than the Trump/Musk one.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump and Musk have ushered in a terrible era of cataclysm capitalism. But I have a plan to counter it | Julia Steinberger
The speed with which US democracy is being dismantled is dizzying, but if we organise resistance now we can stop this, says Julia Steinberger of the University of Lausanne
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This is quite good.
We also can't demonise people who support Trump but instead must organise with them. They often reasonably want radical change to broken systems - we need to collectively develop a better version of radical change than the Trump/Musk one.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We also can't demonise people who support Trump but instead must organise with them. They often reasonably want radical change to broken systems - we need to collectively develop a better version of radical change than the Trump/Musk one.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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March 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Last week, we caught up with @mcbrisbois.bsky.social from @sussexnrggroup.bsky.social for #IWD! 🚨 We talked motivation, her impactful work with @edrc-uk.bsky.social, and the two must-read papers topping her list right now.📚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS8R...
EnGRG A Spotlight on... Marie Claire Brisbois
YouTube video by Energy Geographies Research Group
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March 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Last week, we caught up with @mcbrisbois.bsky.social from @sussexnrggroup.bsky.social for #IWD! 🚨 We talked motivation, her impactful work with @edrc-uk.bsky.social, and the two must-read papers topping her list right now.📚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS8R...
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Great to see Trump discover electricity trading and the possibility that it can be switched off on the same day.
entirely unrelatedly, if you think you have enough power over your opponent to force a settlement, you should probably find out if you actually do before trying to
entirely unrelatedly, if you think you have enough power over your opponent to force a settlement, you should probably find out if you actually do before trying to
March 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Great to see Trump discover electricity trading and the possibility that it can be switched off on the same day.
entirely unrelatedly, if you think you have enough power over your opponent to force a settlement, you should probably find out if you actually do before trying to
entirely unrelatedly, if you think you have enough power over your opponent to force a settlement, you should probably find out if you actually do before trying to