Michael Grubb
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Michael Grubb
@michaeljgrubb.bsky.social
Prof Energy and Climate Change & Director, UCL Centre for Net Zero Market Design. Combines geekiness with policy, esp. economics and political economy of climate and decarbonisation, at home and international. Stubborn optimist, @ profmichaelgrubb.com.
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🚨 NEW ISSUE: Issue 7 is out now, with the latest on emissions trading systems #ETS, #netzero transition, transformational #adaptation, oil + gas superprofits & more ✅

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Climate Policy, Volume 25, Issue 7 (2025)
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August 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A US President once crudely quipped, "better inside the tent pissing out, than outside pissing in". Re Trump and the Paris Agreement, I incline to think "better out, than inside pissing in.."?
January 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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🚨 Delighted to announce our TOP 10 viewed papers published July 2023 - Dec 2024! Congratulations to all the authors 👏

Great range of topics: finance, agriculture, justice, democracy, CBAM, shipping, adaptation, China governance...

Check out the top 10 below, or at www.climatepolicyjournal.org
Top 10 Papers
We provide a space for climate policy experts to share views on selected Climate Policy Journal articles and other key debates in international climate change politics.
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December 20, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Handling variable renewables isn’t just about "when no wind / no sun”. Our new study ‘generating surplus’ charts pace and potential impact of the opposite, concludes policy-as-usual won't work. Absorptive flex to use surplus boosts economics & investor confidence. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources on LinkedIn: Generating surplus: the challenges and opportunities of large-scale…
Generating surplus: the challenges and opportunities of large-scale renewables deployment – new working paper released by ISR's Centre for Net Zero Market…
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December 20, 2024 at 10:20 AM
... as well as cleaner, and innovation boosts economic growth. Is India declaring its intent to remain stuck in the #middleincometrap, rather than becoming a truly modern economy? profmichaelgrubb.com/commentary/e...
Strategic Economics of Energy Transition #2 (Global dimensions): the 2024 World Development Report | Prof Michael Grubb
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November 24, 2024 at 8:52 AM
The anger in the closing plenary at #COP29 – most strongly expressed by India - was understandable. But for India to link its future emission ambitions to international public finance reflects mindset from the last Century. Renewable energy and electric transport are now cheaper than fossil fuels..
November 24, 2024 at 8:51 AM