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Dr Jin-ho Chung and the United Nations University's Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) have released a policy brief summarising ideas and solutions presented at a UNU-CPR migration policy roundtable held in New York in March 2023 in partnership with the MID-EQ Hub.

Christian Brand, Professor in Transport, Energy and Climate Change, featured in two news articles in the Financial Times. Based on previous research for the UK Energy Research Centre, he argued that the delay to the ban on petrol and diesel cars would increase emissions from the sector by hundreds of millions of tonnes of carbon, and that this would make meeting the UK’s medium term carbon targets even more difficult, if not impossible.

Two academic members at the School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE) have been awarded the title of Professor by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their fields of research, teaching and academic service. Congratulations to Louise Slater, Professor of Hydroclimatology, and Christian Brand, Professor of Transport, Energy and Climate Change, on this richly deserved achievement.

Growing numbers of people are following Greta Thunberg in avoiding plane trips - but greener travel can be costly. So why is taking the train often so much more expensive, and what difference does it make to the climate? Dr Debbie Hopkins, Associate Professor in Human Geography, comments in a recent article for Context.

Christian Brand, Associate Professor in Transport, Energy and Environment, comments on the traffic reduction target set out by the Scottish Government for The Scotsman. Subscription required.

“The widening gap in carbon inequality largely mirrors what we have seen in the widening gap in income and wealth” says Christian Brand, Associate Professor in Transport, Energy and Environment, for New Scientist.