Publications

Low-carbon Lake District: Tackling climate change in the National Park, Lake District National Park Authority, 2008

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The Proximity Principle: Why we are living too far apart, CPRE, 2008

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click to download (390K pdf)

The Disrupters: Lessons for low-carbon innovation from the new wave of environmental pioneers, NESTA / Demos, 2007 (with Molly Webb and James Wilsdon)

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click to download (390K pdf)

Grid 2.0: The next generation, Green Alliance, 2006

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click to download (500K pdf)

Carbon Management: Building a supportive policy environment for business , Carbon Trust, 2006
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A Green Living Initiative: Helping householders to achieve environmental goals, Policy Studies Institute, 2006 (with Paul Ekins and Simon Dresner)
click to download (836K pdf)

A Competitive Environment? Green Alliance, 2005
click to download (112K pdf)

Small or Atomic: Comparing the finances of nuclear and micro-generated energy, Green Alliance, 2005
click to download (108K pdf)

Business action on climate change: Where next after emissions trading? Green Alliance, 2005 (with Catherine Bowyer, Claire Monkhouse and Ian Skinner)
click to download (160K pdf)

‘The Myth of the Techno-Fix’, Renewal, Vol 12 No 4, 2004

See-through Science: Why public engagement needs to move upstream, Demos, 2004 (with James Wilsdon)
click to download (448K pdf)

‘From Bio to Nano and Beyond: A progressive agenda for technology, risk and the environment’, in Giddens (ed) The Progressive Manifesto, Polity Press, 2003 (with James Wilsdon)
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Carrots, Sticks and Sermons: Influencing public behaviour for environmental goals, Demos/Green Alliance, for Defra, 2003 (with Joanna Collins, Gilian Thomas and James Wilsdon)
click to download (560K pdf)

Next steps for energy taxation, Policy Studies Institute and Green Alliance, 2002 (with Paul Ekins, Claire Monkhouse and Ian Skinner)
click to download (576K pdf)

Precaution in Practice: How the precautionary principle is used by government, business and NGOs, Green Alliance, 2002 (with Jennie Oldham)
click to download (404K pdf)

Life after MAFF: The government’s green progress, Green Alliance, 2002 (editor and contributor)
click to download (164K pdf)

Dear Prime Minister: Open letters on green goals for a second term, Green Alliance, 2001 (editor and contributor)
click to download (108K pdf)

‘Mind over Matter: Greening the new economy’ in Wilsdon (ed) Digital Futures: Living in a networked world, Earthscan, 2001 (with Charles Leadbeater)
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Steps into Uncertainty: Handling risk and uncertainty in environmental policy making, Green Alliance/ESRC, 2000 (with Beatrice Rose)
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Low-carbon Lake District: Tackling climate change in the National Park

This report explains how climate change will alter the look and feel of the Lake District; looks at what is already being done to cut carbon and anticipate the effects of climate change; and helps chart the way ahead to a low-carbon Lake District.