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Why Urban Heat Electrification is a Spatial Challenge

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Can government cut energy bills and deliver net zero? Energy experts say yes

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The cooling divide: how air conditioning is creating a new climate inequality

Energy demand at the forefront: EDRC at the ECEEE Summer Study

Fig.1. Visual summary of key themes from the session.

Decarbonising rural places differently: Insights from EDRC’s research community

The cooling tower at Hull's Saltend Chemicals Park is part of a hub of world-class chemicals and renewable energy businesses that are pivotal in the UK's Energy Transition to a zero-carbon economy

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Lessons from the UK’s Local Industrial Decarbonisation Plan competition

EDRC's team during their visit at Octopus Energy

Can energy companies play a social role in the renewable energy transition?

a panel discussion on green jobs and skills as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science on 6 November 2025

“We need to show people that there is a place for them in this transition”: reflection on Green Jobs and Skills public talk

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“What if we forget rural people?” Citizen perspectives on fair rural energy demand reduction

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Climate action is undervalued. How can we fix that?

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How the UK can protect households from spiking fuel prices

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Turn your thermostat down: From energy saving advice to public policy?

23 January 2026