The #OxfordSmithSchool will be collaborating in the following projects:

- Electrification Accelerator - Radhika Khosla and Thom Wetzer

- Geological Hydrogen - Caitlin McElroy

@oxmartinschool.bsky.social launches four new £1 million research programmes to tackle global challenges 🌍

The programmes share a common starting point: each asks what becomes possible when we look beyond the limitations of existing systems, knowledge or technologies.

Find out more: bit.ly/4B8rZn4

📢 A new Comment in #NatureClimateChange by experts across climate, nature, health, national security, and financial risk calls on governments to reconcile how climate and nature risks are assessed.

Read more ➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/experts...

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BIG NEWS: Up to 75% of global energy demand could be electrified by 2050 with technologies we already have.

Progress is slow and the barriers are mostly political and institutional.

Today we launch the Oxford Martin Electrification Accelerator to change that.

oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/electrification

The brief was a collaboration b/w a team of writers at @smithschool.ox.ac.uk Aurora Energy Research. Our Exec Director Steve Smith & @cameronhepburn.bsky.social, one of our Co-Investigators, were part of the authoring team. Read the brief here: www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

In a recent interview at @thesun.co.uk @amanimaalouf.bsky.social elaborated on the dangers of unregulated, illegal waste sites as well as exploring the potential of engineered landfills when coupled with measures that allow for electricity production, or methane capture.

"(...) Minimizing the damage from climate will require phasing down fossil fuels & reducing livestock herds. (...) But if fossil fuels are politically toxic, livestock is a downright miasma." Stephanie Walton, @fortune.com 

Great to bring Climate Trunk to the Oxford World Forum hosted by the @smithschool.ox.ac.uk.

Under the watchful eye of a fairly stern-looking former don, 20 Trunk visuals brightened up the wall a bit.

@climatetrunk.bsky.social @oxfordnetzero.bsky.social @skepticalscience.bsky.social #WFSS

Professionals engage with a rigorous curriculum on the science, practice, policy, governance and financing of nature-based solutions

Guided by experts from @ox.ac.uk and partner institutions including @smithschool.ox.ac.uk @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordnetzero.bsky.social @wwf.org.uk

The authors recommend reforming seabed leasing before Leasing Round 6 in 2027, including potentially returning to fixed or capped fees. Read the brief: https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-09/Headwinds-how-seabed-leasing-risks-adding-costs-to-clean-energy.pdf

Policy brief examines how changes to seabed leasing by The Crown Estate affect offshore wind financing costs & may impact project delivery, bills & the UK energy transition.
@thetimes.com 

Here is your chance to help shape the next edition of The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal 🌍

Your input will help us understand what is most useful to the #CDR community and where we should focus our efforts for the next edition.

Share your feedback or scan below: tinyurl.com/StateOfCDRfe...

For @samfankhauser.bsky.social the 2026 heatwaves represent an opportunity to accelerate adaptation: investment made now can reduce both future damage and the cost of retrofitting infrastructure later.
Read the @politicshome.bsky.social article: www.politicshome.com/news/article...

As a result, the banks assess these companies as being less risky than those with low emissions, which could lead to higher borrowing costs for clean energy companies. www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

New working paper by #OxfordSmithSchool & @inetoxford.bsky.social finds that banks’ risk models assign lower credit risk to higher-emitting companies, raising questions about whether transition risks are fully reflected in these assessments. www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/news/low-emi...