Delivering net zero - the role of research

实现净零排放——研究的作用

• 批准号: EP/V011960/1
• 负责人: John Barrett
• 金额: $ 40.98万
• 依托单位: University of Leeds
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FV011960%2F1
• 关键词: Delivering; net; zero; role; research

The UK needs to continue the rapid transition from a high carbon society to one where GHG emissions are close to zero. It is essential that the best available evidence and insights from multiple disciplines are available to guide such a rapid transition. Due to the speed of the transition, there is a serious concern that decisions could be made without drawing on the best available scientific evidence and without appreciating the need for a whole systems approach. For many years, the EPSRC, along with other Research Councils, have funded research to develop new low carbon technologies. They have also funded centres that have adopted an inter-disciplinary approach to appreciate the necessary changes in the energy system and the wider social and economic implications of achieving emissions reductions. While this funded research has had many notable impacts on decisions related to energy and climate policy within Government and other stakeholders, these are often piecemeal and highly dependent on the networks developed by individuals.The academic community has never spoken with a coordinated voice to provide clarity to decision makers on the essential changes required to rapidly reduce UK emissions, while external stakeholders currently struggle to access and exploit the research that can inform their decisions. While a full consensus would never be entirely possible, due to underlying differences across disciplines and sectors in how to frame and understand the problem, it is important to provide space to explore where consensus and disagreements does currently exist, while also providing insights into the underlying paradigms that guide diverse responses to the climate crisis.This project employs deliberative methods to develop points of consensus and disagreement among stakeholders, and approach that is becoming increasingly recognised as a valuable tool to help develop both energy and climate policy. The aim of this project is to ensure that the research funded by the UKRI Energy and Decarbonisation Programme has the maximum opportunity to inform and guide the response of UK decision makers to climate change. By the end of the project, a shared vision will be developed that outlines a narrative for net zero in the short term (next 10 years) and the long term (the following 10 years) by leading UK academics and others. It will also identify those areas in which consensus cannot be achieved, clarifying where further research, wider engagement, or political interventions to prioritise key ethical principles or contested values, might serve to help such conflict. The desired outcome is to create a situation whereby rapid but above all robust decisions made in the UK are informed by the most advanced research on climate mitigation. While the project is centred on achieving impact, we will develop a robust methodology based on deliberative methods to ensure the output of academic publications. The project offers opportunities to advance methodologies, explore the use of evidence in decision making and the dynamics of engaging with diverse stakeholders.

英国需要继续从高碳社会快速过渡到温室气体排放接近于零的社会。至关重要的是，要有来自多个学科的最佳证据和见解来指导这种快速过渡。由于过渡的速度，人们严重关切的是，在作出决定时可能没有利用现有的最佳科学证据，也没有认识到需要采取一种全系统的办法。多年来，EPSRC与其他研究委员会一起沿着资助研究开发新的低碳技术。它们还资助了一些中心，这些中心采取跨学科的办法，以了解能源系统的必要变革以及实现减排所产生的更广泛的社会和经济影响。虽然这项资助的研究对政府和其他利益相关者有关能源和气候政策的决策产生了许多显着的影响，但这些影响往往是零碎的，高度依赖于个人开发的网络。学术界从未以协调一致的声音向决策者提供快速减少英国排放所需的基本变化的清晰度，而外部利益攸关方目前正在努力获取和利用可以为其决策提供信息的研究。虽然由于各学科和部门在如何界定和理解问题方面存在根本差异，永远不可能完全达成全面共识，但必须提供空间，探讨目前存在共识和分歧的地方，同时也提供了对指导对气候危机的不同反应的潜在范式的见解。该项目采用审议方法来发展共识和分歧点在利益相关者中，这种方法越来越被认为是帮助制定能源和气候政策的宝贵工具。该项目的目的是确保由UKRI能源和脱碳计划资助的研究有最大的机会为英国决策者应对气候变化提供信息和指导。在项目结束时，将制定一个共同愿景，概述英国领先学者和其他人在短期（未来10年）和长期（未来10年）实现净零的叙述。它还将确定那些无法达成共识的领域，澄清进一步的研究，更广泛的参与或政治干预，以优先考虑关键的道德原则或有争议的价值观，可能有助于帮助这种冲突。预期的结果是创造一种局面，使联合王国迅速但最重要的是强有力的决策得到最先进的气候减缓研究的指导。 虽然该项目以实现影响为中心，但我们将开发一种基于审议方法的强大方法，以确保学术出版物的产出。该项目提供了机会，以推进方法，探索在决策中使用证据和与不同利益攸关方互动的动态。

项目成果

Delivering Net Zero Final Synthesis Report

提供净零排放最终综合报告

• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Carr-Whitworth R

Delivering Net Zero: Social Change

实现净零排放：社会变革

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Delivering Net Zero

Delivering Net Zero: Energy Supply

实现净零排放：能源供应

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Delivering Net Zero

Delivering Net Zero: Carbon Budgets

实现净零：碳预算

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Delivering Net Zero

Delivering Net Zero: Greenhouse Gas Removal

实现净零排放：温室气体消除

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Delivering Net Zero