Overview

History shows that energy transitions can have dramatic impacts. The Agricultural Revolution of the Neolithic period and the Industrial Revolution of the 19th and 20th centuries were both essentially energy revolutions that utterly transformed human society and the economy. We are in the early stages of a new transition to clean energy. This transition is both an urgent necessity to achieve net zero carbon emissions by mid-century and limit damage from climate change, as well as a historic opportunity to create an energy system that is cleaner, cheaper, more secure, and more equitable than the fossil fuel-based system of today.

INET Oxford is actively conducting research on the technologies that are driving this transition, the policies that are key to enabling and accelerating it, and the impacts this transition is likely to have. Examples include work on better forecasting the progress, cost declines, and deployment of key clean energy technologies (e.g., solar, wind, batteries), understanding the impacts of the transition on the macroeconomy, jobs, and the financial system, and assessments of which policies have been most effective in driving the transition. Our researchers are also analysing the most effective and efficient ways to transition away from fossil fuels, for example carbon taxation, coal phaseouts, and policies on energy finance.

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Recent Publications

Feb 2025
Article
The Clean Energy Revolution Is Unstoppable
Eric Beinhocker ,  J. Doyne Farmer
Jan 2025
INET Working Paper
Jan 2025
Journal
Employment dynamics in a rapid decarbonization of the US power sector
in Joule
Joris Bucker ,  R. Maria del Rio-Chanona ,  Anton Pichler ,  Matthew C. Ives ,  J. Doyne Farmer
Nov 2024
Journal
Sensitive Intervention Points for Australia's Transition to Net-Zero Emissions
in Australian Economic Review
Kimathi Muiruri ,  Anna Skarbek ,  Penny Mealy ,  Cameron Hepburn
Oct 2024
Journal
A 10-point plan to scale up renewable energy in the Global South
in Climate Policy
Sam Fankhauser ,  Cameron Hepburn ,  Stephanie Hirmer ,  Tonny Kukeera ,  Dhruv Singh ,  Ingrid Sundvor ,  Philipp A. Trotter ,  Pu Yang
Oct 2024
Video
David Hendry: Forecasting UK Inflation during 2021-24
David Hendry ,  Jennifer Castle ,  Jurgen Doornik
Sept 2024
Video
Special panel discussion: Climate Policies that achieved major emissions reductions
Ebba Mark ,  Moritz Schwarz ,  Anupama Sen ,  Chris Stark
Sept 2024
INET Working Paper
Aug 2024
Journal
The need for better statistical testing in data-driven energy technology modeling
in Joule
Lennart Baumgärtner ,  Rupert Way ,  Matthew Ives ,  J. Doyne Farmer
Aug 2024
Journal
Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from two decades
in Science
Annika Stechemesser ,  Nicolas Koch ,  Ebba Mark ,  Elina Dilger ,  Patrick Klösel ,  Laura Menicacci ,  Daniel Nachtigall ,  Felix Pretis ,  Nolan Ritter ,  Moritz Schwarz ,  Helena Vossen ,  Anna Wenzel
Aug 2024
Journal
Policy support for BECCS and DACCS in Europe: the view of market participants
in Environmental Research Letters
Pu Yang ,  Sam Fankhauser ,  Stephen M. Smith ,  Ingrid Sundvor ,  Stephanie Hirmer ,  Injy Johnstone ,  Joseph Stemmler
Aug 2024
Journal
A blueprint for energy systems in the era of central bank digital currencies
in Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Iacopo Savelli ,  Cameron Hepburn ,  Thomas Morstyn
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