The Radical Emission Reduction Conference: Abstracts 10th – 11th December 2013 Royal Society 6-9 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AG Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Table of contents About the conference ......................................................................................................... 4 Abstracts: conference paper presentations (in alphabetical order) ................................ 5 Charlie Baker, URBED ................................................................................................................................... 5 Professor Terry Barker, UEA and University of Cambridge ...................................................................... 7 Professor John Barrett, University of Leeds ................................................................................................ 9 Mike Berners-Lee, Lancaster University .................................................................................................... 12 Dr. Brenda Boardman, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford .................................... 13 Professor Steffen Böhm, Essex Sustainability Institute, University of Essex ....................................... 14 Nicole des Bouvrie, European Graduate School ...................................................................................... 15 Dr. Alice Bows-Larkin, Tyndall Manchester ............................................................................................... 18 Dr. Milena Buchs, University of Southampton ........................................................................................... 19 Simon Bullock, Friends of the Earth ........................................................................................................... 20 Dr. Dan Calverley, Tyndall Manchester ..................................................................................................... 21 Stuart Capstick, Cardiff University .............................................................................................................. 23 Laurence Delina and Dr. Mark Diesendorf, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of New South Wales ................................................................................................................................................... 25 Dr. Angela Druckman, University of Surrey ............................................................................................... 26 Dr. Tina Fawcett, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford .............................................. 27 Dr. Francois Fortier, United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UNOSD) .......................... 29 Trent Hawkins, Beyond Zero Emissions Inc. ............................................................................................. 32 Dr. Jane Hindley and Professor Ted Benton, Essex Sustainability Institute, University of Essex .... 33 Alice Hooker-Stroud, Centre for Alternative Technology ......................................................................... 34 William Lamb, Tyndall Manchester ............................................................................................................. 36 Professor Diana Liverman, University of Arizona ..................................................................................... 37 Larry Lohmann, The Corner House ............................................................................................................ 38 Miriam Lyons, Centre for Policy Development .......................................................................................... 41 Ruth Mayne and Jo Hamilton, Environmental Change Institute, The University of Oxford ................ 42 Neil McCabe, Green Plan Manager, Dublin Fire Brigade Training Centre ........................................... 43 Dr. Christopher Shaw, Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex .................. 45 Andrew Simms, NEF/Global Witness ......................................................................................................... 47 Professor Clive Spash, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Institute for the Environment and Regional Development .................................................................................................. 48 Prof. Dr. Jaap Spier, Supreme Court of the Netherlands ........................................................................ 49 Dan Staniaszek, Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) .......................................................... 51 1 Professor Fred Steward, Policy Studies Institute, University of Westminster ...................................... 52 Provost Professor Richard Wilk, Indiana University ................................................................................. 53 Rebecca Willis, Green Alliance ................................................................................................................... 54 Professor John Wiseman, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, University of Melbourne ......... 55 Abstracts: poster presentations ...................................................................................... 61 Dr. Nick Bardsley, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading ............... 61 Pete Brace, Tinkers Bubble (Fossil fuel free community) ....................................................................... 62 Dr. Peter Carter, Climate Emergency Institute .......................................................................................... 62 Kim Coetzee, Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town ........................................................ 63 Daisong Liu, Fudan University ..................................................................................................................... 64 A/Prof. Dr. Mark Diesendorf, Institute of Environmental Studies, University of New South Wales ... 65 David Ellison, Institute of World Economics .............................................................................................. 66 Dr. John Foran, University of California, Santa Barbara, and International Institute of Climate Action and Theory ..................................................................................................................................................... 67 Dr. Kennedy Graham, Green Party Member of Parliament (New Zealand) ......................................... 68 Peter Harper, Centre for Alternative Technology...................................................................................... 69 Professor Stuart Haszeldine, Dr. Vivian Scott, University of Edinburgh ............................................... 70 Walter Jehne and Keith Thomas, Healthy Soils Australia ....................................................................... 71 John Jopling, Feasta ..................................................................................................................................... 72 Shashikant, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay ................................................................................ 73 Dr. Gavin Killip, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford ................................................. 74 Mike Koefman, Planet Hydrogen ................................................................................................................ 75 Mieke Langie, WindMade ............................................................................................................................. 76 Dr. Sarah Mander, Tyndall Manchester ..................................................................................................... 77 Linus Mattauch, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) .... 78 James McKay, University of Leeds ............................................................................................................. 78 Dr. Laurence Matthews, Cap & Share UK ................................................................................................. 79 Gbemi Oluleye, University of Manchester ................................................................................................. 80 Dr. Jane O’Sullivan, The University of Queensland; Roger Martin, Population Matters UK .............. 82 Dr. Liam Phelan, University of Newcastle, Australia ................................................................................ 83 Robert Rattle .................................................................................................................................................. 84 Dr. Kate Rawles, University of Cumbria and Outdoor Philosophy ......................................................... 84 Dr. Tim Rayner, Tyndall Centre, UEA ........................................................................................................ 85 Daniel Rossetto, Climate Mundial Limited ................................................................................................. 86 Thomas Rushby, University of Southampton ............................................................................................ 87 2 Dr. Christophe Rynikiewicz, SPRU, University of Sussex ....................................................................... 88 Jalel Sager, Energy and Resources Group, University of California-Berkeley .................................... 90 Daniel Scharf, Pause.forThought and GreenSpeed ................................................................................