Cafe Scientifique: UK energy policy - what's science got to do with it? November 21, 2006

Speaker: Jim Skea (UK Energy Research Centre)

With the Energy Review complete and a new Energy White Paper in preparation, it's a good time to reflect on what science and technology - and scientists - can contribute to policy making and implementation.
The two key drivers of energy policy are clearly now climate change and energy security. The Energy Review acknowledges that we need to get a grip on profligate levels of energy use, stimulate renewable energy sources and other low carbon technologies and address the seemingly intractable problem of transport and the environment.
Does science and technology have a role to play? Do scientists have any useful insights to offer? Or is it now down to economists, politicians and other special interests to battle it out?

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