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Energy, climate change and the environment

The Energy, Resources and Climate Change (ERCC) unit specialises in tackling complex policy and regulatory challenges related to the net-zero and green transition. The team provides cutting-edge research and informed policy recommendations in the domains of energy transition and renewables, circularity and sustainability policies, climate policy and industrial decarbonisation, and critical raw materials.

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