John_Barrett_(energy_researcher)

John Barrett (energy researcher)

John Barrett (energy researcher)

British academic

John Richard Barrett OBE is a British academic who is chair in Energy and Climate Policy at the University of Leeds. He is the Director of the Centre for Industrial Energy, Materials and Products (CIE-MAP) (one of six End Use Energy Demand Centres) and co-director of the UK Energy Research Centre.

Policy and media work

Barrett was a lead advisor to Defra in relation to the development of Publicly Available Standard 2050 (PAS2050)1.[1] of goods and services. Barrett was commissioned by Defra to lead on understanding the carbon footprint of trade.[2]

Barrett was selected as a lead author[3] for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment for Working Group III and has appeared regularly on BBC Radio 4[4][5] news and discussion programmes and written numerous policy reports on sustainable consumption policy issues for a wide range of audiences.[6][7]

Barrett was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to climate change assessment.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "PAS 2050 Assessment of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions". shop.bsigroup.com.
  2. [2]
    Barrett, John; Wiedmann, Tommy; Minx, Jan (July 20, 2008). "Development of an embedded carbon emissions indicator: Producing a time series of input-output tables and embedded carbon dioxide emissions for the UK by using a MRIO data optimisation system" – via www.sei.org. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. [3]
    "Working Group II — IPCC".
  4. [4]
    "BBC - Radio 4 - The Material World 16/3/2006". www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. [5]
    "BBC - Radio 4 You and Yours -Energy saving". www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. [6]
    "Route map to a low carbon Scotland and a better quality of life". University of York.
  7. [7]
    "Rising energy costs and insecurity show EU must get real about reducing demand". www.ukerc.ac.uk.
  8. [8]
    "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B11.
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