Assessing minimum energy requirements and emissions for different raw material compositions in clinker production
Latest paper introduces an open-source model that estimates the minimum energy requirements for clinker production.
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Barriers, enablers, and opportunities for scaling-up innovative and circular domestic retrofit business models in the UK
New paper explores circular business models in the UK domestic retrofit sector.
Dr Fanran Meng wins Royal Society of Chemistry’s Early Career Prize
Former member of the Resource Efficiency Collective, Dr Fanran Meng, has won the Royal Society of Chemistry's 2025 Environment, Sustainability and Energy Early Career Prize.
Critical Minerals dashboards
In the past year, researchers in the Resource Efficiency Collective who are involved in the Climate Compatible Growth programme have created three Critical Mineral dashboards. (1) Mapping regional...
Country’s wealth is not associated with domestic control of metal ore extraction
In their new paper, Baptiste, Mehrnoosh and Jonathan outline the lack of association between a country’s wealth and the share of its locally extracted ores under domestic control,...
A robust framework for estimating theoretical minimum energy requirements for industrial processes
The industrial sector consumes 38 % of all energy produced and is responsible for 47 % of global CO2 emissions, hence decarbonisation of industry is a priority for net-zero aspirations. Improving...
Exploring the Copperbelt: A Journey Through The Promise of Zambia
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit with the CCG Zambia team in the heart of Zambia’s Copperbelt region, a place rich in history, culture, and, of course,...
CCG Scoping Mission in Malawi
In 2025, the Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) project added Malawi as a new partner country. In anticipation of this kicking off in April, Jon, Luke, and I had...
Photo journal of a research trip to China
From 24th August – 4th September, Refficiency group leader Professor Jonathan Cullen went to China on a research trip. Firstly, Jonathan attended the Joint ISIE Socio-Economic Metabolism (SEM)...
Reducing uncertainties in greenhouse gas emissions from chemical production
Uncertainties in greenhouse gas emissions estimates for petrochemical production have lacked quantification globally, impacting emissions reporting and decarbonization policymaking. Here we analyze cradle-to-gate emissions of 81 chemicals at...