Dr Kirsten Jenkins - SPS COP26
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Dr Kirsten Jenkins is a lecturer in Energy, Environment and Society within the Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (STIS) subject area of the School of Social and Political Science.
Kirsten's work focuses on how energy transitions affect society and create issues of injustice and she has a range of work underway related to COP26 themes.
She is part of the Energy, Environment and Sustainability group in SPS.
Here's more info on Kirsten's current activities:
Video: How Scotland can tackle climate change in a fair way for all
She joined Scotland’s leading climate researchers in a series of expert interviews in May by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE).
The video interviews highlight Scottish research ahead of November’s UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, in Glasgow.
Dr Jenkins said: “I can increasingly see that we need to make more rapid progress and in that, I am particularly mindful of there being both winners and losers. I, through my work, pay particular attention to the unequal impact of climate change and the potential inequality, not necessarily of climate change itself, but even in some of our potential solutions.”
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Research report – just energy transitions in Scotland and UK
- 'The future is built on the past: just industrial and energy transitions in Scotland and the UK'.
Part of the research project Oil and Gas Transition: Building evidence for policy action in the UK, Norway and Denmark, coordinated by Climate Strategies and the Stockholm Environment Institute
Publications and media
- Identifying double energy vulnerability: A systematic and narrative review of groups at-risk of energy and transport poverty in the global north – coming soon
- The Independent – Cop26: 70 climate scientists urge PM to end new oil and gas investment ahead of Glasgow summit
COP26 events
- Panellist at COP26 event: 'Co-creating evidence and pathways: Can research accelerate policy action for the Just Transition beyond the North Sea?'
10 November, 2.30pm
Hosted by OGT and the Ministry of Climate of Denmark.
This panel is part of the session 'Oil and Gas as the Next Climate Frontier: Just Transitions from Black to Green', taking place at the Danish Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP26 venue.