Latest Publications
Environment & Energy
Better policies on energy and the environment are urgently needed but those policies must command public confidence and consent. We work to ensure those policies take proper account of the needs of all households.
Latest Publications:
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Recreating parks: securing the future of our urban green spaces
Parks have been a vital public service throughout the UK’s lockdown. But their financial plight and health benefits have not been fully recognised. With parks taking on a new place in the national conversation, now is the time to secure their future.
| Published: | 18 May 2020 |
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| Author: | Linus Pardoe |
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4IR and the Environment: How the Fourth Industrial Revolution can curb air pollution and decarbonise the economy
This report focuses on the role that Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies can play in reducing air pollution and decarbonising the economy.
| Published: | 30 January 2020 |
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| Author: | Scott Corfe |
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How sustainable finance can tackle the climate emergency
This collection of essays published by the Social Market Foundation think-tank and the Chartered Banker Institute focuses on green finance and the role that financial services can play in delivering environmental goals. Contributors include: Mary Robinson and Sir Roger Gifford.
| Published: | 01 July 2019 |
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| Author: | Social Market Foundation |
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Eliminating the poverty premium in energy
This report examines the ‘poverty premium’ in energy – a phenomenon where those living below the poverty line pay more when they buy their gas and electricity than higher-income households.
| Published: | 22 April 2018 |
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| Author(s): | Nigel Keohane, Scott Corfe |
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Incentivising household action on flooding
This report outlines the significant need for increased action from households to protect themselves against the experience and costs of flooding.
| Published: | 22 March 2018 |
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| Author: | Matthew Oakley |
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Measuring the Poverty Premium
This Social Market Foundation (SMF) report examines how one can quantify and track the size of the “poverty premium” in the United Kingdom.
| Published: | 16 March 2018 |
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| Author(s): | Nigel Keohane, Scott Corfe |
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Frozen Out: Business energy supply and the price freeze
This briefing explores the true state of the UK's energy markets and examines the practicalities of the price freeze policy proposed by the Labour Party. It recommends policies which could help boost competition and market efficiency in the energy sector.
| Published: | 23 April 2015 |
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| Author: | Katie Evans |
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SMF Briefing: Illuminating the energy market – encouraging greater switching
This new briefing paper brings together the evidence on switching, starting with the conundrum of prices rising in tandem with declining switching rates. It examines the characteristics of those who do switch, and considers what policymakers can do to boost consumer trust in the energy market.
| Published: | 26 November 2013 |
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| Author: | Oliver Finlay |
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Rethinking the Economic Borders of the State
How should the shape of the state change to confront the twin challenges of economic growth and environmental sustainability? In this essay, Dieter Helm argues that a new direction is needed which owes more to the rules-based order of Hayek than the short-run demand management of Keynes.
| Published: | 16 November 2010 |
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| Author: | Dieter Helm |