John Barrett (energy researcher) explained

John Richard Barrett 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.

External links

• Webpage at Leeds University

Notes and References

1. Web site: PAS 2050 Assessment of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions. shop.bsigroup.com.
2. 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. John. Barrett. Tommy. Wiedmann. Jan. Minx. July 20, 2008. www.sei.org.
3. Web site: Working Group II — IPCC.
4. Web site: BBC - Radio 4 - The Material World 16/3/2006. www.bbc.co.uk.
5. Web site: BBC - Radio 4 You and Yours -Energy saving. www.bbc.co.uk.
6. Web site: Route map to a low carbon Scotland and a better quality of life. University of York.
7. Web site: Rising energy costs and insecurity show EU must get real about reducing demand. www.ukerc.ac.uk.