Dr Nick Eyre, Carbon Team

Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford

Dr Nick Eyre is a Jackson Senior Research Fellow at the ECI and Oriel College and leader of the Lower Carbon Futures group.

Nick worked at the Energy Saving Trust from 1999 to 2007, initially as Head of Policy and, from 2002, as Director of Strategy. He was responsible for the Trust’s work on public policy issues, business development and long term business strategy.

In 2001, Nick was seconded to the Cabinet Office, Performance and Innovation Unit, where he was a co-author of the Government’s Review of Energy Policy, leading the work streams on energy efficiency and long term energy scenarios.

Previously Nick worked as a researcher and analyst on energy and environment issues, initially in the Energy Technology Support Unit (ETSU) and then as an independent consultant. In 1997, he wrote the first published study on how the Government’s 20% carbon emission reduction target might be delivered. He was lead author of the European Commission’s report used as the basis for the UK Government’s estimate of the social cost of carbon. He has published extensively on energy, environment and transport issues.

Nick has and MA in Physics and D.Phil in nuclear physics from the University of Oxford. He was a County Councillor in Oxfordshire from 1987 to 1993.