The impacts of digitalised daily life on climate change

Digital transformation in the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways

Author(s): Yee Van Fan, Charlie Wilson, Marina Andrijevic, Henrik Carlsen, Somya Joshi
Published in: npj Climate Action, Issue 4, 2025, ISSN 2731-9814
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44168-025-00283-w

Demand-side policies can significantly reduce emissions from energy use in buildings and transport

Author(s): Rik van Heerden, Oreane Y. Edelenbosch, Vassilis Daioglou, Thomas Le Gallic, Luiz Bernardo Baptista, Alice Di Bella, Francesco Pietro Colelli, Johannes Emmerling, Panagiotis Fragkos, Robin Hasse, Johanna Hoppe, Paul Kishimoto, Florian Leblanc, Julien Lefèvre, Gunnar Luderer, Giacomo Marangoni, Alessio Mastrucci, Hazel Pettifor, Robert Pietzcker, Pedro Rochedo, Bas van Ruijven, Roberto Schaeffer,
Published in: Nature Energy, Issue 10, 2025, Page(s) 293-294, ISSN 2058-7546
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01721-z

A spatial agent-based approach to simulating the ride-hailing system and its environmental impacts

Author(s): Xingjun Huang, Yilan Bu, Junbei Liu, Meng Meng, Jie Zhang, Chengxiang Zhuge
Published in: Transport Policy, Issue 174, 2026, Page(s) 103848, ISSN 0967-070X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2025.103848

Prospects for public participation in energy transitions in Canada: Householders' interests in hosting, coordinating, and trading electricity at the local level

Author(s): Ian H. Rowlands, Chad Walker, Patrick Devine‐Wright, Charlie Wilson, Joseph Fiander, Iain Soutar, Rajat Gupta
Published in: Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes, Issue 69, 2025, ISSN 0008-3658
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/cag.70030

Firm level optimisation strategies for sustainable and cost effective electric vehicle workplace charging

Author(s): Marcel Seger, Christian Brand, Christoph Clement, James Dixon, Charlie Wilson
Published in: npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport, Issue 2, 2025, ISSN 3004-8664
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44333-025-00032-w

Measuring the adoption and discontinuance of low carbon digitally-enabled innovations: Exploring repeat survey quality

Author(s): Javier Palacios-Fenech, Emilie Vrain
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 434, 2025, Page(s) 140311, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.140311

Irreversibility in climate action

Author(s): Corinne Le Quéré, Charlie Wilson, Harriet Barton, Jim W. Hall, Asher Minns, Millie Prosser, Amy E. Russell, Mark G. L. Tebboth, Nigel Topping
Published in: Nature Climate Change, Issue 16, 2026, Page(s) 5-7, ISSN 1758-678X
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-025-02526-4

Editorial essay: ERL focus issue on technology and global change

Author(s): Charlie Wilson, Greg Nemet, Laura Diaz Anadon, Frank W Geels, Radhika Khosla, Shonali Pachauri
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, Issue 20, 2025, Page(s) 120201, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae2ac0

How home automation reshapes household time use and energy demand: Evidence from a mixed-methods longitudinal study

Author(s): Emilie Vrain, Jan Bieser, Charlie Wilson
Published in: Energy and Buildings, Issue 353, 2026, Page(s) 116920, ISSN 0378-7788
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116920

Decarbonising residential heating: local conditions and spatial spillovers driving heat pump uptake

Author(s): Theodoros Arvanitopoulos, Charlie Wilson, Craig Morton
Published in: Energy Policy, Issue 206, 2026, Page(s) 114787, ISSN 0301-4215
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114787

Demand-side strategies key for mitigating material impacts of energy transitions

Author(s): Felix Creutzig, Sofia G. Simoes, Sina Leipold, Peter Berrill, Isabel Azevedo, Oreane Edelenbosch, Tomer Fishman, Helmut Haberl, Edgar Hertwich, Volker Krey, Ana Teresa Lima, Tamar Makov, Alessio Mastrucci, Nikola Milojevic-Dupont, Florian Nachtigall, Stefan Pauliuk, Mafalda Silva, Elena Verdolini, Detlef van Vuuren, Felix Wagner, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Charlie Wilson
Published in: Nature Climate Change, Issue 14, 2024, Page(s) 561-572, ISSN 1758-678X
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-02016-z

High with low: Harnessing the power of demand-side solutions for high wellbeing with low energy and material demand

Author(s): Masahiro Sugiyama, Charlie Wilson, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Benigna Boza-Kiss, Tao Cao, Joyee S. Chatterjee, Souran Chatterjee, Takuya Hara, Ayami Hayashi, Yiyi Ju, Volker Krey, María Fernanda Godoy León, Luis Martinez, Eric Masanet, Alessio Mastrucci, Jihoon Min, Leila Niamir, Setu Pelz, Joyashree Roy, Yamina Saheb, Roberto Schaeffer, Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, Bas van Ruijven, Yoshiyuki Shimoda, Elena V
Published in: Joule, Issue 8, 2025, Page(s) 1-6, ISSN 2542-4351
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2023.12.014

Climate policy portfolios that accelerate emission reductions

Author(s): Theodoros Arvanitopoulos, Simon Bulian, Charlie Wilson, Andrew J. Jordan, Jale Tosun, Nicholas Vasilakos
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 17, 2026, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-68577-z

Disentangling the carbon emissions impact of digital consumer innovations

Author(s): Hazel Pettifor, Maureen Agnew, Charlie Wilson, Leila Niamir
Published in: Journal of Cleaner Production, Issue 485, 2024, Page(s) 144412, ISSN 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.144412

Energy democracy, public participation, and support for local energy system change in Canada

Author(s): Joseph Fiander, Chad Walker, Ian H. Rowlands, Patrick Devine-Wright, Charlie Wilson, Iain Soutar, Rajat Gupta
Published in: Energy Research & Social Science, Issue 113, 2024, Page(s) 103526, ISSN 2214-6296
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103526

Modeling Low Energy Demand Futures for Buildings: Current State and Research Needs

Author(s): Alessio Mastrucci Leila Niamir Benigna Boza-Kiss Nuno Bento Dominik Wiedenhofer Jan Streeck Shonali Pachauri Charlie Wilson Souran Chatterjee Felix Creutzig Srihari Dukkipati Wei Feng Arnulf Grubler Joni Jupesta Poornima Kumar Giacomo Marangoni Yamina Saheb Yoshiyuki Shimoda Bianka Shoai-Tehrani Yohei Yamaguchi Bas van Ruijven
Published in: Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Issue 48, 2023, Page(s) 761-792, ISSN 1545-2050
Publisher: Annual Reviews
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-112321-102921

AI’s indirect impacts on climate outweigh concerns over its direct energy footprint

Author(s): C. Wilson Y. V. Fan F. Amanta
Published in: Oxford Energy Forum, Issue Issue 145, 2025, Page(s) 10-15, ISSN 2398-9629
Publisher: Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

Towards a public policy of cities and human settlements in the 21st century

Author(s): Felix Creutzig, Sophia Becker, Peter Berrill, Constanze Bongs, Alexandra Bussler, Ben Cave, Sara M. Constantino, Marcus Grant, Niko Heeren, Eva Heinen, Marie Josefine Hintz, Timothee Ingen-Housz, Eric Johnson, Nina Kolleck, Charlotte Liotta, Sylvia Lorek, Giulio Mattioli, Leila Niamir, Timon McPhearson, Nikola Milojevic-Dupont, Florian Nachtigall, Kai Nagel, Henriette Närger, Minal Pathak, Paola
Published in: npj Urban Sustainability, Issue 4, 2024, ISSN 2661-8001
Publisher: Nature Springer
DOI: 10.1038/s42949-024-00168-7

Lifestyle, an integrative concept: Cross‐disciplinary insights for low‐carbon research

Author(s): Maureen D. Agnew; Hazel Pettifor; Charlie Wilson
Published in: WIREs Energy and Environment, 2023, ISSN 2041-8396
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/wene.490

CO2e (best) avoided? How people experience CO2e avoided on the Too Good To Go app

Author(s): Brendan T Lawson, Marianna Coulentianos, Emilie Vrain, Val Mitchell
Published in: Big Data & Society, Issue 12, 2026, ISSN 2053-9517
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/20539517251367695

Building back better: Granular energy technologies in green recovery funding programs

Author(s): Wilson, Charlie De Stercke, Simon Zimm, Caroline
Published in: Joule, 2023, ISSN 2542-4351
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.joule.2023.05.012

Adoption drivers and barriers of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Europe

Author(s): Martin Burgess, Charlie Wilson, Yee Van Fan
Published in: Energy and Buildings, Issue 355, 2026, Page(s) 116953, ISSN 0378-7788
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2026.116953

Harnessing social tipping dynamics: A systems approach for accelerating decarbonization

Author(s): Sibel Eker, Charlie Wilson, Niklas Höhne, Mark S. McCaffrey, Irene Monasterolo, Leila Niamir, Caroline Zimm
Published in: One Earth, Issue 7, 2024, Page(s) 976-988, ISSN 2590-3322
Publisher: One Earth
DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.05.012

Local conditions for the decentralization of energy systems

Author(s): T. Arvanitopoulos C. Wilson S. Ferrini
Published in: Regional Studies, 2022, ISSN 0034-3404
Publisher: Carfax Publishing Ltd.
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2022.2131756

Balancing energy transition: Assessing decent living standards and future energy demand in the Global South

Author(s): Souran Chatterjee, Alessio Mastrucci, Leila Niamir, Kaveri Ashok, Ashok Sreenivas, Srihari Dukkipati, Vassilis Daioglou, Oreane Edelenbosch, Setu Pelz, Benigna Boza-Kiss, Poornima Kumar, Diána Ürge-Vorsatz
Published in: Energy Research & Social Science, Issue 118, 2026, Page(s) 103757, ISSN 2214-6296
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103757

Reconsidering convenience: domestication of on-demand digital services in everyday consumption

Author(s): Felippa A. Amanta, Emilie Vrain, Charlie Wilson
Published in: Consumption and Society, 2026, Page(s) 1-20, ISSN 2752-8499
Publisher: Bristol University Press
DOI: 10.1332/27528499y2026d000000074

Endogenous Simulation of Low-Carbon Lifestyle Change in Global Climate Mitigation Pathways

Author(s): Hazel Pettifor; Alessio Mastrucci; Charlie Wilson; Bas van Ruijven; Maureen Agnew; Thomax Le Gallic
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, 2023, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/acf6d6

Digitalization and the Anthropocene

Author(s): Creutzig, F., D. Acemoglu, X. Bai, P.N. Edwards, M.J. Hintz, L. Kaack, S. Kilkis, S. Kunkel, A. Luers, N. Milojevic-Dupont, D. Rejeski, J. Renn, D. Rolnick, C. Rosol, D. Russ, T. Turnbull, E. Verdolini, F. Wagner, C. Wilson, A. Zekar, M. Zumwald
Published in: Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2022, ISSN 1545-2050
Publisher: Annual Reviews
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-120920-100056

A framework for measuring and modelling low-carbon lifestyles

Author(s): Pettifor, Hazel Agnew, Maureen Wilson, Charlie
Published in: Global Environmental Change, Issue 82, 2023, Page(s) 102739, ISSN 0959-3780
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102739

Demand-side strategies enable rapid and deep cuts in buildings and transport emissions to 2050

Author(s): Rik van Heerden, Oreane Y. Edelenbosch, Vassilis Daioglou, Thomas Le Gallic, Luiz Bernardo Baptista, Alice Di Bella, Francesco Pietro Colelli, Johannes Emmerling, Panagiotis Fragkos, Robin Hasse, Johanna Hoppe, Paul Kishimoto, Florian Leblanc, Julien Lefèvre, Gunnar Luderer, Giacomo Marangoni, Alessio Mastrucci, Hazel Pettifor, Robert Pietzcker, Pedro Rochedo, Bas van Ruijven, Roberto Schaeffer,
Published in: Nature Energy, Issue 10, 2025, Page(s) 380-394, ISSN 2058-7546
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41560-025-01703-1

Expert Workshop on Digitalisation Narratives and Climate Change Mitigation: Synthesis Report

Author(s): Wilson, C.; Verdolini, E.; Kumar, P.; Eker, S.
Published in: Expert Workshop on Digitalisation Narratives and Climate Change Mitigation: Synthesis Report, 2025
Publisher: IIASA
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15024068

The 'High-with-Low' Scenario Narrative: Key Themes, Cross-Cutting Linkages, and Implications for Modelling

Author(s): Wilson, C.; Grubler, A.; Nemet, G.; Pachauri, S.; Pauliuk, S.; Wiedenhofer, D.
Published in: Issue 1, 2023
Publisher: IIASA

Public acceptability of digital personal carbon trading: a technology acceptance perspective from UK households

Author(s): Scharnhorst, L; Vrain, E; Kleinebrahm, M; Fichtner, W
Published in: Behave 2025 Conference Proceedings : Equality in Energy Transitions, 2025
Publisher: BEHAVE
DOI: 10.5445/ir/1000191024

Feedbacks and social tipping: A dynamic systems approach to rapid decarbonization

Author(s): Sibel Eker, Charlie Wilson, Niklas Hohne, Mark McCaffrey, Irene Monasterolo, Leila Niamir, Caroline Zimm
Published in: EGU General Assembly 2024, 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-20483

Smart sustainable daily life: Insights from across the social sciences

Author(s): Emilie Vrain, Charlie Wilson
Published in: 2023 8th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech), 2023, Page(s) 1-6
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/splitech58164.2023.10193666

Consumer Uptake of Digital Low-Carbon Innovations

Author(s): Charlie Wilson, Barnaby Andrews, Emilie Vrain
Published in: 2022 International Conference on ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S), 2022, Page(s) 109-118, ISBN 978-1-6654-8286-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ict4s55073.2022.00022

Energy-Services-Led Transformation

Author(s): C. Wilson A. Grubler C. Zimm
Published in: Routledge Handbook of Energy Transitions, 2022
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.4324/9781003183020

The 'High-with-Low' Scenario Narrative: Key Themes, Cross-Cutting Linkages, and Implications for Modelling

Author(s): Wilson, C.; Grubler, A.; Nemet, G.; Pachauri, S.; Pauliuk, S.; Wiedenhofer, D.; Keywan Riahi, Program Director ECE
Published in: 2023
Publisher: IIASA

Publications

Download Download the content of the page