Joshua Emden

Senior research fellow

Josh’s work at IPPR focusses on developing just transition policy across all sectors of the economy. He is the programme lead for heat decarbonisation, industrial decarbonisation and green jobs and skills.

Josh has previously worked on renewable generation, energy networks and systems and implementation strategies that include devolved and local governance.

He is a regular commentator on climate, energy and just transition policy appearing on national news and radio including BBC News, Sky News and LBC. He has also written on the subject for Huffington Post, Red Box, Business Green and Energy Monitor, among others.

Josh holds an MSc with distinction in environmental technology from Imperial College London and a BA in classics from the University of Cambridge.

More from this author:

  1. Plugged in: Accelerating the electrification of road transport

    The new government has been elected with a mandate to deliver ambitious climate action.
  2. Many windmills against the horizon

    A second wind: Maximising the economic opportunity for UK wind manufacturing

    In terms of offshore wind capacity, the UK is second in the world only to China. Yet in the next seven years, the UK must install triple the amount of offshore wind compared to the past 14 years.
  3. An employee in hardhat and hi-vis jacket works on a laptop outside a natural gas power plant

    Skills matter: Shaping a just transition for workers in the energy sector

    The transition to a net zero economy is both a necessity and an opportunity for the UK.