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Dieter Helm

British economist and academic (born 1956) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dieter Helm
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Sir Dieter Robin Helm CBE (born 11 November 1956) is a British economist and academic.

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Career

Helm is Professor of Energy Policy in the University of Oxford and Tutor in Economics in New College, Oxford.[1][2][3]

He was a member of the Economics Advisory Group to the British Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and Chair of the Natural Capital Committee.[1][4][5]

His research interests include energy, utilities, and the environment.[6]

Helm was knighted in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to the environment, energy and utilities policy.[7]

The Carbon Crunch

In his book The Carbon Crunch (2012) and in print media, Dieter Helm criticised efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through current regulation and government intervention, and the deployment of renewable energy, particularly wind power.[8][9][10][11]

He recommended establishing a carbon tax and carbon border tax, increased funding for research and development, and an increased use of gas for electricity generation to substitute coal and to act as a bridge to new technologies.[12]

Net Zero

In 2021 his book Net Zero was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize in the Global Conservation Writing category.[13]

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Books

As author

  • Legacy: How to Build the Sustainable Economy (October 2023), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9781009449212 Open access icon.
  • Net Zero: How We Stop Causing Climate Change (September 2020), Harper Collins, ISBN 9780008404468.
  • Green and Prosperous Land (March 2019), William Collins, ISBN 978-0008304478.
  • Burn Out: The Endgame for Fossil Fuels (2018), Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300234480.
  • Burn Out: The Endgame for Fossil Fuels (March 2017), Yale University Press, ISBN 9780300225624.
  • Natural Capital: Valuing the Planet (May 2015), Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0300210989.
  • The Carbon Crunch: How We're Getting Climate Change Wrong – and How to Fix it (September 2012), Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0300186598.
  • Energy, the State, and the Market: British Energy Policy since 1979 (February 2004), revised edition, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0199270743.

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Selected peer-reviewed articles

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