Shipping in Changing Climates.

Completed

Energy Efficiency(Transport)
Not Energy Related

Basic and strategic applied research

SOCIAL SCIENCES (Law)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation)

Dr T Smith
UCL Energy Institute
University College London

Professor p wrobel
Mechanical Engineering
University College London

Standard

EPSRC

01 December 2013

15 September 2017

45 months

£3,512,257

Energy

London; London

Energy : Energy

Dr T Smith, UCL Energy Institute, University College London
Professor p wrobel, Mechanical Engineering, University College London

Prof K Anderson, Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester
Prof A Bows-Larkin, Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester
Dr RWG Bucknall, Mechanical Engineering, University College London
Dr A. H. Day, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Dr P J Gilbert, Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester
Dr AR Greig, Mechanical Engineering, University College London
Professor A Incecik, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Dr AJ Murphy, School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University
Professor RJ Nicholls, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton
Dr T Osman, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde
Dr K Pazouki, Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University
Dr AW Schafer, UCL Energy Institute, University College London
Professor J Scott, Law, University College London

Project Contact, Rolls-Royce PLC
Project Contact, Zodiac Maritime Agencies Ltd
Project Contact, ETI (Energy Technologies Institute)
Project Contact, Svitzer Marine Limited
Project Contact, David MacBrayne Group
Project Contact, UK Chamber of Shipping
Project Contact, BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies Limited
Project Contact, Committee on Climate Change
Project Contact, British Ports Association
Project Contact, International Maritime Organisation
Project Contact, Royal Institution of Naval Architects
Project Contact, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Project Contact, University of the South Pacific (USP), Fiji
Project Contact, WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature (UK)
Project Contact, International Energy Agency (IEA), France
Project Contact, Shipping Emissions Abatement and Trading (SEAaT)
Project Contact, Seas at Risk, Belgium
Project Contact, BMT Group Ltd (UK)
Project Contact, Private Address
Project Contact, Teekay Shipping
Project Contact, Hawkins Wright
Project Contact, KPMG
Project Contact, Lloyd's Register
Project Contact, European Climate Foundation, The Netherlands
Project Contact, Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL), Germany
Project Contact, KfW IPEX-Bank, Germany
Project Contact, EA Gibson Shipbrokers Ltd
Project Contact, ExactEarth Ltd, Canada
Project Contact, International Transport Forum (ITD-OECD), France
Project Contact, Forum For The Future
Project Contact, Carbon War Room, Rocky Mountains Institute, USA
Project Contact, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Germany
Project Contact, Shipbuilders & Shiprepairers Association
Project Contact, B9 Energy Ltd
Project Contact, Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited
Project Contact, Maritime Strategies International

Our vision is to create an enduring, multidisciplinary and independent research community strongly linked to industry and capable of informing the policy making process by developing new knowledge and understanding on the subject of the shipping system, its energy efficiency and emissions, and its transition to a low carbon, more resilient future.Shipping in Changing Climates (SCC) is the embodiment of that vision: a multi-university, multi-disciplinary consortium of leading UK academic institutions focused on addressing the interconnected research questions that arise from considering shipping's possible response over the next few decades due to changes in:- climate (sea level rise, storm frequency)- regulatory climate (mitigation and adaptation policy)- macroeconomic climate (increased trade, differing trade patterns, higher energy prices)Building on RCUK Energy programme's substantial (~2.25m) investment in this area: Low Carbon Shipping and High Seas projects, this research will provide crucial input into long-term strategic planning (commercial and policy) for shipping, in order to enable the sector to transition the next few decades with minimum disruption of the essential global services (trade, transport, economic growth, food and fuel security) that it provides.The ambitious research programme can only be undertaken because of the project's excellent connection to shipping's stakeholders across the govt. non-govt and industry space. This is demonstrated by in excess of 35 organisations writing significant statements of support and including contributions to the project of 1.6m in-kind and 160k cash. The commitments of stakeholders with this breadth of knowledge and understanding is crucial both to:- Development of a relevant proposal (all Tier 1 partners of LCS and many Tier 2 and others were heavily involved in the development of the contents of this SCC proposal)- Ensuring that the research is undertaken using data and experience that can maximise its credibility, but importantly also- Guaranteeing a direct pathway to impact in all the key governance and commercial stakeholders of the sector.Shipping is a global industry and its challenges must therefore be considered in a global context. However, to provide focus for the research we will concentrate the application of our global modelling and analysis for understanding the impacts of changing climates on three key specific sub- global components of the system: UK, SIDS (Small Island Developing States) and BRICS shipping. The UK, for its importance to the funder and the UK stakeholders engaged in our project, the BRICS and SIDS because of their central role in the policy debate due to their high sensitivity to changing climatesResearch Excellence will be ensured through research across three interacting research themes:- ship as a system (understanding the scope for greater supply side energy efficiency)- trade and transport demand (understanding the trends and drivers for transport demand)- transitions and evolution (understanding transport supply/demand interactions)The research undertaken will be both quantitative and qualitative, apply for the first time new data and modelling techniques and be deployed to answer a series of cross cutting (themes) research questions. Shipping in Changing Climates will put the UK at the forefront internationally of research into the shipping system and inform the UK and EU debates around the control of its shipping GHG emissions

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