
Professor Matthew Hannon
Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship
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Place on the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Scottish Curcible Recipient 1/6/2018 World Energy Congress Recipient 1/10/2016
Prize And Awards
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Understanding the Impact of the Transition to Net Zero on Low Paid Jobs Congreve Emma, Crummey Ciara, Anderson Pauline, Hannon Matthew, Oxby Josh (2023) Who applies for energy grants? Owen Anne, Middlemiss Lucie, Brown Donal, Davis Mark, Hall Stephen, Bookbinder Ruth, Brisbois Marie Claire, Cairns Iain, Hannon Matthew, Mininni Giulia Energy Research and Social Science Vol 101 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103123 Carrots, sticks and sermons : policies to unlock community energy finance in the United Kingdom Hannon Matthew, Cairns Iain, Braunholtz-Speight Timothy, Hardy Jeff, McLachlan Carly, Mander Sarah, Sharmina Maria Energy Research and Social Science Vol 100 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103086 Scottish Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan Consultation : University of Strathclyde Response Corbett Hannah, Calvillo Munoz Christian, Hannon Matthew, Anderson Pauline, Cairns Iain, Davies Kathleen, Galloway Stuart, Hawker Graeme, MacIver Callum, McGarry Connor, Turner Karen, Yarr Roddy (2023) https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00085444 Carbon Offsetting for Communities : Loch Ness Field Trip Report Hannon Matthew, Kerr Finlay (2023) https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00085401 Financing grassroots innovation diffusion pathways : the case of UK community energy Cairns Iain, Hannon Matthew, Braunholtz-Speight Tim, McLachlan Carly, Mander Sarah, Hardy Jeff, Sharmina Maria, Manderson Ed Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions Vol 46 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2022.11.004
Publications
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Coordination of University-wide response to draft Scottish Energy Strategy Contributor 9/5/2023 USwitch (External organisation) Advisor 16/3/2021 IPCC (External organisation) Advisor 1/3/2021 Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) (External organisation) Advisor 1/3/2021 Co-host and creator of the Local Zero podcast Recipient 1/10/2020 Green Angel Syndicate Visiting researcher 1/9/2020
Carbon Offsetting and Communities: co-developing alternative place-based voluntary offsets in Scotland (£19,860) Hannon, Matthew (Principal Investigator) Combe, Malcolm (Co-investigator) Roberts, Jen (Co-investigator) Davidson, Magnus (Co-investigator) Anderson, Roxanne (Co-investigator) Haggett, Claire (Co-investigator) Voluntary carbon markets (VCMs) offer a means of offsetting carbon emissions, by funding projects that deliver equivalent carbon emissions reductions elsewhere. These are commonly natural capital “removal” offsets that sequester carbon, such as afforestation or peatland restoration project.
The sector is growing very quickly and the recent adoption of Article 6 at COP26 delivered a rulebook for carbon offsetting, which is likely to further accelerate this marketplace. Scotland has already seen major natural capital investments led by institutional investors, corporations and charitable trust, who are often referred to – albeit controversially - as “Green Lairds”. High profile examples include investments from BrewDog, Shell and Aviva. Despite its growing popularity, it is unclear whether VCM projects have provided Scottish communities with much direct benefit or control.
To address this, this Scottish Universities Insight Institute funded project will deliver a series of events between researchers and practitioners that explore how VCMs are impacting Scottish communities and how they could be re-designed to maximize place-based, community benefits. The project will improve our understanding of the:
1. Distribution, scale and nature of current natural capital VCMs in Scotland;
2. Impact natural capital VCMs are having on communities;
3. Alternative VCM designs to deliver place-based community benefit and social justice;
4. Routes to co-develop and implement new VCMs in partnership with communities; and
5. Policy, legal and market conditions necessary for their adoption.
The project aims to initiate an informed, evidence-based national discussion about how best to design and implement carbon offsets, in a way that supports a net-zero, Just Transition. 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023 Impact Acceleration Account: Community energy at a crossroads: Co-developing a path forward for South Seeds and the UK community energy sector. (£12,564) Hannon, Matthew (Principal Investigator) 30-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022 `Whole Person - Whole Place? energy solutions for net-zero neighbourhoods (UKERC Flexi Fund) Hannon, Matthew (Principal Investigator) 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2023 Smart local energy systems for a ‘just transition’ (EnergyRev Flex Fund - £29,000) Hannon, Matthew (Principal Investigator) 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2021 Local Zero podcast (EnergyREV Flex Fund - £24,000) Hannon, Matthew (Principal Investigator) 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2022 Low-carbon heat for low-income communities: Locally owned business models to capture minewater geothermal heat for Scotland's ex-mining communities (ETP Energy Industry Doctorate Programme 2019) Hannon, Matthew (Principal Investigator) 19-Jan-2020 - 18-Jan-2023
Professional Activities
Projects
The sector is growing very quickly and the recent adoption of Article 6 at COP26 delivered a rulebook for carbon offsetting, which is likely to further accelerate this marketplace. Scotland has already seen major natural capital investments led by institutional investors, corporations and charitable trust, who are often referred to – albeit controversially - as “Green Lairds”. High profile examples include investments from BrewDog, Shell and Aviva. Despite its growing popularity, it is unclear whether VCM projects have provided Scottish communities with much direct benefit or control.
To address this, this Scottish Universities Insight Institute funded project will deliver a series of events between researchers and practitioners that explore how VCMs are impacting Scottish communities and how they could be re-designed to maximize place-based, community benefits. The project will improve our understanding of the:
1. Distribution, scale and nature of current natural capital VCMs in Scotland;
2. Impact natural capital VCMs are having on communities;
3. Alternative VCM designs to deliver place-based community benefit and social justice;
4. Routes to co-develop and implement new VCMs in partnership with communities; and
5. Policy, legal and market conditions necessary for their adoption.
The project aims to initiate an informed, evidence-based national discussion about how best to design and implement carbon offsets, in a way that supports a net-zero, Just Transition.
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Matthew
Hannon
Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship
Email: matthew.hannon@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3993