
Ben Caldecott
Senior Fellow
Dr Ben Caldecott is a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange. He is the founding Director of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group at the University of Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. At the University of Oxford, he is the inaugural Lombard Odier Associate Professor of Sustainable Finance, the first ever endowed professorship of sustainable finance, and a Supernumerary Fellow at Oriel College. Ben is also the founding Director and Principal Investigator of the UK Centre for Greening Finance & Investment (CGFI), established by UK Research and Innovation in 2021 as the national centre to accelerate the adoption and use of climate and environmental data and analytics by financial institutions internationally. Ben specialises in environment, energy, and sustainability issues and works at the intersection between finance, public policy, and academe, having held senior roles in each domain. Among his previous roles, he was Research Director for Environment and Energy at Policy Exchange (2008-9).

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At a Rate of Knots: Improving public transport on the River Thames
by Ben Caldecott | Jan 6, 2010
Read Publication The Thames is London’s historic highway yet it is invisible on the transport canvas of London. Transport for London has even taken it off the standard Tube map. The river promises an exciting new transport network for Londoners, at a fraction of the...
Delivering a 21st Century Infrastructure for Britain
by Ben Caldecott | Sep 1, 2009
Read Publication By Ben Caldecott, Dieter Helm & James Wardlaw Our latest report estimates that in order to renew and replace much of Britain’s tired infrastructure, around £500 billion will need to be spent by 2020 to improve Britain’s competitiveness, stimulate...
A Wasted Opportunity: Getting the most out of Britain’s Bins
by Ben Caldecott | Jul 20, 2009
Read Publication Our latest report recommends the radical overhaul of the UK’s waste system to reduce the cost on households, improve recycling rates, increase local authority efficiency and expand the proportion of the UK’s energy needs met through waste....
Green skies thinking: Promoting the development and commercialisation of sustainable bio-jet fuels
by Ben Caldecott | Jun 22, 2009
Read Publication By Ben Caldecott, Sean Tooze Our report recommends the wide-scale deployment of sustainable bio-jet fuels which would result in emission reductions worth £37.41 billion in the UK between 2020 and 2050, as well as making a significant contribution to...Support Us
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