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Overview
Guy Finkill is a PhD Candidate in Environmental Engineering at the School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering (MACE) at the University of Manchester. His PhD is titled ‘Residual, recalcitrant, or inconvenient? An analysis of decarbonisation roadmaps of the hard-to-abate sectors with a North Sea coastline’.
Guy is a consultant researcher at UNCTAD, mapping finance flows and the use of bonds in the petrochemical industry. Guy has two years of research experience at Lund University’s Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) and their department of Political Science (SVET). Guy also worked at Uppsala University’s Centre for Environment and Development Studies (CEMUS), coordinating three Bachelor-level courses.
External positions
UNCTAD - Research Consultant
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Reconfiguring industry in the United Kingdom. Global lessons for ambition versus policy on the path towards net-zero
Finkill, G., Gough, C., Mander, S. & Jones, C., Dec 2025, In: Energy Policy. 207, 114832.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Green finance and decarbonization of petrochemicals: Slim pickings in a crucial but hard-to-abate industry
Finkill, G. & Barrowclough, D., 7 Jun 2023, UNCTAD/GDS/2023/2 ed. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. 27 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Petrochemicals and Climate Change: Tracing Globally Growing Emissions and Key Blind Spots in a Fossil-Based Industry
Bauer, F., Kulionis, V., Oberschelp, C., Pfister, S., Tilsted, J. P., Finkill, G. & Fjäll, S., 9 May 2022, Lund : Lund University. 105 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Petrochemical transition narratives: Selling fossil fuel solutions in a decarbonizing world
Tilsted, J. P., Mah, A., Nielsen, T. D., Finkill, G. & Bauer, F., 1 Dec 2022, In: Energy Research & Social Science. 94, 102880.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Banks, bonds and petrochemicals: Greening the path from the Copenhagen Agreement, through Covid and beyond
Finkill, G. & Barrowclough, D., 2021, 36 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report