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Dr Ruth Wood is a Senior Lecturer in Environment and Climate Change, a Research Fellow with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and Co-Director of the EPSRC Power Networks Centre for Doctoral Training. Her research interests include developing and applying emissions and energy accounting methods to different sectors and spatial scales; the development of scenario tools for use in interdisciplinary projects; the relationship between society and infrastructure and its effect on both resource demand and resilience to future climate change impacts.
Ruth's current research includes the EPSRC funded MYStore Project which examines energy storage options. Previous projects include RESNET (Resilient Electricity Networks for Great Britain) funded by the EPSRC where she led a work package to develop and apply a scenario tool to explore future scenarios of spatially resolved diurnal electricity demand profiles in Great Britain. The scenarios will be used to assess the implications for the transmission network and its resilience to future climate impacts. While at Tyndall Manchester she has been involved in a number of projects including assessing the greenhouse gas impacts of food consumption, shale gas extraction, and the development of a new emissions apportionment method for aviation for application at a sub-national scale. Her work on aviation emissions accounting won a best paper prize at the European Transport Conference 2008.
Ruth originally trained as a Chemist specialising in environmental science at the University of Bristol graduating in 2001 with a 1st Class (Hons) MSci. After graduating she worked as a civil servant in policy development before joining the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia to undertake an interdisciplinary environmental science PhD. Her PhD research, completed in 2007, explored the co-benefits of greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions reduction for cities and regions.
She has published her research findings through peer reviewed journals, industry publications and conferences, more widely through public seminars and lectures and through the medium of comedy appearing at Bright Club in Manchester, the Green Man Festival 2012 and Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2013. She was a contributing author to the Infrastructure Chapter of the Evidence Report for the Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017, fow which she reviewed climate risks to the UK energy system.
Research interests
- Climate mitigation
- Infrastructure and societal resilience to climate impacts
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Sustainable Futures
- Thomas Ashton Institute
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 3 Good Health and Well-being -
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Adapting the power system to a changing climate: monitoring progress
Kuriakose, J. & Wood, R., 29 Apr 2023, Manchester: University of Manchester. 19 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Batteries and beyond: multi-vector energy storage as a tool to decarbonise energy services
Greening, B., Braunholtz-Speight, T., Wood, R. & Freer, M., 12 Jan 2023, In: Frontiers in Energy Research. 10, p. 1-6 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From Future Diets To Dishes: Communicating Dietary Shift Associated With A 1.5°C Scenario For Brazil, China, Sweden And The UK
Lee, S., Freer, M., Wood, R., Edelenbosch, O., Sharmina, M., Vuuren, D. V. & Wilson, C., 27 Nov 2023, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Zero carbon transitions: a systematic review of the research landscape and climate mitigation potential
Shaw, A., Mander, S., Parkes, B. & Wood, R., 2023, In: Frontiers in Energy Research. 11, 1268270.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Decarbonising the critical sectors of aviation, shipping, road freight and industry to limit warming to 1.5-2 degrees C
Sharmina, M., Edelenbosch, O. Y., Wilson, C., Freeman, R., Gernaat, D. E. H. J., Gilbert, P., Larkin, A., Littleton, E. W., Traut, M., Vuuren, D. P. V., Vaughan, N. E., Wood, R. & Le Quéré, C., 24 Jan 2021, In: Climate Policy. 21, 4, p. 455-474 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tyndall Manchester
McLachlan, C. (PI), Abi Ghanem, D. (CoI), Anderson, K. (CoI), Broderick, J. (CoI), Kuriakose, J. (CoI), Lea-Langton, A. (CoI), Larkin, A. (CoI), Gallego Schmid, A. (CoI), Sharmina, M. (CoI), Wood, R. (CoI) & Jones, C. (PI)
Project: Research
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SuLeD-BIM: Sustainbility-Led Design through Building Information Modelling
Lou, E. (PI), Edwards, R. (CoI) & Wood, R. (CoI)
1/04/15 → 31/03/16
Project: Research
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The influence of building energy demand on power network operation and resilience
Wood, R. (Speaker)
11 Jun 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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Sustainable Aviation
Wood, R. (Discussant)
15 May 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Research
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Resilience of Electricity System to Climate Impacts
Wood, R. (Discussant)
11 Dec 2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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Aviation, Policy and Climate Change
Larkin, A. (Participant), Anderson, K. (Participant), Mander, S. (Participant), Upham, P. (Participant) & Wood, F. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Environmental, Society and culture, Technological, Policy
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Empowering local climate change action and shaping local authority policy through adoption of carbon budgets
Mclachlan, C. (Participant), Larkin, A. (Participant), Anderson, K. (Participant), Kuriakose, J. (Participant), Broderick, J. (Participant), Jones, C. (Participant), Mander, S. (Participant) & Wood, F. (Participant)
Impact: Policy, Environmental
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Reducing climate change caused by shipping and aviation
Larkin, A. (Participant), Anderson, K. (Participant), Mander, S. (Participant), Wood, F. (Participant), Broderick, J. (Participant), Walsh, C. (Participant), Gilbert, P. (Participant) & Traut, M. (Participant)
Impact: Policy, Environmental
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THE GUARDIAN: School climate strike children’s brave stand has our support
Anderson, K., Burman, E., Giordano, S., Jones, S., Kasmire, J., Pinkse, J., Ravetz, J., Rimmer, A., Sapin, K., Shuttleworth, J., Wood, F. & Joseph-Salisbury, R.
13/02/19
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