Professor Ian Bailey of the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences specialises in the politics of carbon markets, political strategy in national and international climate politics, the politics and practices of the green economy, and community engagement with marine and onshore renewable energy. His projects include collaborations with Fridtjof Nansens Institute, Oslo, on the politics of designing emissions trading scheme, and with Exeter and UEA on Intelligent Community Energy.
Ian has been engaged in research for over 15 years exploring the political challenges of developing effective carbon markets in the EU and a range of countries, including the EU, UK, Australia and New Zealand. His work demonstrates the importance of lesson sharing between governments (often learning from the mistakes of pioneers in carbon markets, such as the EU) to the design of functioning carbon markets.