Sir Dieter Helm | |
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 Helm at the Policy Network Politics of Climate Change conference in 2009 | |
| Born | 11 November 1956 |
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| Discipline | Economics |
| Sub-discipline | Energy Policy |
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Sir Dieter Robin Helm CBE (born 11 November 1956) is a British economist and academic.
Helm is Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Oxford, and Fellow in Economics at New College, Oxford. [1] [2] [3]
He was a member of the Economics Advisory Group to the British Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and Chair of the Natural Capital Committee. [1] [4] [5]
His research interests include energy, utilities, and the environment. [6]
Helm was knighted in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to the environment, energy and utilities policy. [7]
In his book The Carbon Crunch (2012) and in print media, Dieter Helm criticised efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through current regulation and government intervention, and the deployment of renewable energy, particularly wind power. [8] [9] [10] [11]
He recommended establishing a carbon tax and carbon border tax, increased funding for research and development, and an increased use of gas for electricity generation to substitute coal and to act as a bridge to new technologies. [12]
In 2021 his book Net Zero was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize in the Global Conservation Writing category. [13]
As author
.As editor
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