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Dr Peter Gudde

Visiting Fellow in Climate and Local Governance

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research@uos.ac.uk
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Research Directorate
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Peter is Visiting Fellow at the Suffolk Sustainability Institute with particular research interest in the governance of Net Zero. His PhD focused on the role of local government in England in delivering net zero as part of political climate emergency commitments. He developed a framework, delivery models and tools to help local area climate governance which pre-empted the current drive for devolved public administration. His current research areas consider the emerging challenge faced by English local authorities as they wrestle with meeting their climate commitments during local government re-organisation and political change.
Peter shares his time between research at the Institute and his professional role as Programme Lead for Net Zero at the Greater South East Net Zero Hub, a Government-funded programme supporting the public sector through the energy transition to decarbonisation.

Published peer reviewed journal papers:

Gudde P., Oakes J., Cochrane P., Caldwell N. & Bury N., 2021. The role of UK local government in delivering on net zero carbon commitments: You’ve declared a Climate Emergency, so what’s the plan? Energy Policy, 154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112245

Gudde P., Oakes J., Bury N., Cochrane P. and Caldwell N., in print. The Role of Local Authorities in Renewable Energy Investment: Getting the Money to Flow. Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design. Awaiting publication by Springer Nature in Conference Proceedings. https://doi:10.1007/978-3-031-73947-7_38

Gudde P., Oakes J., Bury N., Cochrane P., and Caldwell N., in print. Improving decision-making in smaller local authorities to facilitate Net Zero Delivery - Practitioner insights. International Conference for Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society. Bristol. United Kingdom. September 2022. Awaiting publication by Springer Nature in Conference Proceedings. https://hdl.handle.net/10779/leedsbeckett.c.7799300.v2

Gudde P., Bury N., Cochrane P., and Caldwell N., 2024. Developing a toolkit to help smaller local authorities establish strong net zero governance in the UK. Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy, 23 May 2024, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsuep.2024.1390570

Conference papers and key presentations:

Research and Public Engagement, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, March 2020. Presentation title: Is Smart Energy smart value? Towards developing a common framework for assessing the sustainability of local energy technologies in selected societal sectors.

International Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) Conference 2021, Ipswich. Presentation title: The role of local authorities in renewable energy investment: Getting the money to flow.

International Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) Conference, University of Suffolk, Ipswich 2022. Presentation title: Improving decision-making in smaller local authorities to facilitate Net Zero Delivery - Practitioner insights.

International Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) Conference, University of Suffolk, Ipswich, August 2023. Presentation title: Are local authorities on the road to Net Zero or the Road to Nowhere? A modified Delphi approach to assist smaller local authorities diagnose improvements to Net Zero governance and decision-making.

Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference. London, August 2023. Presentation title: Smaller local authorities and the Climate Emergency - do they have what it takes to deliver Net Zero?

Material published in research programmes:

Delphi decision-making tool is available in the EU Interreg North Sea Region project, ACCESS (ACCESS Toolbox - All Resources, Interreg VB North Sea Region Programme). https://northsearegion.eu/access/access-toolbox-all-resources/index.html

Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv)
Member of the Institute of Environment and Sustainability Professionals (MISEP)
Member of the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management (MICWM)