Dr Yacob Mulugetta

Senior Lecturer

Qualifications: BA MSc PhD

Email: y.mulugetta@surrey.ac.uk
Phone: Work: 01483 68 6673
Room no: 17 AZ 04

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Biography

Yacob Mulugetta joined the Centre for Environmental Strategy in 1997. He was responsible for setting up the Masters programme in the Centre which he managed for 10 years until September 2007. Yacob spent two years (2010-12) in the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) where he worked as a Senior Energy and Climate Specialist between 2010 and 2012 (serving as acting coordinator between June and October 2012). Yacob currently serves as a Coordinating Lead Author of the Energy Systems chapter of the IPCC’s 5th Assessment Report (Working Group III on Mitigation), and a member of the core writing team of its synthesis report.

Research Interests

Energy systems and development; Energy systems and climate mitigation (and adaptation of energy systems); Community-based energy initiatives; policies and institutions for clean energy transitions; political economy of climate negotiations; issues in climate finance for development

Research Collaborations

UK collaboration: Oxford (ECI); Bradford (International Development); Sussex (SPRU);
International: Addis Ababa University; Mekele University (both in Ethiopia); Humboldt University (USA); Finland Futures Research Centre; University of the West Indies (Jamaica); The Energy Centre, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology (Ghana)
Non-academic: African Climate Policy Centre (UNECA); African Union Commission; Practical Action; Institute for Security Studies (SAfrica)

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles (recent)

Ayalew, M., Chenoweth, J., Malcolm, R., Mulugetta, Y, Okotto, L., Pedley, S. (in Press). ‘Why regulate the independent water providers? A regulatory framework for privatized water vendors in Kenya and Ethiopia’ Journal of Environmental Law, in press.

Gujba, H., Mulugetta, Y. and Azapagic, A. (2013)’Passenger transport in Nigeria: Environmental and economic analysis with policy recommendations’, Energy Policy, 55: 353-361.

Sokona, Y., Mulugetta, Y. and Gujba, H. (2012) ’Widening energy access in Africa: Towards energy transition’, Energy Policy, 47: 3-10.

Gujba, H., Thorne, S., Mulugetta, Y., Rai, K. and Sokona, K. (2012) ‘Financing low carbon energy access in Africa’, Energy Policy, 47: 71-78.

Maleviti, E., Mulugetta, Y. and Wehrmeyer, W. (2012) ‘Energy consumption and attitudes for the promotion of sustainability in buildings: The case of hotels’, International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 6(2): 213-227.

Vihma, A., Mulugetta, Y. and Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. (2011) ‘Negotiating solidarity? The G77 through the prism of climate change negotiations’, Global Change, Peace and Security, 23(3): 315-334.

Fudge, S., Peters, M., Mulugetta, Y. and Jackson, T. (2011) ‘Paradigms, policy and governance: The politics of energy regulation in the UK post-2000’, Environmental Policy and Governance, 21(4):291-302.

Gujiba, H., Mulugetta, Y. and Azapagic, A. (2011) ‘Power generation scenarios for Nigeria: An environment and economic assessment’, Energy Policy, 39: 968-980.

Mulugetta, Y., Jackson, T. and Van der Horst, D. (2010) Carbon Reduction at Community Scale, Guest Editors, Energy Policy, 38(12)
Mulugetta, Y. and Urban, F. (2010) ‘Deliberating low carbon development, Energy Policy, 38(12).

Gujiba, H., Mulugetta, Y. and Azapagic, A. (2010) Environmental and economic assessment of electricity generation in Nigeria’, Energy Policy, 38(10): 5636-5652

Oh, I.Y., Wehrmeyer, W. and Mulugetta, Y. (2010) ‘Decomposition Analysis of CO2 emissions from energy consumption in multiple sectors in South Korea’, Energy Policy, 38: 264-277.

Ayalew, M., Malcolm, R., Okotto, L., Pedley, S., Chenoweth, J., & Mulugetta, Y. 2010 “The Regulatory Implications of the Right to Water: Small-Scale and Independent Water Providers in Ethiopia and Kenya”, OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development, 1(8), 43-63.

Mulugetta, Y. (2009) ‘Evaluating the economics of biofuels in Africa’, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 13: 1592-1598.

Jeswani, H., Wehrmeyer, W. and Mulugetta, Y. (2008) ‘How warm is the corporate response to climate change in Pakistan and the UK’, Business Strategy and the Environment, 17(1): 46-60.

Mulugetta, Y. (2008) ‘Human capacity and institutional development towards sustainable energy in Africa: Diagnosis and interventions', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 12(5): 1435-1450.

Mulugetta, Y. Mantajit, N. and Jackson, T. (2007) ‘Power sector scenarios for Thailand: An exploratory analysis 2002-2022, Energy Policy, 35(6): 3256-3269.

Mulugetta, Y. (2007) ‘Renewable energy technology and implementation mechanisms for Ethiopia’, Energy Sources, 2(1): 3-17.

Mulugetta, Y. (2007) ‘Economic modelling of climate change and energy policies by de Miguel et al.’, Book Review Energy Policy, 35(4): 2679-2680.

Mulugetta, Y., Jackson, T. and Nhete, T. (2000) ' Photovoltaics in Zimbabwe: Lessons from the GEF Solar Project', Energy Policy, 28(14), pp. 1069-80.

Books

Nilsson, M., C. Heaps, Å. Persson, M. Carson, S. Pachauri, M. Kok, M. Olsson, I. Rehman, R. Schaeffer, D. Wood, D. van Vuuren, K. Riahi, B. Americano and Y. Mulugetta (2012) Energy for a Shared Development Agenda: Global Scenarios and Governance Implications, Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm.

Mulugetta, Y, A. Doig, S. Dunnett, T. Jackson, S. Khennas, and K. Rai, K. (2005) Energy for Rural Livelihoods: A Framework for Sustainable Decision Making, ITDG Publications, Rugby.

Book Chapters and Professional Journal publications

Ayalew, M. and Mulugetta, Y. (2012) ‘The prospects for global climate change after Copenhagen’, in Nijsen, A. et al (eds.) Better Business Regulation in Risk Society, Springer.

Mulugetta, Y. (2011) ‘Carbon trading in Africa’, in Reddy, T. (ed) Climate Change in Africa: Governance of Carbon Trading, Institute of Strategic Studies, Cape Town. (peer-reviewed book chapter)

Clift, R. and Mulugetta, Y. (2007) ‘A plea for common sense (and biomass)’, The Chemical Engineer, October 2007 (awarded the Institute of Chemical Engineering’s Hanson Medal for the best contributor to the institution’s magazine in 2007)

Mulugetta, Y. (2007) ‘Globalisation: The battle for solidarity and effective resistance, in Implications of Globalisation, eds., A. Boran and P. Cox, Chester Academic Press, Chester

Reports and Working Paper

Several working papers published at the African Climate Policy Centre include:

Integrating Renewable Energy and Climate Change Policies: Exploring Policy Options for Africa, ACPC Working Paper No. 10.

Critical issues in Bioenergy: Exploring the Opportunities, Constraints and Trade-offs, ACPC Working Paper No.11.

Fossil Fuels in Africa in the Context of a Carbon Constrained Future, ACPC Working Paper No. 12.

Climate Financing: Global Imperatives and Implications for Climate Resilient Development in Africa, ACPC Working Paper No. 16.

Filling the Gap: Expanding the Financing for Adaptation under the UNFCCC through a levy on International Transport Services, ACPC Working Paper No. 21.

RESOLVE working papers

Fudge, S., Hunt, L., Jackson, T., Mulugetta, Y. and Peters, M. (2008) The Political Economy of Energy Regulation in the UK, 1945-2007: Paradigms and Policy, RESOLVE Working Paper (02-08)

Fudge, S. and Mulugetta, Y. (2008) Reconciling Markets and Governance: Energy Regulation in the UK 1989-2007, RESOLVE Working Paper (03-08)

Teaching

Module leader: Environment and Development (MSc);
Teaching: Sustainable Development (MSc); Corporate Social & Env Management (MSc); Environment and Development (MSc); MSc dissertation

Affiliations

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - Coordinating lead author of Energy systems chapter in the 5th Assessment Report (AR5); and member of core writing team of the synthesis report of AR5