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John Barrett is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental impact assessment.

The main fields of study for Barrett include Environmental Science, with subfields covering Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering, Sociology and Political Science, and Pollution.

Barrett's research addresses various key topics such as Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Energy and Environment Impacts, Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

The scientist has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications, with notable recent papers including:

  • Energy demand reduction options for meeting national zero-emission targets in the United Kingdom, 2022, published in Nature Energy
  • Quantifying the potential for climate change mitigation of consumption options, 2020, published in Environmental Research Letters
  • Three-scope carbon emission inventories of global cities, 2020, published in Journal of Industrial Ecology
  • A "spatially just" transition? A critical review of regional equity in decarbonisation pathways, 2022, published in Energy Research & Social Science
  • Reducing inequality resulting from UK low-carbon policy, 2020, published in Climate Policy

Barrett frequently publishes in several academic journals, including:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Nature Energy
  • Energy Policy
  • Journal of Industrial Ecology
  • Energy Research & Social Science

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, with frequent collaborations listed as:

  • Jonathan Norman (12 joint publications)
  • Alice Garvey (9 joint publications)
  • Sam Betts-Davies (6 joint publications)
  • Anne Owen (6 joint publications)
  • Peter Taylor (5 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Examining the global environmental impact of regional consumption activities — Part 2: Review of input–output models for the assessment of environmental impacts embodied in trade

    Thomas Wiedmann;Manfred Lenzen;Karen Turner;John Barrett

  • Allocating ecological footprints to final consumption categories with input–output analysis

    Thomas Wiedmann;Jan Minx;John Barrett;Mathis Wackernagel

  • INPUT–OUTPUT ANALYSIS AND CARBON FOOTPRINTING: AN OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS

    J. C. Minx;T. Wiedmann;R. Wood;G. P. Peters

  • Quantifying the potential for climate change mitigation of consumption options

    Diana Ivanova;John Barrett;Dominik Wiedenhofer;Biljana Macura

  • Environmental implications of urbanization and lifestyle change in China: Ecological and Water Footprints

    Klaus Hubacek;Dabo Guan;John Barrett;Thomas Wiedmann

  • Consumption-based GHG emission accounting: a UK case study

    John Barrett;Glen Philip Peters;Thomas Wiedmann;Kate Scott

  • Examining the global environmental impact of regional consumption activities — Part 1: A technical note on combining input–output and ecological footprint analysis

    Karen Turner;Manfred Lenzen;Thomas Wiedmann;John Barrett

  • A research agenda for improving national Ecological Footprint accounts

    Justin Kitzes;Alessandro Galli;Marco Bagliani;John Barrett

  • Carbon footprints of cities and other human settlements in the UK

    Jan Minx;Giovanni Baiocchi;Giovanni Baiocchi;Thomas Wiedmann;Thomas Wiedmann;John Barrett

  • A Review of the Ecological Footprint Indicator—Perceptions and Methods

    Thomas Wiedmann;John Barrett

  • Application of hybrid life cycle approaches to emerging energy technologies--the case of wind power in the UK

    Thomas O. Wiedmann;Thomas O. Wiedmann;Sangwon Suh;Kuishuang Feng;Manfred Lenzen

  • Construction sector views on low carbon building materials

    Jannik Giesekam;John R. Barrett;Peter Taylor

  • Drivers, Trends and Mitigation

    Gabriel Blanco;Reyer Gerlagh;Sangwon Suh;Alfred K.Ofosu Ahenkorah

  • Consumption-based carbon accounting: does it have a future?

    Stavros Afionis;Marco Sakai;Kate Scott;John Barrett

  • A material flow analysis and Ecological Footprint of York

    John Barrett;Harry Vallack;Gary Haq

  • Successful Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma With a Nonmyeloablative Allogeneic Peripheral-Blood Progenitor-Cell Transplant: Evidence for a Graft-Versus-Tumor Effect

    Richard W. Childs;Emmanuel Clave;John Tisdale;Michelle Plante

  • Identifying critical supply chains and final products: An input-output approach to exploring the energy-water-food nexus

    Anne Owen;Kate Scott;John Barrett

  • Identification of 'carbon hot-spots' and quantification of GHG intensities in the biodiesel supply chain using hybrid LCA and structural path analysis.

    Adolf Acquaye;Thomas O. Wiedmann;Thomas O. Wiedmann;Kuishuang Feng;Robert H. Crawford

  • Companies on the Scale

    Thomas O. Wiedmann;Manfred Lenzen;John R. Barrett

  • Energy demand reduction options for meeting national zero-emission targets in the United Kingdom

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  • The greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation options for materials used in UK construction

    Jannik Giesekam;John Barrett;Peter Taylor;Anne Owen

  • The Concept of City Carbon Maps: A Case Study of Melbourne, Australia

    Thomas O. Wiedmann;Guangwu Chen;John Barrett

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Wiedmann
Thomas Wiedmann University of New South Wales
Manfred Lenzen
Manfred Lenzen University of Sydney
Jan Minx
Jan Minx University of Leeds
Richard Childs
Richard Childs National Institutes of Health
Timothy J. Foxon
Timothy J. Foxon University of Sussex
Andy Gouldson
Andy Gouldson University of Leeds
Nicholas Frank Pidgeon
Nicholas Frank Pidgeon Cardiff University
Dabo Guan
Dabo Guan Tsinghua University
Kuishuang Feng
Kuishuang Feng University of Hong Kong
Klaus Hubacek
Klaus Hubacek University of Groningen

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